The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-10-21
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5:16 O'CLOCK.
COMPLAINTS
About Local Mail
Service.
Uncle Sam is Rather Slow
in Providence.
Over Crowded Postoifce Service Not
likely to Be Relieved.
But Better Facilities May Come When
Oficials Wake Up.
Over Crowded Postofiice Service Not
likely to Be Relieved.
But Better Facilities May Come When
Ofncials Wake Up.

Postmaster Hayward has received DUR
ing the last month a number of COM
plants from residents of that psrt OF the
city bounded by Barnes, Benefit, Arnold
streets and the river. This is one OF the
most thickly residential sections and con-
sisis of routes 10, 8, 20 and 33.
AT one time three deliveries q day were
made, but now on account OF the extra
accumulationsof..m mail, an inadequate force
and the rigid enforcement OF the "eight
hourn law which prohibits carriers from
working more than eight hours day il
is necessary that only two deliveries
should be made.
This same necessity was the cause of
taking one service off routes 15, is, 81, 45,
81 and the outlying districts. As early
as Sept. IL, the local department foreeaw
trouble in this quarter. and communicated
with the department at Washington re-
questing more carriers as II was impossi-
bic for the present force OF GO to COM
pletely do the work when business be-
came brisk in the fall and people from
out OF town should return. On the fol-
lowing day Postmaster Hayward for
warded another letter suggesting the ad-
visibility OF esta ablishing a sub station on
the east side Of town and another on the
west.
On Sept 10 tuc OhOWiHB icpiy w MN
irst letter was received
wAsHINGToN ID. c., Sept. 16, 1895
Postmaster, Providence, X. l.:
Sir-I have yours of the 18th setting
forth the needs of the free delivery SER
,ice of your Office and requesting the
appointment OF additional carriers. Your
request cannot be complied with at this
time. The matter will receive careful
consideration within the next go days.
Yours Respectfully,
+. III. JONES,
First Assistant Postmaster General.
In reply to the second letter suggesting
the sub-statfons the department at Wash
ington replied asking for a map, suitable
houses for renting as stations and how
many more carriers would ii,necessltate.
Assistant Postmaster William 5. Walker
realized that the complaints We're just,
but that at present Ii was impossible for
them 10 be remedied; in fact nothing can
be done till the department in Washington
says so. He thinks that eventually the
sub-stations will be established and that
q larger carrier force will be granted, In
reply to the question why should the stu
dents in Brown University have their
mail delivered TO their rooms, he said that
the law compelled mail matter to be de-
livered to the place directed, and that the
University was regarded the same as the
business blocks; the same as the Butler
Exchange or Industrial Trust Building.
Boarding houses or hotels were cassed
rs residences and consequently had the
mail for the different lodgers deposited
en- masse.
As matters stand now second class
matter is compelled TO lie in the post
Office after being received till all first
class matter is disposed of.
The reason that the curtailing of the
service has.been in the residential section
instead Of the business part is because ii
is an unwritten law TO deliver the mail
in the business section as soon as and as
often as possible as 1t is OF more import
anCe.