Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-28

18TH streets, where pouches are exchanged
for station C, at 14l3 F street; then at sub
station No. Is, corr er of 18th and Pennsyl-
vania avenue; substation No. &. at 627 Penn
sylvaria avenue, and at 9th street. Here
mail wagon stands ready, waiting for the
arrival of the car. The heavy sacks and
pouches destined for the general city post
office and for the Baltimore and Potomac
station thro2n off and sacks and
pouches intended for Capitol Hill and other
points east are thrown on. The next stop
is at substation No. &C. corner of I'd street
and Pennsylvania avenue; again at the cor
ner OF the avenue and I'd street southeast
and at the corner of 4th and the avenue,
where wagon from station receives and
delivers. The next stop Is at subs tation No.
-, at SO Pennsylvania avenue southeast,
then at substation No. s, on Sth street south
east, and finally at the terminus at the Navy
Yard, at the corner of Sth and NJ streets
southeast.
During the initial week of this service
pouches have been delivered for George
town. Capitol Hill. street and the gen.
eral city post office. No deliveries have
been made to the substa but collec-
tons made from all of them. The amount
OF matter handled on single round trip
varies. During Christmas week ii was
naturally very large. but even on such an
ordinary day as yesterday it must have
amounted to over a ton during the whole
trip. TO those who have seen little of the
inside OF the post office the contents of the
mail bags emptied on the table would Rave
been a surprise. Besides the hundreds Of
packages of letters and bushels of news
papers there were all sorts of packages
some in huge boxes, some in sacks and
dangerously long rolls.
The Daily Trips.
The car is in charge of D. j. Particle and
A b. Carter. both bright. active young
clerks who have served their time in
handling mails and who were selected for
this assignment because of their efficiency
and accuracy They do not u-orI,
gether ON the car, but divide up the day
between them. Mr.. Particle comes on duty
at 3:36 in the morning and runs up to /
O'Clock, when he is relieved by Mr. Carter
VINO remains on the car until II AZ at
night. The first start is made at 5:36 a. m.
from Georgetown and at 6:5J I'm. from the
Navy Yard. The last trip from George
LOWE starts at 1924 pm. and the last one
from the Navy Yard at IL :O6 pm. On holi-
days but round trips are made: on Sun
Gays but two, and on other days thirteen.
IL takes thirty-seven minutes TO go from
terminus TO terminus. with five minutes in
terVal between arrivals and departures
w men the car reaches the terminus 1t is
at once taken charge of by the employees
or the road and switched into position at
at the rear Of each train When going
westward the closed end of the car fronts
the train, ard the passengers of course
are Unable to look within. Going east
ward the open end of the car fronts the
train, and 1t is possible to see all that is
gong on inside. This is source of end
less interest and amusement to the thou
sands or people who ride on this train dur
Ing the day. At every stop and each termi-
nus the car is usually surrounded by a lit
'tle knot of boys and men. all curious and
eager to See the inside of the car and what
is going on.
No Easy job.
From start to finish there is hardly
moment of cessation in the work Neither
MIR. Particle nor Mr.. Carter We're able
yesterday to do any talking. Mr.. Geo. R.
schultz, examiner in the third division of
the railway mail service. very kindly made