Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-06-17
About Postal Matters-No. 7

Editor Republican: The postoffice is
a public place where everybody has q
right to go, but the privilege is greatly
abused. There is no occasion for sew
eral members Of the same family to CALI
within the same hour, particularly af-
ter the arrival of one mail, and before
the arrival of another. One call will
answer every purpose, securing the
same amount Of mail as if four or five
persons had called, and the clerks are
saved much unnecessary labor. Be-
sides, while these extra and useless
calls are being attended to, it may be.
that others are in line waiting to be,
served, and they are consequently de-
layed, without good cause, in the trans
action of their business.
There are over thirty societies i'm
Watertown receiving mail addressed
to some officer, generally president or
secretary, without any name being
given. Delays often occur in the de-
livery of this mail as we do not always
know to whom it belongs The prac-
tice adopted by some of the societies,
of renting box in the name of the So
ciety, is a good one and should be gen
orally followed. Then the delivery Of
mail is not affected by the changes al
ways occurring among these officers.
The directory does not always give the
necessary information, and it is too
much to expect that any one connected
with the postoffice shall know what dis
position to make of this class of mail.
Officers are proverbially careless about
giving the proper notification at the
postoffice, and when there is delay or
non-delivery of this mail, the blame is
on them.
Small children should not be sent to
the postoffice. Mail is frequently re-
turned to us that had previously been
delivered to grown persons and lost
upon the street. If this will happen
with people of mature years, how
much more liable it is to occur with
the small boy, who cannot resist the,
temptation to stop for a game of ball
forgetting all about his mail
Money should not be sent in ordi-
nary letters through the mail The
postal money order system offers such
advantages as to cheapness and securi-
ty that it commends itself to all. Money
orders and postal notes may be OBJ
tanned at the. postoffice between the
hanrs of 7:3O A. NJ. and 8 P. NJ. If a.
| money order, through misdirection or
for any other cause, is lost or delayed,
a duplicate can be obtained; but this
, is not the case with postal notes. They
are payable to bearer, and good in the,
hands of any one presenting them at
the postoffice for payment.
Letters without stamps should never
be deposited for mailing with money
thrown in the box loosely TO pay the
postage. If but single letter and two
cents are found, the matter is easily
adjusted but if there are two letters
and only two cents, both letters 90 un-
stamped for the reason that otherwise
the one not entitled might be stamped
and the rightful one be left unstamped
1t is the duty of every one to see fox
himself that his mail meets all the re-
quirements Of the law before being de-
posted for mailing.
Box rents are payable quarterly in
advance, and if not paid within ten
days after the commencement of q
quarter, the boxes are to be declared
vacant.
Do not ask credit for postage stamps
The postal regulations forbid postmas-
ters selling them except for cash.
]. I. MoAK, ?. M.