The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-21

once Of Pcsnsstsr for this city was found ssesssa
alone account Of the increase OF postal business
hut for the accommodation OF tbs mercsnthe commus
nifty, that the department. should DO again placed g near
possible in the business centre OF the city Aany
anecdotes be quoted illustrative OF the grown anu
ycisstudes Of the Post oes On khs stn o. !, ,Ss
1646 nearly years subsequent 20 the rsmovs Of INC
department from the Rounda, the Postmaster oeno'e,
in nt Of economy thought proper 70 reduce the eerca
necessated on Ia part Abe facilities in receiving
and delivering letters the public had previously Gu
The writer OF that paragraph should visit the windows
now gwen up the General Delivery He could not
complain Of the faciies but be would Ind the crowd
in connection with the .'Cty Box Dsverv related
recently by one OF the on1cials:-In le5l-seventeen
years ssoa boy q nfteen years faced e = teen
nically termed the drop etlerA To do this werk now
ten men are constantly employed In that year nye
persons did The sfacng-up. the SORTING" and ne
''stampins" In this department. more shaa any men
are now employed night and day.
Before proceeding further with this review Of the
business Of the New York Post Once. II u necessary
that 1t should be contrasted with thai OF tho
greatest postal institution OF all Europe, tbs London
Post OficA Il has hitherto been accepted as .
fact which would admit OF qualification that the Lon
don Post Once conducted on principles OF economy
order and rapidly Of movement and certainty thas
should b copied BY every other ks sssosa s e ~
visit 10 Europe, WHITTIER he went to examine into the
workings Of the postal systems Of England and the Con-
employed In the Pos, Offices Of Great Britain and
Ireland three average are employed TO 40 the
work expected Of me IN the United States An usrs
lowsIn this city there are engaged II delivering let
tes addressed to persons other than those having boxes
present rented i've thousand cight hundred) one
hundred and seventy carriers Per conrd IN inc Lon-
N a .rhnor ~ ac hsrs arc
two thousand six hundred carriers But the work OF
these compared with that ours are called to do 10
each building occupied by brokers' merchants, lawyers
agents. &c. 10 which the carer@ deposit all the letters
addressed TO the inmates These letters are
taken by the porcrs anitors attached to the build.
ings and delivered ct the various Offices In this city,
superstrucures let for various no such con-
Broadway, example. It ID occupied by upwards
OF hundred tenants and the letter carrier has Ofen
. g. from the to the story ana ,som IL
population London may be taken at three times that
Of New York. and yet fifteen letter carriers
should DO such marked difference 10 the facility with
which letters are delivered in the two cities TO fac-
ns a IS the s's ser deSs Ss
partment by adding hundred and twenty men. thus
increasing the body OF carriers to three hundred which
1t thought will prove equal TO the exigencios Of the
present time. The now mon have been already ap-
pointed mainly selected from those who served IN the
tedthat OF increasing the number OF daily deliveries
will 60 into operation early IN February. In one thing
s the British postal system superior to ours-itssar
wants appointed for life or during good behaviour
and when unt ted by III health age pensoned, as
faithful public employee should be-makng the evening
OF his days pleasant To him. with us respect Tor service
and age Is considered. may slave, grow gray
and break down his health In the New York Post ONCE
and then, without the slightest consideration for his
years, his his health be dismissed AZ an
hours notice make way for political favorite
who In his may be kicked out oil doors to awe
place TO another. Men whose tenure OF ofce depends
ON the whim OF an individual the exgenciss OF a
party be expected interest themselves greatly
in the business which they consider themselves, at
best, but temporarily employed.
DEPARTMENT.
The business Of the New York Post Once Is divided
up into departments, follows:"Money Order" IRE
gisterng' s'Boxn Carriers" sForegn" Newspaper
and Maiing,n Letter Despatch" and "Night Depart
ments.n
MONEY ORDER DEPARTMENT H4E
This department, the annexed exhibit shows, has
greatly increased within the past twelve months
Statement OF the money order business transacted at
tho New York Post Office during the years 1866 and
1867, showing the increase Of business In the CORE
spending years.