The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-09
PORTLAND PQST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

z a. m. TO 500 p. m,
General Delivery, Sundays excepted 7.3o
a. M to 700 p. m Sunday 900 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepted) I'm
business section of the city between High and In
dla streets at 100 and 9.15 a. M, LOO m, 1.3o
p M Co Hseaf s'' froS az atlantic Altar e.
Grove on Congress. 6. a. m. Sunday delivery at
onice window, 900 to 1000 a: m. Collectlona
from street boxes at HOO a. m, 400
ana 500 p. m Sunday, 500 p. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
.Bosto1, Southern and Western, intermediate
oInces and connections via Boston & Maine
rallroad eastern diyision) ARRIVE at 1870,
0, ana 11.3O p. M; close 8 a. m. and 1900
p. M; close $50 and els p. M
Boston, Southern and Wester7,, and inter
mediate Offices and connections via Boston and
Maine rallr Dad (WeStern dvision)-Arrive at
LOO, $50 and $50 p. NJ. /; close 500 a. M,
and 2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
2 a. m. and LOOP. NJ; close 1920 and 915
4 p. m.
augusta, intermediate offices and connections
via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
9.o0a. NJ, LOO and 600 p M; close at 6.15 a.
M. 1920. 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
bennington, intermediary oii1ces and connec-
tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arriye AZ
| 12.20p. m.
R9c1a,ad, intermediate Offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive LOG
and p. M; close at g 10 a. m. and IL. 10 p. m.
Skouhegaa, intermediate offices and connec-
uonS, via Maine Central railroad-Arriye al
LOO p M; close at 1920 p. m.
Auburn, and Le,ciston-Arrive 200 and 500
q. M and LOO and CID p. M: close 7.45 a.
NJ, 1920. .4.15 and 915 p. m.
.Bangor-Arrive 200 a. M. 100 and p. m;
close at 6.15 a. M, 1920 and 9.15 p. m
Biddeford and S0co-Arrive at /. 90, $50 and
$50 p. m. close at 500, 500 a. m. and 1900
m, 2.46 and 5.15 p. m.
4 Island Pond, IT., intermediate offices and
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rive at 1890 p. NJ; close at 6.35 q. m. and LOO
4 p. M
Gorhana, ". H. intermediate Offices and con,
nections, via Grand Trunk Authoritative at
4 $40 a. m and 1890 p. m; close at 636 a. ms
| Luz and 4.3O p. m.
Scranton, IT., intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Mountain Division M. G. r. r.
Arrive at 1856 p. M. close at8oo a. m.
| Bartlett, N. H. intermediate Offices and con.
nectlons via Mountain Division M. G. R. R.
| ArrlVe at 500 a. m. and 8.35 p. m; close al
| 800 a. M, and 2.45 p. M.
Duck Pond, Pride's Corner, W3,,dhan, No.
| Wd,,dhana, Raymond and South Cdsco-ArriSd
! at 1900 m; close at Lao p. M.
| Rochester, N. H., intermediate offices and CON
nections, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at 1.45 and 600 p. m. !; close at $50 and
11.4b a. m.
| Cumberland Mals-Arrive at $40 a. M, 1.45
| 800 and 8.35 p. m.; close at $50 a. NJ, 11.45
a. NJ. and $50 p. m.
| Westbrook (Saccarappa)-Arrivea at $40 a.
m. 1.45 and 90 p. m. ]; close $50 and 11.45 a
| m. and $50 p. m.
| Cape Elizabeth and KmtghtvsAe-Arrive at
| 500 a. m. and r. NJ; close at 6 a. NJ and 1.45
| p. M
Boavery Bedch-Arrive at 6 p. m. close Las
p. m.
South Portland and Wyilyard-Arrive at a.
M, and 2.15 p. M; close at 8 a. m. and 200 p.
m.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification OF Domestic Mail Nat
ter.-Domestic mail matter,-that is
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
d ny
ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
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
are issued from known office of publication,
are formed ofprinrd paper sheets without board.
oth Sa leather or otnea nabs
character or devoted to literature, the sciences,
art. or some special indu stry. and must have q
bs M oa or
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 matUer), proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ng the same.
Printed matter is defined by statute to be
'the reproduction upon paper, by any process
except that of handwriting, of any words,
In4&o tfro ar nf md
combination thereof, not having the
character Of aniactual and personal correspon
dence."
printed letter. which, according to internal evi
dence is being sent in identical terms to sever
al persons" and does not lose its character as
addresses or of the sender, or the correction OF
mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced in the first. second or third
cIasswhich is not in its form or nature liable TO
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con.
tents of the mail bag, or harm the person OF
any one engaged in the postal service, andnot
above the weight provided by law.
Limit of Weight Of Mail Mdtter.--No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re
beved for conveyance by mail except single
cooks weighing IN excess OF that amount. and
except books and documents published or
Departments of the Government or from
the smithsonian Institution TUT o,,os - ,.o,,aro.
at the pound rate is not subject to the four
pound limitation.
81. The above limit OF weight does not APP
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by
postals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On FIRST Class Matter.-The rate
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows: i
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
On postel cards one cent each, the price
fol which they are sold.
g. On 'drop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post offices, and one cent for each ounce or
traction 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, OF to other news agents, is one cent per
pound or fraction thereof.
The rate of postage on newspapers and
periodical publications of the second-class
when sent by other than the publisher or news