Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-16
ClTpo POOR MAIL SERVICE.
AN HOUR OR lIURE CONSUMED IN
BOXING.
some samples OF This Abuse-Ehe
Fault Is with the EosI-Office EnI-

some samples OF This Abune-The
Fault Is with the H0sI-OEfice EnI-
piOycs.
Mismanagement, observation-disclosures, or
the slowness OF new clerks In the post
Office In this city, Is causing great delay In
the distribution OF the malls and eonse-
| quont annoyance and Inconvenience to the
| business men OF the city
Mails that were formerly distributed into
the boxes at the pUst-ottlce In hall 40 hour
from the time they were received, do not
now get into the boxes much short of an
hour, or sometimes longer. The mail from
New York, arriving In this city at s VA a. M,
and tue mall from the Delaware division,
| arriving here at S.A3,are both s particularly
long white In getting into the boxes. The
New York mall formerly could be obtained
about $50 O'Clock, and the down State mai
about $40 O'Clock. Now the lock boxes
remain empty until half hour or longer
after that time.
Ga Friday last, two letters were received
at this office ut 1O.45 O'CLOCK, having been
taken from the loce box within u minute or
70 from the time they had been tnrown In
the bog and brought directly to the Office.
One letter was firm Dover and the otner
from Newark and the "receive1" stamp on
both gave the time OF arrival at the post
office at o q. m.
On the day mentioned, October 10Th,
there was unusual delay. 1ht mail train
from Nsw York due al S.0i a. M, was on
time. The pouches from 1t left the station
In the nall wagon at 8u9 O'Clock and were
nnloadei at the post Office about SIG. The
Baltimore papers, which had arrived in
this city ut $50 were taken from the boz be-
lore So. Oae hour md three quarters
elapsed before the Dox received any other
~ atl matter az all.At 10 o'clock the New York
World WAS recblved, at lO.15 the Star and
ut the same time the Delaware division
mail. The New York Times and Herald
We're not received until 1870.
Yesterday the New YORK. mail train ar
rived NJ sos, Il minute or go behind time.
AT S.J9 the wagon loaded with the pouches
started from the station up French street to
the post Office, taking plenty OF time and
arriving AT $40, seven minutes being con-
stunned In irlying about Elk blocks. AT 6.13
tho wagon returned to the station with the
malls for the $50 train Oh the Delaware
divisi and to bring up the malls from
down the Stats arriving at S.43. The baltl-
more Herald and Sun were found In the box
at 3 10.
At o o'clock letter from Boston was
taken out and at 9.l0, 54 minutes after they
mad arrived at the post-offlce, the New
York papers and letters were taken from
the box. This first OF the down State mail,
which arrived at the station at 843, WINS
found In the box al 9.IS, and the box had
been opsned every five minutes or less from
0 o'clock, at 953 the last of the down
State was obtained.
The afternoon mail from West Chester
and points adjacent to Philadelphia arriv-
ing mere before O'Clock In the evening is
fr quently not boxed until after the close
OF inc Office at midnight. This mall was
formerly distributed by 6 O'Clock every
evening.
The fact that the office is short OF clerks
or the men emDl0Ved are Inca pablo is fre.
qnently shown in the evenings between
and s O'clock. One man was on duty at the
general delivery and stamp windoWs last
night, whlle is people were waiting con-
siderable while to get waited upon.
THE REASON OF THE DELAY.
An EVERY EVENING reporter called at the
post-otiiee to ask Postmaster Stewart the
reason for the above state OF affairs, but he
was absent attending to bis contract OF re-
pairing the bulldogs damaged by the
du Pont powder explosion. ole reason
assigned for the delayis that the new clerks
In the office are as yet verF slow and I'M
skiliul In the performance of their work.