Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-25
Carriers and Clerks Exams

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mission announces AN examination
for the positions of clerk and carrier
in the postoffice service which will be
held in the council chamber Of the
city hall on Saturday, March r. The
examination will be conducted by A
G. Knaak secretary board of examin
| erS United States civil service com
mission of this city.
Clerks in offices of the first and sec
ond classes and carriers in the city
delivery service are divided into six
grades, as follows: First grade, sal
! ary $500; second grade, salary $500;
, third grade, salary $500; fourth grade
salary $1,000; fifth grade, salary S110O;
sixth grade, salary $1,000. Clerks and
carriers at first class offices will be
promoted successfully to the fifth
grade. ana clerks and carriers at sec
ond class offices will be promoted sue
cessively to the fourth grade.
All promotions of both clerks and
carriers will be made at the b1gin-
ming of the quarter following the ex-
piration of years service in the
next lower grade. No promotion will
be made. except upon evidence salts
factory to the postoffice department
Of the efficiency and faithfulnes OF
the employee during the preceding
year. When clerk or carrier fails
of promotion because of unsatisfac-
tory service he may be promoted at
N of 10 orfcr,
thereafter, or of any subsequent quar-
ter on evidence that his record has
been satisfactory during the interven-
ing period. Clerks and carriers of
the highest grade in their respective
offices are eligible for promotion to
the higher positions in said postof-
fees.
Any clerk is eligible for transfer to
the service of carrier and any carrier
is eligible for transfer to the service
of a clerk.
Auxiliary employees are poid for
actual service at the rate of 80 cents
an hour Such auxiliary employees,
however, are required to work not
less than two hours daily, and may
serve as substitutes. They are eli
gible for appointment as clerks and
carriers of the first grade.
Substitutes are paid at the rate of
80 cents an hour when serving for alb
sent clerks and carriers, and they are
eligible for appointment as auxiliary
employees and as clerks and carriers
for the first grade.
Age limit, all positions, IS to As
years. The age limits are waived,
however, in the cases of persons hon
orably discharged from the military
Or naval service by reason of disabil-
ity resulting from wounds or sick
ness incurred in the line of duty.
Male applicants for the postoffice
service must be at least feet 4
inches in height in bare feet, and 1875
pounds in weight without overcoat
or hat; otherwise their applications
will be Cancelled. Female applicants
are not required to be of any specific
height or weight.
Applicants for the postoffice service
are required to be physically sound
and in god health. The postoffice de-
partment has advised the commission
that no person who is defective in any
of the following named particular will
be appointed to the position of car
rier in the postoffice service: Hunch-
backs; persons having defective hear
ing, sight or Speech persons blind in
one eye; one-armed, One-handed, or
one-legged persons, or those having
crippled arms or legs, or those suffer
ing from asthma or hernia. The above
mentioned defects will also debar a
person from appointment to the posi-
ton of clerk in the postofice service,
except that deaf mutes and persons
with defective speech or hearing may
be appointed to the position of mail
clerk, distributor, and directory and
forwarding clerk. Applications from
persons who have any of the physical
defects mentioned will be Cancelled,
unless such persons are honorably dis
charged United States soldiers or sail
ors, entitled to preference under sec
ton 1854, Revised Statutes of the
United States.
Married women will not be admit
ted to this examination. This prohi-
bition, however, does not apply to di-
vorced women or women who are sep
arted from their husbands and support
themselves. This examination is open
to all citizens of the United States
who comply with the requirements.
For application blanks, instructions
to applicants and further information,
application should be made to A. G..
Knaak, secretary board of examiners,
at the Watertown postoffice, or to
Peter Newton, secretary, 18th Floor
Federal Building, Chicago.
No application will be accepted un-
less properly executed and filed prior
to the hour of closing business On
March 4, 1910.