Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-19

our city, bence the business houses rented
private boxes and furnished their OVID
carriers, but now we are enjoying a letter
carrier service second to none in the United
States. The Inspectors who have inspected
the Sacramento office are unanimous in
the opinion that the service cannot be ex-
celled.
At present fifteen carriers are employed
and make eight deliveries in the business
portion OF the city and from one to three
IN the resident portion. Six additional
street letter boxes have been added to the
number during this administration, and
in several places the small boxes have been
replaced by the larger size in order to meet
the demand of the growing business.
During the year ending October 81, 1886,
the carriers delivered and collected 1865
4SS pieces of mail matter against 2, ,2S5, ,0o3
pieces for the year ending October 81 1888
Excess of 1888 over 1886, 716 5l5 pieces.
The receipts at the stamp window for the
same periods were as follows: For 1888,
S57, ,445 6S; for 1886. S47, ,614 % Excess of
receipts for 1888 over 1885, IS, ,S3l 43
The allowance for clerk hire in 1856 was
SlO,4 ,490; the present allowance is only
S9,664. Notwithstanding the reduction in
, the expenses of the Office, the receipts have
increased about $4,000 per year and the
mail facilities. in many cases, have been
more than doubled.
In the Mailing Department several very
important changes have been made; for in
stance-in 1885 only three mails we're dis
patched to, and two received from San
francisco. AT present, five mails are dis
patched and four received. TIE hour for
closing the Mailing Department has been
changed from 6 P. NJ. to Pm. A letter
for San Francisco mailed as late as P. NJ.
will leave here at 3:55 the next morning.
Letters dropped in the street letter box be-
fore A. NJ. will leave here at 6 A. NJ the
same day.
Scarcely train of any kind leaves Sacra-
mento without carrying a mail. Fifty
closed pouches per day are dispatched from
the Postoffiee by trains and boats upon
which there are no regular railway postal
clerks.
In order to meet the rapid increase in the
Registry Department, an exchange of
through pouches has been established be-
tween the Sacramento Postoffice and Og-
den, Utah and Marysville, California The
registry service has been increased from
once to twice daily to and from San Fran
cisco.
The laboring classes have been given
every facility for obtaining their nail.
Three months ago the plan was adopted of
keeping the delivery window open between
the hours of 6 and P NJ, in order to ac-
commodate those unable to visit the Post
office at an earlier hour A very large
number of people avail themselves of this
accommodation which had never before
been afforded them.
When the railway mail system was es-
tablished on the Oregon overland train
leaving here at 10:40 P. NJ, the Department
at Washington ordered the service between
Sacramento and Red Bluff on the train
arriving here at $50 A. NJ, and leaving at
250 P. NJ. to be discontinued, but Postmas. |
ter Stephens very readily saw that the los
OF this service, which extends through the
most thickly populated portion of Northern
California, would be severe blow to Sac
ramento merchants. He made an earnest
appeal to the officials at Washington and
the service was continued, and it is now
considered one of the most important mail
routes running into Sacramento
Hereafter stamps and envelopes can be
purchased froLa the general delivery clerk
between the hours of 6 and P. NJ, which
will be an additional accommodation.
In order that the free delivery system
may be improved in the carrier districts,
the Postofice Department has been asked
for additional allowance for horse hire, so
that another mounted carrier may be en-
Moved