The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-13
St STANDARD|zE II
F|RsT-CLAS5
P0sTOFF|CEs
Chief Feature Is in Two Di-
visions, One to Handle
Mail Business and
One Finance.
WORK TO BEGIN ON
SALT LAKE OFFICE
Five Officials of National
Postal Department Reach
City to Operate In
Western Division.

The complete reorganization of the
system of handling the mails and the
moneys of the Salt Lake postof1ice is
being undertaken by committee Of
five officials of the postofice depart
ment who reached here YESTERDAY The
reorganization of the office Is in accord
with the plan Of Postmaster General
a. 5. Burleson for increasing the eff
fciency of all postoffices of the first
class
The committee on reorganization for
the Pacific and intermountain states.
which is now in Salt Lake to begin the
work OF changing the system Of
handling mails in the local Office, is com
posed of r. G.. Knox, postofice in
spector, with headquarters at San
Francisco, chairman of the committees
NJ. A. Martin, postoffice inspector of
San Francisco; c, NJ. Perkins, postoffice
inspector Of Seattle; r. p. Johnson and
}. X. Pickett Of Washington, D. c.,
special agents in the postal service.
Offices Tor the committee were estab-
lished at the federal building yester-
day and rooms were eugaged at the
New Grand hotel.
The plan of reorganization Of the
Salt Lake Office, which is the plan
which will be followed in all of the
nff Of bo foJ
templates the establishment of two
general divisions in the postofice, first
the department of mails, and second
the department of finance. With the
establishment Of these two divisions all
the work of the office will be concen-
trated under one or the other of these
branches OF the service, instead of be-
ing separated into seven or eight dis
tinct departments, as at present.
Duties of Superintendent.
Under the division of the mails will
come all the work Of collection and
distribution of mails. The superjn;end-
ent OF this division will have charge
Of all this work and Will be responsible
to the postmaster for all of the opera
tions of this department He will out
rank the superintendent of delivery
and all Of the other minor officials in
the part of the postal work that has to
do solely with the collection and dis
tribution Of mail
Under the department of finance Will
come the money order division, the
registry division, the postal savings
bank, the sale of stamps and the
cashier IS and bookkeeping departments,
The superintendent of the department
H. f1. ill
the funds of the Office and for their
The reorganization plan creates AS
new positions the superintendencies of
these two important departments. The
committee is empowered
to recommend the appointment of the
two mon for these positions. Accord
mittee, the appointm ents will be made
from the very best material 10 be
found in the service, but the commit
tee Will not go outside the service TO
select the men. The civil service regu
lations will apply to the appointments
to these important positions.
Increase In Efficiency.
The principal concern of the com
mittee in reorgauizing the work of the
of the methods of
handling the mails and the systems. of
Such Standardization,
The committee believes, will greatly
increase the efficiency of the Offices and
result in the more expeditions handling
IF mail matter.
The committee will confer with Post
master Arthur L. Thomas and Post
master designate Noble Warrum rela-
i've to the proposed new system. Mr
Knox said that the committee had
,oped that the new postmaster would
rave taken Office prior to their coming
~ Salt Lake. in order that the new
would start out at the
beginning Of the change of system.
However. he said that Mr.. Wnrrum was
.lmost as good as in Office now, and
would undoubtedly spend great deal
II time with the members Of the com
nittee, familiarizing himself with the
OF the new PLAN.
With reference to the change IN the
ystem Mr.. Knox said last night:
The members of our committee will
confine their attention to the post.
Offices In all OF the large cities west
OF the continental divide. Cthsr
committees will look after tae stand
in the large cities of other sections
Of tho United states.
The plan for the Standardization OF
the larger Offices Of the country was
worked out under the direction or
Postmaster General A. S. Burieson
The chief features OF the plan are the
division OF the work OF the postoft'cez
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