The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-18
LETTERS BY THE MILLION
SAvANNAHIANS GIVEN TO MUCH
CORRESPONDENCE

Matter Handled in the Savannah
Postof1ce Last Year $2,5oo,ooo
in Money Orders and Registered
Letters-Postmaster Lamars Small
Force and What 1t Has Accom-
plished.
There is no postoffice in the country
where a larger volume Of business is
transacted with a smaller roster OF
clerks than at Savannah. There are
only fourteen clerks to handle the mails
Of city of over $4,000 inhabitants, and
they have to work about fourteen and a
half hours daily to keep up with the bust
ness, the allowance of the department for
their pay being only sl1 o2o, or an average
of $3.50 per annum.
| In an interview yesterday with Postmas-
ter Lamar and his assistant, Mr.. P. A.
| Warning, the MORNING NEWS is enabled to
lay before its readers some statistics which
show the magnitude of the postal work in
Savannah.
There are ninety-five street letter boxes
and 206 Office lock boxes in use, There are
seventeen letter carriers, as follows;
]. D. Boughes, j. D. Campbell,
S. B. Cooper, G.. &. DeVeauX
John O'Donovan John j. Hewlett
NJ. T. Jonef p A. Denegall,
A. b. Miller A. S. Lafayette,
George A. Lord, G.. +. Tyson,
J. p. Murphy, NJ G. O'Driscoll,
Mac b. Branham, John j. Alleoud,
Henry G. Greene.
The number of changes OF addresses for
carriers for the year ending June 80, 1888,
was 5000. There are four deliveries a day
in the business portion of the city and two
in the residence portion. For the year end
ing June 80, 1887, there were 1856, lS9
pieces of mail delivered and for the cor
responding period this year there were
1859, 271 pieces delivered, an increase of
over three quarters Of a million pieces.
There has been an increase OF four In the
carriers force in the last year. Mail is col
lected from the street boxes in the day
time only. Four thousand forwarding
orders were left ct the office for the last
fiscal year aud 397S dead letters were ad-
vertised.
LETTERS by THE THOUSAND.
1t is estimated that during the thirteen
hours of the week days and the four and
half hours of Sundays $4,000 people have
received in the aggregate 100,2 $50 letters
through the general delivery. There has
been a variation in the number of special de-
livery letters. In 1886 tho number was 2,4l5;
In 1887, 2, 1877, but for the fiscal year ended
increase of 90 over the highest preceding
year.
The mails are conveyed to the trains I'M
der contract with r. Y. Woodlief, of St
Louis, Mo-, but C. r. Motsinger is the sub
contractor, and while he has an extra wagon
for emergencies, but two are used in trans
porting the mails to and from the postoffice
The daily receipts Of pouches are about
twenty eight leather and twenty canvasses,
ayd fhara ahnuf -aiuht lan thar
pouches sent out and twenty-five canvasses
Fifteen pouches and six canvasses go west
over the Central railroad; six pouches and
four canvasses go north over the Charleston
and Savannah, and Sc en- pouches and ten
canvasses GO south over the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway.
REGISTERED LETTERS.
The registered letter statistics during the
year ended June 80, 1888. were as follows:
Registered letters on which fees were col
Registered parcels on which fees were col ''''
lected ....... ................. 45s
Registered letters received for delivery. 80 255
Registered parcels received for delivery 1913
Registered letters and parcels received
for distribution ..... %
Registered packages received. ......... IS, 229
Registered packages made up and dis
Registered packages received in transit. 33.6l5
Through registered pouches and inner
sacks received -. 49,. 1891
Through registered pouches and inner
sacks made up and dispatched. :. 49,. 1850
Through registered pouches and inner
sacks received in transit ............. 571
Official letters and parcels registered free SS7
Total registered articles handled. ...... l54, SOC
SPECIAL STATISTICS.
Desk deliveries registered letters and par
cells. ...........::.......... "a, 100
Carriers deliveries registered letters and
parcels .....,................... 10, 22s
THE MONEY ORDER DEPARTMENT..