New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-14
KEYLESS POSTOFFTCE BOXES.

From Tho Omaha Pee.
!. would take a volume 70 Dc crilc In detul H.
numcrnr, Improvement, that have been rccniN
s,rt.d b., ,,qripmcnt- for the postal service. "nr
# .ne latest ana probably most important 'hWLu'h,
affecting pO-oihcr bunc's aAt one VA, - ~ H.t-'
not ony t. pp,uiiNi'r- Arui-'IF''' b"l dI7, ~ ''
general pubC !, the combination or LA l''. zoe b'N
manufactured exclusively DO; our NtIG. VIM. ~. , ~.
factory al seward hh, Only been III ctrbH'c 10Y u'
i,-t three YEAR. II IA, within that un" intrJ1n,1
ih- h,, INTO nearly "v'f7 .t'ir i tn' uilH" ~ ni
80 rcvOlutloniIci po~"iH'c WORK ana J, sue" il" '
,,f ipfiuf of IL cannot fan {, be- Of interest
There arc probably y'y r." merchants an' anu, D. ,1
ne. men who have not A. som" ihr 'AlI'ficH''' 4.
ANNOYANCE and noiod the expense connected WIN INC
use Of AN ordinary kcy-bpN IN poat"hc". Ih' ~
pcn-c a. the pD,t0iloc department. 81 - i.' I',
Ter. tlcmsclvc, IN the cA-r Of small once. o
keeping the reports rendered nccc',hN VIM LN
lpNc. arc u-cd. and the otH"r lh'n,h'H ''NH'IN
ucre,-tat.d by TN system. such a. the rpla We ol
lot KEYS keeping stock "f duplicate k"' o. h!n"
If b"lc, an expense rather than source oi T. nnr
II wa 10 obviatc AL these objections l" Key D"\''
that the kry!c,, lock bON va, invented.
tDc combination Lcyl,. lock j, constructed on the
Simplest plan t.lt ha, cg'r lc"n dc'i'el for j.. H.
and II seems almost incredible that the principle
tinber- aud therefore no iutrcat" movement Liable
~ , ,,u nf order fl ma Two dial, and al That 10
H. necessary to remember I'm order t. Opcu IN box J.
two letter, of The alphabet % thh 'hld ''U"Il 81
being trusted to 90 for The mall can open the Don Gn,r
r,mit,ti,u wa, ..,i on the letter, 4. all that ID
''',mS \. ia ,uru one Of The dial, 10 \ and ih'
,flcr 10 r. and Tia" box can be- opened. over three
Thousand combination. ar possible 80 that ever BOY
NAV he -ct different combination IN 'd,e 4
/ ltsF -fIl
!. NOT very probable. since hc only hiio e. rinri'c
Two .impic letcr- the box can be opened by tho post
master touching spring the inside. and a. soon e.
The DOR Is opened. the renter Immediately ar'' the
Two letter, forming his combination.
ANY number Of persons that may be desired can IA
,ccco, To the box and new renter can a"aV. le'i
crur. for the reason that by changing his combua-
ti,n which IS very easily effected In few seconds by
rv one thcr. Is no possibility Of former renter hhV
nc q key to the box and access Ia his mall there
icing no tumbler- anything 10 Indicate from the Oul
side how the combination Is set the lock l. a,olul ~
uroof against being opened by any one VINO doc' hp
49, 49, thc cnmhnation Both dals mus, be set
nrcrIy before the box can be opened and there j. no
nns,lllc way of discovering the copbnati0n uiiic@
both dials set correctly. ,,,
The salary and allowances for clerical Itip pNNucn
by the Government, In all Offices but th",e III our
| large. cities IS small that the pO,tma,rrs Who'
nudcr our present IS stem, are obliged to fu1l'h ti
own outfts frequently find they unable Ia pnl ~
Lc rci tc number Of key boxes and handle Lhc WORN
| necessary and keep mp the reports which the Govern
mcnt require without meeting The additional cApch
for clerk hire Themselves which In many ease, ih"nni9
| To- more than is derived from the rent of the cHIl
| number Of boxes. POstma>tcTs therefore arc ViFu
| constrained to carry on their business win nI ~
| sufficient number Of boxes. thereby necessarily III
creasing the work at the general delivery wlhd""'