Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-04

u b 10 be hopsd that tbs reseiosion
sdopssd By The city sooneii on Friday
evening vii seesfvs ths sspposs 70
assiss "a Ne hssds Of the possofsss
dsrsrsnesa. Il ID sosostoos fast shas
sss postal facilities Of 6ssfsis ere
shan<.aiIy iusdeqasts ssd that, tss-
psss tie otnoss eassts Of The possmss-
Yer and bis assistants. n V utterly I'm
posssbis 70 handle ana dlsssibats the
malta Ia s1sh . nanpes - The people
have . rishs 70 demand.
Not Only 10 the clerical foFes allowed
10 shs Seattle possofnce utterly made
caste 70 perform The dutses which are
expected Of 10, bat the fassliiiss Of the
ofsss are ridieaIoasly ous Of keeping
With lie impoFsssoe. Ths clerks are
esamped fos room, and the space alIo.-
sed the public b too small The pref
sns ef1oe vas taken possession Of vhen
esaitis vss bat village, and 10 10 moi
10 BE- expected that IL would Be sufisient
for the postal bosissss Of the large and
rapidly growing metropolis Of 9 CON-
monvsaisk Of quarter Of million IT,
hsbisaLsa II 10 not an uncommcn
thing TO zee lines containing from 6fty
10 . hundred psssons vto are awaiting
70 receive their mail 81 tbs general de-
livery window. The last man to Join
sash . line mast take his station some
distance op Mill street and await pa
tisntiy until hs 10 able to reach ste
window. II 10 not an unususl thing
for one b be compelled 10 wait to this
manner for from half an ho1r to an
hour. and, ~ time Ia Of value IN the
vest. the loss 10 the community on 40.
count OF time wasted 1t the post. fase 10
20 nethicg fearful to contemplate.
The truth 10 that the postal suihori-
ties AZ Washington judge the growing
oi,ies d the west by the unproRrsssive
cities Of the east. Let us suppose that
three years ago city In Massachusetts,
and city ia WASHINGTON Territory had
an equal number OF inhabitants and
that the am Juut OF mail matter received
at and ssut out FROM ed b offise vas
ths same. The same clerical force
would probably be allotted 10 each Of
these ofnses ~ veil a. equal facilities
Of other kinda for hardling the mails.
Ia three years. hosever, the population
aud postal business Of tbs Washington
Territory city vill probably have more
than doubled. While the change 10 those
OF the Massachusetts, town vill Le i'm
perceptibls.
what thus takes plsce In three years
IL equally liable 10 take place in one
year. For instance. the postal business
Of Seattle Ia probably twice az great a.
IL vas one year ago. The facilities Tor
handling the business. however, are IN
changed. A year ago those faoili ties
vere scarcely adequate, and they are
sssureiiy ridiculously inadtqaste nov.
Probably the oniy remedy for sueh
state Of affairs lies ia an arrangement
Whereby the department can from time
TO time take o,enixsuce OF tbs growing
business Of an ofliaa and increase the
facilities for handling that business 90 :
cosdinaly.
II Is TO be hoped. Is has been said. that
tbs re ola,ion Of thu ceancii will not
pass uaheeded. The people Of Seattle
generally. and the business men 10 psr-
,isular. feel the inadeQuacy Of the pos
tAi facilities keeniy and are greatly 10
convenienosd thereby. Commsc jns-
toe demands at least an increase In the
clerical force Of The Seattle office.