The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-13
OUR POSTAL FACILITIES.
TIE SER VICE THAT is BEING CIV
Ey AT THE NEW STA TONS.
They arc Now Both Under Full Headway
nnd are Doing Good Work-Thcir
Business Increasing Daily.

Richmond 81 now enjoying exceptional
postal facilities in having, besides the
general post-ofiice, two postal stations.
two uh-staticps. and sixteen stamp
agencies
The postal stations have proven a great
convenience to the people. and the bust
ness so far has passed the expectation Of
the postmaster.
Too much credit cannot be given Post
u9stcr Culllrgwl rth and Hon. George u.
Wise for the faithful work performed in
obtaining these advanced facilities for
The Two postal stations have proven a
great boon 10 The people I'm the districts
in which they are located. and they are
growing iu popularity rapidly as the
public find out the conyeniences they
! ciler.
THE UPTOWN STATION.
Station 4 Is located at i0i west Broad
street, in o. brick building we'll adapted
| TO the purpose. The room IS neatly fitted
up with oak furniture and brass screens
ana is in itself complete post-Ofiice,
| there being a superintendent, two clerks
and eleven carriers.
Money-orders are issued. letters regis
! tered, stamps sold. mail received and
| dispatched. and regular deliveries made
Mr.. Hay r. Thornton is superintendent,
Mr.. Charles Goodloe mailing CLERK. ana
! Mr.. X. r. Broadus clerk.
Inc carriers are as follows: John II.
Maggie. CHIEF; r. +. Collins. John a.
Moore. II. W. Tyler. T.. j. James r. j..
kowlett, a. e. Brown. r. H. Taylor. "
W. Fields, j. W esley Jones. and W r..
Hope. Tho last tve are colored. There
! are also two substitute carriers-A. r..
| Bartholomew and Louis Weimer.
special delivery messenger boy COM
| plctes the list OF employees.
his station has the advantage Of being
near 10 Elba Station. and dispatches a
! part OF It's mail direct from that station.
NoE1H AND s)uIH r5rcur-.
TWO pouches are dispatched South and
| TWO North each day. as follows: North.
! a. NJ; South. 500 a. NJ. at Elba: Nortn
| and South at $50 f.. NJ from the Union
| depot. The pouches close thirty minutes
before the hours named
All other malls are dispatched through
the general pOst-Officc
Ter Of lock boxes. forty-cight in mum
Der, have just been put M.
me station opens at Z 4. VI. and closes
| al L. VI. Sunday hours are from ~
+. NJ, conforming win those observed
| AT the general office.
ms station distributes the mail by
carriers 'r all the territory west of and
INCLUDING fOuShee street.
Tie business OF the station has been
very active, and Is Increasing daily.
Inc sale of stamps on Tuesday amount
fI 10 nearly tftl, and "A good money lei
! ana register business is being done. The
transactions viii continue to grow as the
people get used 10 the new system.
The station has proven a great benefit
TO all that end OF the town
The HAST End STATION.
station b f. located at 244 east Broad,
a Tbe r.,i"r n,i,i'i'i ~ 80,
arnri.. r,',, a. t. 80. -. 81 81, -. - ~ y,
oo , - .tNtL lor tne .peI .Iois o'
'Tha ,s nuns IMAM "a thS otneI slauonS
IKE NAT ~ Gtot,on a. IN a. net Iii ,tc
screens 'ro Gr,ee ~ ,l.h,rtv b,nisomc
boxes baV. INST heer .rerfod I,usipfss
while not as LARGE as M of i * Steadily
increasing and The f5riiities offered have
proven a rreat convenience 10 me people
iu the territory served am that part of
the city east Of Twenty-frst street The
inst money order was paid yesterday.
Quite a number are issued daily. The
vllt3 hours are IRON a NJ. - I. NJ
= NJ rh. force emnloyeJ ~ Station
Il c0nsiste a. SHneriii,eHfe,, Re6Uo.J
]. N. Gordon. mailing clerk ara seven
carriers. as follows. C. ". Woodward
chico. r. l.. Curtis. Thomas O'Conner.
". H. Burkert. l.. 7 Monroe lanes Il.
Horner and James II Barrett The last
named is colored T. 5. Redwood is spe-
cial messenger.