, 1891-04-26
MISSERT. MAIL.
Efficient Methods Used to Trace
Missent Mail Matter.
Efforts made to Improve
the Railway Mail Service.
The Cheyenne Chief Clerk Tells an
interesting Story.


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Few persons have any idea OF the work
and taken by the othcers OF the
railway mail service to accomplish the
transportation oil mail matter with prompt
ness, CELEBRITY and safety, and very few
nave any ldea oil the systematic manner
WITH Whlcn faults and imperfectlons IN
the service are located so that they may
be remedied- Frequently the correspond
~ .ne Ease VI oeiAseu paper OF z
mssen' ie''er WIN lnciuoe INQUIRIES ana
AnSwers from OFFICIALS and employees OF the
service IN all parts oil the country
LOSSES Oh money or articles oil value In the
mAi are investigated by postomce lnspec
torS' tnat branch OF the service IS an In
teresting n and the work worthy special
conslderation winch ann be given 1t IN
tue ii"its Oh tnis article,
hh ompiAints Vi ueiSseu or "ssent
mall are landed by ofnciais OF the rail-
WAY man service Inc mead OIL enc ser
vice Is .ne general superintendent located
ae "aSningoon Inc system Is divided
mo DIVISIONS win DIVISION superinten-
oen'S located al the princioai cities OF the
country' onder tne DIVISION superinten-
oenI' are tne chiet clerks coated at the
impor'ant points within the divisions.
Inc Union racine line OF road Is IN the
go m '"e Oh "nich
s:s.o~ "''h.n TINS
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me 'nie, clerk mere Is MI. Y. l..
HI'hois' anu al tnat gentleman 8 coy
onloe III 'he Union facinc Depot building
Den rePresentsuV was told some
Vi Tue ue'a'iS Oh 'ne work OF the mail ser
VICE one particular por'on oil 1t was
Witnessed airectis during the interview,
ior whiie T"r' Nicnon explained some oil
the interesting features OF the work. a
ne"Iy appointed postal clerk In another
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vi tN0noS' a case giVen me oy
III 'e'erAi mon'ns ago Inc
Ease reefieu 70 was as loioWs: a
nSi"k ou TUE hne OIL
'"e O"ee"ue " N"r'nern' ni1een OF
twenty nies iro" the CITY complained
'uN ns ounuSS paper "nicn snouid
reach n'n on "ionuAy morning. iailed 70
INV uu'h iuesuAy' Ane compiaint was
Se"' " WI. INCUBUS VINO al once SET
ABOUT locating ene trouble ana providing
d re~eu''
de gave Instructions to every postal
clerk on the Cheyenne & Northern to
watch for HE LEADER addressed to the
t "Na OANNA9 W "
port daily whether it was received by
them and how they disposed OF it. For
twenty days the clerks kept watch and re-
ported daily to their chief OF its receipt
and delivery to the postothce TO which II
was addressed. During the same time the
postmasteTs at both the sending and re.
ceiviuR offices were watching this particu,
lar paper and noting its passage through
and to their offices. Once only did it fail
fail toreach the subscriber on time. Then
the clerk who failed To deliver it with the
other mail for the postothce to which 1t
was addressed was located lie claimed
that he did not have time on that day to
work all the paper nal sent from
cheyenne before the station was reached
lhen an order was issued to the Cheyenne
postothce to place papers Tor this station
in a letter pouch. h was done and a
further watch placed on the paper brought
IN reports That 1t was reaching the sub
scriher regularly on time, n MIR. Nichol'
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