Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-21
PLANS MANY REFORMS
Postmaster General Has Ideas
for improvements.
RETURNS FROM VACATION
Contemplated Action Soon for New
Building Here.
FAv0Rs THE SAVINGS FEATURE
Makes Mention Of the Betterment Of
Mail Facilities in New
York City.

After a vacation of five weeks. spent al
the Restigouche Salmon Club in Canada
and at his summer home at Hamilton,
Mass. Postmaster General Meyer re-
turned here last night directly from
Oyster Bay, where he participated i'm
conference yesterday with the President
and New York republican leaders regard
ing the gubernatorial situation In that
state.
Mr. Meyer Will leave tonight for Hot
Springs, Va. where he will confer with
Judge Taft
The Postmaster General said he will re-
turn from Hot Springs next Monday or
Tuesday. when he Is TO take up. with the
Secretary Of the Treasury. the selection
of the site for the new city post once. the
building Of which was made possible by
his special effort before Congress. IIo
has been writing his annual report and is
now getting II in shape. 1t Will deal with
many subjects and recommend many
changes In departmental procedure. AZ
we'll as In existing laws. I'm order that red
tape may be done-away with and business
methods applied to all branches OF the
postal service.
Favors Postal Savings Banks.
Mr. Meyer says he is especially inter-
ested In postal savings banks, and after
his return will endeavor to get matters
In shape as soon as possible that he may
go into the country and do missionary
work for them.
The proposition he said. has been
embodied in the platform. and I shall
probably make several public speeches In
behalf OF II in the near future" Mr..
Meyer also spoke Of his deep interest In
the work of the committee appointed by
him to standardize the forms I'm use in
the service, With a view to their simpliil-
cation and the saving OF expense.
On his way through New York the
Postmaster General also gave his per-
sonal attention to the efforts now being
made to improve the postal facilities
there.
I'm a short while. he said there will
be four great central postal depots in
that city-at the present main Office tho
new post Office. station H. at the Grand
Central station and at the Hudson ter
minal Of the McAdoo tunnels, all Of
which l hope before long to have con-
| nected by the pneumatic tube system,
when the possibility of congestion of the
| Important mails and the consequent de-
lay will DO absolutely removed
Will Use Pneumatic Tubes.
MY purpose" the speaker added. lis tn
connect the new Union station here with
the city service by pneumatic tube. just
as in New York. 1t is in the line with
up-to-date methods of doing business that
requires expedition at all times. I have
concluded q contract for the installation
OF overhead carriers in the city post Of
flee, which will be executed by September
!, and mean q great deal TO the local
postal service.
The Postmas ter General announced him.
self as determined. 50 far as possible. to
break away from the old fogy methods OF
doing business I'm the postal service. and
expressed himself az confident that the
application Of common sense and business
L.
The Postmaster General also announced
the recess appointment by the President
of Grifiith r. Lewis to be postmaster at
Cripple Creek, Col, in place OF Daniel
NJ Sullivan, whose commission expired
January 4, 1908, and against whose reap
pointment a sharp fight was made.