The Washington herald., 1914-10-03
SHAM.UP
PUT into EFFECT.
Changes IN Local Office, as.
Forecasted N The Herald,
Cut Salaries.
ONE POSITION ABOLISHED
Assistant Postmaster L R Robinson
Reduced UpheavaI Is to Insure
Efficiency, Explains Praeger.
ONE POSITION ABOLISHED

The shake-up IN the Washington post
once forecasted in The Herald yester-
day has been put into effect from October
/ BY Postmaster Otto Praeger. The most
important change made was the abolition
of the ONCE OF assistant postmaster. oc-
cupied BY L. r. Robinson. who was re-
duced to bookkeepershIp with a cut in
salary from fs.0oa to $500 Other demo-
tons are as follows:
Howard p. Springer. for more than
thirteen years superintendent Of malls,
to be superintendent OF Station A: Gran
Vile Hunt. for thirteen years superinEend-
end OF the registry division. to be an az
sistaut superintendent Of malls. Charles
p. Mccurdy, for i've years assistant
superintendent and superintendent Of
money orders. 20 be superintendent of
Station @.
Tive PromofIsna Made.
There were two promotions. w. H. Hay
cock. superintendent Of city delivery serv-
ice. was elevated to superintendent OF
mails, and ]. B. Gordon, for years ex-
aminer Of postal stations In this city.
was promoted 70 superintendent Of
finance.
The new arrangement divides the once
into two branches-one to handle the
mails. both collections and deliveries, and
attend to all transportation details The
ether Is to shoulder the sale Of stamps
and all other financial work. in addition
to the inside administrative work. This
IL q system already In efficient effect In
some postofices and was installed here
in anticipation OF the usual Christmas
rush.
In an oahcial statement yesterday Post
master Sraeger said the reorganization
was simply IN line with a scheme which
Ia a urffft L..
other large cities.
Most Of the heads Of departments az
fscted have advanced through many
grades Of the service.
L. p Robinson has held several re-
sponsible positions in the local post
once. During the Spanish American war
he was In the postal service IN Porto
Rica and Cuba He came here in March,
1889. He was appointed assistant post
master by Postmaster General Hitchcock
in February, 1872
Z Horace p. Springer was superintendent
Of mail from July L. 1s01, until yesterday.
II Is understood his salary has been cut
from S2,7Oo TO $500, the same that he re-
ceived when he came here In LTD from
the railway mail service -
4 GraavIIIe7 Hunt Reduced.
Granville Hunt y perhaps the best
hHoNH VI latl AuooG ug a-l0ei
changes He has always taken keen
interest in civic affairs and for three
Years was chairman Of the convention
committee Of the Chamber; OF Commerce
He was instrumental b bringing many
conventions here Mr. Hunt has been in
the local postofaes cor tWenty.a yearrl
ard a shsfra- q ~ gesislls Alyisien fsf'
thlrteens = y - - Z \
Charles Mccmdy vas APPOINTED to the
money order division on September &
ISL He waE made ASSISTANT suDerfntend-
ent Of the division In January 1903. and
was put In charge there June Z. 1873.
William II. Haycock. new superintend-
ent Of mails. began as a substitute car
rier, in 1Ss7 He was made inspector OF
rural delivery in 1s08 and promoted to as
sistant superintendent OF rural malls IN
1904. He became assistant superintend-
ent Of the division OF city delivery in the
Postoffice Department in 1906, and March
II, 1905, was made superintendent Of city
delivery In the local postofice, where he
remained until yesterday.
]. B. Corridor. now superintendent OF
the financial department. has been in
the service for twenty-six years. He was
made examiner Of substations IN 1905, and
was such until yesterday.