New-York tribune., 1907-08-18
Constant Reader Tells What he
Missed an Last Weeks PdPers.

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Reader. IT,, does
..ryer,, one who gets letters and VINO ooes
not was the reply, "is interested III 'i.o
that 40 good head has been secured ioi
greatest postoffice In the country Inc
ton of Assistant Postmaster Ed"diu W. go,
9an IN the place left vacant by Wlihain ~
co. beconing the head of the PUBIC 0ei
Commission for this city Is so natural anu .So
rirabIe that every one is ready 20 acclaiih IN
-. - +I,a,, ,.sre when Postmaster Pearson WHO
bod heen bred in the business, succeeoo'i @
father-in-Iaw Thomas L. James WHEN 'ne nc - -.
entered the Cabinet as Postmaster -
Postmaster Morgan has risen 'hroush is
,rrodo, from, letter carrier to the post he 10
80, f,Iiino The strongest recommendation io
bic dvancernsnt came from his former supeiioi
Mr. Wilcox who had found by ac'uaI ~ ~eNp
encs how invaluable he was He mas 'ie - -
tation among his subordinates OF pens ota, ~
who gets things done, a matter OF eSPeC a..
nortance when. for instance. NUMBER OF loie ii
steamers arrive with a great burden vi iii0'i'
and much work overtime is required
DThe scope Of the New York pOstoffce is Iot
coterminous with the city by any means, lncluu-
IT, mi. what ues the city of New York before
consolidation ten years ago. wnich lhcLuueS
Manhattan and portion of The Bronx me,
are nearly a score of postofnces' Dig anu -
in the other three bOroughs, including thd' oi
Frooklvn which ranks among the Tour OF HEe
Ioroest in the country. When what was once
the CITY Of Williamsburg, half century aSO'
was united with Brooklyn 1t retained IT'S oMli
postoffice and was long known as BROOKLYN r. "
eastern District). but finally the ois,I -.
was viped ont So in time Brooklyn, N " may
hecoua a n Integral part of the New YORK post
office and ell mail deliveries be made under tie
direction of the New York postmaster 70! ma
time II is TO be hoped that a suitable puhoiiis
as a home for the greatest pOstoffice IN the Iaiiu
will be erected The Chicago structure WHICH
v,as designed by the same architect as the one
in this city was demolished several years aso
and a more beautiful and convenient one
erected That is something whlch shoulu "
done in this city
Are the telegraph companies able 10 carry on
their business I'm spite of the big strike?
Yes they seem to be able to cope WIN tHe
situation. and IL looks as If there would not be
much interference with business. Some teN
persons have not been able to communicate as
speedilv as they have desired with their fam
flies in the country but by the use Of the tele-
phone and filing promptly the places Vi
the strikers the business of the country hd7
been conducted. The declination OF the railway
telegraph operators to join the men VINO nave
gone out has had much do with the failure
to produce serious results. for If train trafhc
largely conducted on telegraph orders, had Deeh
interfered with there would have been serious
results, The only sympathetic strikes nave
been those of messenger boys. and these nave
had no apprecIable effects
Did the strike affect the stock market
while some persons have surmised that or
ders To sell stocks. hurried in for fear that
they could not be sent if a general strike was
ordered. affected the market yet 1t does not
seem that this was anything more than one OF
the small contrbutory causes for the near panic
which brought many stocks down to lower Levels
than they have reached in a long period wall
Street seems TO be as sensitive as the exposed
nerve of a tooth. and any cause appears sum
cient to induce unloading which nearly breaks
the back Of the market Even the suspicion ot
a firm of automobile builders, caused by bad
fnanciering. suficed TO plunge stocks down
The rumors in regard 10 the outSivngs OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt. in his speech at cape Goa. ana
of Secretary Taft at the Ohio capital. to be made
in a few days. had immediate effect on th-
market
There was a significant conference Of the
President and his chief Cabinet advisers at Sag
amore Hill when Mr.. Taft came down from
Canada before starting his three months
tour IF the world. Postmaster General Meyer
accompanied him 10 Oyster Bay, and they waited
there for Secretary Root and remained for both
luncheon and dinner Nothing has been said of
tho presence of Secretary COrtelyou. but he is
spending the summer nearby and nothing would
have been easier than for him to have gone by
a ma phtha launch from Huntington To the Presi-
dents home without any one being the wiser
save those in the house. II is surmised that
the speeches of both Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Taft
were carefully considered. the Presidential pros
poets of the latter. his visit to Japan on his way
to Manila and return by way of Russia. the
visit of Mr.. Root to Mexico. the financial situa-
tion. which Mr.. CortelyOu proposes 10 relieve
by his power as Secretary of the Treasury; the
Standard Oil and railroad reports and legisla-
tive and other important matters were gone
over In fact Secretary Taft admitted this
much when he said: We went over the state of
the Union i'm committee of the whole.
While Mr. Taft will sound the keynote Of HIS
campaign for nomination to the Presidency at
Columbus Ohio. Tuesday. W. J. Bryan does
not propose sound his until after the Novem-
Der elections. and then will do so in Indiana
II is safe to say he will not strike again the
false note hich he did in this city on his return
from Europe Governor Hughes may he expect
ell to make his position clear on state matters
at the county agricultural fairs at which he IS
to speak this fall. Uncle Joe Cannon has de
clared his attitude positively against any tariff
revision by Congress at the coming session. say
ing that the matter remains for the higher Wis
dom of the national convention next June
'The perils of aggregations of summer guests
at resort hotels have been made apparent by
the fire at Old Orchard Beach. Me, which wiped
out nearly a of houses. big and little. filed
with guests. endangering hundreds of lives
causing the loss of two. doing damage OF nearly
81 900 .OOo. and bringing to end many plans
for pleasure. Similar destruction. albeit
smaller scale, befell the Hotel Brooklyn, at
Centre Morches. Long Island; the Squirrel Inn.
in Twilight Park the top of the Catskills.
and smaller house at Underwood Springs. Me.
But if those in resorts imperiled. there
have been accidents TO steamboats,. trains. auto
mobiles, stages and small vessels to add to the
record of the week. Fortunately. the fire the
Hudson River night boat Adirondack speed
lily under control, there might have been
great loss Of life. Imminent peril was barely
avoided by trains near the Bergen tunnel of the
Delaware. Lackawanna & Western Railroad in
Jersey City, and many persons were delayed on
their homeward trip. One of the strangest auto
mobile accidents yet reported the one on :,
Connecticut road when snake was thrown up