Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-16

time later Mr.. Preuss noticed some iron
work in the alleyway and the next MORN
ing he vas awakened by some workmen in
the alleyway and, on investigating found
them engaged in constructing the tram
way. He asked them by whose authority
they were working and they replied, by
| the authority of Mr.. Steward. Mr..
| Preuss then went and got Mr.. Frank
| Schumacher, and both went into Mr..
Stewards store. In reply to Mr.. Preuss'
| questions Mr.. Steward said that he was
| having the tramway built and he refused
| 10 stop the work. Some warm words fol-
| lowed, in which Mr.. Steward used harsh
| terms toward Mr.. Preuss, and, in return,
| Sir. Preuss threatened to throw Mr..
| Steward down the elevator way, only he
did not want to create any disturbance.
| MIR. Preuss then left and Mr.. Steward
had the work stopped, and after that
there was no trouble Of any consequence.
Mr.. Preuss had forgotten all about the
matter aud Mr. Steward, when he re-
ceived the following letter, dated May
18th, on the morning of May 10Th:
Z H. PrettsS, ESQ Postmaster, CitV:
| DEAR SIR: To-day received registered let
| ter, sent from Cold Run May g. Received at
| your office May 18th The claim was made by
| your employees that this was a second notice.
Il
| received but one notice, and that was to-day.
| The mistakes in your office Is very frequent.
| Other peoples mail is put in my box very fre'
quently. | have had mail for Sherwood, Sher-
| man, ewart, Steward, and three letters one
day belonging to schroeder, Johnston & Co.
| placed in my box. Ny Chicago Times has been
| put in my box with about One-half the paper
| missing The Chicago Tribune of last week
| reed one'quarter sent back after the balance
| OF the paper & l could not get 1t. The answer
| came back "Could not find it +" One day got
/ full package OF the Chicsgo Times, about half
a dozen copies all told, belonging to other
parties. The string had not been cut. l have
| frequent complaints through my mail order
| department about the non-srrival of packages
| in due time, and in most cases we find the
/ mail has been held in your office, no doubt, by
| count of the little difficulty we had about
| the alley and the continual annoyance, am
IL to be subject to these petty annoy
ances through the Office, or is it fault
with your clerical force. For the past two
weeks have failed 10 get my Boston Sunday
| Herald. L got one copy, then 1t stopped.
| think If you will make search it will prob
| aoly turn up. This deiay aud trouble is be-
co ming very annoying, and think if you will
tie personal attention to our very frequent
complaints, We would have less cause
oT tona s6its If g0n hsye per
trouble, please take it out of Mr. Barker,
| and don't subject me to annoyance with my
mail. mail. am getting tired and disguised. Very
| If am subjected to any more annoyance
| about my mail, | shall forward the full pArti-
| culars TO the Postmaster. General for action,
and will call the attention of some of my
| friends in the East TO use their influence to
have this righted. 1 feel that l am being made
| personal target, for the mistakes are too fre.
| quent to be legitimate.
Upon the receipt of this letter, Mr..
Preuss investigated the matter COM
planned of, and found that all the regis
tered matter addressed to Mr.. Steward
had been delivered on the same dsy on
which it arrived at the postoffice. He
was too busy, however, to answer the
letter, and the next morning he received
the following letter, dated May Goth:
| B. A. PreuSs, ESQ, Postmaster, city:
DEAR sIR-keterring to No. 6329 Registered
letter., second notice, l have not received the
| frst notice, This is occurring very frequent.
| am determined to have better service in re.
CARA 10 my mai matter. There is no excuse
for these errors unless it is spite work aud if it
Is spiteWork l want you to take some other
means 10 vent it. If this an occasional
matter should not notice it, as | am aware
errors Will creep in, but these errors occur
ring ally. am continually receiving COM
take a list Of these errors, and when l get to-
gether proof 1 shall use ii where know l can
get the proper remedy Very truly = etc.
That morning Mr.. Preuss wrote a re.
ply, stating that the registered letter
from Gold Run was delivered on the
same day it was received, and that every
registered letter sent to Mr.. Steward had
been delivered on the same day they
were received. A day or so later Mr..
Steward entered Mr.. Preuss' Office with
| this reply in his hand.
Mr. Preuss states that he treated Mr..
Steward courteously and explained to him
about the manner thu mail was handled
in the office. Mr.. Steward said that Mr..
Preuss' statements was not true, and Mr..
Preuss said that the records of the office
would prove the truth OF his statements.
After some further conversation, Mr..
| Steward used some Objectionable Ian
guage toward Mr.. Preuss, who told him
that he would not allow such language
used in his office, Mr., Steward refused
to stop and MIR. preuss took him by the
shoulder and pushed him out of the Of
flee. That ended the matter and Mr.
Preuss said nothing further about it. He
desired the truth of the matter to be
known, however, and was ready with
his proofs when wanted. He said that it
was nonsense to suppose that he would
go out of his way and order his clerks to
put aside mail directed to Mr.. Steward,
and as he did not handle the mail per-
sonally that was the only way it could
have haen done