Evening star., 1915-07-04
DEPT. OF COMMERCE.

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Mrs Edith NJ. Mcdonald of the di-
vision of revision and results. census
office, is beginning a three-week vaca-
tion at Pen Mar, Md.
Eugene F. Hartley, chief of division,
census office, has just returned from
| Hamtramck, Mich, where he has been
making special enumeration of the
population.
George w. Robbins of Maryland has
, been appointed clerk at $500 per
annum in the bureau Of the census by
transfer from the Norfolk navy yard.
Mr.. Robbins was a temporary thir-
teenth census clerk.
Starke NJ. Grogan, chief statistician
for statistics of cities. is making trip
through Wisconsin and Ohio, and to
New York city and Boston, for the
purpose of comforting with state and
municipal accounting officials in re-
gard to the form of schedule to be
used in collecting state financial sta
| tistics.
Oscar Wyatt, who recently completed
| his field work on the census of manu-
| factures in Toledo. Ohio, has been
| transferred to the division of statistics
of cities and is now collecting sta
tistics relating to municipal finance
in Salt Lake City.
Ara L. vandercook has recently com
pleted his field work for the division
| Of manufactures and has been trans
| ferred to the division of statistics of
| cities. He is now at work in Youngs-
town, Ohio.
Newton Heston has finished the col
lection of city finance statistics at
jamestown, n. Y, and has gone to
| Syracuse.
| Miss Hazel J. Hellman, who has been
employed in the Boston office of the
division of manufactures for some
| months past. has finished her work
there and returned to Washington.
Joseph Crumb, who is now engaged
on field work for the division of statis-
tics of cities, has finished at Wilkes
Barre. Pa, and has gone to Buffalo.
N. Y.
William A. Countryman, who has been
gathering statistics Of manufactures in
Connecticut and Rhode Island. has fin
| ished his work in those states and re-
turned to Washington.
Kirke D. Austin has concluded his
city finance work in Mobile and gone
| to Jacksonville.
! Jules G. Casey has returned from field
work in Indiana on the 1915 census of
| manufactures.
Thomas A. Decor of the division of
statistics Of cities, has completed his
work at Atlantic City and gone to Will
mington, Del.
The following changes in personnel
were made during the week:
James e. Flynn, promoted from clerk
at $1,000 In the coast and geodetic sur
vey, to shipping commissioner at New
Orleans, La, at $500 a year
Smith E. Reynolds. clerk at 1860 at
San Francisco. Cal. as clerk to ship
9lnS sl.seo. commissioner New Orleans at
Fred L. Chamberlin, fireman at $72O
per annum on Phalarope to first assist
ant engineer at $500 on steamer
Roosevelt, bureau of fisheries.
Herman G. Brock. from commercial
agent at 1920 to s1.400 at New York
Harry A. Kelly. engineer at $500 on
Tarragon to engineer at $1,000 on motor
boat Dixie, bureau of navigation.
q. Dallas Hanna. promoted from
| school teacher. bureau Of fisheries. at
$1,000. to assistant agent, Alaskan
| service, bureau of fisheries. at $500.
Laura Bridgers. from telephone oper-
ator at $720 to 1920, coast and geodetic
servey.
William K Martin, from assistant in
spector of hulls. steamboat inspection
service. at Boston. at $1,000, to assist
$4,000.
| In, the coast and geodetic survey the
following promotions. effective July /,
have been made: owen B. French.
Derickson. assistants. from $4,000 to
s2,40O; Ector B. Latham, william E.
Parker, Nicholas H. Heck, Clifford c.
Quillian, Call c. Whitney and Edwin H.
$4,000: John B. Boutelle. Raymond s.
Patton: Gilbert T: Rude. Cary v. Hodg-
son, Thomas ]. Mayer and Robert F.
Luce. assistants, from $1,000 to $4,000;
Francis G. Engle. Leo o. Colbert, Harry
A. Seran. Glenn L. Garner. John H.
Peters and Jean H. Hawley. assistants,
from $1,000 to $500; Frederick D. T.
Stems. Alfred M. Sobieralski, Richard
R. Lukens; Isaiah M; DALEY. Edgar F.
ants. from 1,400 to $1,000; Otis w.
Swanson. Dwight NJ. Kyle, George D.
Cowie. Ernest e. Reese. Harold A. Cot
ton and Frank s. Borden. assistants,
Eustace s. Walker, Harry T. Kelsh, jr..
Harrison r. Bartlett and William v.
Hagar. saa. , assistants; from $1.1oo to
1;2oo RAYMOND a;nntS p Eyman. gnn aid. from
Kenneth T. Adams, Frederick l. Pea
cock. Ernest w. Eickelberg, Walter D.
Sutcliffe and Douglas Karr aids. from
Senior. Alfred S. Miiliken and syivanus
.. Winship. aids. from 5000 to $1,000;
Conrad T. Bussel. William H. Kearns,
Spencer Dandy and Chester H. Ober,
aids. from SIS per month to 5000 per
annum. o. H. Paddison has been trans
ferred from the War Department. Phil
ippine service. to chief engineer, coast
and geodetic survey. at $40 per month.
In the coast and geodetic survey the
bond of $4,000 of William NJ. Steirmagle
as chief of party is to be renewed, and
Loren H. Wittner has been probational-
ly appointed as clerk at 1920.
The temporary appointment of Will
liam A. Macker, jr., coast and geodetic
| survey, has been extended for one
month.
The temporary appointment of Ethel
NJ Sylvester as expert (clerk) at $720
in the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce has been terminated.
In the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce the temporary appointment
OF Herman Orenstein has been extend
ed; Mrs. Edith H. Locke and Mrs. Rose
Feldman have received temporary ap-
pointments as clerks.
The temporary appointment of Miss
Blanche r. Seaton. telephone operator,
$3.50 per annum, has been extended for
one month.