The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-11-30

self on record as being decidedly op-
posed to the law which prohibits the
establishment of postal stations more
than five miles beyond the corporate
limits of a city, although he says, no
such restriction exists with reference
to the extension of the free delivery
service. The department, he declares,
should not be placed in the position
of being able to. deliver mail from
door to door and at the same time of
being forbidden to supply the district
so served with the other usual postal
conveniences. The repeal of the law
complained of is urged.
The maintenance of suitable pos
tai service in New York City, it is
stated, becomes more difficult each
year and requires increased expendi-
lures in order to reduce so far as pos
sible the heavy congestion of mail
matter there. The Postmaster Gener-
al speaks of what has been done tow
ard remedying this condition, and
says that a night delivery in the resi-
Dental section has gone far in that
direction.
Recommendation is again made
that the leave of absence with pay
allowed by law to employees of the
postal service be increased from fif-
teen to thirty days whenever the pos
tai revenues warrant it.
While favoring an increase in pay
of the supervisory employees in post
offices, the Postmaster General says
he has not estimated for additional
promotions for the coming year be-
cause of the great increase in the
deficit
In regard to pneumatic tube serv-
ice, it is stated that the commission
appointed under the Act of Congress
of May 27, 1908, to inquire into the
feasibility of the government acquir-
ing and operating the pneumatic tube
service, has completed it's work and
that the report will be submitted to
congress soon after it convenes. No
hint is given regarding the commits
sion's recommendations.
The recent establishment of the
2-cent-an-ounce rate of letter postage
between the United States and the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland will, it is stated, have the eff
feet of bringing about greater postal
receipts. ga lower postage rate will
prove another bond toward closer So
cial and commercial relations be-
tween the two great English-speaking
countries it is stated, land it will
do much to enable our manufacturers
to better advertise their goods and
thus increase their sales in those
countries Modern progress, it is add
ed is annihilating distance, and revo-
lutionized methods in ship building
have made the English markets but
a few days from American ports. 1t
is urged that cheaper and direct mail
friendly intercourse of nations, should
be extended wherever practicable.
Figures relating to the railway
mail service show decrease of l5
III lue nuuD0I VI railway Poo'eli
clerks killed and of 21 injured as COM
pared with the fiscal year 1907. In 1908
there were four clerks and two sub
stitutes killed and 104 seriously and
$50 slightly injured. Recomm endation
is made that railway postal clerks be
given annual leave of absence with
pay for thirty days and that when SO
seriously disabled as not to be able
to resume duty at the expiration OF
twelve months, they may be granted
disability leave with pay at fifty per
cent of their regular compensation
during such disability for not exceed
ing twelve additional months.
The regulations covering sample
copies, are treated at length in the
report, the Postmaster General con-
Guiding with the statement that the
publishers, with>rare exceptions, have
endorsed the position of the depart
ment and commended it for the course
lit pursued.
The attention of congress is invit-
ed to the previous recommendation
for reduction in the rate and an in
crease in the weight limit for fourth
class matter "in order to remove an
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