The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-26


that she was entitled to DO SO because a
section Of the postal laws and regulations
provides that clerks may take time dur
irg working hours Tor their meals. Sho
has not been provided with a substitute
who is available There Is q substitute
sworn In. but he is unable 10 keep the
station open during the absence OF the
clcrk-in-charEc. being otherwise employed.
Convict Carries Mail.
While II is admitted by Clerk in Charge
Squircs thlt convict from the State
prison which Is near by, has been in the
habit of carrying the mail from the street
car to the station. She insists that ne is
a trustworthy person, and she says that
she would be physically unable To carry
the heavier pouches at times herself She
declares that much of the complaint
the Office during tho noon hour comes
from people who have q particular Dluuo
against her She says she has many times
gone out OF her way 10 please these pco-
pie, and she feels her kindness has been
urappreCiltcd
Effort Made to Remove Clerk.
1t develops that on several occasions at
tempts have been made 10 have Mrs
SQuires removed. United States Marshal
Glen Mill it is said, once had n hand
In the row down there, as did sevcraI 9th
crs prominent IN Salt Lake but the official
ttccord OF the clerk In charge OF the sta
ton being unasSailablc Except for the
dcreliction herein mentioncdD, those who
have opposed her have been unuble 10
make their protests effective
Did Not Read Regulations.
Mrs. Squires says that while she has
the Postal Laws and Regulations al
hand. they are so voluminous that she
has been unable to master them, and did
not understand that she was Obliged to
Keep a sub-station open from clock in
the morning until o'clock In the evening
She was postmaster At Sugar House six
years before II was made a branch cr
the Salt Lake office six years ago and
has been continually employed there for
twelve years,
No Regular Supervision.
There is no regular supervision OF the
station. lnfrcquently. IL Is learned an
employee OF the money order department
or postoflice Inspector counts up tho
station and on several occasions tho rcst-
master has visited IT himself IL there
is superintendent OF stations I'm S1lt
Lake he does not make his appearances at |
sugar House. Registry and mailroom
employees also go there. but not as often
as once a month !
Postmaster Has Revelation.
After inyestlgaIion OF this matter was
sent word To the station that Won bad |
better not close 1t up at noon any more
Will Be Open in Future.
The Tribune IS informed that. bcri,-
ming yesterday, the station win be kept
open as the law provides. from S n m
~ nj
petition which has been I'm course %
preparation calling upon the PostoGice do.
partment for rclieH VIII be abandoned
Sorry Testimonial to Thomas.
The facts in this case arc sorr,, ,o,-
tlmonial TO the inefliciency or reciCIsss In
difference of Arthur l.. Thomas. who hoe
been postmaster at Salt Lake for eIeh;
years. How he has been able 10 cScSno
criticism of the postofficc inspectors ~
have visited Salt Lake is an lncrna sIn,S |
wonder. Every time his adminIstr,Tion
IS IS inquired into some disclosures such az
this at Sugar House is made 90
Clerks Go 1t Blind.
1t would seem from the cxplanaf,,o.
made by the clerk In charge of SuSaS
House station that when a clerk io So"
IN charge of the station he or she q pS p
'nY not instructed as TO his or her I1,ti,s
out allowed TO proceed along lines ,,bCIi,. |
uniformed as TO the requirements or tba
postal laws and regulations Tho no,t
)fhce ct Salt Lake is In bllssfui IInSr
ince OF the backwoods methods ON
>loycd ''h-
No Wonder at Complaints.
There is no wonder that the pconle o,,,
1a1n-a about the service There Is M |