Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-30
WORKING NICELY
the POSTAL STATIONS AND sve-sTA-
TONS WELL pATnoNlZED.


Large quantities Of Mail Matter Handled
and the calls for siamps Attest
Their UssfulsssA
The establishment Of the postal and
sub.postai stations In this city has proved
a great accommodation and convenience
to the residents Of the outlying sections.
Although they have only been In opera
ton one month, they have become very
popular. and are being largely patronIzed
Instead Of having to walk or ride way
down on Main street. as was formerly
necessary. those who live or have their
business places either in the East or West
End can, with very little trouble. send
their mail through one OF the stations
| For instance IL one wants to secure a
money order, II Is not now necessary for
him TO 20 to the main Office. for instead
of Mahomet going to the mountain the
mountain has been brought to Mahomet.
FOUR OF THE STATIONS.
A Dispatch reporter made the rounds Of
the four offices yesterday. and found all
of them doing a thriving business. Sta
| ton A, located at No. 40f west Broad
| street, is probably the largest OF the two
more important branches. Mr.. Hay T.
Thornton is the superintendent OF this
station, and has under him two clerks
and eleven carriers. The territory &C.
commodated by this office embraces every
house west Of Foushee street from the
river north and the outlying distributive
points In the county adjacent to the city
limits.
The Office Is fitted up handsomely in
oak. with brass trimmings, and every
convenience had at the main Office Is
10 be found here. Two pouches are re-
ceived directly from the North and South
each day, and two pounches made up
are shipped. The northern mail. which
arrives at the main post-ofiice at 2:35
O'Clock. Is received at Station A a little
earlier. and is in the hands of carriers
| ready for house-to-house delivery at $3.50
o'clock, thereby getting the mail to the
residents Of this locality fully an hour
sooner than formerly.
KEEPS THE CARRIERS BUSY.
Mr.. Thornton stated that his carriers
distributed on an average 1000 pieces OF
mail each day, and that on an average
| 1000 pieces OF mail were received and
cancelled daily In the office. During the
month OF its existence, the station has
issued about one hundred money-orders,
aeeregatlng some $500: IL has sold sl,lDo
worth OF stamps, and handled over six
hundred registered letters. Some OF the
patrons OF the station buy as largely as
500 worth OF stamps at time quite
number of lockboxes have already
been rented, and others are being spoken
for.
The office hours OF the station are from
7 A. NJ. TO +. NJ. daily, and from 3 10 4
| o'clock r. NJ on Sundays. Mr.. Thornton
has had a telephone put In. and hopes
within q short time to secure a night
clerk as an addition TO his present force.
in order that the Office may be kept open
at all hours Money orders that are
drawn simply on Richmond cannot be
paid at this office, for the reason that
the advices go directly to the main office.
Those patrons who desire to have money
orders paid at either of the two stations
should direct their correspondents to draw
them on either Station a. or Station b
| Church HID. as the case may be.
THE TWO SUB-STATIONS.
Tributary to Station A is the sub-station
for the issuance of money-orders and sale
Of postage stamps at the Park-Place
Pharmacy corner Of Belvidere and Main
streets. This Office is similar to another
that is located in the drugstore of X. l..
harrison, at no. OVf LOulsiblld street, III
Fulton. While no Matchmaker is handled
in these offices, they are great convent
ences. Street-boxes afford facilities for
mailing letters and papers, but hereto
fore when II was desired to purchase
stamps or money-orders trip to the
post office was necessitated. Both sub
offices have been freely patronized. and
the sales OF stamps have been unusually
large. In addition to issuing money-orders
the sub-stations are empowered to re-
gister letters, thus making 1t absolutely
unnecessary for one to go TO the main
post-ofiice to transact any business.
THE CHURCH HILL STATION.
Station b. the Church Hill branch Of
fee is located at No. 24lS east Broad
street, and is in charge OF Superintendent
James D. Redwood. The office Is hand
somely fitted up In oak, with brass trim
mings, and is admirably arranged for
its purposes. The room is large and
commod!ous and affords ample space for
the conduct OF the business OF the sta
ton. Mr.. Redwood Is assisted by one
clerk and a special messenger, and ope-
rates seven carriers. Since his office was
orened he has done a thriving business.
over 1900 stamps have been sold and
500 worth of money-orders issued. The
office has registered sixty-five letters.
The force in charge Of the mailing de-
partment Is kept very busy handling and
distributing the mail, the number OF let
tiers handled daily averaging from go
to $500.
In addition to the other convenlences
offered by the branch Offices. patrons
who desire addressed envelopes can secure
them without going To the post-office.
Deliveries from Station B are made four
times daly-at Z. II, l. and o'clock.
The workings Of these offices does not
in the least interfere with that OF the
main post office, but, on the contrary. Is
OF material assistance to II. While II
lessons considerably the force employed
at the post-office II also decreases the
work to be accomplished there and saves
a great deal of time In the delivery Of
mail matter.
Mr.. Cullingworth, of course. exercises
supervision over the two branch offices,
and ne Is delighted with the smoothness
with which the new machinery is running.