The Washington herald., 1911-04-01

tenn the hearty good will of employees Is
absolutely necessary"
1t was seen weeks ago that an over
hauling of the executive system OF the
Railway Mail Service was imminent. At
that time rumors of the designations OF
Alexander Grant and Second Assistant
| Postmaster General Stewart were flying
around Washington, but they were denied
by Mr.. Hitchcock, who said he had not
asked or received them.
The orders issued in the Postmaster
Generals named, of which he knew moth
ing, is the root of the entire invcStiSa-
tion by him, it is said on good authority.
n the working out of his special system,
Mr.. Hitchcock said, the railway clerks
by reasonable readjustment of hours,
had not been denoted. and the service
had in no respects been curtailed. On
the contrary. the departments efforts had
been to obtain, through Congress, i'm
proved physical and financial conditions.
while striving To keep the service apace
with the developments of the country.
Since his installation into Office the
Postmaster General has consistently
maintained he was going to sec that the
people of the country had the best mail
service possible at his command. and TO
this end his entire energies have been
directed. Time and ngain there have been
registered with him kicks by various
organizations and associations. complain
ing of the Railway Mail Service and charS-
ing il with gross inefiCicnCy and incompe-
tcncy. This evil the Postmaster General
decided to fight tooth and nail, and the
promotions and demotons are the result
Of his work.
An Efficient Officer.
Theodore ingalls,. who becomes general
superintendent of tho Railway Mail Serv-
ice at 1900 per annuT, is regarded by his
SupcriorS as one Of the best trained and
most efficient officers in the entire de-
pHrtment He is thoroughly familiar
with tn" railway mail system. having be
gun his postal work in that branch and
passed through its several grades, after
which he served as superintendent of
mails in the Louisville post-Otficc. Later
he became a pOst-OftiCc inspector in the
H. Id. then chief clerk to the chief post
office inspector for year. Last year he
Wis appointed superintendent Of the di-
vision Of rural mails. one Of the most
important offices connected with the Scrv-
ice.
CLYDE NJ. Reed vino goes from Clcve-
land to TAX" charge of the Cincinnati di-
vision. stands high in the regard of the
tive head He was selected for the new
post by reason of the effective work he
has done in Cleveland
Inspector John {. kOons was trained in
the Railway Mail Service, and is cXCPp-
tiunally familiar with that branch. After
his appointment a. an inspector, he was
chosen 4 member OF the commission to
investigate the railway mail system, and
is an expert on the subject.
NJ has been General
tcnGent of the Railway Mail Service
since 1907, having been appointed to that
position from assistant general Superin-
undcnt, which position he reached in
IN91. lie entered tho Railway Mail Serv-
ice III M AS a clerk. He came TO Wash
ingtOn in 1875 as a clerk in the office of
the general superintendent Of tn" Rail
way Mail Service. and in 1hS5 was pro-
NOTED to Chicf cl"rk.
Heard of the Changes.
When sen last night Mr.. Grant said
re had heard the chances had been or
dercd by tbc Postmaster General. but
could not tell the reason why. as he had
not been officially notified. II" declined
TO give out a statement until ne had
been thoroughly informed by Postmaster
General Hitchcock.
Charles ". vickery. supcrint ondent Of
the Washington division, was astounded
when told Of the order. n" said ii was
the first he had heard of the change. He
has been in charge of the Washington
division for the last twenty years. and
has been in the Railway Mail Service
for thirty years.
The remainder of the men affected
have been in the service for years, and
have reached their present positions
through successive promotions for serv-
ices of merit and years.