Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-10
WILL BRING ABOUT FIFTY CLERKS
Known Officially as Fourteenth Di-
vision Of Railway Mail Service.
TO HOUSE IT IN PoSToFF1CE
If not Room Enough, Army Building
viii Be Used.
HITCHCOCK TAKES BUSINESS vTEN
Onaha's 0uaIificAtions Make Decided
Appeal 60 Postal Head and De-
cisios Made on Merits of
Ctty's Location.
cFrom a staff correspOndent-)

WASHINGTON. July s.-(Special Teie-
grant, - Assistant Postmaster General
Stewart says that the new headquar-
ters OF the railway mail division which
was created in the last postoffice appro-
priatiou bill. would be established on or
about August l. Late last night Mr..
Stewart learned Of the decision Of the
postmaster general TO establish headquar-
ters at Omaha and when seen yester-
day had nothing before him except the
former order creating the new division.
which will be known officially as the
fourteenth division Of railway mail service.
and will be in charge Of a superintendent
and an assistant superintendent with
combined office force that will number
some fifty clerks. messengers and char
women.
II presume we will find sufficient space
for the needs OF this new division in the
federal building" said Mr., Stewart, al.
though 1 am not sure about that
May Use Army BUILDING.
I'VE will at once ascertain just what
space is available IN the postoffice build
ing for the new headquarters. If, how
ever, space is not available we may be
compelled TO ask the War department for
space in army headquarters. but do
not anticipate that this viii be necessary.
TT is impossible at this moment to indi-
cate who the superintendent and assist
ant superintendent Will be. That matter
win have to be worked out by the de-
partnent with a view OF securing the
most efficient service for the work in hand
OF course. II Is to be regretted that the
decision could not have come sooner 50
that We might have had the division in
operation by July !. when the law went
Into effect. but there were many eondi-
tIons TO be considered and the decision
was reported at the earliest moment pos
sible Omaha put up a splendid fight for
the place and personally 1 am pleased that
IL won out"
Omaha sAppeaIs To HItchcoek.
The sentiment expressed by the assist
ant postmaster general was reflected by
members of the Nebraska delegation who
are in the city Postmaster General Hitch
cock. in conversation with The Bee cor
respondent. said he was exceedingly glad
that the matter of division headquarters
had been determined
L went into the whole situation with
much carefulness and the decision in
favor of Omaha was made wholly upon its
meri'7 as a business proposition. There
were complications necessarily growing out
OF the activity OF Denver as a rival city
F.! for the place. which made IL somewhat en-
! barrassing to reach conclusions, but Omaha
made ouch a splendid showing from a busi-
ness viewpoint that its selection was but
| a matter OF time. OF course regret that
/ the decision could not have been reached
| sooner. but now that II has been made We
/ will put the machinery % work to Install
the division as rapidly as possible"
L0beck TO Come Back.
Representatives Lobeek left last night for
Lawrence. Kan, with the congressional
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