New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-19
NEW POSTAL STATIONS.
PREPARING FOR FREE DELIVERY IN THE
NEW BROOKLYN WARDS.
RESULTS OF POSTMASTER sULLdvANs RECENT
VISIT TO wAsHINGToN-THE ORDER

RESULTS OF POSTMASTER sULrIvANs RECENT
VISIT TO wAsHINGToN-THE ORDER
ABOUT sALUTEs.
As the result OF Postmaster SulIvan's recent visit
to Washington arrangements are now IN progress
for the extension Of the free delivery service 10 .ne
new wards Of Brooklyn including Flatands. anu u
Is expected that everything will be In readiness "
put the arrangements In operation by July l.
when the hscn year begins
At first 1t the intention to give free letter DE-
livery to the Thlreth Ward only-that Is. to the
old town OF NewUtrecht, the people OF which
seemed much more anxious to have TINS mouerh
Improvement than those Of the Thirty-nrst ana
Thirty-second wards. In fact, there is no thirty
second Ward yet, for Flatlands does not become
part OF the city uatil the beginning or next
year. After full consideration 1t was deemed WISE
however. not to make two bites OF this cherry out
to take In all three towns at once and even 10 an
ticpate the completion OF the annexation OF FIAT
lands. The thing done. II VIII be remem-
bered in the case OF Fiatbush. where arrangements
were finished for supplying the town win letter
carriers before the passage OF the act making IL
ward OF Brooklyn. But the conditions there were
different. Flatbush a suburban district. thcky
built up In parts. and rapidly growing and assuming
an urban character.
Flatands Is a farming region In the main. with
two three scattered villages the tide Of Improve
ment' has not yet swept 1t TO any appreciaoie
extent. The most noticeable feature In that line h
the attempted development OF Bergen Beach DOR
mery Bergen Island). which laid out into build
Ing lots two years ago and has proved attractive
to few purchasers. The idea Is to make a summer
settlement, rather than summer resort OF H. ior
effort has been put forth to establish big motel
there furnish any OF the customary attractions
of ordinary seaside In fact 1t Is not at
the seaside. but on one OF the numerous arms CT
Jamaica Bay. only short distance west or ca
narsIe SO the etter-carrers in Flatlands VIII nave
long distances to traverse without finding any
houses, and their presence will be notable invasion
Of the peace and quiet OF the farmhouse
The decision to deal with the towns at one time,
instead OF piecemeal. Is undoubtedly wise The
creation OF a number OF carrier stations VIII
be a Of confusion for time not only IN the
Brooklyn Postofiice but also In all other post
offices, like those in New-York and Philadelphia
which make direct separations for Brooklyn since
the clerks In all these Offices will have to learn
just what mail matter is intended for the dlHereht
stations. At the beginning numerous mistakes are
bound TO occur, but In time the new arrangements
will be thoroughly understood Now II stations
were established In New-Utrecht this year. the
clerks would get fully accustomed to them In few
months, and then next year perhaps Gravesend
would be taken into the brooklyn district and the
year after Fiatlands possibly; ana thus tho con
fusion would no periodically renewed, Now II VIII
all come AZ once and the clerks become the sooner
adjusted TO the new names aud divisions
II h probable that not less than six carrier
stations viii Do established In tho three now wards
they viii take Tho place, IN part NJ least OF The
fourteen separate poAoiiioes which now exist or
these poHtofcea slx afo IN Now.lireoht. four IN
Graycscnd and three IN f'ntnndu. According to tho
present plans stations Will bc established Mt Fort
Hamilton. Bath Beach and Hlythcbournc, In the
Thrtieth ward: Mt Coney Island and shecpshead
BAY. In tho Thrty-nrst and at Canarso In tho
Thrty-second. At the points where the present
posoiIlcc, exist sub-siatlons will DO established
for the convenience OF the people who have been
accustomed to buy their clamps and transact other
postal business there Thus there will be as littlo
disarranrement possible OF the present arrange
ments Of the people concerned. while at the same
time they Will have all the benefits OF an urban
population In the matter of mall delivery.
Another new arrangement about to go In force In
Brooklyn Is the establishment OF new station
In the city proper This will be In the upper part
OF Fulton-st.. somewhere near Howard-ave., and
will take In parts OF the districts now served from
Station d and Station S, well as a small part OF
the Fiatbush district. The number OF daily de-
lverles here will be increased from three to five
and there will be considerable saving or carfares
the Government. all carriers whose routes are
more than mile distant from a station are fur
nished with free transportation 1t Is likely that
this station will be known as Station D. as no
other letter in the early part OF the alphabet Is
When the first postal stations were established in
Brooklyn the letters TO designate them were Sc
reference
Station w is in Williamsburg; in Greenpoint;. d
In the Bedford district and so on. with the In
crease OF stations that method Of choosing names
has perforce been abandoned. and with the creation
of half dozen statio~s In the new wards the
F5r the % S of ggng the
cerned, it would be easy, in designating the new
for Fort r Hamilton. BIB for Bath Beach sB for
Sheepshead Bay etc. The probability. however ever Is
the alphabet holds out.
There has been considerable discussion regarding
nr1n effl1l x I'm .
respect to military salutes between members OF the
carrier force and the higher postofice officials when
IN the case warrant. All the trouble on this head
grew out Of the first publication on the s cub
nlisstatement Of the truth. What purported TO be
a copy Of tho order was printed bu. It was simply
ridiculous Hight. The idea merely was to Simplify Ky
what ha, been pSci aSe en ea To Would
lift their hats when meeting the Postmastes or or
to be in doubt what course to pursue.
What Is now prescribed Is simple military .har
When is often done when friends meet the street
The matter was fully talked over by the Po ~
master and the station superintcndents before the
plan was adopted and was in fact generally under
stood and agreed to in the stations before me OfIeI
Postofice There has been no serious objection 70
it the part OF the carrier force ana there wousI
R Rad il not been for the first Incorrect publication
On account OF that the ATE nraoy s
is placing his office ION military basis ana c ina.
mander-n-C Chief" 1t would be ridiculous ana repre-
hensible IL this were the But II Is far from
being So . ,... ,ho a,sc,n,ra
OF the force and bring about uniformity Inc new
rule is Incumbent the carriers only when they
are in uniform, and the order applies to only Few
Of tho higher postoice officials IN the sta,ohs
sullivan is convinced that he has done the rig h
hing and has no intention OF rctreatlng from the
nosition he has taken 1t is new idea which ne mas
adopted but then he says. new Ideas are hkey 10
oreinate in the Brooklyn Postohce, ana ne re-
ioices I'm the approval Of his official superiors , w
Washington. The head Of the free-dellveIy service
~ ouotcl as saving that 1.-THE Postmaster III NJ
iiberty To Introduce features when 40 90 ~
interfere with the regulations or the roston.cs 80,
n,rtment and this II a matter which ne must l''sI
nine for himaelf" Mr., Sullivan Thinks u pisnap'ss
thai the practice he has introduced VIII DO husbbt
i'm Mi thc poai0fiicea OF the country III BUTT
time.