Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-16
New Administrative Plan An
nounced From Washington
Headquarters.
DIVIDED INTO DISTRICTS.
Each New Office VIII Handle Qucs-
tions Arising in Its Territory
Transfers $50 Clerks.
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Washington July ia change Ia
the system of administration of forest
reserves by the government of graf
interest to western cities is announced
in tentative form from the Washing
ton Offices of the service Instead
of handling the great amount of busI,
ness now done in the Washington Of
fees, the business is TO he diviucd
among many new offices to be created.
each To be equipped for the complete
settlement of all qustions coming 70
them.
Among the cities where these offices
will be situated are Portland. Salt Lake
city. San Francisco, Denver. Nilsson
la and Albuquerque. To each of these
Offices about fifty clerks will be as
signed from Washington These Off
ces will represent about one-half or
the administrative forces now employed
III this department, the other half re-
naming in the Washington offices.
Each OF the new offices will be placed
in charge of administrative officers to
be appointed in the near future. These
appointments will entail no new az
pointments TO the forces in the SER
vice, as the clerks and administrative
officers Will be selected from among
those now In the service. To fill va
cancies occurring in the future, how
ever, western people Will be in line foi
appointment upon successfully passing
the ciYil service examinations which
viii be held to I'LL vacancies as they
may exist
WESTERN DISTRICTS.
The new offices will handle only mat
tiers coming up In their districts Port
land will handle cases arising I'm Ore
son and Washington. Salt Lake Will
handle cases coming from Idaho. Me-
vada and Utah. Missoula will handle
business arising in Montana and Min
nesota- The Denver office will care
for Colorado and Wyoming business.
The long delay incident to the trans
action of all business in Washington,
It is thought. will be done away with
by the new arrangement. The adj
justment of affairs arising in any of
the districts win be made in the die
trict offices near the point involved
in the transaction and In this way
much delay done away with.
The granting of all kinds OF per"
lnits; the regulnt ton OF grazing: sale
OF timber and the supervision OF for
est guards and rangers Will ali b.
done at the division Headquarters In
the west. instead of waiting for author
ity from Washington. BY thus expo
diting business, the forest service W,li
that have been made In Congress IN
late years.
The proposed changes will be made
during the fall beginning about the
frst of October 1t is contemplated
that the removal will be complete by
Dec. 81. In the meantime arrange
ments are to be made for office nc-
commodations In each OF the division
headquarters, and in most. II not all
instances. the forestry clerks will he
obliged TO occupy quarters. because the
respective federal buildings are already
hlled The service occupies rcntt d
quarters in Washington. and the money
saved when $50 clerks depart will pro
vide ample accommodations In the
various western cities.
HEADQUARTERS IN CAPITAL.
Headquarters of the forest service
VIII stu be maintained In the national
capital, and all the various divisions
VIII remain as at present organized.
with their same heads. but the clericni
force Will be reduced, and much of tn,
work now done here viii hereafter be
done in the west
The change In administration in m
way alters the forestry policy OF IN,
government. The same policies that
have been In vogue lately will continue
and the same men will have charg,,
The only advantage gained by the
cnanee Is expedition in administration.