The Washington times., 1906-12-11
Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Breaks Own
Record.
DEVOTED TO RURAL ROUTES
Covers That Branch of Service, Making
Suggestions and Giving
Estimates.

Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
De GTaw has broken the record held
by himself for the shortnoss OF a Gov
eminent officials annual report.
The report. which was made public
today. contains only fourteen pages. Mr..
DE GTaw, in 1905. having written one
IN which seventeen pages were required
Mr.. De GFaw says the report could be
held down still further were II not for
the Importance and demand for inrorma-
ton on the subject OF rural delivery.
The report covers the growth OF the
rural delivery service. county rural ser
vice, inspection OF the exiting service,
conditions necessary to establishment
rural mail boxes, roads, transportation
OF mail. rural carriers. the condition OF
work in division. the new rate Of post
age, and estimates for the year lD'-S.
hEr. De GraR's Recommendations.
,rhe recommendation OF the Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General are:
First That legislation be enacted
l-enuirfng the following conditions pre-
cedent 10 the establishment OF rural de-
livery service: (a) That there shall be
= possfbIe patronage of I'D families on
each standard route OF twenty-iour
miles or a pruporUonate number OF
families on shorter routes tDt that
roads must be In good condluon nn-
INSTRUCTED by gates. with all streams
rridr.ed or f0rdabAe at all ordinary sea
sons OF the year; GO thaJ IN completing 2
service in 2 county sle average pat
ronage per route may be not less than
fioefv Families ana .d) that service on
lqiral routes be limited 20 not eNceedlhE
one delivery and one collectloh dal4N' 10
be made At the same time.
Second. That the. maximum SdldIy
az rural carriers he increased so that
they may be paid not exceeding >'O0
per annum.
Third That rural carriers be given
Iaredit for experience on taking the civil
service examination for appointment as
clerks in pOstOffces OF carriers IN the
city delivery service.
Rural Route Merch andise.
Fourth That Congress tx q rate OF
s cents per pound. or any fractional
aart thereof. on books and merchandise
not exceeding pounds in weight mall
ed at the distributing post office of any
rural delivery route for eiivery TO
natron OF said route, OF mailed by a
batron OF any rural deliver ry route for
delivery to q patron thereon'or at the dis
lributing postoffce Of said route. Such
fate should apply only to pan ckages trans
ported on q rural delivery route TO or
from a patron OF said route. The
carry with it q repeal Of The provision
OF law which permits rural carriers to
carry merchandise IOr hire. or its modi-
iCatiOn so as 10 apply only 10 merchan-
disc which is unavailable uu der existing
AN
Fifth. That a fre-prOor building be
provided for the division of suppl as
Sixth. That the existing statute
tRev. stats 293Sl governing the disposal
of Enclosures of value found in letters
and parcels which can be restored TO
owners be amended SO that from the
annual sales of such matter the obiec-
fional chance or lottery feature may be
eliminated. which is impTaCuCable under
present conditions. The bill of last ses-
sion tI r. 1855. - ;. 624D Will IL en-
acted into law, accomplish the desired
purpose.
Removals for Embezzlcment.
The number OF carriers removed for
cause during the past fiscal year was
i6t. OF this number - We're removed
FOR embezzlemcnL and 25 for other vio-
lations OF the postal laws and regula-
roDs. The total number OF removals
FOR cause shows a decrease Of 4 as
compared with the preceding fiscal year.
one hundred and seventy carriers were
separated from the service by death
The designations OF ( Al carriers We're
accepted during the year, about u per
cent OF the carriers in the service June
~, 1909. and an increase OF .599 over the
number accepted during the preceding
fiscal year. This is the greatest number
30 carriers TeSiguing In any one year in
ae history OF the service. being 125 more
han I'm 1904. when i per cent OF the
carriers resigned.