St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-01
KNOWN BY NUMBERS
NEW DEAL IN DESIGNATION OF
THE POsToFFICE SUBURBAN
STATIONS.
OLD NAMES ARE DISCARDED.
CAPT. CASTLE is GIVEN THE APP
POINTMENT OF THE NEW
CARRIERS.
HE HAS NAMED THE LUCKY ONES,
And About All His Successor Will
Have to Do Is to Sell Postage
Stamps.

In compliance with the request of the
postofiice department, Postmaster Cas-
tie has appointed permanent letter car
riers to fill the positions of the seven
to be added to the st. Paul force. The
appointees have been selected from
among those who have been acting as
substitutes, and as many more subs
will be put on from among those who
have heretofore passed the best civil
service examination. Following are
the names Of the new appointees as
permanent carriers: John P. Bran
nan, assigned to duty in place of Mar
tin Granger, discharged; P. J..
Dwyer, who goes on duty at
once, and Michael Murnaghan, Ole c.
Holt,James A. Hogan, Sidney B. Snow,
James j. Rockford and John P. VIVA
len, who do not begin until April 1.
The mounted carrier is to collect the
heavy mail from large boxes that are
to be put up.
Capt.Castle had no idea he would be
accorded the privilege of naming these
new carriers. When he was in Wash
lngton urging his reasons for asking
for an increase, First Assistant Post
master General Jones told him that the
appointments would be made by his
successor. But Capt. Castle replied
that he did not care who made the
appointments. What he desired was
the Improvement of the service where
1t was needed. It is easy, therefore,
to imagine his surprise at finding, on
ms return, request that he name
the new appointees. 1t shows that
those at the head Of the department
under the present administration have
confidence in Capt. Castle.
An order that will give rise to some
bitterness in the suburban districts
was receivG by Capt. Castle from the
nrst assistant postmaster general yes
terday. 1t directs the postmaster to
designate by number instead Of by
name all sub-stations connected with
the st. Paul postoffice. Capt. Castle
has accordingly designated these var
lous sub-statfons as follows: West ST.
raul, NO. l; Merriam Park, No. 2; Ham
line, No. 3, and st. Anthony Park. No.
4. Years ago Independent offices were
maintained at these places, but these
were finally displaced by the SUBJ
station carriers, to whom the mail is
sent out and by them delivered from
the sub-station. Evidently the peopIe
living in these districts will be 10th to
give up the custom Of having their
mail addressed in the name of their
iiltle SUBURB, and 1t will take years be-
rore the numbers finally come to be
generally used
The purpose of the change is to oh
waite the many errors arising in the
transmission of mail to these stations.
For instance, letter mailed in New
york addressed TO Hamline Mimi. is
naoie to be a month in reaching it's
aestlnatlon unless it happens to fall
INTO the hands of some one in the rail-
way mail service on it's way here who
knows just where Hamline is. There
Is no such postoffice, and the depart
ment employees are not supposed to
know the location of places at which
there are no offices. OF course if it
should be addressed Hamline, st. Paul,
it would be all right, but this is not
always done; hence the desire Of the
department to chage the system with
reference to these suburbs of all the
cities throughout the country.