The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-10-17

Devoted to Asricu ture, Horticulture, Domestic -
!. DEAD E1ffEK OFFICE.

DE4D hnffER OFFICE.
THE QUESTION "WHAr's THE MAT
TER WITH THE MAIL, ",ANSWERED.
Some Little Details, Which, IT Observed.
Would Save n Great Deal of Trouble to
Letter Writers, their Correspondents
and Postal OfHciaIs.
The dead letter Office of the postofIice
department at Washington, ID. c., has
sent out circular for public informa-
rion, from which the following extracts
are selected:
Over six million pieces of mail mat
ter are sent annually to the dead letter
office by reason of incorrect, illegible or
deficient address, insufficient postage,
insecure enclosing, whereby mailed
matter becomes separated from the en-
- aspSopUQrwrSpperss0Et the faIIurB=rDpB
called for or delivered to the person adj
dressed. This is a daily average of
over twenty thousand pieces.
Of these the greater portion either
are not called for at the postoflice to
which they are directed, or, in case of
free delivery offices, the addresses can
not be found, Notwithstanding every
known means is resorted to on the part
OF the postal officials to effect delivery
Matter sent to the dead letter Office,
which cannot be delivered to tho per-
son addressed, is required to be opened
In its treatment for the purpose of re.
turn to the sender, and It the name and
address of the sender be not shown or
cannot be ascertained from the con-
tents, and it contains no valuable en-
closure, 1T must be destroyed.
Letters opened and found to contain
any enclosure of-obvious value are en-
teIed upon proper records, and, of such.
those who do not disclose sufficient in
formation to enable them to be return,
ed are filed, subject to reclamation
upon proper application and identifica-
ton.
Letters which contain no enclosure
OF obvious value are not recorded.
Packages and parcels are recorded,
and where they do not disclose the
name and address of the owner are filed !;
ifnot called for or claimed within two
years they are disposed Of at public
auction and the proceeds covered into
the United States treasury.
|, CAUSES OF FAILURE TO DELIVER.
|
and parcels sent to the dead letter office
fail to he restored to the owners be-
cause OF the absence on the wrappers
or enclosures of anything to indicate
! ownership thereof.
ssSS pE6psf sissa
LS5On. and affect alike that which rs
4 addressed to either city, to wnF or syai-
Ilage.
| In addition to these, In the case OF
matter mailed to cities or free delivery
offices. are the failure to give, street OF
number, business or occupation, OF
. some designated place or denVerye oi
, the person addressed; Inability 10 hno
transient people, and their neglect u
. give forwarding orders for their maii
4 the neglect of permanent or temporar.
oil residents to notify the carriers or post
: Office of change of place for the deliver
: of their mail matter npon movin'
= from one part of the city to the othel
'. together with the failure of newcomer
to furnish the postoffice with the,
names and places of address. IL Is
these causes. with others or more
less consequence, that the non-deilvei
le of mail matter is in the main, attriD
IN table, and they are conditlons oS
n which the postal service has no cohIrt
he and NAV alone be remedied by the pc
ne ple themselves.
s.. li N 1ll' aid the aispatchs and
Ter liyery of mail matter througn
as mails. or its return direcliy 10 Ime s' ,,
lie, der i'm the event of non-dehveTy. u
Tia, thns nreveat the annoyance, delay a
II. Embarrassment caused by sending III
hill ter to the dead letter Office.
gh- TIE DIRECTION OF LETTERS.
'nw % Mail matter should be plainly.
INV correctly addressed. the name VI
'V tha should be clearly and distinctly sta
Sis S and TO avoid confusion fSom the 81
nnt iarily of abbreviations, as freque
!t n used the name of the State should
|, :.a,, . he given in full. In the case OF
,,,th ,th addressed to small offices, or W
',nu y there are Offices in like names In Oil
VOL ent States, the name of the CO.
should be added.
Q es- Where mail matter is addresse'
and cities or free delivery Offices the
ority and house number, or postoihce
Bing- number of the person addressed
tick imnortant. and should always oe
y re- when 1t rs possible to do So
ilson; tNhefe this scanpot be done. the
ority. ntss or employment Of the perso
Dem dressed, if stated, will often secu
1000 livery.
coun- A small proportion only of thu thh,'
eturns .,lS sa.sIm sor ~ ar the genera, delivery
stand s,oa eaiieu toa ,Se nnIlir .xpccting de
). me ne by the, letter. carriers; and hem
s,Vn importance of giving street ana
de Vhe her mr. "some other designation wi