Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-09
OMAHA WINS A Big VICTORY
Locating Mail Division Here to Bring
Many New Families.
MANY ROOMS WILL BE NEEDED
Increased Postal Receipts viii re-
salt from This Move and Bet-
ter Mail service May Ne
Expected.


The locating Of the new railway post
office division in Omaha will mean a great
deal for this city. Fully fifty families
will come here when the word IL sent out
TO move. At present no time has been set
for the opening Of the offices here, but
that is expected within the next few
days
In all, Il Is expected that about $50 men.
women and children viii be brought to the
city, by the locating Of the headquarters
here. An increase in the postoffice re-
ceipts viii also result from the decision.
II is also probable that Omaha will be
made division headquarters for other
branches OF the service in the future. II
may also bring in the future inspectors of
rural free delivery.
Lots of sppce.
Ample working space. which was one of
the features which brought the division
here. is being prepared at once. At
present. however, It is not known where
the headquarters will be located The
postoffice building win be used, but what
floor is to be vacated is yet a problem.
The second OF third floor will be vacated
and set aside 20 await the coming Of the
officials. About seventeen rooms will be
occupied. and II enough space cannot be
procured on one floor, rooms on another
will be used. Six rooms are in use by
the chief clerk of the railway jpostoffice
division. and his office at the present
time lie on the second floor. These six
rooms. however. are included in the seven
teeen rooms. should they all be required.
Better postal facilities will be realized
when the headquarters are established
here, as all postal trains and cars will be
lod hxf he dlrrfof nd -,
such a manner as to make Omaha the
headquarters for as many mail cars as
possible.
Guild Tells of Victory.
This is q great victory for Omaha. for
Nebraska and for the Commercial club and
has been reached only after three and a
half years constant effort, during which
time every business reason and sound ar
gument that could be marshaled together
have been collected and put to use" said
J. NJ Guild, commissioner of the CONNER
cial club. "Our activity commenced long
before there was any positive provision
made for new division which the sixty
first congress authorized, when the general
postoffice appropriation bill specified four
teen divisions instead OF thirteen as here
tofore.
THE new division is made up OF terri
tory taken from the present sixth and
seventh divisions, Omaha being in the
sixth. Nebraska and Wyoming are taken
from It and Colorado from the seventh
The sixth, with it's headquarters at Chi
cago. has been cumbersome on account of
being the largest In point OF mileage and
railway postoffice lines. and second larg-
est in number of rilway postal clerks. In
our competition with Denver we outclassed
itsin every particular that counted for any
thing, postoffice revenue. railway mileage
in Nebraska as against Colorado railway
mileage operated from Omaha and Denver,
saving In distance and time In handling
mail to and from Washington. number OF
routes In the several states, the number of
railway mail clerks. volume of mail han
died per day. headquarters accommodations
and in every other respect.
Division Means Much
Not only will the location OF the head
quarters In Omaha bring a large number
of additional clerks and their families here
but new office will be established, that
of division superintendent. with his staff
so that in a material way Omaha is the
beneficiary OF a substantial increase But
the added prestige that comes to Omaha is
is far from insignificant, as the trend OF
Uncle Sam in all matters Of this kind seems
to be toward concentration and for Omaha
to be designated as the headquarters now
means possibly more in the future than 1t
does today. In another very important re-
spect 1t Is a good thing for Omaha and the
state at large, as the railway mail service
of Nebraska has not been what II should
be and with an Omaha administration II
can be bettered very materially and with
less effort and loss OF time
while the club has been working away
on this ever since Captain Palmer's post
mastership. when an unusual effort be-
came necessary. a delegation was sent to
Washington. headed by Victor Rosewater
and consisting OF Messrs. ]. l.. Kennedy
and II. II. Baldrige to whom great credit
Is due for their successful work. The repre-
sentation of omaha's reasons was made TO
the postmaster general and the second as
sistant, under whose supervision comes the
railway mail service by Mr.. Rosewater and
supported by this committee last April,
and the matter has been hanging fire ever
since, pending decision by the postma ster
general OF the merits of the two contend
Ing cities"