The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-29
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

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| Cashiers Office, (snnda,'s excepted, $50
| M 10 300 ?. M Registry department 800
a. m. to 600 p. M
General = Deltrerp,, Sundays excepted 100
| a. M. 10 100 p M Sunday 900 to 1000 Il. M
| Carriers Ds;iveries (Sundays excepted)-ln
| business section of the city between high and In
Ola streets at T. 90 and g. Is a. Ill., IL. Is D M 1.30
ana 5.l5 p. a.; IN other sections at 500 a. m,
1.oO p. n. Collection from Atlantic to
4 Grove on Congress. 6. II. H. Sunday delivery at
ONCE window. 900 to 1000 a. m. Collections
| from street boxes at 11.0O a. M. 400
and 900 p. m. Sunday, 900 p. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern and Westsra, intermediate
onlces and connections via Boston s. Maine
railroad. eastern division Arrive at 1880,
g, and l1.30 p. m; close ga. m and 2 m.
o;lo and 9.15 p. m. Sunday arrive 1.2o p. M;
clos5.3O ana 9.Ib p. m.
Boston, Southern and Bester1s, and inter-
MEDIATE mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad {Western division)-Arriye at
IZ.3o, 5:3o and $50 p. H. close 5.SS a. M.
and 2.45p. m
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
p. m.
Augusta, intermediate Offices and connections
oad Malme central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
M. 1900 H., 4.15 and 915 p. m.
Pennington, intermediate Offices and connec.
tons. via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
| ! ana 6l5 p M; close at As a. m, and
1926 p. m.
Rockland, intermediate offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln Authoritative 1
and p. m; close at 500 a. m and 1926 p. m.
Skouhegan, intermediate offices and eonnec-
lions. via Maine Central Authoritative at
p. M; close at 1926 p. IN.
| Island Pond, IT., intermediate offices and
connections via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rave at 1915 p. M; close at s a. m. and LOO
| p. m.
| NJ Iio+a ofio n
| nectlons, via Grand Trunk railfOad-ArrIye at
$40 a. m. and 12.15 p m.; close at a. M,
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
| Suanton, IT., intermediate ofices and con-
| nections via Mountain Division NJ c. r. R.
| Arrive at $50 p. M; close at 800 a. m
| Bartlett, NJ H., intermediate offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division n NJ Q. K. R.
| 500 a. m. and 1925 p. m.
Duck Pond, Pride's Corner, W,d''dhane, No.
| Wiaadhane, Raymond and South Cdsco-ArriVe
| at 12.o 90 M. close at 1. 45 p N.
Rochester, y. H., intermediate offices and CON
| nections via Portland Chichester railroad-Ar-
rive at Las and 500 p. M; close at $50 and
| 1l.4b a. m.
Cumberland Mtls-Arrive at $40 a. M. Las
600 and $50 D. M; close az $50 a. M, 11.45
| a. M, and $50 p. m.
| West5rook (Saccarappo)-Arrive at $40 a.
M LAB and 600 p. II. close $50 and 11.45 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
| Cape Elizabeth and Kntghtvitle-Arrive as
| 500 a. M. and p. NJ; close at 6 a. m. and Las
1 p. m
Bowery Beach-Arrive at 6 p. m. close Las
| p. m.
| Classification of Domestic Moil 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:
LIST class. Written matter. namely, letters.
postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly in
writing, whether sealed or unsealed Except
corrected proof sheets Of the saniel All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
is also of the first class.
I'd class. Periodical publications, namely. all
WHICH, ape ssned at stated Intervals and as
frequently as four times a year,, which bear
date of issue, and are numbered conseoutvely,
| are issued from known office of publication
/ are formed of printd paper sheets without board.
cloth, leather or other substantial binding
character, or devoted to literature, the sciences
| art. or some special industry, and must have
legitimate list OF SUBSCRIBERS, ana must nos
| 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), proofsheets, corrected
| proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
| ng 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 or images or OF any
| combination thereof not having the
character of aniaetual and personal correspon-
dence."
| A"circular" Is defined by statute to be a
| 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
| such by writing therein the date, name of the
| ADDRESSED or of the sender, or the correction OF
| mere typographical errors.
| 4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matte:
| not embraced in the 1rst, 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 pacKagS
weighing more than four pounds snail De re
beiyed for conveyance by mail except single
| cooks weighing In excess OF that amount. ana
| except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or ofhcial
Departments Of the Government or from
| the Smithsonian Institution.
| 80 Second-class matter mailed in packa ges
| at the pound rate is not subject to the Il ur-
81 The above limit of weight does not ap-
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by
postals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.