Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-30

Astonishing Carelessness Of Business
Men fan Directing Lettcrs-A Valuable
Street DIRECTORY.

Men i'm Directing Letters-A v"iuaphe
street Directory.
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880,
about 800 letters upon which there was
no superscriptiOn whatever were sent to
the Dead Letter Office. at Washington;
and in the year ended the 30th of last
showing a steady increase. That these
letters were mostly written by practiced
business men was evident from the fact
that they contained Enclosures of more
than average value, and from other facts
also. The number of packages received
at the Dead Letter Office is annually in
creasing.
Mr.. Dallas, the Chief, has perfected a
device to put misdirected city letters in
the way to their proper destination. This
is printed directory of the streets and
avenues of all the cities, except two, in
the United States where the mails are
delivered by carriers. The directory en-
braces the streets of 10 different cities.
The arrangement is alphabetical by
streets. For example, the first entry Is
"A" street, and the directory shows that
twenty cities, in as many different States
have each an "A" street. "When be-
gan the preparation of this directory"
said Mr.. Dallis, 81 intended it as manu-
script directory for the use of this office
alone; and at first intended to include
only the fifty principal cities. As the
work advanced, however, its usefulness
and value became 80 apparent that Ide-
termined to include all the cities en-
braced by the carrier delivery service,
and I succeeded in procuring correct
street dictionaries of all of them except
Little Rock, Ark, and GAINESVILLE, O. The
pOstmasters of these cities did not appear
to appreciate the usefulness of such a
directory. When l had the manuscript
completed, 1t was found so useful in this
Office that 1t occurred to me that it
would be a valuable adjunct in all the
larger pOst-Offices of the country. Isub-
mitted it to POstmaster-Gene James,
and he warmly approved the idea, and
so we have had it printed. We shall be-
gin to distribute it in a few days, as soon
as the books are received from the bind
cry. POstmasters Pearson, of New York,
HindekOper, of Philadelphia, and others,
to whom the work has been submitted,
are warm in its praise"
Mr.. Dallas called attention to certain
questions which the directory Is design
ed to answer. For example, letter is
addressed to John Smith, No. 1870 Charter
Oak avenue Getty and state Omitted) By
the directory it will be seen that the only
Charter Oak avenue in any city is in
Hartford, Conn. Again, take the case of
letter addressed to James Thompson,
Esq, corner Eighth and EnOs avenues,
Springfield, Mass. The postmaster of
Springfield, Mass, knows the letter was
not intended for that city, because there
is no EnOs avenue there. Turning to
the directory he finds that the only city
which contains an EnOs avenue is
Springfield, Ill. Another letter is ad-
dressed, say, to William T. Moore. Com
mon street, between Basin and Franklin
streets (city and State omitted. BY con-
sulting the directory it is found that,
while there is Common street in each
of seven cities, the only one which has
also Basin street, and Franklin
street is New Orleans, La, and the letter
should therefore be sent to that city.
The directory will be interleaved, in
order to render 1t convenient for the cor
rectiOn of errors and the addition of de-
sirable nfOrmatiOn.-NeaU York Tribune
A Gala Day at the Driving Park.
Thursday of next week race that
should attract considerable interest will
take place, at the Drying Park track, be-
tween w. s. Humphreys black mare,
DAISY" and P. H. NcDOnald's horse, for
purse of 5000. Both gentlemen are well
known and it can be safely calculated
that there will be no "squealing" on the
part of either, and that the race will be
fairly trOtted on the merits of the two
animals. There will be no such failure
as that of the Fourth. Both animals are
well known, and are considered about
equal in speed, so that close and excit-
ing race may be expected, and should
the weather prove favorable those who
attend may be sure Of not being disap-
pointed.
Since the above was in type arrange
ments have been made whereby some
trOtters from Alpena will enter and add
to the interest of the day. The race will
be free for all, best three in five to har-
ness, catch weights, for purse of $175
800 to first, $50 to second and $25 to
third. -Four horses have already been
entered. W. s. Humphreys black mare,
daisy" p. II. McDOnald's bay horse.
from ChebOygan and from Alpena. Will
liam Finlay enters sOrrel gelding, "Spot,"
and X. M. DOnnelly, bay mare Lucy"
with a prospect of other entries from
there. Should the day be favorable, this
will, undoubtedly, prove the most excit-
ing race ever held In the county and we
have no doubt will attract large crowd
to witness the contest.
To the Press.
Secretary Blaine has issued the follow
ing complimentary circular To the Amer-