| Show salt alt Lake Mail C friers ners W Walk ll es c I Around th the World to Deliver Your Letters Letts r pi GROUP of Salt Lake mail carriers carriers each of whom whom has walked ed more more than sixty thousand I. I r 1 miles Three of them have nearly reached the hundred thousand mile mark Top left to tori tori fright ri ht Samuel amuel Skidmore Ezra r Palmer l r and A. A B. B Knowlton n Standing left lef Fred red Libby right falter Walter M. M Heath Center B. B L L. Morse I Lower right Samuel i t X 1 f 0 I 1 I I 3 r s. s I p r I j b 1 L iIi 55 i M I S r I j I 4 S ll A SOME WALKING RECORDS I r W. W M. M Heath has walked w miles i in iii 22 22 years years' ear of Says dais tl s each His average is is' IS 15 miles milesa a day S H B. B L L. Morse has lias walked 15 miles a day for 22 years of nays da each and aud totals his walking mileage at 98 70 Ia m S Fred L. L L Libby bas lias w walked miles in 22 2 years Bays ays each Average 14 miles a day S t I. Samuel has walked 15 miles daily for 15 5 years and has lias only been ill one week At that rate he has walked 67 7 i 70 i miles iles- iles counting days to the year It l S 5 F. F Skidmore the oldest man Ian in the mail carriers carriers' service lias has walked about 15 years continuously at the rate of 15 45 miles day For many years year however he was on the mounted vision division and a clerk Altogether he has walked miles L Me He ha haS haS' been bee in the service nearly 28 years m Ie S Sy Sylvester vester H. H Reeves has walked continuously sly for 21 years years' nd d avera averages es up to date at the rate of days days' 10 to the year vear miles mlles S J rII L AVE you ever stopped to conI con con- iEl il sider that the man who brings I Jp that weekly letter from mothr moth I r r chum or sweetheart year in nd hd year out could have walked round the world two or three times nd taken a good glimpse of all that worth s seeing it if he lie had spent his line ime me and energy in globe trotting in- in tead of ot carrying tarrying mail IDall IT here are at least four men In Salt ake who could have walked around I he globe even more than three times if It ir it is true that the circumference earth Is only miles mUes And hen there are many more who can can average from to niles Diles to date These men have been in active ser ser- ice in Salt Lake from twenty to nine wenty-nine years either walking all the time since their or dividing their atten- atten lon Ion on between the mounted division Ir r clerking and walking Many of them have not lost one day It f f. f work in their entire postoffice ca ca- for illness but have always been In n the job except for their annual va va- atlon of two weeks are getting quite old some of 01 hem Gem Most 1 of these old timers timers' are ast last 50 and some of them are 60 gong gorig go go- ng rig on 70 They are held in the hight high high- st t esteem by their fellow carriers I Ind nd to show their respect for their I IId Id comrades the younger men men have have l one jone and all the Utah con con- delegation In Washington 0 odo do all in their power to bring about he lie passage of the Penrose postal serIce serlee ser ser- l lee Ice e pension bill which proposes to toIve toIve Ive lye all those who have served the faithfully and who ar arId are Id and worthy on account of illness r r n otherwise of a leave of absence 90 r per annum early fearly Miles NOW there is Fred Fred L. L Libby who I the service of Uncle Sam as asI r I mall carrier in Salt Lake in 1890 hen Col I. I A. A Benton was r. r Altogether Altogether be behas has bas worked twenty twenty- I ve ye years Three out of these twenty twenty- ve ye years of active service were spent i 1 clerking inside but for tor two twenty ears Mr Libby has bas walked on the fourteen miles a day He has nas ever been ill and except for two vacation every year and Sun- Sun ays he has lias gone over the regu regular ar average of or fourteen miles illy Here is a man who can total I for the past two twenty years a walkIng walk walk- Ing mileage of miles just in two Salt Lake a alone alon alone coun counting ng out fifty fifty- Sundays and two weeks of holiday each year This walking record is only for twenty two years of days each W. W M. M Heath who entered the service ser ser- vice in 1893 has Probably even a better better bet- bet ter walking Mr Heath has been walking every day since he entered entered en- en the service Like Mr Libby he has never been compelled to leave oft off work for illness He averages fifteen ill ill- teen miles a day FIguring as in Mr Libby's case we come to a total mileage mileage mile mile- age Of miles for the walking average of Mr Heaths Heath's two twenty-two years of active service B. B T L. L in Morse is also one of ot the oldest men in point 2 of postal stal service but not as a carrier He has worked for twenty nine years seven Beven o of which were spent in for clerking inside But two twenty 0 yearS he lle also also aSO has Ida Watto walked Jm on the average fifteen miles a day n nest ness L without on once e laying off for ill ill- These three men are the oldest actual ac ac- service service mall carriers carriers- on fo foot t. t In the local There are many others with almost records for walking mileage mile mile- age Samuel dId fifteen of ot active years walking walking- on n the average of fifteen miles mUes a day And for ten more years h he ha has f been a mounted carrier He has only been ill one week in his whole record of twenty twenty- five years of service In Service 29 Years S. S F. F Skidmore the oldest man among the Salt Lake carriers In point of street service also averaged about fifteen Uee mlle miles a day tor for fifteen years t For f more than twelve years he lie has been In the mounted division He Is the theman man wh who met with the awful accident accident aci ac- ac i nt ln in 1899 on West Temple street between First and Second South Sout streets which resulted in his loss of oJ about a wine glass full of brains an ana and anda a piece l of skull about one and onena one one- na ha halt f inches square Altogether he ho has been carrying mall in Salt Lake for nearly twenty twenty- eight years Sylvester H. H Reeves began