The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-12-10

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the street letter boxes, should not exceed eight
| ounces each In weight, and should possess nign
degree of security, strength and durability
Every such lock, While It must be secure from
being opened by any other means than by its
peculiar key, tunless designeaiy broken by ek
treme and obvious volence,) must be devoid Of
any intricacy in opening with the proper key,
and be capable of being securely shut without
the use Of the key. The shape or size Of the
ocks for registered mails should be such as Ia
make them distinguishable at glance from the
locks of the street letter bores, and both should
by their external shape, be instantly distinguish.
able from the mail locks now in use.
The Registered Mail Locks should be made OF
hard and tough brass, excepting the shachle and
| rivets, which must be iron, the latter we'll
shouldered, countersunk, and headed at both
ends. The shell or case Of such locks must not
have sharp angles, and must be free from
knobs, escutcheons, or other appendices likely
to be compressed. battered, or knocked out of
order by the peculiarly hard usage of the service
Each lock is to have outside upon its face, in
letters sufficiently large and distinct, "U s. Re.
Clustered Natl" and also such number, Tin
figures each, not less than Gle of an inch long J
as may be ordered /; a different number, not ex-
ceeding four places of figures in any case being
required on each lock- such words and figures
are to be sunk by stamping, II the shell be made
of wrought or sheet brass. or to be raised If the
shell be made of cast metal All the locks for
registered mails are to be uniformly alike, ex-
cepting the numbers marked on them. and all
their keys, which should be case-hardened iron
and nickelplated, are TO be also alike, so that
any one of all the keys which may be furnished
for them shall easily flt and readily open any
one and all of the locks The keys should have
a shank nearly two inches long between the bit
and the bow, and the bow should be solid, with
small hole through 1t, and have stamped on
one side the words, "U s. Registered Mailn
and upon the opposite side such number Tin
figures not less than one-eighth of az inch 1ong)
as may be ordered every key to have a different
number of which none will exceed four places
of figures.
The locks for the Street Letter Boxes are to
be made of hard and tough brass, and the key
hole of each lock should be in the lowest part of
the wall of the she'll or case when the lock is
hanging by its shaclrle, and should be sheltered
by Sufficient hitting ont of the upper and lower
rim around that mart of the wall The interior
mechanism of the lock should be i'm a position
somewhat remote from the key-hole. and be
operated easily by its kew. which shouId be fiat.
made of steel. and be of convenient length and
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suhcieht strengtn anu stihhess. Inc DOW oi 'ue
hey siioo'u 10 soi,u. WIN siii'ii hoie .nrousn
y, ana - 10 nave " o. Letser Cdrr'er" stampeo
on one sioe' aIo such hgures ana letters stahpeo
on the opposue siae US may Dc oroereo. Inc
lace Oh each lock Is 10 nave upon IL u o. Se'eet
no1 IN ei.ei iaiseo. u sun ies,eis' anu
t'i'y o.iie' my
nay 20 ~ ...o .oSns anu ny y siie
som Ao.'ei :, ~ ~ - a - 49,
a"u ny .ooA : ~ 70 ~ a"s ny NV
inanAeu WIN 'no ealno ioe'e ". " Ao'.eia
ihe iocA Vi eacii KIM ooh'rao'eo ioi must 10
oehseieo accoioihs " oruei' a' INC fos' oiioe
Dopar'hieh'' d. INC iisA anu oApohse " s'e I'm
pun w ~ p'''0 100, :. :. ~ 49,
eacn' anu pacheo IN strons woooen ooAes coh-
taking not more than two hundred locks each.
Tne Keys 10 such locks are 10 Dc strung py the
natural series OF numbers on wire RODS each con
tanning one hundred keys, and are to be delivered
to an agent OF the department speclaiiy author'
lied to receive them ana convey the same rom
the manufactory 10 tnis department, where ootn
the locks ana keys are 10 De inspected ana ap-
proved as comformaole 10 the adopteo sample
before they shall pc PAID ior.
From the sample locks ana keys submitted
under this advertisement, the postmaster