The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-12
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From ,he ynsss. States MAJ, 5cr Apr,l
e -. Pfss-.us Tor the free delivery Of etters By
-. sssrssse1 ooatsmpiasse scrsaimsnt q shs de-
evsssss fvon privAts bcIes THIS latter mode popular
sepesiay with merchants and other business men, and
ny 90. b suddenly changed They regard = q .
ssssse1y ppsndaee 70 every large post once ana 10
= ., y ssoypn me me- NAVE TINS esus has
eAsavaify grown ont Of long hAbiA snstesd o. waiting
scar Ar boar for post ONCE carrier and then paying
Ban q certain fee each letter aud paper he under
ne od law or siin worse, instead Of miEgling with
she< CROWD and taking turns .. he general delisery
wfsaoe, was convenient and comfortable for
a merchant send q messenger, who could, ny tapping
~ special window, command the attention CT the box
operation could repeated the arrival az every mail,
end would only have TO ask for whsi be might see
such u the main argument in Of private ooxs:
se holders 60 send AZ often as they please and
SET whatever may appear u the boxes wiinoNt onne
ssssary delay Another argument, sowever re, that the
security OF letters e thus promoted mefchant con
ihsm 10 enc care Of con- mon carriers them by
ne hands of his rus,y clerk OF errand BOY or porter
psrsoas suown and r,sponset him, and in whom he
1As confidence Again the letters and papers being SGT
apart cOnyonfchty and exclusively, the ooxDooer
Sses assured 1Dsi none nave been overlooked, but
AS h,s fun number ~ there wiihou, mistage Such
feaaons haa force in old times, when there
cra hu e,y carrier sd few private box holders com.
vored number But let uf lock al facts
se they exist urdar the new laws, sod the vastly
Increased numbeS OF boxes
regularly four times each day frc the larger or
stesn New York 1--WE times, aud at least three de'iv.
msy DO sure OF receiving letters without ihe trouble
- sendiugffor hem.
ahou, Inese common carriers. merchant has
sos The same assurance OF receiving nis valuable
9hs Ia fsvorite idea, bat is utterly fallacions.
What are The facts The records OF the Post
Once show robberes by hese special messengers
xbAn by letter clerks Moreover must be
senenberei that letter carrier being sworn ohcer,
unaer the Post oce laws, be steals guilty OF felony
and the penitensry. Private messengers have
Deqnently been detected 10 stealing and employers u
sIie city testify 10 the fact and 10 The further fact
skat ttey have not been punished
Tie cher favor OF private boxes that the
aerorileDt OF letters into them prevents M taKes rs
sounded on the ignorance OF me inside wosSng o, M
sndeel next to impossiol'sy) TO AVOID mistakes 10
ACxiag letters.
Skousand private boxes, and proporuonate number
N other large Offices. Now, what With the seve.
employees or even Individual members Of :
family, the whole list OF names connected with
shese boxes IN the New YORK Office is sweed 70 nearly
ahny thousand 1t is reasonable 10 assert that ba
memory will grasp these thirty thousand names 60
particular letter shall certainly find lis appro
pirate place. The assortment is hurried Inc mss are
sfieI behind time applicants wait outside ,nere lie nc
sne 10 examine lists OF names Tue clerk rehes on ns
memory, and the only wonder s that 30 few mistakes
After years OF learning masters this work n
wonderful degree, and u is DONE perhaps as PEI ecty
possible. sometimes they are discovered when hand
f out the letters Letters for found in BIS box,
The mistakes then corrected; but has happened
cab before his misplaced letters delayed
sE6be the wiser calling the second time But
may happen that letter is handed 20 the wrong party
and then the temptation TO the messenger 10 steal is
great dishonest person, under such circumstances
wall be quick 10 seize his opportunity there being hardly
possibility OF suspcon, much less OF detection In the case
il thus evident that the public be really bet
E accommodated without these private boxes than viii
hen and is the settled policy Of the department by
DesOs 70 discourage their use.
Letters being directed TO particular stree. and mum
tsu and the city divided carriers
Ssde with regularity safety and despatch free chsrg
Nv carrying, d! The houses OF The owners