work k In 1895 and since that time has bas word done nearly twenty-one twenty years of daily walking walking walk walk- onke 1 ing with a record of fifteen miles a day He also has never been bee o. o out ut of work on account account of of Illness Those Those who have havo been In n the service twenty five years but who have divided divided divided di di- vided their labors between clerking and carrying are F. F E. E Keefe J. J A. A C. C Neilson Frank B. B Snyder and Harry White Ezra Palmer J. J K lZ O. O Farrell George D. D Barton A. A B B. B Knowlton and Orson Haughton These in connection with the above named are the oldest men in point of service service service ser ser- vice in the Salt Lake postal carriers carriers' department Each of these men claims that it is impossible to get a very close conception con con- of the daily dally mileage each has hasto hasto hasto to walk counting both I sides of f a street crossings alleys and avenues and upstairs and downstairs But they testify that It is giving the public public pub pub- lic lie the benefit of ot the doubt when they put their daily walking average at fourteen or fifteen miles mUes The following is the bill as Introduced introduced Intro intro- In n the United States senate January 5 1916 by Senator Penrose of ot Pennsylvania A A bill providing for extended leave of absence to supera superannuated in the postal service Be It enact enacted d by by- bythe the senate and house of representatives representatives' of th the United d Stat States s ot O. O America erica congress In-congress assembled assem assembled assembled assem assem- bled that beginning with the first day of July next following the passage of this this' act the postmaster general sh shall ll grant an indefinite leave of absence absence together with an al allowance Vance of per annum to be payable monthly to I any p person employed in the railway I mail mall service the rural free delivery I service the city free tree delivery servi service e and to clerks and other em em- eni in who are In the OLD IN N SERVICE OF I P. P O. O DEPARTMENT I r 5 iii 5 i F. F B. B Frank B. B Snyder bas has worked for tor the United States postoffice department ever since November 1 1 1890 1880 For twenty years he carried mail mall walking on the tho average of fifteen miles a day The other six he has been a clerk In in- in side Mr Snyder Is one of the oldest In the department Ills His total mileage record record-Is miles Mr Snyder Snyder der has worked continuously every year except for his annual vacations of two weeks classified civil service who have become become be be- c come come me iri incapacitated from performing their duties through Section 2 That should It be found necessary to employ a substitute to fill the place of an empl ye who has been granted ah h indefinite leave of absence said substitute shall be paid at the rate allowed for tor vacation work provided that such assignment shall not Interfere with the promotion of th the substitute to appointment on the regular force when a vacancy occurs or when the force Is Increased sed and when said substitute Is eligible for such regular appointment by virtue of his standing on the substitute list Section 3 That the postmaster general shall establish boards of retirement retirement retire retire- ment each board to consist of not less than three members to be selected from of the postoffice department department department de de- de- de and the postal service who shall serve without extra compensation tion whose duty It shall be to examine all applications for tor the granting of su such h Indefinite leaves of absence and to make recommendations based upon their findings to the postmaster general general gen gen- eral for tor his guidance provided that the postmaster general shall have au authority authority authority au- au to appoint a physician to advise each board in making its recommendations I Section 4 4 That applications for forthe forthe the granting of Indefinite leave of absence absence ab ab- ab sence may be either voluntary on the part of the empl ye or may be recommended recommended mended by the proper administrative or or s supervisory official Section 6 15 That the postmaster gen general ra shall immediately formulate and Issue such rules ruIN and regulations as asin in lil his judgment may be best calculated calculated to carry out th the purpose of this act The The following following resolution has bas been adopted by the local branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers Carriers Car Car- Whereas most every nation In the world with the exception of our United States government has made some provisions for the retirement of superannuated civil service and Whereas a la lack k of such retirement system results in keeping In the public service men who have passed the period peri pert od of their greatest usefulness and inthe In iii Inthe the lin terest of I economy and efficiency It Is necessary to fill their positions with younger men ment and Whereas a great many of the railroads railroads rail rail- roads roads- telephone companies and other I large corporations recognize the necessity ne tie- of ol taking care of ot the men who have spent the best part of ot their lives in the service and Whereas there Is now Introduced in congress bills providing for the grantIng granting grant grant- Ing of indefinite leave of absence with witha a portion of their present salary to aged or disabled in the postoffice postoffice post post- Of office ice department which if enacted will help to relieve the situation situation- therefore be It Resolved that we we Brotherhood No No Ill N. N A. A of ot L L. C. C do most heartily Indorse the bills known as Penrose Penrose- Griffin Indefinite leave of or absence enate bill No and house of ot rep rep- bill No and we earnestly earnestly earnestly ear ear- nestly request our senators and representatives rep reD In congress to do all in fa their power to secure the passage of ot this bill during this session of con con- gress I certify that this resolution was passed at a special meeting held by Brotherhood No Ill N N. A. A of L. L C. C February 10 1916 I T. T W W. BROWN Secretary |
