New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-14
DULL TIMES At THE POST OFFICE.
ALMOST A CLERK FOR EVERY LETTER.


ALMOST CLERK FOR EVERY LETTER.
TIE DELIVERY or MAIL-MArrER PRACTICALLY At
srAHDsTILL-
NO duller day than yesterday has been known
In Inc history of the New-York Post Office, since
IL became an institution of respectable size Not
single mail from any part IT the country, out
sioe OF New-fork city, Brooklyn and Jersey City,
was received at the Office and no mails were sent
10 any places outside of this neighborhood. The
NUMBER OF letters for delivery from one part
OF the city to another was also small
Most OF the CLERKS and carriers were at the
Post ONCE at some time in the day. but there
was little work for them to do. The main floor
OF the General Post Office has seldom presented
SO strange an appearance since the building was
occupied Groups Of clerks and carriers listless-
y leaned on the tables and exchan ged their ex-
periences Of the storm There were clerks waiting
Tor each letter that WIS dropped into the re.
cc ,,,g boxes Occasionally o collector entered
lamp-post boxes. These letters were ouiokIv
stamped and delivered and when n sufficient
numoer had been collected to make it nth while
Ior messenger to he sent to q postal station
the letters were DISPATCHED
O., oal h started out as soon as few letters
10, ,neir rontcs were received All the time
schedules were practically abandoned The carri-
ers could not deliver promptly on their routes
Us many business places were closed and the
streets In some parts Of the CITY were scarcely
pas,anle- The local matter was handled quickly,
a a the carriers and clerks worked faithfully
Inc cola winds were not rs severely felt nv the
carriers as the drivino storm Of the previous
day, and the small amount OF business TO he
transacted made the portion Of each cmploye
easy to transact
MR. PEARSON STICKS To HIS POST.
postmaster Pearson remained at the Post Offlce
all Monday night, personally experimenting
the work OF the delivery of local mails lie has
got ready for any emergency. such as the clear
ing OF all the railroad lines at the same time,
and expects TO be able to handle the mails quickly.
when the railroads are open. The trouble yes
terday, he said, not TO do the work but TO
obtain material on which to work
superintendent Richards OF the City Delivery
Department. the only department In active opera
ton, calculated that scarcely one-tcnth Of the
usual amount OF mail matter was received and
distributed. Small packages Of mail matter
spcctally addressed for Transportation by the
steaper. were received at about noon. No foreign
mails were sent out, rs the sailing OF the Nevada
was postponed Postmaster Pearson has daily
schedule prepared Of the out-of-town mails due
and received. Tho schedule contains the names
o. about forty mails Cue each day. That Of
March II has on IT, as the latest time under the
mail duo on the Ncw-York Central at GAS a. m.
on Monday. Four mails received Monday
and none since Is record UNPARALLELED by any
previous forty-eight hours since the records
have been kent.
The difficulty with the telegram and telephone
service intcrfcr"d somewhat. with tho post office
work. Communication with the postal stations
was difficult and reports and messages woro scnt |
nv clerks IN ~ tho officials wcr" worried nv the
long-continucd dficul'v in receiving and sending |
ont mns. 1'aoS Of lctt"rs had collected at the
Railroad station and no PROMISES
were made MS IN whom maj, mott"r would he TO-
ceivod at the Grand Central Station for outside
points.
MAIL o. ppKs STICK IN TIFF DRIFTS.
Superintendent Jackson. Of tho Railway Mail
service, received many kilograms from mail clerks
who were detained ut various places in snow-bound
trains Many Of The clerks on outgoing trains
have not been heard from aud it is supposed that
the trains on which they have been stalled far
away from telegraph stations.
Ii. h. Mack, VINO has charge of the railway mail |
service for the Dispatch OF all the morning news |
papers, had Il series OF interesting experiences on
Monday and yesterday. lie saw that all the news
papers were sent out on Monday morning and then |
look train on the Jcrssy Contra road for Eliza
beth. He proceeded as far as EzabC thport whcro |
5hc train came to a stant>tl and II went no /
further. He spent several hours IN tho tain the |
snow gradually deepening until it lay seven feet !
about the train. The passengers made a path TO /
. hotel near the station and obtained sufficient
God There was not large supply Of coal in the
,ngne, but IL lasted until MIR. Mack left it, The
,Oal for the stoves was also running low.
STRANGE STORIES o. TnE STORM.
Elizabethport people full OF stories of the
great storm. One, well-authenticatcd, was that
BOY employed at the Singer factory went to cross
high snow-drift and disappeared from sight
Olice officers sent for, and they and neigh
,ors searched for "A long time, but did not succeed
n finding the boy, who, it is supposed,
Inothcred. The Waterman at the bridge
Newark Bay lost his lunch and tainted from cold
md hunger before his night watch MIR.
lack made his way to the landing and crossed
he Kill Won Kull in one of the boats which makes
daily passage. lie then reached the city by way
Il Staten Island. Few OF the trains carrying
newspapers which II the city yesterday morning
cached their destination The Albany train went
through four hours late. The newspaper mails
we're dispatched yesterday morning. and no infor-
nation can be Obtained MS to when they would
,e sent out. Mr.. Mack does not believe that the
Dads can be open until the last part Of the week.