The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-11-09
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

OFFICE HOURS.
Coshiers Office Sundays excepted, 7.so a.
m. to 700 p. m. Money order department' 8 a.
m. to 800 p. m. Registry department., 800
a. m. to 600 pm.
General Delivery, Sundays excepted) 7.3o
a. m to 700 p. H. Sunday 900 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepted)-In
business section OF the city between High and In
dia streets, at 700 and 9.15 a. M, IL As m, 80
and 81 p. M; in other sections at 500 a. M,
se Window 900 sa To oo delivery c St PS
from street boxes at HOO a. M, 400
and 500 p. M Sunday, 600 p. m. only. NV
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern and Western, intermediate
o odi,, and connections via Boston 3 Maine
ana Lao sn9 M close sII a m. and and 1899
p m; close $50 and 915 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
| medlate oitces and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad (Western diysion) Arrive at
| 2.45 p. m.
| Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
a. m. and LOO p. m; close 1870 and 9.15
pm
| Augusta, intermediate Offices and connections
va Maine central railroad-Arriye at 200 and
| 800 a. M. LOO and 600 d. m.; close at GLIB a.
M, 1890, 4.15 and 9.15 D. M
! Far'nington, intermediate offices and eonnec-
tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
LOO and 6.l5 p m; close at 7.45 a. M, and
1890 p. m.
Rockla,,d, intermediate offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive LOO
and 6 p. M; close at 6.15 a. m. and 10 m.
skowhegan, intermediate Offices and connec-
tons, via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at
LOO p. m. close at 1880 p. m.
auburn and LeDiston-Arrive 200 and 900
a. m. and LOO and CID p. M; close 6.45 and
7.45 a. M, $780, 4.15 and 9.15 p m.
Bangor-Arrive 200 a. m 100 and p m
close at els a. m, 1890 and 9.15 p. IN.
Biddeford and Suco-Arrive at l 2. 80 and 80
P. M; close at 900, 500 a. m. and 1900 M,
2.45 and 5.15 p m.
| Island Pond, vt, intermediate Offices and
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rive at 1880 p. M; close at 6.45 a. m. and 1 90
| p m.
Gorhane, N. H., intermediate offices and con-
| nectiOns, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. m. and 2.3o p. M; close at 6.45 a. M,
LOO and 4.3O p. m.
| SaCd7ton IT. intermediate offices and con-
| nectlons, via Mountain Division M. G. r. b.
Arrive at $3.50 p. m. I; close at 500 a. m.
| Bartlett, N. Fl, intermediate offices and con-
nectons via Mountain Division M. G. r. R.
arrive at SEQ a. m: and $50 p. NJ; close at
| 500 a. m. and 2.45 p. m.
p Duck Pond, Prtde's Corner, Windhans, No.
| WindhdDo, Raymond and South Cdsco-Arrive
| at l2.CO m. close at Las p M
| Rochester, N. H., intermediate Offices and con-
| nections, via Portland &Rochester Railroads.&c..
| rive at 1.45 and 600 p. M; close at $50 and
| 1145 a. m.
| Cumberland Mius--Arrive at s4oa. M. 1.45
600 and $50 p. M; close at $50 a. m 11.45
| a. NJ, and $50 p. m.
| Westbrook (Saccardppa)- Arriye at $40 a.
M 1.45 and 600 p. m close $50 and 11.45 a,
| m. and $50 p. m.
| Cape Elizabeth and K,sightviUe-Arrive at
500 a. M and p. M; close at a. m. and Las
p. m
Boaery Beach-Arrive at p NJ; close Las
South Portland and Wallard--Arrive at a.
M, and 2.15 p. M; close at a. m. and 200 p
m.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification of Domestic Mail Mot
ter.-Domestic mail matter,--that is
mail matter sent in the mails from some
post Office within the United States to
some other post office within the same,
his divided into four classes, as follows:
1st class. Written matter, namely, letters,
postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly in
writing, whether sealed or unsealed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets of the Same.) All mat
ter sealed otherwise closed against inspection
is also of the first class.
I'd class. Periodical publications, namely all
newspapers and other periodical publications
which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year., which bear a
date OF issue, and are numbered conSecutively
are issued from known office of publication.
are formed ofprintd paper sheets without board
cloth, leather OF other substantial binding.
10 be OF information of public
character, or devoted to literature the sciences
art, or some special industry, and must have a
leg1tlmate list OF subscribers, and must not
be designed primarily for advertising purposes.
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
rates.
Sd Glass. Books, circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly in print (not included in
second-class matter) proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ing the same.
SPrinted matter" is defined by statute to be
the reproduction upon paper, by any process
except that of handwriting, of any words
letters, characters. figures or images, or of any
combination thereof, not having the
character of anIactual and personal correspon-
dence."
A"crcular" is defined by statute to be "a
printed letter, which, according to internal evil
dence, is being sent in Identical terms to sever
al persons" and does not lose its character as
such by writing therein the date, name of the
addreSsee or OF the sender. or the correction of
mere typographical errors.
4th Class Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced in the first. second or third
class which is not in its form nature liable to
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con
tents Of the mail bag, or harm the person OF
any one en engaged in tine postal al service andnot
Limit of Weight of Mail MGtter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re-
ceiyed for conveyance by mail all except single
except books and documents published or
circulated by order OF Congress, or official
mdGC6r oIldDdtlIS IrOn any OF Inc
Departments of the Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution.
30 Second-claSs matter mailed in packages
at the pound rate is not subject to the four
pound limitation.
81. The above limit of weight does not ap-
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by
postals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Mdtter.-The rate of
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
l. On letters and other written matter,
except that specially authorized to pass at
third-class rates and on sealed matter or matter
otherwise closed against inspection two cents
per ounce or fraction thereof
2. On poStel cards one cent each, the price
for which they are sold.
3. On drop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post offices, and one cent for each ounce or
fraction thereof at Offices where free delivery
by carrier is not established.
On Second Class Matter The rate of
postage OH second-class matter when sent by
the publisher thereof, and from the Office of
publication, including samples COPIES or when
sent from news agency TO actual subscribers
thereto, or to other news agents. is one cent per
pound or fraction thereof.
The rate of postage on newspapers and
DeriOdical notifications of the SecOnd-claSS