The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-14
PORTLAND POST.OFFICE.
oFFICE HOURS.

a. m to ZOO p m. Sunday 900 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliye,ics, Sundays excepteO-In
business section of the city between High and IN
dia streets, at 700 and 915 a. NJ, II 45 M 1.3o,
and 5.15 p. M; in other sections at 500 a. m
1.30 p. m. Sunday delivery at Post
Office window 300 to 1000 q; N. Collections ms
from street boxes at Z HOO a. NE, 400
and 500 p. M Sunday, 600 p. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern and U1ester,,, intermediate
Offices and connections via Boston Name
railroad, eastern diyision) ARRIVE at 1880
M, BIB and 9.15 p. M; Sunday, arrive 125
p. m. close $50 and 9.15 p IN.
Boston, Southern and U,este,7,, and inter
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
1890 and $50 p. m.; close 500 a. M, ana
2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
2 a. m. and LOOP. M; close 1880 and 9lo
p. m.
Augatsto intermediate offices and connections
via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at zoo and
900 a. M, LOO and 600 p. M; close at 6.l5 a.
M, 80, 4.15 and 9.l5 p. m.
Farmington, intermediate offices and connec.
Etions, via Maine Central Railroad-Arriye at
LOO and 6.15 p. ~. close at z. 45 a. M, and
12.3op. m.
Roekland, intermediate Offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive LOO
and p. M; close at 6.15s a. m. and IL III,
iSkomllegd11, intermediate offices and connec--
tons, via Maine Central railroad-Arrlve at
100 p. m. close at 12.30p p. m.
auburn and Lewiston-Arrive 200 and 900
q. m. and 100 and 615 p. M; close $40 ana
7.45 a. M, 1890, 4.15 and 915 p, M
Bango,-Arrive 2. 100 a. M, 100 and 6 p. M;
close at g.. a. M, 1890 and 915 p. m.
Biddeford and Soco-Arriye at IL. 80 and 30
p. M; close at 600, 500 a. IN. and 100 M,
2.45 and BIB p. m.
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rive at 80 p. m; close at 645 a. m. and LOO
p. m.
'Gorhams, N. r., intermediate offices and con-
nections via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrlve at
$40 a. m. and 123O p M; close at 6.45 a. NJ,
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
.Saco,eto,a, IT., intermediate Offices and con-
neetions, via Mountain Division M. G. r. r.
Arrive at S.35 p. M; close atS.0O a. m.
Bartlett, ~. H., intermediate offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division NJ. G. r. R.
Arrive at 600 a. m. and 8.35 p M; close at
500 a. m. and 2.45 p. m.
D,seS Pond, Pride's Corner, Windhan., No.
IY5,ldltd7n Raymond and South CdScO-Arr1ye
at Z. 90 m. ; close at Lao p. m.
Rochester, N. H., intermediate Offices and con-
nections, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at LAB and 600 p. NJ; close at $50 and
11.45 a. m.
Cumberland Mills-Arrive at $40 a. M, 1.45
600 and $50 p. m.; close at $50 a. NJ, 11.45
a. M, and 5.30p. m.
Westbrook (Saccardppa) at $40 a.
m. 1.45 and coop. M. close $50 and 11.45 a.
IN. anu O.oU p. Ill.
Cane Elizabeth and Ka,igIstviHe-Arrive at
500 a. m. and p. M; close at 6 a. m. and Lao
p. m.
Boacery Beach-Arrive at 6 p. m. close Las
p. m. lF !7 fH
South Portland and Wallard-Arriye at s a.
M, and 2.15 p. m; close at 8 a. m. and zoo p.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification of Domestic Mail Nat
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.-s
is 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 or otherwise closed against inspection
is also of the first class.
newspapers and other periodical publications.
which are issued at stated intervals and as
ssu as ad are
are issued from known office capitalization.
are formed ofprintd paper sheets. withoqtboard
oth leather or 95nea pubc
character, or devoted to literature, the sciences,
art or some special industry, and must have
legitimate list of subscribers, and must not
be designed primarily for advertising purposes.
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
rates.
other matter wholly in print (not included in
second-class matter), proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
Printed matter' is defined by statute to be
s'the reproduction upon paper, by any process
except that of handwriting, OF any words.
combination thereof, not having the
character Of aniactual and personal correspon-
denee.''
( 1,xyc afr,fa frJ ,ass q
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 OF of the sender, OF the correction Of
mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
class which is not in its form or nature liable to
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con-
tents Of the mail bag, or harm the person OF
above the weight provided by law
limit of Weight Of Nal Mdtter.--No package
weighing more than four pounds shall De re-
N Of t amount and
except books and documents publlshed OF
circulated by order OF Congress, or ohc,al
psetsf St he o@ s
the Smithsonian Institution.
80. Second-class matter mailed in packages
at the pound rate is not subject 10 the Jour-
pound limitation. M
81. The above limit of weight does not APP
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated Dy
postals conventions,
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On FIRST Glass Mdttey.-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 OF 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.
8. On s'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 on 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
periodical. publications of the second-clasS
when sent by ether than the publisher or news
agent, is one cent for each four ounces or
fractional part thereof.
; The rate of postage on newspapers texceptlng
weeklies) and on periodicals not exceeding two
ounces in Weight.when the same aredeposited in
lettercarrier office for delivery by its carriers
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