Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-04
B|LLANY IS POETIC,
ALSO PRACTICAL
Quotes the Muse in Radio Ad-
dress and Gives Attention
to Service Reform.

Special Dispatch From Every Evening
Washington Correspondent.
Washington, Aug. 4.-When Long
fellow penned the lines: II breathed
a song into the air; II fell to earth,
know not where" he undoubtedly did
not visualize the portent of his words
nor the radius of such a song in
modern days.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster-Gen-
eral Billany Thursday night breathed
a poem into the air on l,lbo meter
wave lengths and IL would take the
widest Imagination to determine where
and how often II fell to earth.
Mr.. Billany addressed n convention
Of Ohio rural letter carriers at Cam
bridge. Ohio. by radio and closed his
speech with a short poem:
An that is noble. high and good
Has an influence on the rest,
And the world is better for every man,
Who is living at his best
MIR. Billany told the carriers what
was being done by the Postofiice De
partment for their betterment and
something OF what was planned for the
future. He stressed the necessity for
good roads and said the Department
proposed to shorten rural routes where
had roads were made impossible by
winter storms and driftcd SHOWS.
Good roads. Mr.. Billany said, mean
quicker and better service and less
expense for repair and upkecp Of the
vehicles Of the rural carriers. In that
connection, he said. he was in favor
ot reasonable monthly allowance
for the maintenance Of carriers equip
ment and expressed the hope that Con
yres would look faVorably upon
such proposition.
4 Practical Change.
Turning down what were considered
excessive bids for facing or pick-ur
tables "a labor saving device used in
the larger Offices for preparing letter
mail for the rauCeling machines
Fourth Assistant observation-disclosures
Biliany conceived the idea Of having
the department make these tables
itself
Accordingly the mail equipment
shop. which already has manuta'tur-
ed numerous articles FOR the depart
ment. was called upon to design 4
facing table that would meet require
ments and Yet would not infringe upon
existing patents.
Today dozen OF these tables are
rapidly nearing completion and Will
soon he shipped to as many offices in
various sections 81 tho country 20 he
put in use. Present requirements cal
for about fifty tables and 1t is planned
20 continue the production as rapidly
as possible.
The lowest hid received Tor facing
tables was $3a0O each. The equip
ment shops estimated the cost OF max
ing the table itself AZ less than $1,000
each. TUs by little ingenuity
postal employees will he able To save
the government total Of $4,000 or
nifty tables. II is possible this saw
ing will I've increased on future pro-
duqtion through the purchase Of ma
terial on quantity basis.
The mail equipment shop. which is
IN charge Of Superintendent J. 3
CadN. was instrumental last year in
saving the government total oi
s5l7 SEA. over contractors bids and
through salvage During the wear one
million and quarter mail sacks We're,
made and three million others re,
paired.
The shop also has developed. after
many inventors throughout the Coun
try had failed. lock and cord fastCne,
for parcel post sacks which Will ex