The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-09
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS,

. coshter's office, Sundays excepted, 7,ao a.
M to 700 P. M; Money order department, 9 q.
M to 800 p. m. Registry department, 900
a. N. to 600 p. m,
General Detteerv, Sundays excepted) 73o
a. m. to 100 p. m. Sunday 900 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepted)-Tn
business section of the city between High and In
dla streets, at 100 and 9.15 a. M, 40 m, 130,
and 5.l5 p. an. in other sections at 500 a. m,
lao 1;3o p m. Sunday delivery at Post
from ,g street boxes at HOO a., m, 400
ana 500 p. m. Sunday, 500 p. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
e6oston, Southern and Western, intermediate
olnces and connections via Boston s. Maine
railroad eastern division)-Arrive at $780,
M, 5.15 and 915 p. m; Sunday arrive 125
p. NJ; close $50 and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Weste1n, and inter
mediate Offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad (Western division)-Arriye at
d2;3o and $50 p. M; close 500 a. m, and
2.45 p, m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
a. H. and Loo p. M; close 1870 and 9.15
p. IN.
augusta, intermediate offices and connections
wa ANA Maine Central Tailroad-Arriye at 200 and
300 a. m, LOO and 600 p. M; close at 6.15 a.
M, 1870, 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
Pennington, intermediate offices and connec-
tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrve at
LOO and 6.15 p M; close at 7.45 a. M, and
1880 p m.
Rockland intermediate Offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive 100
and p. NJ; close at 6.15 a. m. and IL M
Slo1rhegG3t, intermediate Offices and connec-
tions, via Maine Central Authoritative at
LOO p. M; close at 1890 p. M.
Auburn and LeWiston-Arrive 200 and 900
q. N. and LOO and 6.15 p. M; close GAS and
7.45 a. Mi, 1890, 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
,Bangor-Arrive 2.ooa. M, LOO and p m.;
close at g. 10 a. ~, 1890 aad 9.15 p. m.
Btddetord and Sdco-Arrive at 1890 and $50
P. m; close at 600, SEQ a. M. and 1900 M,
2.45 and 5.15 p. m.
Island Pond, IT, intermediate offices and
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Ag.
rive at IL. 30 p. M. close at $40 a. m. and LOO
p. m
| Gorham ". H., intermediate Offices and con-
nections via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. m. and 230 p. NJ. close at 6.45 a. M.
| LOO and 4.3o p. m.
| Scranton, IT, intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Mountain Division NJ. G. R. r.
Arrive at 1856 p. M; close at 500 a. m.
| Bartlett, N. H., intermediate Offices and con-
necIons va Mountain Division M. G. r. R.
arrive nd at geo a. m and $50 p. M; close at
| 500 a. m. and 2.45 p. m.
~, D1teh Pond, sPrtdes Corner, Wtudhons, No.
| Waftdhd1e, Raymond and South Cdsco-Arrive
at 1900 M close at Las p. M
| Rochester, y; H. intermediate Offices and con-
| nections, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar-
rive at 40 and 500 p. m.; close at $50 and
| 1145 a. m.
| Cumberland MaLgs-Arrive at 8 40 a. M, LAB
| 600 and S;35 P. M; close at $50 a. NJ, Has
| a. NJ, and 5.30p m.
| IYest6rook (Saccarappa) -Arrive at $40 a.
| m LAO and 600 p. m. ; close $50 and 11.45 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
| Cape Elizabeth and KnagfstvsHe- Arrive at
500 a. m. and F. M; close at a. m. and Las
| p. M
Boaoery Beach-Arrive at p NJ close Las
| p. m.
South Portland and Wduard-Arrive at 8 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.
| is divided into four classes, as follows:
Isl class written tel matter namely nam letters
writing. whether sealed or unsealed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
| corrected proof sheets of the Sanie.) All mat
ter sealed or 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 or other substantial binding,
To- be Of Information OF ~. public
| 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.
Sd Glass. Books. circulars. periodicals and
| other matter wholly in print (not included in
second-class matter), proofsheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ing the same.
| sthn reprO0uctiOn uDOn PAPER. by any process
except that of handwriting, of any words,
letters, characters, figures or images, or of any
character Of anlactual and personal correspon-
dence."
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.
ADDRESSED or Of the sender, or the correction OF
mere Typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced in the first, second or third
class which is not in its form nature liable to
destroy, deface OF otherwise damage the con-
tents OF the mail bag, or harm the person OF
any one engaged in the postal SERVICE andnot
| above the weight provided by law,
Limit of Weight Of Nail Matter.-No package
| weighing more than four pounds shall be re-
| ceived for conveyance by mail. except single
books weighing in excess of that amount, and
except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or official
81 lie rSm OF o@
the Smithsonian Institution.
80. 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 Class Mdtter.-The rate of
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
| l. On letters and other written matter,
except tha5 specially authorized to pass at
third-clasS rates and on ealed matter or matter
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce or fraction thereof.
g. On postel cards one cent each, the price
for which they are sold.
g. 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 on Second-class matter when sent by