The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-24
POSTOFFICE POINTS.
Outline OF the Speedy Delivery System
Which Takes Effect Week From
To-day. Postal Card Deficiency.
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Registry and messengers delivery
books have been received for the speedy
delivery system which goes into effect one
week from today. A full account of the
new system. its workings and the cities
entitled to its advantages. will be of in
terest, and is herein given. 1t is worthy
of preservation. The stamps are of ex-
cellent design, blue in color, and in size
nearly as large as two ordinary postage
stamps AT the left, under the words
United States" is the figure of mes
senger running. la another place is the
sentence, Secures immediate delivery at
special delivery office" The boys will
be uniformed, and are to be paid at the
rate of eight cents letter, their monthly
remuneration not to exceed $50. To
earn this maximum salary, each boy must
deliver thirteen letters per day. The only
civil service qualifications required of the
boy carriers are good pair of legs, abil-
ty to read and write, and good temper.
Substitute carriers may act as messengers
when not doing substitute duty. Boys
are not allowed to form combinations to
equalize their earnings Postmasters
are enjoined to give their best
judgment and dilgent attention TO
the special delivery scheme, as the gov
eminent is DESTROYS that it shall attain a
high public utility. Each messenger be
fore he enters the service will be required
to take the oath prescribed by law. None
but reputable, active and intelligent
youngsters will be employed, in no case
TO be under - years of age. Letter car
riers will be required to receive all spec>
ial delivery letters which may be handed
them on their trip shall keep them sep>
| arated from other mail matter and hand
them over to the proper officers imme-
diately upon arriving Mt the postofflce.
Letters arriving between Z a. m. and ~
midnight are to be Immediately deliv>
cred The book is volume of large
sized pages and each double page is ruled
with columns in each of which entries arc
to be made of each letter showing nuns
Der, whether registive or not, place of
mailing, address, date and hour received,
name of messenger to whom given for
delivery, hour of delivery, name of receiv,
er and remarks. The messengers book
also has five columns in which the post
master or his clerks must make entries OF
each letter, and columns for hour of de-
livery ana signature. Each month. trans
scripts of the record must be made and
forwarded to the department in Washing
ton, so that it will be seen that the sys-
TEN will entail large amount of work il
used ext ensively.
The cities in this and nelghboring states
that will be entitled to the privileges of the
system, those containing population OF
1000 and over, are the following:
Illinois-Alton, Aurora. Belleville,
Bloomington, Braidwood, Cairo, Cham
paign, Chicago, DanvIlle, Decatur, East
st. Louis, Eigin, Evanston, Freeport Ga
lena Galesburg, Jacksonville, Joliet Kan
kakee, LaSalle, Lincoln. Litchfield, Mat
toon, Mendoza, Moline, Monm outh
Ottawa, Paris. Pekin, Peoria Peru, Quin
cy, Rockford, Rock Island, Springfield
Sterling, Streator, Waukegan.
IOwa-Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Gin,
ton, Council Bluffs, Oreston, Davenport
Des Moines, Dubuque, Fort Madison,
Iowa City, Keokuk, Lyons, Marshalltown
Muscatine, Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Sioux
City.
Indiana Anderson. Aurora, Colum,
bus, Crawfordville, Elkhard, Evansville,
Fort Wayne. Goshen, Indianapolis. JEFF
fersonville, Kokomo, Lafayette, Lap
Lawrenceburg, Logansport, Madison,
Muncie, New Albany, Peru. Richmond
South Bend, Seymour Terra Haute. Val
paraiso Vincennes, Washington.
Wisconsin-Appleton, Beloit Eat
Claire, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, James
vile, Kenosha, La Crosse. Madison, Man
itowoc, Milwaukee, Neenah, Oconto
Oshkosh, Portage, Racine, Sheboygan,
Stevens Point WatertOwn, Wausau.
Missouri-Carthage, Chillicothe, Han
nibal, Jefferson City, Joplin. Kansas City,
Louisiana. Moberly, St Charles, st
Joseph, st. Louis, Sedala, Springfield
WaTensburg.
POSTAL CARD FAMINE.
Although there has been what might b.
called famine in the supply of pOsta
cards for some time, and Davenport, Mo
line and ether adjoining cities have feel
the deficiency very much, Postmaster
Halves supply, while limited has not be
came entirely exhausted until now. To
day there were none to be had at thu
Rock Island posto flee, and the attempts
on the part of Postmaster Halves to Dor
row some from Davenport and Moline
have been fruitless, those cities being il
the same condition as Rock Island Mo
line still owes Rock Island 500, and is il
the embarrassing predicament of not be-
ing able TO pay its honest debts, so Il
speak. The fault lies in the firm recently