The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-08-03

their realty holdings, TO the
government, working overtimel
is necessary To keep up.
In addition TO these new sites
Congress has authorized appro-
priations for the enlargement
of some So Federal buildings
throughout the country, such
enlargement in practically
every case calling for the pur-
chase of additional ground.
This great realty deal which
the last Congress authorized
will cost Uncle Sam very close
TO $50. 600. 900 and will be very
equitably distributed between
his children in the forty six
states and territories and also
our brethren beyond the seas
viii come in for a slice of this
largess.
The preliminaries of the in
auguratiOn of the postal savings
bank system do not indicate
any large amount of enthusiasm
over the idea. These prelimin-
aries consist for the most part
of applications of banks to be
designated as repositories and
OF postmasters 10 have their
officers appointed TO receive the
savings More banks have ask
ed for recognition than pOstOf-
fees. In some states having a
large number Of postOfiices sur
/ prisingly little attention is Civ
en- the new enterprise, and but
few pOstoflices have essayed 20
venture 60 promote the system
Two reasons are given for this.
One rs that the average post
master does not know or does
not care about the law. Not for
publication. but as an evidence
OF ehrewd disccrnment, these
at this end of the business hav-
ing TO do with these applica-
tions. intimate that ignorance
is mainly responsible for the
dearth of applications from the
| postmasters Few of them. it
rs assumed, have mastered tke
/ details of the law. aud many
who have studied IL have de
cIded that ak the government
has neglected 10 say that they
are 90 have help and additional
pay for the service. they do NOT
care 90 bother with the work
and the responsibility.
Postmaster General Hitch
cock. before he left for Europe,
did not appear TO have any def
mite ideas about the organiza-
ton. and IL is not believed that
it can get under way, even with
the first step. until the middle
Of autumn.
The statistics TO date touch
ing the interest In the new law,
respectively, of the postmasters
and the bankers are divcrting
at least.
Ina 40 states out Of the as only
27i postoiliccs are represented
10y their postmasters as making
- applications 90 be authorized 60
receive savings In Al states
bankers 90 the number of CD
make applications 20 have their
institutions designated as de-
positories.
The greatest number Of post
offices applying is from Penn
sylvania. having 39. and also,
p the greatest number of banks
asking Go be- made repositories
Sc. Her neighbor. New York
Is comparatively Indifferent,
having only 30 postollices and g
banks applying The Middle
Western States may be said 10
/ have come up stronger than
any other region. the figures
for applications being Post
offices, Ohio. 81; banks, As; H.
linOis. pOstOiiices, 2l; banks -:
Indiana, postoflices, 3. banks,
-, Michigan, pOstoflices. s;
. banks, rs; Missouri, postofiices,
s; banks. %; Wisconsin, postof-
fees, ~ banks. a.; Minnesota,
pOstoihces, 2S; banks 81; Iowa,
postothces, -; banks, 80; Ne
braska, postOtlices. 3; banks, 20.
The Far Western States aud
the Southern States seem TO be
r somewhat negligent of their
opportunities Georgia, the So
called Empire State of the
South. has only , banks and no
pnofnffsra arnlNrsn,r Tho NJ,