Evening star., 1914-10-02
CITY POST OFFICE
GETSASHAKE-UP
Complete Reorganization Fore
casted Exclusively in The
Star Is Effected.
INVOLVES ABOLITION OF
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER
L, r, Robinson Made Bookkeeper.
Two.Division Plan Provides
Salary Cuts.

| Complete reorganization of the ad-
ministration of the Washington CITY
post Office, involving abolition OF the
office of assistant postmaster, demotion
of three superintendent and chtefs OF
several departments and change In the
superintendent of five substations,
went into effect yesterday. as forecast
ed exclusively in The Star yesterday.
with the confirmation of First Assist
ant Postmaster General Roper.
| - Those principally affected by the re-
organization are:
| Promotions-W. H. Haycock, from
superintendent of city delivery service
| to superintendent of mails. and ]. b.
I Corridor, for some years examiner >of
postal stations in this city. to be super
intendent of finance.
| Demotions-L. R. Robinson, for about
| four years assistant postmaster, to be
bookkeeper between the finance de,
partment and the postmaster; Howard
| P. Springer, for more than thirteen
years superintendent of mails. to be
superintendent of station A: Granville
Hunt, for thirteen years superintendent
of the registry division. to be an as
sistant superintendent of mails;
Charles P. McCurdy, for five years as
sistant superintendent and superin-
| tendent of money orders, to be SUPER
| intendent of station G.
More Efficient Service Is Aim.
1t is explained by Postmaster Prae-
| ger that this reorganization is in line
| with a scheme of administration that
| has been introduced in a number of
| other large cities. and that it will give
a more efficient service in the handling
| of mails"
| Most of the heads of departments
affected by the reorganization have
advanced through all grades O.
| the service and several of them have
been in the postal service for more
| than a quarter Of century. Z means
a cutting in their salary Of $500, $500
and $40O.
L. P. Robinson, the assistant post
master. who loses his office and De-
comes a bookkeeper, it is understood.
has had his salary cut from $4,000 to
400. He has held many responsible
positions in the Washington post Of
fee Tor aboRt 1fteen years and during
the Spanish .American war was Of val
liable service to the government in
Cuba and Porto Rico as a special agent
of the department.
Mr.. Robinson started in the postal
service as special delivery messenger
in the Appleton, Wis. post Office. He
gradually worked his way up until he
became assistant postmaster there.
| AT the time OF the Spanish-American
| war he volunteered to go to Cuba anu
was called upon for this service. After
his mission there was accomplished he
was appointed to the Washington city
post office in March, 1899. and won
until he was made superintendent of
station G. Then he was promoted to
cashier of the city post office.
Popular With Employees.
It was while acting as cashier. nearly
four years ago. that he was called upor
to perform the duties Of assistant
postmaster, and after about a year
and a half in such service he was ap-
pointed by Postmaster Merritt, with
the sanction of Postmaster General
Hitchcock in February, 1912, as assist
ant postmaster.
Mr.. Robinson is popular with the
| working force of the post office. and
has done effective work, and employees
say he has personally performed the
| duties in all grades OF service and IL
thoroughly familiar through expert
| ence with the entire potsal service
! Horace P. Springer. formerly super
| intendent Of mail. held that Office from
understood his salary has been cut
from S2.700 to $4,000, being reduced to
| the same figure he received when he
came to the Washington post office
from the railway mail service Novem-
ber II, 1879.
Hunt in Office Quarter of Century.
| Granville Hunt, until yesterday
| superintendent of the registry division.
| It is understood, has suffered a reduc-
ton in salary from $2.400 to $4,000.
after hating been an employe Of the
Washington city post office for twenty
Five years and in charge Of the regis
try division for thirteen years. He Is
native Washing gtonian and started in
the postal service as boy. After ad-
vancing through the various grades
the registry division in November.
1901. Mr.. Hunt always has taken an
interest in civic affairs and was for
three years chairman of the conven-
Commerce. He brought many big con-
ventions to Washington and did a val
liable work in compiling list of all
the big associations in the United
statistics of the number they attracted
to the city where the convention was
| held.
| Charles McCurdy. who loses out as
/ superintendent of the money order di-
vision. was appointed in September 4,
| 1897 He was made assistant superin-
| tendent of the money order division in
| January. 1909, and June 7, 1913, was
| put in charge as superintendent.
Part Of General Curtailment.
| 1t is claimed that this cutting down Is
| not a particular hardship worked on
| the employees Of the local post Office,
| but is a part of the general curtail-
ment scheme that has been put into eff
feet throughout the entire United
States during the last eighteen months.
The local superintendents who have
been denoted, it is said. will continue
to perform the same work under a diff
ferent roster designation at a greatly
reduced salary. One superintendent is
to do the executive work which had
previously been under the Jurisdiction
of several. and the others are to be con-
tinued on the rolls as assistant super
intendents.
William H. Haycock, who is promoted
| to the office Of superintendent of mails,
| began his services in Washington as a
| substitute letter carrier in 1887
| He was transferred to the Post Office
Department and appointed inspector Of
rural delivery service in 1903, and was
promoted to the post OF assistant super
intendent of rural mails in 1904. He was
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