Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-05-05
HER RNOSIILO.
The Peculiar Postal Regulations of So-
 nora-Other Matters.

Rora-Other Matters.
 TUcsoN, April 2lth. 1883.
 EDITOR CITIZEN; Upon receiving
 your communication in Hermosillo 1t
 was at first my intention to mail you
 my correspondence from that place. but
 when l saw the management of the
 postoffice and heard the numerous com
 plaiuts of mail matter gone and con-
 tinually going astray, l included f best
 to prepare my observations and hand
 them to you upon my arrival here with
 the date of their being iotted down;
 but having now mentioned the matter
 of the postOtiice department 1 shall at
 once enter into the details thereof:
 The "es,afeta" or postoiiiee of Her
 mosillo IS situated in tue "calle de los
 arbolesT (stEeet ot the trees) two blocks
 below or west of VT 3. Hopper X Co.'S
 store. It consists of room about
 20x1s feet with brick floor. 4 spacr
 about 3x6 feet imra6 'ely at the en-
 trance Is partiiiesS . by rataer clumsy (to Tue, ssS esl rs'l-ls through au opening of whicat mai Is t.str ,, l buted as follows: YOu arrive al the | railing when O4s of The employees comes tO the opening; the uu initiated gIye ih.s Gsutl ma, tuetr respective uame-: but 1T the name Is EugiISu or uttered by a prr-Ju whose apprarance warrauts the brtlet Juat Le Is familiar with tLe ars of reading, he ls asked politely. w bat lot'er.' which ! inquiry means that You are requested Co 1 give the initial Of yUur name. IT your name happens to be hudson you will ! then inform the gentlemen that your iu- l iual Is "H,' wuereupou you will bt l handed all the maIl matter existing lu | the office under the letter "h, from l winch you may selecs what belongs Co l you UT what does not, just a- you please. l I was particular Co observe thGt nobody l pays the least attention Co what letter. | or papers yOu appropriate, or how many, | and after making your -elecuOn you | leave the bulk of the "H with The em- | plOyee and take your def arture to make | place for the ntxt, wltL whom the same process IS repeated. | tank tuls nred- no fur Jher comment, bat fully explains the almost Incr,dIule hes Ot mall ma,- ter. The amount Ot le,ters and papers arriving at this office dail!, l think, does uot exceed fifty In all, aud tbe muney-order bust ess ls almost myth Il attend Co tuIs eXlsustlLg labor there are five employees
 Eut h,re as everywhere, the great American Express Cc. Ol Wells, Fargo .S C.. comes tp the -=tlei of tas cores youdiug aud reaIIug pEbIc. I4eIr Offic. adj ms the store of Wm. B. Hoop er * Co.,, and k managed by @ Very gen tlsmaniy and accommodating young clerk It IS needless Co say that all mat Ger roIug thrOugl their hands ar1ves $ fr.- at it's destination and i, delivered to the proper claimants. l am glad Co be able Co state that Wells. Fargo & Co. handle at least SIX umes the amount Ci ! the correspO pOudeuce tua' the Mexican r. 0. does, and I have found many Amer jeans who consider them ID the light Ot pubic beuetactors, because they are exposed daily to nuDerCus and very au uoyiug vrxati1ns at the hands oi the Mexican custom house at NOgales, but stIll they persist.
 What shall 1 say about Shat latter in stitutiOn! IL Is perfectly impossible for me tC enumerate one tenth part of the l bitter but jus, complaint l Ieard daily l from people m all stations Jf hfe against | tue lIct lt1rial over6eaTIug and arDIt- { tUu1 nDuse orucials administer the IaWs | . of thsir Republic. lt Is true that many l sections If their las of ImpOrt-luues 1 (arancsi) are coucle in such ambiguous language as Co a loW ve-y broad inter l pretatIOn of the same and of this part Icularly unfortunate circumstance they make the most liberal Use or rather l abuse. But tnen there are cases which have come tu my knowledge, wher, neither the stricte~t application of the law, nor fIr the officials most favorable 1 could excuse their acts of well yes-"down ri-hf rot bery." They l know they are powerful and tIa at there are means tO shut up the eyes of an oc- casioual Inspector.
 There are, however. means to 'oil the way across the line and We-I7, Fargo S Co.,, in HermosillJ have b.su repeat rdiy approached hy certain .-o-tetwe-uS wLo gave To understand yer, plainly c what those means We're: uut w els, Far [ 20 & C.. cannot stocp G. tTIts, and sl thelr cle k, and rmp'1,es nave stric orders Co comply Eitb tie demands i'm d posed upon them, no m.t'-- how exsc; ing, annoying aud ul just they may [ be.
 h conclusion I would state that any person who desires tc send package of | any kind across the lne should be care ful to forward with it dec aration uf it's contents, or otherwise IT will be de- tained at the custom house, until a dec laratIou IS received or at least a commu- with a request to Wells, Fargo < Co.'S agent at Nogalas tO have the package opened, all Of which WI! cause expense and delay.
 Tomorrow l shall begin 10 c0mmuni- cate the Iottings Ot my various visits to public institutions, etc, as per my diary. SPRING.