| Show 1 I jr RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE another opportunity offered by undo uncle sam that Is 1 open to any intelligent and trustworthy boy who Is ambitious to rise above the rank of common day laborer it Is in an occupation which has ha the great advantage of being permanent it if one learns to fulfill the requirements properly its of advancement too are attractive by C W JENNINGS JENNING T Is not unlikely that one IF or several young men from your town or city have entered 9 the railway mall service and are now regularly employed in that work or havo have risen to higher positions tlona in the same borne line now your promising boy can take up the work and succeed in it if he be happens to like this sort or of employment it Is IB agreeable work and fairly remunerative and there is high success possible as a reward tor for industry it if your boy will stay with it besides the advantages of being employed by the government under civil service regulations that makes employment certain as long as the worker attends to business thus he Is free from all the uncertainty that now and then disturbs the industrial world and may look upon hla his career as fixed an advantage that Is more attractive than a high salary with a possibility that business re versea ot of ones employer or other causes may compel him to look tor for another job without warning this la Is how bow to go about aboul it getting into the railway mall service write a letter to the united states civil ser service v ice commission at washington stating that you wish to enter the railway mall service and you will receive full information as to the general preparation required physical and mental qualifications as aa well as the time and place atthe ot the next examina to be held in your vicinity your you r boy must pass otiss the civil service tests before ho he Is eligible to appointment but examinations are held at frequent intervals in various parts ot of the country often enough and sufficiently near to where he be lives so that he be can arrange to attend them without difficulty at some time in the year every state has its examina examination Uon for the railway mall mail service your boy must ho be between IS 18 and 35 years of age to take the tha examination and must be at least 6 5 feet 5 6 inches in bel height and weigh pounds the subjects of examination are as follows spelling arithmetic letter writing penmanship copying from plain copy political geography of the united states reading addresses and a systems ot of railway transportation the test in reading addresses consists of comparing a number of written addresses with printed copy on oa which various errors are purposely made the questions on systems of railway trans transportation por tation will be confined to railroads entering and running through the railway division in ili which the applicant lives and conn connecting ecUng the principal cities or important railway centers within or near its borders oso aleo junction points on these railway routes the country Is at present divided into IS 13 divisions according to the distribution of volume of mall mail traffic for example the first division includes the new england states the second now new york new jersey penn eyl vanla delaware tho the eastern shore of maryland and and northampton ampton counties virginia the alth division arkansas oklahoma texas and now new mexico and so on having passed this examination your boys name la in added to the tbt list of anu and he awaits awiles the summons from aln undo clesas sua that informs hirv that there Is a substitute job swelling him this tl means cleans that somebody is ill III or has been transferred or that there is a erdlen increase of work ana he is wanted to take tome bome place tem temporarily Dorar ile he W will remain on the substitute list for a year or a year and a half according to the needs of the service but during that time he will be paid at the rate of A year tor for the tha time ha be works after that he be will be ba given gevea a regular appointment at which ho be must work on probation tor for six sit months before being a full fledged postal clerk however tha iba time b he served as aa I 1 tute lute la is deducted frim thid probation period and if he has ser served ved tor for at least fix six months which la Is likely as ha be will have worked as substitute at least half the tha ume time he bo will get his bis full appointment at once at a salary of a icar or 75 a month now ha a will be at his regular work with tie no doubts of future employment and steady promotion on ahead of him ills duties dalles wilt will be on mall cars cara ahern he will work or eight hours or more a day dar accord cg to tho the requirements tri cuts 0 his particular route his work wilt will be tho the distribution and routing ot of malt this band sounds alro ough but ut it means that he she ij know the grolier proper and d speed lost routs to send a letter that caes from nd id goes FAy whore in ur or out of his district for instance suppose your boy lives in wisconsin which la in in the division and la is working on an a railroad ro la in northern michigan along comes a letter addressed to rudolph south dakota a which la Is in the same division ile he should know instantly without stopping to think or to look it up how to send that letter across michigan IVIs coasin and minnesota and finally to the little hamlet in the northern part of south dakota to which it to la addressed this means m eans that he be must know the name of the railroad that will carry it t there soonest the tha time the particular train leaves chicago for minneapolis and the closest conned tlona that can be mado made all through you can readily see that your boy when he becomes an A 1 railway mall mail clerk will be just about the best posted man on the political geography ot of that division in existence there axe are frequent examinations to to test st the competency and advancement of 0 your boy all through hla his work for or ho he must show progress and acquaintance with new territory in hla his region that he la Is familiar with the opening 0 of new railroad and mall and stage routes and la Is very important that he can read just about the worst addressed envelope that ever was written and this instantly as he grabs it from the top of the pile in his hand and throws it 10 feet down the tha car over rows of open sacks into its proper bag incidentally the man who can throw mall the tha fastest and most accurately into its proper pouch Is the best railway postal clerk there are several promotions all bearing the same title but with increases in pay each one of these there brings an advance of a year and it Is a rule that a clerk shall not gala gain more than two in any one year lie ile Is promoted in this way as ho be shows increased efficiency until he be la drawing 1400 annually then a vacancy occurring he la Is made clerk in charge of the mall mail car or cars on which he be to Is working meaning that he Is at the head bead 0 of all clerks employed there at 1600 a year ills his next promotion promo Uon la Is to chief clerk in charge of the lines running through that territory at 1800 by this time ho he will have been at work probably 15 16 to 20 years but he be will have reached a position of importance and will be ono one ol of the leading men in the service further promotions are to assistant superintend piat of the pie field at 1800 1900 to assistant division superintendent at 2000 and to division superintendent at these division officers are at the head bead of the he railway mall business in the tha 13 great divisions of the country the highest jobs in the service outside of the postmaster general of course who Is a political appointee app olnee are the general superintendent of 0 tha th entire service located in washington t who Is appointed by the Post postmaster maste r general and draws a salary 0 of 1 annually and the second assistant a postmaster general at who Is the extreme and direct head of the railway mall department both 0 of these customarily go to men who have worked up from the ranks copyright 1910 by the associated ut tat arary aress WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR IT 11 TA amel W el briggs 1 I understand that mr bigge your cifes late husband made everything over to her yes and n now ow shed ashes making everything over tor for me |
