Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-04
YEAR'SPOSTAl REVENUE
WAS $224,12S,657.62
Auditor Chance, in His Annual
Report, Presents Plan to
Save $50, 900.

Merritt y. Chance, auditor for the Post
ONCE Department, has submitted to the
Secretary Of the Treasury and to the
Postmaster General his annual report
for the fiscal year ended June 30. 1910.
Mr.. Chance says he has already reduced
the appropriation for salaries in his Office
by $4,000 without the dismissal of a
clerk or employee. In his report to the
Secretary Of the Treasury Mr.. Chance
presents a plan OF consolidation which
will result in a further saving of $4,000,
or a total of more than 100000 in two
years. This decrease also will be brought
about without loss Of position by clerks or
employees. Mr.. Chance says that the prob
| lem OF approximation is q difficult one.
A large percentage of the force of his
office has passed the age Of greatest use.
fitness, and both they and the service
would be benefited were they honorably
retired on adequate annuities.
| The auditor heartily indorses the plan
embodied in Senate bill 1914 with q modi-
fication designed TO show veterans of the
civil war and the war with Mexico a
similar preference in the matter of retire
ment to that shown in appointment.
The audited revenues Of the postal serv-
ice for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910.
amounted to $224.128,S57.62, being a 10
per cent increase over the preceding year.
More than one-half Of this enormous sum
was collected by the postmasters of six
states. as follows: New York, $31. 262, :
479.5I; Illinois, 24,JOs. 239.6s; Pennsyl-
vania. s17,96l, 619.59: Ohio, 81, 22l .a27 40;
Massachusetts,. $11.2S7.174.96: Missouri,
was collected at the New York post Office
and per cent at Chicago.
Expenditures Were $220, 977, 224. so
The audited expenditures, amounting to
500, OF, 224.5O, show an increase Of 4
per cent. Eighty-six per cent Of the ex-
penditures were distributed as follows:
Railroad, mail transportation, $44,715,-
600; assistant postmasters and clerks in
post offices, $3s, 900: rural delivery
service, 81, O41,O 100; city delivery service.
$H, 49, 900: compensation to postmasters,
1913 900; railway mail service, $40,
3S9ND.
During the fiscal year s1.4i7639 money
orders were issued, amounting to S647, =
736 327.77, as against 72,479, 40, amount
ing to $50, SD, 647.11. for the previous
year. More than ID per cent Of all money
orders were paid paid, at Chicago and o per
The value of the 3.ss2.s1s international
money orders sent abroad was $50, 55S,
29942, while the $780, 51 incoming in
ternational money orders .totaled $9,65S,
foo<t. Inc DdidHce Oh $t0,osU,oIb.los III
favor of foreign countries, was settled
principally by the purchase and remit
| lance of foreign exchange. OF this inn
| mense sum more than "A per cent was
distributed to FIVE countries Of Europe. as
follows: Italy. So. 172.OO: Great Britain,
$4,000 and Russia. $S,477.000.
Would Consolidate Positions.
Mr.. Chance recommends the consolida
ton OF three positions. with salaries ag.
gregating $1,000 q year, two deputy audi
tors and chief clerk, into one position
with the title Of assistant auditor and
chief clerk. the salary to be $1,000. saw.
| ing $1,000. Various other changes are
made. The auditor also proposes an i'm
portant reorganization Of his Office. OF
| this he says:
II have submitted a proposed reorgan
iEatiOn Of this Office, and as prerequisite
| to the successful working out Of the plar
| there should be a readjustment of sala.
ries in cases where there Is a patent dis.
parity between the compensation paid
| performed. This would result in the pro-
motion Of many efficient clerks, and will
| go far to encourage good work.
| AT present the work of this Office is
divided as follows: Division of postal
accounts. pay division. recording divi-
| sion, foreign division. inspecting division,
| checking division, asserting division
THE recording. inspecting, checking,
| and asserting divisions are engaged ex-
clusively in the audit of money order
It is intended by the proposed reclassi-
fcatiOn to consolidate the seven divisions
of this office, as follows: Division OF
postmasters accounts, division of war
rant payments, division OF money-order
auditing, division Of money-order assort-
ing"