The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-29
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

OFFICE HOURS.
Cashiers Office, Sundays excepted, 7.3o
M to 700 p. M; Money order department, y "a a
m. to 800 D. M Registry department 500
a. m. to 900 p. m.
General Delivery, Sundays excepted $50
a. m. to 100 p M. Sunday 800 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepted)I,In
business section of the city between High and IN
dia streets at 100 and lis a. m L. . p m, 1.30,
and 5.15 p. M; i'll other sections at o:Oo d. N,
1.3o p. IN. Collection from Atlantic to
Office window, 900 to 1000 a. m. Collections
| from street boxes at HOO a.. m, 400
and 500 p. m. Sunday. 500 p. m. only.
| ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
| Boston, Southern and Western, intermediate
railroad, Eastern division) Arrive at 1890,
O. and 113o E. M; close a m. o ana i1'9 ~
| p. N. close $50 and 9.15 p. M
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
| mediate Offices and connections, via Boston ana
| Maine railroad (Western division)-Arriye at
100. $50 and $50 p. M; close 500 a. m,
and GASP. IN.
Eastern. via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
2 a. m. and LOO p H.; close 1920 and 91b
pm.
augusta, intermediate Offices and connections
via Maine Central railroad-ArriVe at 200 and
| 800 a. M, LOO and 500 p. M; close at 61o D.
M. 1920. 4.15 and els D. m.
| Pennington, intermediate Offices and connec-
| tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
100 ana els p. M; close at 7.45 a. M. and
| 12.20p. M
| Rocklo,ad, intermediate offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrlve LOO
and 6 p. M; close at 81 8 a. M and l2.lo p m.
Skou hcg01, intermediate offices and connec-
| tons, via Maine Central Authoritative at
| LOO p. m. close at 1920 p. m.
AUBURN and LeWiston-Arrive 200 and 800
| a. m. and LOO and e.15 p. M: close 7.46 a.
H.. 1920, 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
Bongor-Arrive 200 a. m... LOO and p. m;
close at 6. s a. M, 1920 and 9.15 p m.
Biddeford and Saco-Arrive at LOO, $50 and
$50 p. m.; close at 500, 500 a. m. and l2.oo
H., 2.45 and BIB p. m.
Island Pond, IT.. intermediate offices and
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rive at 1890 p. m; close at 6.35 a. m. and LOO
p. m.
Gorhone, N. H., intermediate offices and con.
nections, via Grand Trunk Authoritative at
$40 a. m. and $50 p. m. close at 6.35 a. NJ,
100 and 4.3O p. M
.Saca,,to,, IT, intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Mountain Division NJ. G. R. r.
Arrive at 8.35 p. M. close $500 a. m.
Bartlett, NJ IT,, intermediate offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. G. R. r.
Arrive at eco a. m. and 8.35 p. H.; close as
500 a. M. and 2.45 p. NJ
Duck Pond, Pride's Corner WS,adhan', No.
Wtndhdna, Raymond md South C0sco-Arr1ve
at IL 90 m. close at 1. 40 p. III.
Rochester, NJ H., intermediate offices and con-
| nections via Portland &Rochestef railroad-Ar-
rive at 1.45 and 600 p m; close at $50 and
11.45 a. m.
Cumberland Mius-Arrive at $40 a. M, Lao
| 500 and S.35 p. m. close at 6 80 a. m. 1l.45
a. H. and $50 p. m.
Westbrook (Saccarappa) Arrive at $40 a.
m. Lao and 90 p. m. close $50 and l1.45 a.
| III. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and K,sightvt1e-Arrive at
500 a. M. and p. M; close at a. m. and Las
p. m.
Bo,oery Beoch-Arr;ve at 6 p m.; close 1.45
South Portland and Willord-Arriye at a.
M, and 2.15 p. n.; close at 8 a. m. and 200 p.
m. q a. ..ay.
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,
is divided into four classes, as follows:
1st Glass; 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 samea All mat.
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
date of issue, and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from known oftlce OF puD1catlon.
70 Il be s'A'' Of information Of a public
character, or devoted to literature, the sciences,
art or some special indt stry, 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
Dr0Of-SleeGS.
proof-sheets and manuscripts copy accompany
ng the same. ~ 9t
"Printea 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
character of anIactual and personal correspon
dence."
printed letter, which, according to internal evi
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
mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced in the FIRST second t or 1.t shif "a
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con-
tents Of the mail bag, or harm the person OF
one IN e pSSt v sW
Limit of Weight of Mail Motter.-No packago
weighing more than four pounds snail De 70
DelpeQ IOr conveyance Wy ludAs OAS0Po 0tAHAo
cooks weighing In excess OF that amount. ana
except books and % published Hci or
matter emanating from any Of the
Departments of the Government or from
the Smithsonian INSTITUTION. .
40 Second-class matter mailed in packages
at The hound rate is not subject to the four
al 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
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
1. On letters and other written matter,
except that specially authorized to pass. at
third-class rates and on S5aled matter or matter
Otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce or fractio thereof.
On pOStel cards one cent each, the price
fol which they are sold.
8. On. "drop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
poct offipes and opa cent for each ounce or