Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-20
n. n. BlLLANY EXPLAINS
U. s. POSTAL PLANS
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Tho Postmaster General holds \
conference with his assistants every
Tuesday morning to discuas depart
mental Affairs before going to the
Cabinet meeting. On every Friday
morning he holds what Is termed a
star meeting at which all questions
relating to postofioe affairs are dis
cusscd and plans and policies decided
upon.
Mr.. BnlanyS Bureau.
'As my time In limited TO about
twenty minutes, j shall confine my
SELF entirely to the activities OF the
bureau OF which 1 have the honor of
being tho head. Directly under my
control ars four divisions, with four
auperintsndsnts. assistant superinten-
dents and chief clerks. These d.
visions are styled. The Division Of
Equipment and suppliss.' The Di-
vision OF Motor Vehicle Service THE
Division of Rural Mails and The Mail
Equipment Shops TO give you some
ldea of the amount OF work performed
In these divisions, $50 men and wo-
men Arc employed We have our own
private postofftce on tho third floor
OF the department building. at Penn
sylvania avenue and Eleventh street,
Northwest. where an average OF 4.500
letters are received and dispatched
daily. requiring ~ debating and 16
trnnscrlbins machines. with ia typo
writer's performing the work. Prob
ably one of the most interest OF
the divisions Is the mail bag shops,
located at Fifth md w streets, North
east, about two miles from the Post
ofiice Building. Hero are made and
repaired many articles for the SER
vice. employing Ss9 men and women
One and one-Quarter million sacks are
made and three million repaired an
nually. Last year forty-two million
articles were made and repaired, COM
prisins In addition to the mail sacks
just mentioned. carrier satchels, can
ceiling machines numbering machines
tools. scales. locks. keys. etc. The
department has developed and is put
ting into the service a new lock and
cord fastener. to be attached to sacks
in witch parcel post matter Is trans
ported. thereby extending the sam,
protection to that class OF mail as ha,
heretofore been given letter mail. TwS
million of these are now In process!
of being manufactured. Recently
facing table has been designed by tn,
employees and is being made at th'
shops. at n cost ABOUT 5000 each
Before starting 10 make these tables
bids We're received. and the loves
obtained was $4,000 each. making I
saving OF $4,000 on each table TO tn
government. The known savings Il
this one division last year over con
tractors bids and through salvage
amounted 20 $5l7.S2$
I'm the Equipment and Supplies Di
vision 1877 men and women are EN-
ployed. Between six and seven NIL
lion dollars arc expended for the pur
chase OF supplies for the 90 900 post
Offices throughout the country, Port
Rico, Hawaii. Samoa, Guam and tn
! Virgin Islands. II takes 100000
pounds OF twine q year to de up tn
letters. packages. etc., that ara trans
ported from one point TO another. Thi
10 $40. 900 miles OF twine> or enough &
enc.rcle the earth thirty-two time.
Sixty thousand quartz OF ink ARC con
sumed. and 6.ooc. 900 pens are worl
out doing the writing per year. Il
addition. tho postal workers use /.
500. 900 lead pencils annually. Thes
are Just a few Of the articles furnish
ed py our Supply D,v1sion. The totn
number oc different articles whicl
Will be supplied for the postal servic
during this fiscal year Will be flftee
hundred.
The Topography Branch is a par
Of tpis division and "a charged wit
the preparation Of post route and rur,
delivery maps.
The United States mall truck
which you see on tho streets ever
! day are a part of the motor vehicI
. service. In this division we al