Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-23
CHANGES IN POSTAL SALARIES
Feature OF Measure Regulating Pay,
Classihcations, Promotions aud
Mail weighing.

Mail weighing.
Many requests are coming in from postal
employees for the precise provisions Of the
postoffice bill relating to the increase Of
the pay OF employees. Clerks In first and
second class offices only are affected hy
the bill, which divides the clerks In these
into seven grades with salary scales
as follows
First grade, salary $500; second grade
salary S7OC, third grade, salary $50; fourth
grade, salary 200; fifth grade, salary Heoi
sixth grade, salary u.iOO; seventh grade
salary s. 80
It is provided that clerks shall be pro-
noted succe ssively to the fourth grade In
Offices where the annual gross receipts shan
be less than SJ0O0. and 10 the NTH grade
in ofices where the annual gross receipts
shall be al least $4,000 and not in excess Of
sou, 900; and 70 the sixth grade in ofices
where the annual gross receipts shall be In
excess Of S3o0oo." II Is provided that the
salary Of clerks in second class Offices, exc
cept IN localities where unusual conditions
exist shall not exceed 1900.
Letter carriers in the city delivery service
are divided into six grades and salaries
fixed as follows: First grade, salary 500;
second grade, salary 500: third grade, SAL
airy $500; fourth grade salary 500; fifth
grade salary 1900; sixth grade. salary
uloO. It Is provided that carriers shall be
promoted successfully 20 the fourth grade
IN Offices where the annual gross receipts
shall be less than sc O00; and 20 the hfth
grade in ofices where the annual gross re-
ceipts shall be at least $4,000 and not to
exceed t20o COO. and 20 the sixth grade in
Offices where the annual gross receipts shan
be in excess OF $4,000" This provtso is
inserted: That the compensation OF the let
ter carriers shall not exceed 500 in offices
where the annual gross receipts are less
than 5000; and shall not exceed Moo In
Offices where the annual gross receipts are
in excess OF $4,000 and not in excess OF
800 600; and shall not exceed n.i00 In offices
where the annual gross receipts are in ex-
cess Of S200O 0O." A further proviso Is,
that letter carriers employed In cities rec
ognized by the Postofice department as
now having a population In excess Of 5000,
where the gross receipts OF said once at
the time Of the passage Of this act are less
than $4,000. shall ne entitled 70 all the
PRIVILEGES and subject 20 all the require
ments OF this act applicable to postofhces
whose gross receipts are in excess o.
500 90"
It IL provided also that hereafter ell pro-
motions OF both clerks and carriers shall
be made at the beginning OF the quarter
following a years service in the next lower
grade Il is stipulated that no promotion
shall be made except upon evidence salts
factory to the Postofice department OF the
efaciency and faithfulness Of the employe
during the preceding year. The Postofice
department may reduce a clerk or carrier
from higher to a lower grade whenever
his efficiency falls below & fair standard
or whenever necessary for purposes Of dis
cipline."
The railway mail service Is classified as
! follows, below the chief CLERKS: Two hun
dred and sixty clerks class six, at $500
each: LEO clerks class ave 1850 each;
$50 clerks, class five, g. 100 each; Ls5O clerks,
class four, Sl.9o0 each. i,750 clerks, class
4 four I.sOO each; 500 clerks, class three,
/ sl,lO0 each; 2l5O clerks, class two. 1900
each; $50 clerks, class one 500 each LOO
clerks class one, $500 each. II Is provided
I that hereafter railway mail clerks on enter
/ ing the service shall receive the salary
I OF the lowest grade, and II Is stipulated
/ that no clerk shall be advanced more than
/ 800 IN any period OF one years service
I Under this classification each clerk in the
railway mail service win receive an ad-
vance Of HoO this coming fiscal year
/ The bill provides with reference 70 rural
/ mail carriers 4 on and after July 1
next they shs eceive a salary not ex-
! ceeding $40 a year. In order 10 receive
this maximum salary, a carrier must cover
what the department calls a maximum
route. which is ia miles long, and contains
al least 100 families. The bill also carries
! a provision that rural carriers after
twelve months service shall be allowed an
nual leave with pay not to exceed hfteen
/ days.
Every postmaster IN the country viii be
interested In the provision OF the bill that
record be kept from July / TO December q,
this year OF the weight in pounds OF FIRST
class. second class, free, paid al the pound
rate. and transient third class and fourth
class matter and all franked and penalty
matter and the equipment carried IN con-
uectiou herewith. ]: Is provided that fog
thirty days during this Weighing period
the postmaster general snail require a
record 20 be kept Of the weight OF each OF
the classes specified dispatched from such
pOstohices as he shall determine 20 be
representative for the purpose, and have
computed thereon the average haul Of the
mail Of the different classes and subclasses.
For seven days during the weighing period
a record must he kept Of the revenue re-
ceived on each % the Glasses and sub
classes Of mail and a count Of the number
Of pieces Of each class and subclass, show
ing also for the first class the number Of
letters. postal cards and other matter sep
aratelyi and for thirty consecutive days
there must be kept a record for the pur-
pose OF ascertaining the average load Of
railroad p0st1f7Ce cars, other than storage
, cars, the average load Of storage cars and
I the average load IN compartment cars.
, This mass Of information is 20 be 70 the
; hands Of congress by MAY /. 1910, and the
3 program is 20 use % as a basis for Iegis-
lation Affecting second class postage and
2 the pay Of railroads for carrying the mail
e Boston Transcript.
: Rarner 100000 90 nan.