New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-14
CHAYGES AT THE POST OFFICE.
IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY Mr.. PEARSON.

IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY Mr.. PEARSON
HOW TINE 10 SAVED IN HANDLING MATLs-THE
MECHANICAL APPLIANCES EMPLOYED.
improvements have recently been introduced
by Postmaster Pearson in the distribution departments
OF the Post ONCE that will shorten the time that has
been necessary deliver letters that mailed the
general Office. The mails for city delivery have hereto
fore had 20 through hands for Distribution
set Of clerks dividing the letters into plies for the boxes
Tor carriers and for the stations. while another
set distributed those intended for the carriers
into boxes from which each took
the mail for his New OF boxes have been
built by which he distribution Is all done AZ one table
pgeOnhoc boxes being placed In front Of each table for
the carriers wen Others for the .ockD0Xes stations
eto IL Is expected that there will be In this way con
siderable saving OF me though the clerks complain Of
the extra labor that is necessary There has also been
constructed table for the stamping Of letters
that como I'm sfrom the street letter Boxes that
will save much time In the delivery OF the
mail for places outside of the city. Il has
always been the custom to have one tab at which the
letters were faced arranged In proper order for
stamping another table at which tho stamping was
done and another at which the distribution was made
Now all the letters coming in TO the office for outof
town delivery are taken to the new table wnion ex-
tends than half way across the Post Office On one
side OF tAls table stand the "faoers" who
receive tho mall as It is brought in
by the collectors, aud arrange the letters
for the stamper The letters are then put In sort Of
trough stands in front of the "faoer" aud are
pushed tho table to the stamper After they have
gone under the hand of the stamper the distributor who
stands at table Immediately behind the stampar takes
letters and puts them in the proper boxes The ten
dency ever since Mr.. Pearson took
charge Of the office has been to lessen the
number OF hands through which mail matter plust
co. and thus the time used In carrying the mail
from one point to another In the office
The domestic mail matter was formerly distributed
into that for the North the South the East and the
West Then other clerks distributed by States and still
others by individual Offices. There are now only two
sets OF cierka employed In the distribution
OF domestic mail matter. The whole business OF the
reception and delivery OF mail matter has been system
atzed by Postmaster Pearson. Every Post ONCE or
route for which mail Is distributed at the General ONCE
has It's numbers every clerk has his number and every
despatch OF mail matter has It's number facing slip Is
used when bundle letters Is tied up and on this
are stamped the numbers of the mail the dispatch and
the CLERK IL thus possible t0 the Of any
error that IL committed. Another npro
made some tiuo ago has Oeeu OF service iu eApong
the delivery OF mail matter. There many places
which mail matter Is sent by railroad al one time OF
the day and by another route at time OF day
XAe was that the night olerks did not know