The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-17
Post omce Day


 The United States George Wash ington Bicentennial commission Is calling upon all individual com civic organizations, to join post masters and other postal employees
 in the observance of Post Of- flee day on July 26, 1882. It was on July 26, 1775, that a resolution was adopted by the Continental Congress establishing the Contin-- ental Post and naming Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general of the United Colonies. Surely somewhere. in this observ- ance there is room for special cachet. Inasmuch as 1t will be the first celebration Of Post once day in the United States 1t ought to be quite an event and one that might mean much to cover specialists and other philatelists. In connection with this observance and Washington's great interest in the same Representative Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania delivered the following remarks: "Washing- toms supreme life purpose was symbolized by the postal service. that great agency for the promo tion of intercomnnunication and mutual understanding. During his entire career he labored to break down barriers, to eliminate divid- ing lines and to build a great
 community through communica- tion: Washington always re- alized the importance of Postal Service and he was a pathfinder and roadbuilder in the days when the chief postal problem was that of finding ways through the wild erness. For eight years of his life Washington was commander in-chiefs of the Continental Army, but for more than 50 years he was the outstanding champion of the intercommunication which alone could make possible peo- created nationality; in peace he which alone could preserve the na- tion. When Washington as- sumed the presidency of the United States there were only 75 post of fees in the entire domain of the new nation and the post roads covered distance of 1,175 miles. when he turned over the reins of office to John Adams there were b54 post offices and the mileage of post roads had grown to 16,100. The revenue had increased from about $37,000 to $214.000 annual ly. From a little service having only a few dollars Q year in rev. enue the United States Post Ohce has grown to an enterprise with $700,000,0 900 in revenues. The few post riders and postmasters or 178o have become an army of S71,- 900 servants of the public good. Yet the service is fundamentally the same and very few of the new developments were not visioned by Georee Washington. He sowed for our reaping: he laid out the paths we have followed
 Waterbury Cachets?
 Waterbury could well afford to step into the field of cacheted cov- CTS in connection with the ob- servance of Post Ofiice day If some individual or organization would undertake the work of task. Or better still this column sugRests that when the American Legion holds its state convention here in August something might be done about q cachet either sponsored by the local post Of the Chamber of Commerce. If one isn't forthcoming at this time then certainly local philatelists will be petitioning for one when our new post office is, dedicated. CAchets are issued for less im- portant events than any of the above.
 Largest Verdict
 What is said to be the largest court verdict ever returned against a stamp dealer in this country was handed down this week in the New York supreme court by Jus tice Rosenman in awarding AL bany R. Troughton $7,335 against J. M. Bartels. a New York stamp dealer. The case Is rather inter- esting, since 1t involves one of those rare finds" which all phila- telists hope to make some day. MT Troughton discovered the stamp which resulted in the litiga- tion in some old papers of his father. The stamp in question was a copy of the Baltimore "Postmas-