Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-12-21

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| Cor. jefferson and Cumber-
land StS.. e.oU o.U
| Rnes' Hill, junction Gage 800
| st St.,,..................s S.UU Z.UV S.VO
| Bangor and school Sts.......
| State st., opposite Cannon's 500 20O s.00
| State St., Cor. Scott. ......... 500 o.O
Sundays and legal holidays collections are
made at 6. L. Nj.
| CHANGE IN THE SUMNER SCHEDULE.
Owing to the earlier arrival and departure
| of the mail trains during the summer season
| the morning and noon collections OF the
street letter boxes are made 10 mlhnnes a,es
| change takes place about June 10Th ana lasts
| until about October lst.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
| Portland, South and JHestern mails arrive at
2 a. M. 840 4 7.l5 p. M; close at 600 u III a. m
Portland and intermediate offices-Arrive at
a. m. ana $40 Il 7.l5p,m.
| Lepiston, Autarn and intermediate Offices.
| Arrive at a. IN. and $40 7.l5 p. M; close at
600 Il 10 a. m. and 1890 p m.
Brunscick, Bath, Roctlead, Squirrel LsIand, an
Ocean Point, Booth6ay, ete-Arrive at $40
| Bangor Belfast, Eastern and Nec BrunsWick-
Arrive at 1Oio Il. M and IL p. m; close at $50
p Sko,chegan, WaterriNe, and connected routes
Arrive at 1910 a. m. and 1880 p. m close at
| $50 p. IN. and !. 80 a. m. .
Mail will be forwarded by the train leaving
| will be made up for Portland and the stations
| etween Gardiner and Cumberland Junction
and Boston, and for connecting T trains on on
| Boston and New York routes. The mails
for Boston by this train will not be
delivered any sooner than by the night Pull
man. they arriving at too late an hour for de
| livery; but mails for New York, the South
| and West will be forwarded several hours.
| Second closed pouches are sent South and
West on the "Flying Yankee" when it Is sched-
uled. Closed mail Is received from Hallowell.
| Gardiner, Bowdoinhaln, Richmond and Port
land, at a. M; Bangor and Waterville, 3p
IN. 1t is dispatched to Gardiner and Halo,
well at 6 p. m; Bangor and Waterville at .
| n. m. closed pouches are locked ten minutes
| before the railroad leaving time. A mail
| from Skowhegan is received at 7.l5 p. IN.
STAGE MAILS.
| Senrsmont and intermediate ofices-Ar
| rives Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8
Belfast and intermediate ofiices-Arrives
daily Sundays excepted) at a. m; closes
JTaidoboro and intermediate offices, in
| cluding Windsor-Arrives daily, Sundays
excepted at "a a. mi closes at ppces p m sun
days excepted)-Arrives at p. M; closes
Litcnield and intermediate oflices-Arrives
daily Sundays excepted) at $50 a. m; closes
| Tinthrop and intermediate eoffices-Arrives
daily Sundays excepted) at p M; closes
Manchester Mt Vernon, North Vienna. and
intermediate offices-Arrives daily Sundays
excepted) at l2 a. M; closes at p IN.
Belgrade. Oakland, Somerset 4, r., and con
Meeting routes; arrives daily Sundays ex
ceptedD at y m; closes at p m.
Weeks' Mus and Jtest WihdsoraArrives
daily Sundays excepteD at 20 o. m.;
| closes at p. IN.
| COMPLAINTS.
i The postmaster is responsible for the en-
| tire government and dispatch of the mails Mt
this office; Inquiry "a and complaints should
tant postmaster. Complaints in writing
| should be addressed to the postmaster.
In cases of delay or misdelivery the enyel-
| marks. This is very important and essential
| Every case of incivility or disrespect on
the postal service should be Immediately
reported by letter to the postmaster marked
| "personal."
When a letter is wrongly left at a house or
wrongly placed in box in post office, the
fact should be noted in ink on the back of
the envelope thus: "Wrongly left at
| Dec tn !" and the letter should be Immediately
deposited in the post office or in a letter box,
| Snd the person to whom it is addressed,
| khen he receives it, should send the envel.
| ope at once to the postmaster, that an in
vestigation may be made as to the cause of
| wrong delivery.
Loss of mail matter should be reported at
| once to the Office, and, for the purpose of
having proper record of the circumstances,
a blank for the purpose can be obtained at
4 the Office.
All mail matter at large post offices is
sho1ld therefore in all cases be So PLAINLY
| ADDRESSED as to leave No Room FOR DOUBT
AND No EXCUSE For ERROR on the part
Of the postal employees. Names of
States should be written IN taH Tor their alb
| breviations very distinctly written) in order
/ to prevent errors which arrive from the sim-
! larity of abbreviations. Never send letters
| containing money or valuables by mail with
| out registering them, and never send bank
notes OF gold or silver money at all Ii you can
| procure check, draft, or money order.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Approximately, the rate on a letter is two
| cents for every ounce and fraction thereof in
| the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and
| five cents for every half ounce to European
| countries. A single newspaper Is trans
| mitted in the domestic mail at the rate of
| four ounces for one cent. Books are sent at
| the rate of two ounces for one cent, and mer-
| chandise one cent per ounce. For any spe-
| cific information regarding the classification
| of mail matter or postage inquire either at
the stamp window or of the postmaster
THE CONVENIENCE OF LETTER BOXES.
| Patrons in cities where letter carriers are
employed, are advised to provide letter
boxes at place of business or private resi-
dences. thereby saving much delay in the de-
livery of mail matter.
Request all your correspondents to address
your mail matter to the proper street and
number.
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