The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-13
PORTLAND POST.OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

OFFICE HOURS.
Cashiers Office, Sundays excepted), 7.3o a.
m. to TOO p. m; Money order department, a.
m. to 800 p m. Registry department. 900
a. m. to 600 p m,
General Delivery, Sundays excepted) 7.3o
a. M TO ZOO p. m. Sunday 900 to 1000 a. M.
Carriers Deliveries Sundays excepted)-In
business section OF the city between High and In
dla streets, at 100 and 9.15 M, IL. 45 M 80,
and 5l5 p. M; in other sections at 500 a. M,
Office window, 900 to 1000 a. m. Collections
from street boxes at HOO a. m, 400
and 500 p m. Sunday, 600 p m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Bosto'a,. Soatthe1T, and Western, intermediate
ofhces and connections via Boston g. Maine
railroad, eastern division) -Arrive at 1890,
o. ana LAO sn1 g. m; close a m and 1900
p M; close $50 and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
medlate offlces and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad western division)-Arrlve at
Ego and $50 p. M close 800 a. M, and
2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
2 a. m. and LOO p. M; close 1870 and 9.15
p. m.
via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
9.O0a. M, LOO and 600 p. m. close at 6.15 a.
H., 1880. 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
Pennington, intermediate offices and connec-
100 and 6.15 p. m; close at 7.45 a. NJ. and
1880 p. m.
.Rochzand, intermediate offices and connections
VIA Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrlve LOO
! ana p. H.; close at CID a. m. and IL m
I :. Shouhego1a, intermediate offices and connec-
tons, via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at
LOO p. m; close at 1870 p. m.
auburn md Lewiston-Arrive 200 and 900
a a. m. and 90 and 6;15 p. M; close 6.45 and
7.45 a. M, 1890, 415 and 9.15 p. m.
BUn1or-Arriye 2 90 a m 90 and q N m
| close at clio a. M, 1890 and 9.16 p m.
Btddeford and Saco-Arrive at r. 30 and $50
P m; close at 600, SEQ a. H. and 1900 M,
2.45 and 5.15 p. M
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway--Ar-
rive at 1890 p. M; close at 6.45 a. m. and LOO
| p. m tI1isftG7
Gortana, ". H., intermediate offices and con-
nectlons, via Grand Trunk rairoad-Arrive at
$40 a. m. and 1880 p. m. close at 6.46 a. M,
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
Scranton. IT., intermediate Offices and CON
| nectlonS via Mountain Division M G.. R. r.
arrive at $50 p. m close at 500 a. m.
Bartlett, N, IT., intermediate offices and con
nec!lohs wa Mountain Division M. G. r. R.
Arrive at 9.co a. m. and $50 p. m.; close at
500 a. m. and 2.45 p. m.
Duck Pond, Pride's Corner, Vi,dhn,,,. No.
| Wandhane, Raymond and South Casco-Arriye
| at 1900 IN. close at AS p. m.
Rochester, n; r., intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Portland chichester railroad-Ar.
| 11.45 a. M
Cttnaderlond Mius-Arriye at $40 a. M, LAB
600 and $50 p H.; close at $50 a. NJ, .46
| a. NJ, and $50 p m.
| Westbroob (S0ccarappo)- Arrive at $40 a.
m. I.45 and 800 p. m. close $50 and IL As q.
| m. and $50 D. IN.
/ Cape Elizabeth and K7aightviJe-Arrive at
500 a. M and T. M; close at a. m. and Las
| p. III.
Boacery Beach-Arr!ve at 6 p M; close Las
| u. Ill.
South Portland and Waltard-Arrive at s a.
M, and 2l5 p. H.; close at a. m. and 200 D.
| 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 9to
some other post office within the same.
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 sanie.) All mat
| ter sealed or otherwise closed againstinspection
| is also of the first class.
| ID 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 office of publication.
are formed ofprintd paper sheets without board.
S e. Leather or other :, substantial binding.
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.
| Sd Glass. Books, circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly in print mot included in
| second-clasS matter), proof-sheetS, corrected
proofsheets and manuscript copy accompany
ing the same.
"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
combination thereof not having the
! dence''
| A"crcular" is defined by statute to be "a
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 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 or nature liable to
| destroy, deface or 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 Mdtter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re-
ceiyed for conveyance by mail. except single
| books weighingin excess OF that amount and
except books and documents published or
OF congress- sy or Of bs
1
Departments of the Government or from
| the Smithsonian Institution. s7,SeAgI
| 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 Matter.-The rate of
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
| 1. On letters and other written matter,
except tha5 specially authorized to pass at
third-class rates and on scaled matter or 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 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 prate OF DOStapp on newSnauars and