The evening times., 1895-12-23
MAIL ClR'S FIRST TRIP
Avenue Railway Post Office Sue
cessfulIy InauguIated.
TRIAL MADE THIS MORNING
Railway Mail Service, and VIII
Prov. to He u Great Public Conveni-
ence-Supt. yickery Enthusiastic
Over the System.

ence-Sup- Nfckery EnthunihstiC
| Over the System.
The street railway mail service for this
city was put in operation at 5:36 O'Clock
| this morning, when the first car left George
| town on the Pennsylvania avenue line OF the
| Capital Traction Company.
| 1t was the inauguration Of system
which the officers think will undoubtedly
| prove OF tlIe greatest value L. the public
and ut the same time OF Il vast saving in
| labor at the city postoffice.
| The first car, and tue only one which
| will be USED at present, made its initial
| trip in charge of Mr.. George W. Carr. c.ief
clerk OF the third division. Railway Mail
Service. and Mr. ID. j. Barteilo, the clerk
who will have regular charge of the car
on the morning runs. Times reporter also
occupied Int car On one or tile early trips.
| IL was an unfortunate time to inauyurate
| the new service. The sacks OH sucks OF
christmas presents made uD a mail manv
! times heavier than the normal upan;Ity.
| Besides, ~ WAS Monday morning. and. as
| all postal clerks know. Mondays uiways
bring the heaviest mails OF The week.
| Notwithstanding these facts. the new
| system worked with rcmarkl Bile success.
anu It's merits Were evident from The outsel.
AS a regular thing. the e5r viii ha occu-
\ pied by only one erk, U:t Chief Clerk Carr
made the early trip today for the purpose
OF seeing uat ali went sinuothiy ana that
all connections We're properly made at the
| various points along the line where mail is
| put taken on.
DESCRIPTION OF THE CAR.
The new car looked very trim and neat
as IT started out for its initial trip this MORN
| ing 1t is constructed after the general plan
| OF the Capital Traction C0nipany's cars 50
! far as externals are concerned. though
| 1t is specially painted and decorated.
1t is painted white and has the Usual let
| terinS along the top and bottom OF both
sides Below the windo ows stands out i'll bold
letters, United States Matt in red and
| gold. The car has no step and oniy one door
| Tor entrance. Il small sliding door ON each
SIDE opening for the admission OF mail mat
ter.
inside the car is fitted nm very ,uucb
IKE postal car on the steam railway AT
one end Is door for entrance and exit
| ana at the other end and extending arunnd
70 unc sides Is a large cabinet for the dis
| triDition OF mail. On one side is an ;tssort-
inc tapie ana on the opposite side a good
SIZED rack Tor hanging mail pouches.
IN one corner j. It stationary water tank
\ ana an iron washbowl. with drain pipe
i.adihE TO the outside. 1hc car is well
lighted by large lamps AT each end I'h,
room Is made comfortable m severe wra ther
| by an oil heater. THE ceiling is painted
\ white and the sides OF the ear .rr neatly
finished m natural wood. The several win
| dows at the sides OF the car are protected
| by heavy iron screens.
POSTAL CLERK KEEPS BUSY.
Postal Clerk Particle WIS. to use his
| own expression. kept on the dead hustle.
| during the morning trips. Not only Is every
pouch and every sack OF mail matter
opehed, but large part of it must be dis
tThluttu LOT various points along the line
| and special pouches made up Tor The s,.y-.
| erai places. The heaviest inaii is trans-
Ierred at SIKH street and Pennsyivanfas
| avenue. where man Is received from the
| city postoifice and from ira ms leaving the
| Baltimore and Potomac station. ard other
| mail is delivered for those places.
4 SINt gtr
| busiest part OF the run is experienced. Tb.
| points are not only near together. but the
| ma!i is heaviest, with station UOStoffIce
at one point aud the baltimore ard Polo
mac station and city postoiflce wagon at
| the other.
Upon leaving the Georgetown terminus
at o:5b IN the morning mali is ia ken from
\ the llttie box al the terminus. This ua!i is
| QUICKLY assorted and Touch prepared 10
| be left at station A. 1hirty-firsi and NJ
streets. where pouch is received also. From
stationt No A 5 + street niali Is delivered
as the car passes the corner al Fourteenth
| street. and then a general distribution is
made Tor trains north ard south from the
Baltlinore and Potomac station. and for
the city posl-offiCe. AT this toint mail is
,s,D also recsIved ard distriputed f9I various
points on tie line. Al STATEN Il. Fourth
street and Pennsylvania avenue Il wagon
from the East Capitol station delivers
mail to the car and receives several pouches
for the office. At the Navy Yard mail is
collected from tie letter box and the return
| trip is made.
A PUBLIC CONV ENIENCE.
supt. Vickery Of the railway mail service
Is enthusiastic over the workings or the new
system. and declares that a great saving in
| time in transmission OF the mail for the
public will be saved. Ii will he saws save
| a large amount OF work in distribution at th,.
main postofftce. and will i'll many cases
make difference of several hours in the
| forwarding OF mail matter.
| 1t rs in every sense a railway postoCfEe
and all the advantages which the railway
rangempnt.
Fourteen times during the dav pouches
are made up for trains leaving the II. & P
| station. and in nearly every case a saving
! ia time is made by distributing mail on the
| car.
Mails are made up for the following
York, 7:20 a. m: Washington and Char
| lotte, 500 a. m: Washington and Round
Hill. s:Ol a. m: Washington and Charles
ton, 1887 a. ID: Washington and Char
lotte. 11:15 a. m: Washington and New
| York. 1915 p. m.; Washington and Hin
ton, 2;25 p. m.: Washington and New
ton. 3:46 p. m: washington and Stras-
burg, 4:01 p. m.: Washington and New
York, i079e p. M: washington and Char
. York, l1:35 p. m.
The trips are in charge Of Postal Clerk
| A. B. Carter after O'Clock D. m.
SCHEDULE OF TRIPS.
daily according TO the folio wing schedule:
Leave GeOrgeto n. 5:36, 4 :O0. 9:4S. I1:12
| q. n; 1895: 200. S:24. 4:4s. 6:I2. 1886.
800 and 1924 d. m.
Returning, leave Navy Yard. Eighth and
NJ streets southeast. 6:1S. 7:42. 9:O6. 1890.
11:54 a: NJ. LIS 2:42. 4:O6, $50. 6:54,
SIS, S:42 and l .66 pm.
Stops are made at station A. Tbirty-first
and NJ streets northwest Substation No. "a
25O0 Pennsylvania avenue; Subst at ion
No. 3. 1921 PENNSYLVANIA avenue: Substa-
tion No. 30. Seventeenth street and Penn
syivania avenue: Station c, 1413 street:
Substation No. 1S. Thirteenth street and
PenDsylvania avenue: Substation No. 6.
621 Pennsylvania avenue: Baltimore
Potomac depot. Sixth street and Penn
syiyania avenue, SubstatiOn No. 26. Third
street and PENNSYLVANIA avenue: Substa-
tiOD No. 10, Pennsylvania avenue and
Second street southeast: Station B. Penn
syivania avenue and Fourth street south
east, and at Satisfaction No. 8. 751 Eighth
street southeast.
The postal car is run as "trailer" on
the regular trips over the Georgetown line.