Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-29
HOW IT HAS GROWN
SEEN IN USE sur TEN YEARS


sna9lnsd that ti1se was nses.ssxy ~
sHo~ns N ss<ir~iy new postal ssrvies
wfthous designating the ordinary
naLls. snd 10 vs. noe until August l.
ssss. THAI The post wss actually placed
- The dispos~l of The public. s>ys the
Ionton Tim>s
Mzy I. $50. . new scale of wetghss
snd ch@rres WA issued TIN seAis.
which still obt&in& assembled BY
singls instead Of double pounds. and
shas represented charge Of ID for the
nrst pound and la for each sue-
cseding pound AZ the same time che
u1Aximam weight WAS raised 10 eleven
pounds parcel Of that weights being
eArrisd for isd Compensation WAS
promised Tor the loss or damage Of any
parcel la the post mp 70 the sum Of a.
while further sums Of - and $40 might
BE secured By the payment Of psnay
aud - respectively.
The original scale Of weights and
charges was for . parcel not exceed-
ing one pound. ID; mp "a three pounds
81: up % I've pounds. "a. end mp tn
seven pounds. Ia AZ seven pounds the
po~t stopped The maximum dimen-
sions allowed were three and one-hah
feet in length and slx fees i'm length
and girth eombinesk and these dimen-
sions have beea found throughout 20
Dc sufficient 10 meet the public demand.
The eject OF these changes at once
became visible. From June. fss6. on
wards. the number OF parcels increased
BIZ more than twenty percent over the
nnnibcr for the corresponding months
OF the previous year. and the total
number Of parcels carried In the year
fSss rose TO 81 .0o0.00c. In the mean
time Parcel posts had been established
with many colonies and foreign states
The admirably managed post Office OF
India ard the post ofiiss of Egypt for
ganizedby the eoantryl were the first
% re-poni IA the invitation OF the
postmaster general. and the inter
change Of parcels with India. Burmah.
Alden and Egypt commenced July l.
ISIS
AZ the end Of another six months
Germany aud Belgium. forerunncrs ~
this eoantry Ia parcel post enterprise.
had entered In similar relations. and
from The commencement Of 1850 the
work OF connecting this country with
the rest Of the world for the purpose
of interehanging parcels by post pro
ese<icd apsee.
The next change Of Importance took
place June /. 1901. when the system of
registration was for the first tirnc ex-
ssnded 20 inland parcels. together with
compensation on liberal scale. For
the ordinary registration. . fee Of 2d.
eocpcasation mp 10 IS was promised.
while for every additional Id another
20 could be secured up 20 = maximum
Of f2x AZ the same time the conpen-
sstSon payable on an unregistered par
eel va raised from Al 20 81. Finally.
December lest . scale Of payment
risfng 20 ESQ (which had previously
been applied 10 the post TO India and
the West fndiesl was adopted; and IL Is
now possible 70 obtain compensation
up 20 that amount BY payment Of the
segissration fee of ID and sdditionsl
fee q Cd. or fid In ALL IL Is not sur
prisin2 that under the influence OF
these improvements the number OF
parcels sent per head of the popula-
ton has more than doubled since the
post was instituted
10 completely has the parcel post
now become an adjunct OF daily life
that Il - alpost difficult 10 realize
that I'm years sxo anyone wishing 70
send parcel, even between twc Gen.
sers 81 population. had no certainty
when II would be dispatched. when II
would Be delivered. and how much he
would have 10 pay; while rural districts
rere. foe such purposes. practically out
II reach