The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-10-02
What the Business men Of Redwood
Falls have to say about closing
the Post Office at sos p. m.
on and after Nov. LIST.

most important business letters by return
mail and believe that the Department
should try to accommodate the public by
extending all the facilities the occasion
; requires. Under the state of affairs pro
. posed an unnecessary delay of at least
twenty-four hours would be imposed
upon the correspondence of this COM
munity. Mr.. Watson is always willing
to discharge his duties satisfactorily but
he must obey the orders he has received
unless they are countermanded between
now and Nov. LIST. But so universal is the
sentiment against change that, it GER
tainly would be respected if the facts
were only presented to the proper officers
in the Post Office Department, at Wash
Iington. Much more might be written in
reference to this matter but as we have
interviewed our business men we will
let them speak for themselves.
Col. Tousley of the Exchange hotel
says, the mail will keep over night but
he don't like the arrangement.
i Mr.. H. N. Bell prefers an evening mail.
c. C. Sickle would like to have his
mail in the evening. Sometimes it is
very important he should have it.
F. L. Morrill, Esq wants his mail in
the evening because his letters often re-
quire immediate answers.
c. Wiltshire thinks we ought to have
the mail in the evening
Geo. w. Braley of the Redwood &c
Bank would much rather have his mail
in the evening.
| w. F. Dickinson, cashier of the Bank
of Redwood Falls, says the post office
should be open in the evening for those
who have lock boxes and that the mail
should be distributed in the evening.
Mr.. B. Brodhead would like to have
his paper to read in the evening.
j. D. Bunce thinks we ought to have
the mail in the evening as long as the
cars run as they do at present. 1t is i'm
portant business men should get their
letters promptly.
E. o. O'Hara says letters should be de-
livered in the evening as they often re-
lquire an answer the next mail.
Crouley Bros. are anxious to have their
mail in the evening but if the office is to
be locked until the mail is distributed,
during the cold weather, it won't make
any difference.
Joseph Sewell would prefer to have
his letters and papers in the evening.
H. D. Chollar says we ought to have
the mail in the evening by all means.
o. L. Dornberg replied, Oh HI, 1
don't want to wait until the next morn
ing. Iwant my mail in the evening.
Mckay & Race say it would be great
accommodation and much better to have
mail in the evening in order that letters
may be answered by return mail.
Levi Truesdell would like his mail in the
evening but he don't care about standing
out in the cold waiting for it. n
DR.. Hitchcock would prefer to have
the mail opened in the evening. Bust
ness men want their letters in the even
ing.
c. L. Croker says if you can't get an
answer in by return mail you will have
to wait two days before sending reply.
Mail in the evening.
Charles Thomas would like to have his
mail in the evening.
Judge Baldwin prefers his mail in the
evening that he may be able to promptly
answer business letters.
George Drake thinks it better to have
the mail in the evening if it can be ar
ranged and wants to know why the peo-
pie will have to wait until Sunday noon
for Saturday evening papers.
S. S. Sickle says every important let
ter is answered on the night it is received
and this order will cause delay in cor
|respondence of thirty-six hours. 1t is
his opinion the post Office should be run
for the accommodation of the people.
A. H. Gipson of w. P. Brainard & Co.
says DOC" Dornberg expresses his senti-
ments.
N. E. Powell Esq. says the Office should
be opened in the evening and the mail
delivered as it is now.
Lewis Bros. are satisfied with the pre-
sent arrangements. Don't want change.
Capt. w. P. Huntington, Register U.
IS. Land Office, thinks we should have the
letters delivered in the evening if it don't
conflict with the Department orders.
Bishop Gordon wants his mail in the
evening on account of answering bust
ness letters. He further suggested if a
notice of the sickness, death or funeral of a
relative or friend was sent, it would be i'm
possible to leave on the first train because
the letter would not be delivered in time.
w. H. Hawk, Clerk of the Court, says
his business requires that he should get
his letters in the evening.
F. L. Warner says the reading of let
tiers and papers affords pleasant enter
tainment and he prefers to continue gett-
ing his mail in the evening.
j. H. Bowers Esq, Judge of Probate,
thinks it makes vast difference whether
the mail is delivered in the evening or
morning. He wants his letters in the
evening.
A. Tower, Co. Treas. would rather
have his mail in the evening.
I. NJ. VanSchaack, Co. Auditor, says as
long as the trains arrive and depart as
they do now he would most assuredly
want his mail in the evening.
Col. Chandler wants his mail in the
evening if it is possible to get it.
G. w. Bunce of the Commercial house
thinks that the mail should be delivered
in the evening not only for the accom-
mediation of business men but also of
commercial travellers.
Horace Daniels says it would be very
great Inconvenience not to have the mail
in the evening. AS things now are he
often gets letters of great business i'm
portance that demand an answer the
same evening.