The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-22
KINGS WORKING
FOR UNCLE SAM
Postal Superintendent Carr Has
Royal Blood Among His
Many Employees.

Down in Samoa there are some post
masters and assistant postmasters who
are above the ordinary type of mortals
In Samoa Uncle Sam uses ex-kings and
high chiefs to sort mail. At Tau, Ma
nua, the postmaster for long time was
Tuimanua, king who was defeated in
war by his rival Mataafa. He retired
to Tau where Uncle Sam made him
postmaster, and his signature is one of
the priced possessions in pigeonhole
of Superintendent Carr's desk. But
Taimanua is dead and one of his sure.
ties became postmaster. He Is Tufela,
native high chief, but man who
neither speaks, reads or writes English.
For all these reasons superintendent
Carr has torn his hair, for he has been
unable to get proper returns from Tau.
He has written, threatened, beseeched,
and finally man named Gallagher, evil
IDENTIFY not Samoan, and probably an
freshman, wrote to Superintendent Carr
and explained. Tufela was fine fell
low and he only took over the post
office because he was a surety for the
former postmaster.
VIII visit Samoa.
Finally the returns came in from a
contractor and one cheek for services
was sent, and now everything is clear
ed up, checks sent, Gallagher may be
appointed postmaster, and Superintend-
ent Carr may visit him in the near flu
ture to instruct them all in the duties
of conducting a postoffiee in the middle
Of the South Seas for Uncle Sam.
Superintendent Carr has every steam.
| er on tap for carrying mail and Island
folk will have every opportunity afford.
ed them to send and receive mail.
Has Wide Domain.
Every landing in the islands al
which steamer calls is on the list OF
Superintendent Carr and if there Is q
letter for any landing and a steamer
is going there, the letter will be dis
patched.
i Superintendent Carr has as wide Q
jurisdiction as the Bishop of Honolulu
for his domain includes not only thu
Hawaiian group, but Midway, all tht
little islands and the Samoan Islands
And it is owing to the fact that Uncl,
Sam has put the Samoan Islands
also in charge of Mr.. G.. w. Carr tina
he may have to make a visit to tn,
! American islands in the Samoan group
as we'll as call upon the German gov
ernor at Apia, and incidentally inter
view several native chiefs who harper
to be postmasters or assistant post
masters.
Samoa is almost off the map now
adays because of the withdrawal of tn
Oceanic steamships from the San Fran
cisco Honolulu Samoa Australia run
Steamers seldom visit Page Page, th,
chief city in American Samoa, ant
mails only arrive there after they havl
been delivered at Apia, and are thel
sent across the eighty or ninety mile
I between Islands to Page Page, wher
Uncle Sam maintains a naval governor
station ship, and lot of America
naval officers and blnejaekets, who pin
. for late news from home, and thei
! complaint is that it is too late.
! A Roundabout Service.
Mr.. Carr has advertised for contract
g to carry the mails from Page Page t
i, Honolulu and San Francisco, but nc
9 body wants to take hold Of the propos
t ton.
r At the present time letter sen
g from Honolulu may be delivered |
I Page PagO in about i've weeks. FO
instance Superintendent Carr is sendin
some important mail TO the postmaste
+ at Tau, Samoa, and also 10 Page Pagl
: II will leave on the Mariana tomorrow
y Often mail for Page Pago can be pr
r off at Suya, but on this trip the ma
t viii have to go to Sydney where ii wi
/, arrive August 8. On August 10 ii
!. Maheno viii take the mail from Sydne
o and after several eircling maneuye
q win arrive at Apia on August 81, an
% II a steamer Is at Apia win be delivers
n AZ Pago Phgo In a few hours and late
mail for Tau will get there later on,