Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-14
POSTAL EMPLOYEES

Requirements for Those who Desire to
Take the Next Civil Services Examination.
Inquiry is being made at the regis
try department of the local postoihoe
for information concerning the Civil
Service examination Of candidates for
clerk and carrier in the Office here,
which is to be held on February oath.
THAI is the place to apply for informa-
tion aud blanks.
The age limit, for all positions, is
from Is to 40 years. Male applicants
must be at least feet inches In
height in bare feet, and weigh not
less than 125 pounds.
The POHtofiioe Department has stated
that 40 person who is defective in any
Of the following particulars will be
appointed in the postal service: Deaf
mutes, hunohbacks; persons having
defective hearing, sight or speech (;
persons totally blind or blind in one
| eye; one-armed, one-handed, or one
legged persons, or those having crippled
arms or legs; and those suffering from
asthma, consumption, or any other
| phay icai defect or disease which would
prevent a proper discharge Of the
duties Of the position. All persons
who have been examined for the posi-
tion of clerk OF carrier within the past
year and failed to pass may be re-ex-
amined upon filing now application in
due time. This examination Is open
to all citizens of the United States
who comply with the requirements
From the eligihles resulting from this
examination it is expected that certiii-
cation will be made to existing and
future vacancies.
The examination will be weighted as
follows: Spelling, copying, United
States geography aud reading, ad-
dresses, 10 points sAch arithmetic,
letter-wTiting and penmanship, q
points each.
No application will be considered
unless Il is iiled by February 2lst with
j. j. Vogel, secretary of the Third
Civil Service District, room 2, fourth
flcor, Postottice Building, Philadelphia.
The salary Of letter carriers in all
cities which contain a population oi
sa,O 600 or more is arranged 10 three
classes First class, 81, 600 rer annum
second GLASS, 5 90 per annum; third
class, $500 per annum. In oities cor.
tainiug less than 70, 600 population
there are two CLASSES: SECOND class,
$3.50 per annum, and third class, S6OC
per annum. Appointments OF letter
carriers are made TO the class having
the minimum rate Of pay, and promo.
tions from the lower grades are made
to the next higher grade at the szpiTa-
tion of one years service on certihcat,
Of the postmaster TO the efficiency anc
faithfulness of the employee during tn,
preceding year A substitute lettei
carrier is paid 81 per annum, and a
therate Of 5000 per Hnnum when aerv
ing In place OF carriers who have beeI
granted annual leave of absence, and =
other times not exceeding the pro rati
compensation of the carrier whose Eout
be may be required to serve. A vac
anoy in the regular force OF carrier
must be filled by the promotion CT th
senior substitute. substitute olerl
is paid a rate Of compensation not ex
ceeding the compensation of the absen
clerk or employees whose place he takes
The salaries Of clerks at the post o llice
vary according TO the class OF work /
bo performed and the size Of the oillce
but range from Si0O to 81, 600 in th
smaller offices 20 as high as Sl,7OO pc
annum in the larger offices. All orig
inal appointments Of clerks are mad
&C the minimum salaries.