The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-12
~HE THAT WORKS EASILY, WORKS
SUCCESSFULLY" CLEAN HOUSE WITH
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t-ibution and delivery then the fire came
and the fixtures burned, with nearly all
The undeliVered mails. or four days
the mails accumulated and the camp
was shut off from all benefits of post
office. Then came the second fire at a
time the clerks were beginning TO see
some measure of order come from out
the chaos. At last the Office was open
ei and crush began at the five win
dows. from which 10000 were expected
to receive their daily mail during the
intervals the clerks were not engaged
distributing the increasing supply.
To return to the most primitive coun-
Try office plan after getting used to the
semblance of a city system the reno
waited office presented quite drop for
Cripple Creek, but while the town in
ashes and the wide world the office OF
the business men, anything went and
the people are now quite reconciled TO
getting letters two weeks old.
No boxes have been provided in the
temporary board shanty that houses
tie office and all meet on a common
level and stand an equal length of time
in the four lines that form early in the
morning until the shutters drop at night
The clerks are working to a great dis
advantage. They are keeping up the
regular letter mail as we'll as possible.
but cannot attempt 10 handle the pa
pers or packages. The registered mail
is days behind, and such a thing as
sorting out dead letters, or those to be
returned to writers as undelivered IS
unknown in the Office at this time. So
long as the clerical force is unable to
Keep with the more important mail no
effort will be made to handle second,
third and fourth class matter and II
NIL be weeks yet before subscribers
can expect TO receive their newspapers
by mail.
1t is a good natured crowd that lines
up and edges its way with snail pace
towards the clerks serving out letters
all day long. The implanted boards OF
tne building attest as much. To wo-
men, the right-Of-way ever remains
clear and not one man is ungaIant
enough 10 crowd 10 the window when
one Of the other sex approaches. Though
he may have waited an hour for his
turn, he waits until the woman has
called the list OF her family and tn.
clerk has politely searched for letters
for all her friends. But the man who
waits knows when he is being jobbei
and can plainly see that the head OF the
house has added the call for the daily
mail to the duties of the wife and daugh
ter. It is getting 10 be quite a trick
for the business man TO send his wife
for the mail, well knowing that while
Ne would have 10 take his turn In line
and probably lose an hour, she can
Tip up 10 the window, get the letters
and be back in a jiffy.
Not Few or the sentiments scrubbed
= al l. "a.
rlen behind after seeing a score or more
OF wives get bubbles mail out OF turn
one writes: Women should stay a.
home" Another adds a postscript, cor
take their tuns Ike men"
Comments on the situation ara num-
eious. Swift service-nii." IS one.
Rapid delivery don't think" anoth-
er II N a hurry call again tomOr-
TOW. Millions for bonds, but not 4
cent for stamps" God bless our post
once Hope on!'' Weary not IN vel
doing II WHEY Is busy send the baby
Never say die" Pay your bills and
don't burden the mails '-Ons chauco
IN thousand" Two hours 70 the by
y i3dcw-t0ur II ladies' are in front"
L = mail s@ry-sc@-sn: ties. IN th>
vo-id-Cripple Creek takss the lead IN
a siov mule race" Left the front an
hour ago" Fell In and re-nais in line
hours and - minutes" Let the wo-
men wait These are 4 fen OF the
characteristic shots fired b. the wea-se1
caes.
how long this condition must last VII
depend on how quickly the department;
AZ Washington decides upc n . per-aan-
ent loca ton Tor the olfice. and how
quickly building can b. bulk after the
successful bidder > announced r.
sDac;or Mc&echea says SIX offe-s f.
rooms n as many brick blocks have
tesa submitted. that the award VIII -
haze a. as early a date as TcsSsbi>. !
and thai work VIII - az once coDDen>-
81 on the building SIS scon as the d. |
clstnn IS reached. Probably July =
- early as ne camp can hope % ~
ce1ve IS good se-vlcs as & Wa getting |
s-ef,'re - ire. though ne clerical t0-c- /
vii 10 doubt oe zols . make sozne In /
Tscvt caefst n the present syS.eEn before /!
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