Show The Hallway Ball Servlcu WASHINGTON Nov 27The annual report re-port of General Superintendent White of the railway mal service shows at the clean of the fiscal year mails were carried on 159518 miles of railroad in the United States Postal clerks are employed on 110730 miles service on tho remainder being performed by closed pouches The total number of cars under the control of the department is 2891 At the close of the fiscal year there were 1OS3 railway postofllces and 37 steamship lines in opera ton on which 5505 postal clerks were employed During tho year 44733 miles of new service were added The record of annual mileage for clerks shows an Increase of 6713837 miles or 5 per cent in distance traveled in the performance of duty and C9S8144G2 pieces 639 per cent in tho quantity of matter distributed Mr White recommends I law providing for the retirement of all permanent railway postal clerks on a third or half pay who have become incapacitated for further service by reason of age injuries received in the discharge of their duties a fund to be created cre-ated by withholding a sum equal to one half of 1 per cent per annum of the salary of each clerk |