Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-11

GRAND Ragads Desrols. Cti0azo ans other
larzs citlos bul uo4ris ali tis mail ooiass- o1
board ti.e train iu mIxed laass. anal he- a.
te assorted and distributed. Iils aaran
hoifs ~ the .efttT case are iabtio1 iuf al
the rallss. rouIez IA the state Uel a. Tor
thss-t Yart'g Ia Mlchigan AAd partly N other
states. Aat ouis THAI bul uearis t.N the
ROUTES are 0lslaed. letters for piaces o4.t side
81 gwen point beng placed IL enc isax and
those iof PLACES ga the oinef saae ~ that
poini Ia another boa foT example. istisrr
IT, oiilces or t1e Michigan Central rolad cast
~ kalamazoo - lt4 one bo2. Shlit those
for towns GA ths same line 1T road sesi ef
halamaziso ~ INTO another lu sonle If the
lonleT hue- tiirer and f0uT such separations
are made There are also boxes fOa Ellet az
ibe larger towns of tht State and Ibis of
many of tseul. for mail dispatched from
them by stage routes of express p0uces.
The mails reosistd GA bosard tae Iraln oIll-
hraee latiors and papers Tor almost every
part ~ every state IA the Union. apa the
clerk must know hoW and where a. send
them thai they may reach their destination
ia the shortest possible time. Many ofiioes
ars supplied ts tSo OF uOrt railroads aud
letters for sli such must be sent bs the route
or llue that Wiii take them there quickest.
A. every state has al in rlcate system or nei-
work of railway aud stage route lnts. "a ls n0
easy task 20 learn and remember them. ana
the CONNECTIONS they make with each other.
but the clerk on ever line Of any import
once must net 0uly lac familiar ~lfh them,
bat he must know them 80 well and ~ thor
Ou.liy that The instant be glanccs al the al
dress upon "a letter or paper ht knows int0l-
uvely what route Will take q home Quickest,
for he has n0 time T. consult schemes and
directories while on duty. With ail.the dei-
terity winch years Of experience and IracIice
have given hinl. n is observed thai he has
ali he can do t0 get away" Nlth hls fnAli be
tween stations. and where they are onla two
or three miles apart. a. many Of them are, he
l. more than hurried
A. banks are scarce Ia the north ctfuE-
try. money remltiAnccs are principally
snade by registered letter and from almost
every Office along the line. he reeeIVef from
one 10 dozen OF more Of these valuable
packages. The writing required 80 be done
IN connection with the transmission Cif each.
a. heretofore explained. consumes cinsidef-
able time. Al Walton be receives eight or
ten pOucbes and sacks. ainch coniGln mali
from irayerSe City and tae country round
about II. embracing several count e. aud
parts Of couniIcs- The distribution u tius
mail. together with that received from way
Offices. lincluding Cadillac, which Il quite
large town. cOnsumtx every mOInent Of
time between Walton and Reed Gig, where
connection h made with an eRsibOuEd mail
train on the - A T. N. road, and sometimes
u is well nigh impossible % work all OF ID
before that point n reached. Al Reed City
weli-filled pouches are received from both
east and west. which. with that from the
Reed City Office, have 10 be worked while the
run l. being made 10 Big Rapids. thirteen
miles distant. Ia addition 10 this. be mnsi
exchange return mails with the north
bound irain. which Dr. met al Pans. and ca
change mails with two local Offices, one Of
them a catch-station. Al Big Rapids male
are put Of for the lines from that Ilace 10
MuskegOn and 10 Iona VIA Stani9D. and
mails are received from thos, hnes ahich.
with the large amount always receiyed from
the Big Rapids Office. makes red hJt work
betwe IA that place and Howard Cit. tVen-
~ one miles. where close connection ls mnds
with mail train for Detroit. over the j..
l.. 4 ~ road. Here he not only puts of his
mail for that line. but for the Detroit a
Grand Haven, east Of lonia. also all he has
for New York, New Jersey, the New Eng
land States and Canada. and other foreign
countries. To tie out and lock up all tins
mail. IN addition 10 working that received ~
Big Rapids, and three WAY -ofiics's, two Of
them caich-st8tiOns, ia the limited time
8lotted-On > hfty-tye snInuteS--Teaulre
more activity (particularly on Mondays
when the letter mail as very heavy than
most people indulge IN from choice
Coming into Grand Rapids the entire case
must be tied out and something over dozen
pouches locked. which makes another hurry
ing job. ln fact the work al the way down
has been one continuous hurry. and. though
that Of the run northward was decidedly
lively. the work coming southwark reminds
one of race-horse speed. As somebody has
jOcoseiy expressed IL. the cleri coming
south hasn't time 30 spit II the 1raIn h on
time. Close connection D. made with q Lake
Shore mail train at the Bridge stree; depot
IN this city. and several pouches Containing
mail for the West and South. and that for
the East, received since pa-sing Howard
City, are forwarded by that tram, the clerk
Ia charge sending them easi arc west ~
Kalamazoo. and east and west al Ilkhart.
a. their respective addresses ulay indicate
II the Lake Shore connection D. nissed. the
addresses OF some Of the pouches have 80 be
changed. and they go southwark toe Gin
cinnat express over the g. k. a J.. ano are
put OF 10y the baggareman ai Kalamazoo.
Sturgis and kendaliville. When dispatched
TINS way. those for the New York and Chi
cago line westward lose about live hours.
aud miss the early morning fast fDaii trains
ont Of Chicago. hence the Lake sbore con
Decfion al Bridge street D. au imvlrfani one
10 make. 80 far a. western mails con
cerntd. Express pouches for Fl Wayne and
Cincinnati are not pot of at Bridge street.
hut are always forwarded by the Cincinnati
night express. On arriving IN GRIND Rapids
~ 4O5 3. ~. the clerk repair % the posi-
Office witt his registered msil. laiygregafing
usually from seventy FIVE 10 one hundred
letters obtains n rec,5iH for II AID records
his arrival. which concludes an s1ceedInRiy
busy day work.
ITohe Continued