The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-20
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

a. N. to 100 D. M Sunday 800 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepte0I1n
business section of the city between ilgh ana In
dia streets, at 700 and 9.15 a. H., IL m, 1.30,
and 5.15 D. m !; in other sections at 500 a. M,
once Window on; 900 sd to 1900 a n colleotions
| from street boxes at 11.0O a. H., 400
and 500 p. m. Sunday, 500 p m. only.
| ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern and Western, intermediate
offices and connections via Boston s. Maine
railroad, Eastern diyision)-Arrive at 1890,
H. us land and BIZ p 1 m Sunday arrive H 1.S5
| p NJ; close $50 and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
mediate Offices and connections, via Boston and
| Maine railroad (Western diyision)-Arrive at
1880 and $50 p. NJ; close 500 a. M. and
| 2.45 p. m.
| Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
2 a. m. and LOOP M; close 1890 and 9.15
| pm.
via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
9.00a. NJ, / 90 and 6 90 p. M; close at 81 5 a.
| M, 1890, Ais and 81 p M
| Fog7niq,gton, intermediate Offices and connec-
| tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
| LOO and 6.15 p. M; close at AS a. m, and
| 12.30p. m.
Rochlaad, intermediate offices and connections
| via Knox and Lincoln$ Authoritative LOO
and p. m.; close at e.15 a. M and IL m.
| Skouhegaaa, intermediate offices and connec-
tons, via Maine Central Authoritative at
LOO p. M; close at 1890 p. m.
| auburn, and Leaciston-Arrive 200 and 800
| a. m. and Loo and 615 p. M; close $40 and
7.45 a. M, 1890, 4.15 and 915 p. m.
| Baagor-Arrive 200 a. NJ, LOO and p. m. /;
| close at 6.15 a. M, 1890 and 91e p. m.
Biddeford and Saco-Arrive at 1890 and $50
| p. M; close at 600, 500 a. m. and 12.O0 mr
| 2.45 and 5.15 p. m.
Island Pond, ", intermediate offices and
| connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
| Z,:3O d. S.4O al ~
| p. m.
| Gorhon,, ". IT., intermediate Offices and con-
| nectiOns, via Grand Trunk Authoritative at
/ $40 a. M and 1870 p. m. close at 6.45 a. NJ,
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
| Scranton, IT., intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Mountain Division M. G. r. R.
Arrive at S.35 p M; close at9.oo a. m.
Bartlett, N. r., intermediate offices and con-
| nectiOnS via Mountain Division nj. q. IL. H.
Arrive at geo a. m. and S.35 p. M; close at
| 500 a. NJ and Pas p. m.
| Duck Pond, Pride's Corner, W5,,dhano, No.
| Windhdna, Raymond and South Cdsco-Arrlye
1 at ~. 90 M. close at 1.45 p. NJ
| Rochester, n ~, intermediate offices and con-
| nections, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at LAO and 600 p. M; close at $50 and
| 11.45 a. m.
Cumberland Aizs-Arrive at $40 a. m Lao
| 600 and 835 p M; close at $50 a. M, 11.45
| a. M, and $50 p. m.
! West6rook (Saccarappa) Arrive at 81 a.
m. 1.45 and 600 p. M; close $50 and 11.45 a.
m. and $50 p m.
| Cape Elizabeth and K,,tghtville-Arrive at
s.ooa. m. and P M; close at a. m. and LAO
p. m.
| .Boavery Beach--Arrive at 6 p. M. close 1.45
p. m.
South Portland and W1ltard-Arrive at a.
m and g. p. M. close at a. m. and ZOO p,
m.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification of Domestic Mail Mat
oil tn1,- Iof Ic
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 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 Same.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed agaipstinspection
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, when bear
date of issue. and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from known offlce OF puDllcatlon
are formed ofprintd paper sheets without board.
18th qo be leather Of Or Sanea Of pabi
character, OF 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 Class. Books, circulars. periodicals and
other matter wholly in print (not included in
second-class matter), proof-sheets corrected
proofsheets and manuscript copy accompany
ing the same.
printed natter is defined by statute to be
"the reproduction upon paper, by any process
except that of handwriting, OF any words
letters, characters, figures OF images, or OF any
combination thereof, not, having the
character of anIactual 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
addressee or of the sender, OF the correction OF
mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced in the first, second or third
elias which is not in its form or nature liable
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con
tents Of the mail bag, or harm the person OF
one IN e az
Limit of Weight Of Mail Mdtter.-,N0 package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re-
beived for conveyance by mail. except single
cooks weighing in excess of that amount. and
except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or official
ats1 Of Tie or rom e
the Smithsonian Institution.
80 Second-class matter mailed in packages
at the pound rate is not subject to the four
81. The above limit of weight does not ap-
ply to matter i'll foreign mails regulated BY
pOStalS conventions,
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Mdtter.-The rate of
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 sealed matter or matter
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce or fraction thereof
q On postel cards one cent each, the price
for which they are sold.
3. On "drop letters" two cents per ounce or
Fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
most 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-cass 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 rate of postage on newspapers and
neriodical publications of the second-class
when sent by other than the publisher or news
agent. is one cent for each four ounces or
fractional part thereon.
The rate of postage on newspapers excepting
weeIlies1 and on periodicals not exceeding two
ounces in weight. whenthe same aredeposited In
r.ar10C al,