Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-20
HELPING THE T PUBLIC UBt1IGG.
Various Improvements Being Made
in the Local POstOfice.
PARCEL BOXES AT THE CORNERS,
And Collecting Wagons to be Made Travel
ing Offices.
EVERY AID TO SPEED TO BE USED

On the LIST Of July Postmaster Mexican
will ask the department for station at
Oakland, and it is considered certain that
Mr.. wanamaker will grant the addition.
The Postmaster General has proclaimed a
liberal policy all along the line, and is e1-
plicit in his statements as to accommoda-
tions for the public. Postmaster Mexican
is very anxious to secure the best services in
the country, and is making rapid headway
in his progressive plans.
In the local carrier department Superin-
tendent Young expects to make things move
along as soon as possible. Superintendent
of Mails Collins is putting into practical
operation plan to separate the collection
of mail entirely from the delivery. As step
toward this end, three new mail collection
wagons will be put on. They will
not only have space for the
bulk collection of mails from boxes,
but will carry a mailbox, so that people
can deposit mail on the wagon as it makes
its rounds. AS each wagon is to be run on
schedule time, carriers are expected to meet
it at certain intervals, thus reducing the
system of collection to nicely. The routes
to be traversed are Penn avenue, Fifth ave-
nue. and Carson street. By this means mail
will be trained into three great channels.
CAN BE GREATLY HURRIED.
Postmaster General Wanamaker is i'm
pressing upon the Department the senti-
ment that collected mail must leave on the
first train available, in order to hurry things
up. The Transmission of mail from Pitts
burg can be greatly accelerated, and local
mail will receive twice as rapid handling as
ever before.
Parcel boxes are to be put up at accessible
points, in which packages too large for the
green or red boxes can be deposited without
piling mail on top of boxes or taking trip
to the postofice or branch offices. Regular
collections will be made from these boxes,
and it is certain that the new plan will be
welcomed.
Ten new stamp agencies are established in
addition to the "a heretofore in existence,
and Mr.. Mexican is working on the depart
ment for the extension of the scope of the
stamp agencies. He has asked for permis-
sion to allow the stamp agencies to sci
postal notes as we'll as stamps and postal
stationery. An endeavor will be made to
secure the registry privilege for all the stamp
agencies, which would prove a wonderful
convenience. As Mr.. Wanamaker has re-
Gently expressed the opinion that the best
way to increase postal revenues is to extend
postal facilities to the very doors of the peo-
pie, there is little doubt that the above
requests will be granted.
ANOTHER AID SUGGESTED.
The Posrofice Department also recon-
mends the use of mail boxes on private
houses and in business blocks, and also
favors the use of mail chutes in office build
ings, as all such devices tend to diminish
the work of the carrier and enable him to
make quicker time on his rounds. Mr.. Nc
Kean believes that 1t may be possible to
equip the carrier with a stamp outfit for the
greater convenience of the public. Expert
ence has shown that every device bringing
postal materials within easy reach of the
public results in heavy increase in receipts.
Superintendent Collins states that within
the last week the local distribution has been
able tor the first time to secure daily carrier
service to the entire city. The last spot cov-
cred was Browns station, six miles from
the postofice, yet in the city limits. Only
a month ago Squirrel Hill district was
taken in, and the increase of mail matter
has been remarkable from the remote por-
tions of the city, following better facilities.
The service runs beyond the city limits into
Sterrett township and Knoxville, and Mr..
Collins says that route only covered once
day by carrier Will yield nearly Twice as
much mail if covered twice day.
Postmaster Mexican will ask for large in
creases in the carrier force for the next
postal year, and will undoubtedly be able to
base his request upon the remarkable three
months business up to the first of July.
The Moreland building, in East Liberty,
has been rented by the Department, and
will be Immediately fitted up for new Office
by the Treasury Department. 1t will be
the handsomest branch Office in the city
when completed.