The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-27
MERGEs DIVISIONS
IN P0STOFF|CE
Order of Postmaster Allan
Pleases Five Departments
Under Two Heads
RESULTS IN CHANGES
AMONG THE EMPLOYEES
Reorganization Effective Mar.
/ VIII Put Richmond Office
in Class With Larger
City

For the purpose Of increasing eff
cheney. avoiding friction and keeping
in accord with TostmasterGeneral
Hirchcocks poiicy OF economy. Post
master Edgar Allan. Jr.. has reor-
ganized the Richmond postottice BY
the merger of five departments under
two heads. and the creation OF a new
office. resulting in ten promotions and
three demottons which will become
effective next "Wednesday.
The reorganization will place the
Richmond postoffioe on the plan OF
operation In vogue az indianapolis.
Baltimore, washington and several
other cities. Ii was proposed by First
Assistant PostmAster-Genera G. p.
Grandfield and the plans were con-
summated during Postmaster Allan's
recent visit to Washington.
Combines Divisions
The reorganization places the regis
try. mailing and city division under
one head to be known as superinten-
dent of mails Mr.. w. Ross South
ward has been appointed to this posi-
ton. The money order division and
the cashiers Office are also com bined
under a new executive known as
cashier. This Office will be filled by
MIR. Walter D. Melton. formerly as
sistant superintendent Of Station A.
A new Office to be known as chief
bookkeeper Is created by the order
The Incumbent viii be required &C
keep daily account Of all receipts
and disbursements. Who will be made
bookkeeper has not been announced
by Mr.. Allan. When asked to give
complete list OF promotions and
reductions, he replied:
ing division. will take the place made
vacant by the promotion OF Mr.. Mel.
ton, who was assistant superintendent
of Station A. Mr.. r w. Schieck
celrk In the city division. will bt
made superintendent In charge o.
Station b. At this time do not car,
! 70 give Ont ftzssaer than thes.
changes The men who have beer
given promotions and In most case.
increase In salaries are of course yer,
happy and would have no objection
to their names being published.
The, men who are denoted ar,
| naturally disappointed. and it woul,
not be proper for me to give thei
| names to the press In fact, / d,
not think the names OF the men de
! NOTED should be made public or tina
the public is materially intereste,
therein.
Explains New Plan.
Asked to explain in what respec
| the new system is different from tn
plan OF operation followed in the past
AIR. Allan replied:
Heretofore the Office has been i,
| charge Of a cashier. superintendent O
money orders, superintendent OF cit,
/ delivery. superintendent OF mails, sup
erintendent OF registered mails an.
superintendent OF carriers. There ar
| times in .tha Office, @hea, the 4Hasi4 70
| delivery becomes considerably con
| gested and there are times when thi
division is quite slack In work to b
| performed.
| This is also true regarding the mail
ing division. 1t is usually the cas-
when work is heavy in the maiItnI
division We find II is light In the cit,
p. division, while it is also true tina
when the work is heavy In the cit
division II Is light in the mailing d,vi
sion.
In order to eliminate this condi
I ton and friction which is likely I,
arise between the registry division
and the carriers division. the Sapart
| ment has placed the registry, mailinI
| and city division under one head. I,
be designated as the superintendent
or mails. The work will be perform
ed in the future as in the past. hu
the superintendent of mails will b
enabled to order his men from on
| division into another as the exigenc
of the case demands and thareb
! prevent COMPOSITIONS.
| The same is true regarding tn
| money order division and the cash
ier's Office. The department desire
! to place all finances under the con
! troll of one man. who will be desie
mated as cashier. He will have charE
of the present cashiers ONCE and tn
money order division. The rorme
| superintendent of money orders Wi
be assistSnt cashier In charge OF tn
money order division.
The position of chief bookkeepe
has been created and he will be re
quired to keep an account daily O
| all the receipts and disbursement,
This has been the practice In tn
cashiers Office in the past to a larg
extent. but now to this set OF book
will be added the money order &C
counts"