Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-23
boxes on the route instead Of to the
name OF each patron.

boxes on the route instead Of to the
name OF each patron.
Or inestinable value to the public
Is the work done by the Post ONCE
Department TO prevent fraudulent
use OK the mats. Its legal weapon is
to Issue fraud order against par
ties found guilty by the postma ster
General a fraud order means that
tine person or corporation against
whom II is issued can receive no
mali. In other words. all mail adj
dressed to ii is returned to the send
er OF to the Dead Letter Oft1ce, The
sum saved to the American people
during the last three Years through
the exercise OF this power probab
runs into the billions. There is no
way OF determining the exact amount
There have been "a holdups Of mail
trains. trucks, post offices, ETC.. re-
suiting in over $7,O00,OO in currency
and securities having been stolen, but
large fraction OF this has been re :
covered and much more will be re-
covered. Moreover, as q result of
the very efficient handling of the re-
cent big holdup near Chicago, n we'll
organised gang Of train robbers OF
long standing. has been uncovered.
and nearly all, if not all, are now IN
jail awaiting trial.
BY means of the fngerprinting sci-
ence, hundreds OF employees having
criminal records have been weedefi
out or some of the large post offices.
the Civil Service rules and pro-
cedures have been scrupulously prac-
ticed and maintained.
The eight hour day in post Offices
is consistently followed, and when
overtime" becomes necessary. paw
ment therefor Is made on a pro rata
rasis more equitably computed than
formerly.
The volume Of business done by the
post office service cannot be express
ed in bulk with accuracy. n the
$b72.0O0,000 which was received last
year could be expressed in terms Of
letters, each bearing a two-cent
stamp. 1t would mean twenty-eight
billions. six hundred million letters.
But it is represented in part by
other classes of mail which are more
bulky, such as parcel post, second
and third class matter.
Such pieces of mail as must he in
div1dually recorded may be known
ia oSs. + VI lLlSidIlCS we nave
the following totals for the mast
year: special delivery pieces of mail.
S6,S7o.O00: registered pieces of mail.
sI,lS8,S6e; c. o. D. pieces of mail.
46.S00,b72; insured mail 14s.716.353.
The amount Of money orders iss-
ued was 81 .602, 956,lO0, an increase In
three years of 2235 percent on do
meetic. and 47.93 percent on foreign.
practically the same amount in mon
Ell orders had to paid out. The av-
erage size Of money order is about
~ II domestic, and $40 if foreign.
Salary Acts Since the War
As a result Of these the average
salaries for 1924. not including the
supervisory official in each Office. are:
post office clerks. s1.751, increase of
fsls since 1909. or 10 percent; post
ONCE carriers. $1.752S3. increase of
$SsS since 1907, or 96 percent; rail-
way postal clerks, s2.i07. increase Of
s94e since 1907. or 81 percent: rail-
way postal clerks. including travel
allowance. $2,292. increase Of s1,131
since 1907, or 81 percent.
Employees Of the Post Office De-
partment and the Postal Service,
2se,e4o: Persons connected with the
Postal Service by contract. ETC., 81,
191; Total. 353.s3f.