Show A FOSTMAlfS PAIRS One Given by the Letter Carrier Opened in New York SOME OP ITS NOTABLE PATRONS Its Parposo to Establish a Pension Fund for Postoffica Employees Unique Display Naw Tons Nov 28SpnciaLjThe great fair under the auspices of tbo Letter Carriers association of New York opened in Madison Square garden today Its purpose pur-pose is to establish a pension fund for post cfflco employees and among the patrons are Presidentelect Cleveland President Harrison Postmaster General Wanamakor Postmaster Van Colt and others as prominent promi-nent Among the features of the fair are reproductions of the old New York post offices and a railway upon which the work of the railway postofSce is exaiblted Tao progress of the delivery system In the United Statesla act forth in a practical way and the latest canceling stamp that does the work of ten men and destroys 45 000 stamps In an hour is in operation There is also a compartment In which postman post-man compete for prizes The arch which graced the line of march during the blunt j bian celebrations at Fiftyeighth street is used for forming a group of handsome statuary stat-uary A feature of the fair Is a Christmas tree reaching almost to the roof of the garden which Is illuminated with electric lights The Metropolitan orchestra Of sixtyfive performers is In attendance tonight A do sign in miniature of the general poatofilco greets the eye on entering The kindergarten kinder-garten bazar will be one of the moat interesting inter-esting features of the fair In it will ba a host of children dressed up to represent the heroes and heroines of Mother Goose rhymes The management of the fair ia vested in the following executive committee commit-tee On behalf of the New York Postofflca Mutual Aid aosociation Mr G W Beavers Bea-vers chairman Mr J Mandavillo Mr J Hickey Mr A J Winder and Mr A Martin Mar-tin On behalf of the Letter Carriers Association As-sociation John N Parsons Wallace F Toole Thomas J Bonser Charles P Kelley and A E Peterson The idea of pensioning disabled lattor carriers is one which has been agitated for years all over the country The action of New York to establish a fund without taa aid of Congress is one of special interest to public employees in all parts of the United States There are 303i employees of the New York postofflca and the nineteen substations sub-stations Of theaa the majority receive less than SSOO a year Six hundred are paid less than SGOO each About a hundred got 8500 and perhaps 17 per cent receive 31000 The mutual Aldaasociation has accomplished ac-complished a splendid work since it was orgsnizad twentythree years ago Its funds are acquired from a pro rata assessment assess-ment of its members who pay from 60 cents to 350 per month There has been paid to the widows end orphans of deceased members nearly a quarter of a million dollars dol-lars The association has hud the hearty goodwill good-will of all the postmasters who have been iu the office since it started It has been at Congress for the past five years to secure favorable action upon a plan to pension postmen disabled by accident or age Success Suc-cess seems as far off as aver and the schema of the fair was finally hit upon ia the hope that sufficient funds might be realized to inagurate a pension system which the association as-sociation has In mind Applicants for relief re-lief when accepted are to be paid 50 per per cent of their annual salary no pensions pen-sions however to exceed 500 yearly This it Is thought will bo an equitable arrangement ar-rangement and one that can ba easily earned ear-ned out |