Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-04-17

building to another. A private. con-
tractor named $500 as his price for
doing the work. General Dawes tele-
phoned tho War Department, asking
II they didn't want to put some OF
their trucks to work to do the Job.
They did. Their charge-which yielded
u pront--was 81 200. The savings were
$4,000. Everybody was happy. includ-
Ing the taxpayer.
Christmas mails were flooding the
Postof'ce Department. Extra trucks
had to be obtained. Again tho War
Department was called on. Their
trucks were pressed into service all
over the country. TO the extent OF
about 400. moving the mails. The
saving WIS about $4,000.
At Binghamton. n. Y. the govern
ment was spending about $4,000 a
year In salaries, rentals. &C.. for mail
distributing space. The Bureau OF
the Budget put through an arrange
ment whereby n building was rented
for s2,400 n year to be used for ter,
minal railway postofilces The saw
ings were 100000.
The prohibition officials stored their
seized contraband in Brooklyn, Chi
cago, Philadelphia, Baltimore. Boston.
Minneapolis. Springfield. Mass, and
Kansas City. Mo-, in private ware
houses. The Bureau of Budget found
space for the material In government
buildings. Savings, sS0,6oo a year.
The Marine Corps was about TO buy
100000 cotton undershirts for use in
the tropics. The War Department
/ had 100000 cotton undershirts more
/ than il needed. The Bureau OF the
Budget effected the exchange. The
savings. $4,000.
one thousand tons OF pig iron bal
last were urgently needed by one OF
the Shipping Board vessels at New
York. A private contractor offered to
supply It at s24 q ton. The Bureau
Of the Budget. by telephone. obtained
the ballast from the War Department
in Brooklyn at the departments cos,
figure of SIS ton. The savings were
$4,000.
The postmaster at Chicago needed
coal. The Bureau OF the Budget
found that Fort Sheridan. not fal
away. had stored in the open about
5000 tons more than it needed The
coal was deteriorating from exposure
II was transferred TO the postmaster
at Chicago at a saving Of $3.50.
Coal again. The army was payin,
an average OF $50 ton for coal de
livered at Fort Adams. The Bureau
OF the Budget found that the nav,
was buying It's coal at Melville. r.
! at $3.50 per ton. The navy was aske
to buy for the army and did SO. at
= saving OF slo.50 per ton.
D Five tugs were badly needed by tn
/, Coast Guard for regular duty. Unde
g the old arrangement the Coast Guar
a would have gone ahead and bough
new tugs. Under the new arrangemer
e the Bureau OF the Budget located fiv
g idle tugs under the Jurisdiction OF III
r Shipping Board The vessels weT
d transferred 10 the Coast Guard an
! the taxpayers were saved $3.50, 600
: The Lighthouse Service require
= new tenders. Reference 10 War D,
II partment records showed that te
n mine planters were inactive. The
,e were transferred 70 the Lighthos.
Service. The taxpayers thereby we
l. saved s1,5O0.O0O.
II Three hundred marines guardir
=. the mails in New York City had be,
ie living at the Brooklyn Y. NJ. c.
n and were receiving communication
ie rations. The Bureau OF the Budg
le found space for them In quarters o
re cupied by the Shipping Board at H
g. boken at saving Of $500 day.
J. The War Department had be-
y spending sl50.0oo a year for repai
ne on the old cable ship Burnside. A ne
~ ship. too, was needed 10 replace I
H. Burnside. The Bureau OF the Budg
obtained the new ship from anoth
," department. Incidentally the upke
VI charges on the new ship will TOT
about $4,000 year-a. saving.
that item alone. Of $4,000 a year.
J. The Department of Labor requir
10 i0,625 blankets. Ordinarily Il wol
be have gone into the market q
a bought them. Had It done so. I
in cost would have been S2e.142. Instei
Il however, the blankets were obtain
ly from surplus stocks Of the War ]
partment. the Bureau Of the Budl
ct being the medium. The savings ",