Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-05

The East Washington Post Omee-Late Mail
Collections ON Capitol Hill.

Ts0 East Washington Post Omee-Lase Mai
Collections ON Capitol Hill.
By recent changes made in the East Washing
ton post Office Capitol Hill and the eastern section
Of the city, whose postal wants are supplied BY
that Office, will get q service much better thar
it has had before, and equal to that Of any
other section Means have been granted te
that Office in view Of the rapid growth OF the
business and the fact that it now ministers &c
the wants Of 10000 people embraced within the
territory which its service covers. Mr.. Fred
A. Grant. superintendent Of the East Capitol
station. recommended to the postmaster that the
carrier and clerical force be increased at his Office
80 a. to enable it to give better mail collec.
ton service to the people Of East Washington,
and later evening dispatches Of mail matter.
The matter was referred to tho Post Office De-
partmcnt by Postmaster Henry Sherwood and
superintendent Of Carriers Jas T. Bell recon-
mcnding the increase, Maj. Pollock granted
an increase Of th.eo carriers. to take eject De-
cembsr 1, and the postmaster appointed an ad.
ditional clerk for the station. This increased
force enables Supt Grant TO so divide the hours
OF service of clerks aud carriers that the office
Is open to the public from an. to 10 p m.
daily Except Sunday, and on Sunday from
$50 to pm. The hours for money order and
registry business are from a. m. &c 9.45 p m.
Except Sunday. The curriers' window de-
livery is from to p. M. daily Except Sunday.
Sunday hours from $3.50 to pm.
made at 4, 7a30. els, II: 80 am. and l, 3, $50
Ills and S45 pm. Sundays, 4S0 pm. holidays
a. w.. 4:90 pm.
Dispatches Of mails are made at COS. ITO,
$50, LIS am, $50, 8. $50, tbs, 7A5, $50. .
and 10 80 pm. Mails are sent direct to the
trains TO connect with the Baltimore and Graf
ton r p. D. at 11:S0 An and $50 pm; TO con-
meet with the Cumberland and fiitsburg K r.
o., $40 pm, conveying mail matter for
Chicago. the west and northwest, and with the
New York. Baltimore and Warrington II. p. o.
at Pm. conveying mail matter for Jersey
England.
The delivery Of mail matter is made the same
as heretofore, at 7:30 am, 1850 and pm.
for foot carriers. and at ESQ q. m. and $50 pm
for the mounted carriers.
The main feature Of this change Is the fact
that a letter mailed as late as clock pm in
the street letter boxes of East Washington will
De collected and dispatched from the city the
same night
East Capitol station was established in Octo-
Der, 1881, at the corner Of Sd and East Capitol
streets with force of q superintendent, one
clerk and six carriers. It has at present force
OF q superintendent six clerks and twenty-five
carriers The territory within its precincts ex-
tends from the Eastern branch to the Catholic
University, on the Glenwood road, and the re-
iohn Scuooi on the biIdensDurS road, ana AL
territory east Of North aud South Capitol
streets.
The business Of the Office had increased SO
greatly that it became necessary to secure
larger quarters about two and half years ago,
and mainly through the efforts Of the present
postmaster, Capt Henry Sherwood, the pres
emit building used at tie corner Of 4th and East
Capitol streets was contracted for and built ex-
pressiy Tor post ofice uses. Now this building
has become too small to properly conduct the
business Of the Office and it would facilitate
matters considerably if an extension could be
made by adding to the building all additional
room ON the Attn street side. The postmaster
and superintendent Grant both favor such an
extension and consider that it would be of
great advantage i'll conducting the work of the
Office and also charging the lobby to the adj
vantage Of the public.