The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-24
STATION A, HELENA
Residents OF. the Sixth Ward 70
Have Their Own Postoflce
Facilities.
The Department Grants the
Wishes Of People Near
the Depot.
Hereafter They Can rnnsact any Business
With the Mails without Coming
Up-town to DO III.

The residents Of the Sixth ward will be
happy when they learn that in the nsnr fu-
they will have all tho facilities Of q
postofice without travelling all
the way up town. Chief Inspector F. y.
Bedell yesterday received telegraphic noti-
from Washington that tho petition
for the establishment Of q branch Office
near the Northern Pacific depot had, upon
recommendation, been granted. The
branch will be known as Station A. and
will be located in the Tistjen block, on
Helena avenue. II will be ready for bus :
mess az soon Us the necessary fixtures can
DO put into the place. The office will b in
charge Of a superintendent, who Will have
n assistant.
For = long time the merchants and resi-
dents of the Sixth ward have felt that il
was 4 hardship to have to travel all the
way from the Northern Pacific depot to the
postofics in order to got a money order, or
register 2 letter, or transact any other bust
ness connected with the mails. A runner
ously signed petition was gotten up asking
to have q branch Office located neal the
depot. The matter was referred to Judge
Bedsll. who went over the ground carefully
and came to the conclusion that the de-
mand was q perfectly reasonable one. He
obtained the owners figures on the room in
the Tistjen block, and reported to Wash
ington that fact, together with a recon-
that the petition be granted. In
his report he said that the people near the
Northern Pacific depot were a mile and q
half from the postoffce. There were a
large number of business houses and about
1000 population near the depot. In order
registry departments Of tbs postoffics, the
residents there were obliged, at the loss Of
time and expense, TO travel all that
distance up town. The dispatch granting
the petition shows that the recommended
ton had it's effect.
The room in the Tietjen block, in which
A is to relocated, istwenty feet wide
lease authorized from Washington ia to
date from Jan. l last and to run Ave years.
The lessee is to furnish the equipment,
with fire proof safe. heat and light. When
thers will be no occasion for
any one near the depot to come up town on
postoface business. At the depot station
they can obtain stamps, stamped envelopes.
money orders and postal notes. They can
letters thsre for all parts of the world
and can have their mail served there or de-
livered from there.
For the present the mail intended for
residents of that part of the city covered
BY or served from Station A, will 20 to the
main Office in the Masonic building, and
there be separated md rent down to tho
depot branch for distribution. Mail from
Station A for outside points will 70 direct to
the trains without passing through nj,
main Office. But when the railway n.asil
service gets thoroughly acquainted wiz
the fact that there is . branch office ness
the depot, il is possible that tb& s,ystal
clerks on Inbound trains will receive in
to put all matter destined for
Station A into a separate pouch. This
pouch will be then taken direct to the new
and thus save probably two hours
time that would otherwise be consumed in
bringing the mail from the depot to the
main office, distributing and separating it.
and taking back that intended for the Sixth
ward. or course railway mail clerks san
not be expected to know all the streets and
localities in the depot district, but mer-
and residents of that locality can
such a matter by having their mail
addressed to 'Station A, Helena"
The posto6ice department has shown q
very liberal spirit ia dealing with this mat
ter. The additional help required at the
is allowed by the postal authorities,
30 that the main Office will not suffer any
loss of clerical force, and will besides be
of much work that il now done
there. 5