Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-08
HANDLING THE MAILS.
Augusta's Postal service Compared
with that of savannah,

| Since the MORNING NEWS voiced the
feelings OF large part OF ssVannah's
| population IN regard 70 the late delivery
! Of The molning mail, some Of the other
cities OF the State have been studying the
Postmaster Generals report and are ie-
| licltating themselves over the manage
ment OF their mail matters. The Augusta
Chronicle, referring to the inadequacy OF
the service here, says: deliveries are
not made in the Forest City until noon.
Notwithstanding the number OF carriers
there is larger. the amount oil matter ham
died smaller, and the cost Of the service
[ larger than in Augusta"
The latter city has four deliveries daily,
at 8, ii 80 a. m, and 3 aud $3.50 p. m, and
i've collections. Savannah has one car
rlar more than Augusta, AND yet, accord
ing to the Chronicle, Notwithstanding the
TACT that deliveries are made oftener and
earlier in Augusta, it is found that the
cost TO the government is smaller, the
amount OF malt matter heavier than in
savannah. The eight Augusta carriers,
according to the same authority, which
quotes from an official report, handled
3.264614 pieces oil mail matter during the
last fiscal year against 3,000,22J pieces
handled by the nine Savannah carriers.
Augusta, therefore, handled over 250.GO0
more piecesof mail than this city. The
Savannah carriers averaged 333, 35S pieces
each and the Augusta carriers 4Oo.O7
pieces.
The Savannah carrier department costs
$3.50, and the Augusta 1886 90. SavaD-
nah collected lar more matter Than Au-
gusta, but the latter city delivered the
most. Atlanta's business 10 ahead Of any
city IN the state, seventeen carriers hand
ing 1924, 095 pieces OF mater, averaging
565, 1913, at cost OF S13,56S 81. Macon
drops below Augusta, Atlanta or SaVan-
nan in the amount OF matter handled and
running expenses, employing seven car
rIcrs, handling 2,549, 1859, at cost OF So
$50 60. The carriers. however, averaged
more work than Savannah 1864, 1917, but
fell below Augusta and Atlanta. Atlanta
delivered more newspapers, Augusta
next, with Savannah third and Macon
fourth. In registered letters delivered
Savannah falls last. Atlanta is first,
Augusta third and Macon second.
1t does not seem probable that Augusta
with a population 80 much less than
Savannah handled so much more
mall matter, even taking into
consideration Savannah's large coIored
the delay in the Savannah office
is the want of night clerk and an as
sistant superintendent Of carriers. The
night clerk assorts all the mails that
comes in the night mail and an assistant
uperintendenps duty Is to help put up the
morning mail for the carriers to deliver.
So small has been the force in the Sa-
vannah office that the colored porter, who
received the munIhcent salary OF $500 a
year, was used 10 help in dlstri buting tue
local mail. he soon became expert at IT,
but one of the inspectors, who looked into
the office ore day, said he did not want a
porter distributing the malls. Tue porter
was accordingly transferred to the mail
ing department with increased RESPONSE
Ditity, and his salary was reduced SO a
month. Some OF the employees seem to
think that somebody has "queered" the
department against Savannah.