The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-17
PORTLAND POST OFFICE
OFFICE HOURS.

M ctG q e Office, Sundays excepted, 7,so
a. M to 600 p. m,
General Deltrcry, (Sundays excepted) 7.3o
"'m " "oo p m. Sunday 900 to 1000 a. m.
bu SGi,assrs Disayertes Sundays exceptedIn
wa sreets az 100 and 915 a. m. IL. As m 100
% 30 p n; IN other sections at 500 a. m,
Groyo D. nn a, collection from Atlantic to
Office window, 300 to 1000 a. m. Collections
a ron a o street boxes at HOO a. M, 400
ano GU p IN. Sunday, 600 p. m. ouly.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
Boston, Southern and Western intermediate
omces ana connections via Boston & Maine
railroad, eastern division) at $50
O. and 1d-3o p. M; close a. M and IL M
clos3.30 and 9.15 p. m. r ''
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter.
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad Western division) -Arriye at
$50. 5:3O and $50 p. M; close 6.sS a. m.
and 2.45 p. m. --"'
Eastern via Maine Central Rairoad-Arr,v.
. a. m. and p.m.; close 1900 m. and els
rm
via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
| a.O0a. m. l and 6.15 p. M. close at 6.OOa
M. 1900 nl., Ais and 9.15 D. m.
| Pennington, intermediate Offices and connec-
i
! and e.15 p. M; close at 7.45 a. M. and
1925 p. m.
Rockla'ad intermediate offices and connections
VIA Khox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive /
| Sko~hegon, intermediate Offices and connec-
tons. via Maine Central railroad-Arrive as
p. m; close at 1928 .. m.
conn e,a 0q "a G,ana media offices ane
rive at 1870 p. M; close at z a. m. and l. 90
p. m.
Gorhan,,. N. H., intermediate offices and con
nectlons. via Grand Trunk Authoritative
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
Scranton, IT., intermediate offices and con-
nections. via Mountain Division M. C. r. r.
Arrive at $50 p. NJ; close at 800 a. IN.
Bartlett, ~ H., intermediate Offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division NJ. @. R. R.
Arrive at 500 a. m. and $50 p. L.; close al
500 a. m. and 2.45 p. m.
Duek Pond, Prides Corner, Wtndharn, No.
| Wfndhana, Raymond and South Casco-Arriye
at 1900 m. close at Las p. III.
Rochester, N. H. intermediate offices and con.
MOTIONS, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rye at Lab ana 500 p. M; close at $50 and
Ss''abersa,.d Mtus-Arrive at $40 a. NJ. Las
600 and $50 p. M; close at 6 80 a. M, 1I.45
Westb'ook (Saccaroppa) Arrive 1T $40 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and Knightvue-Arrive at
d.. LEX
pm.
BoaOery Beacz-Arrive at 6 D. NJ; close Las
p. m.
Classification ofDomestic Mail at NJ
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 Glass; Written matter. namely, letters
postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly in
writing, whether sealed or unsealed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
| corrected proof sheets of the same.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
| Is also of the first class.
new ipapers and othei periodical publications
| which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year., which bear a
date of issue, and are numbered consecutively.
| are issued from known office of publication.
are formed ofprintd paper sheets, without board
Cloth IL leather or other substantial binding
character, or devoted toliterature the sciences,
art. or some special indt stry and must have
| legitimate list OF subscribers, and must not
| be designed primarily for advertising purposes,
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
\ sd Class. Books, circulars. periodicals and
| other matter wholly in print (nOt included in
p! second-cass matJer), proofsheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
"Printed matter is defined by statute to be
| 'She reproduction upon paper, by any process
except that of handwriting, of any words
letters, characters, figures or images. or of any
character of aniactual and personal correspou-
A"circular'' is defined by statute to be a
printed letter. which, according to internal evi
dence, is being sent in identical terms to serve
| al persons" and does not lose its character as
such by writing therein the date. name of the
addressee or of the sender, or the correction of
mere typographical errors.
4th Class Merchandise, namely all mat to
| not embraced in the hrSt, second or third
classwhich 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 Maa Matter.-No packags
weighing more than four pounds shall be re
beived for conveyance by mail except SINGLE
cooks weighing IN excess OF that amount. ana
except books snd i documents published s, or
pepsrtments Of Tie eo S or ro@
the Smithsonian Institution.
| 80. Sec0nd-class matter mailed in packa ges
| at the pound rate Is not subject to the II ur-
pound limitation.
81. The above limit of weight does not ap-
postals conventions
! RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Matter.-Tbe rate o
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
l. On letters and other written matters
except that specially authorized to pass at
third-class rates and on sealed matter or matter
Otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
por ounce or fraction thereof.
| 2. On posreI cards one cent each, the price
fol which they are sold.-
| 8. On drop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
/ post offices, and one cent for each ounce or
4 fraction thereof at Offices where free delivery
by carrier is not established.
On Second Class Afotter. The rate of
postage on second-class matter when sent by
the publisher thereof and from the ONCE OF
publication, including samples copies, or when
sent from news agency 10 actual SUBSCRIBERS
thereto, or to other news agents, is one cent per
pound or fraction thereof.
| The frate of postage on newspapers and
periodical publications of the Second-class
when sent by other than the publisher or news
agent, is one cent for each four ounces or
fractional part thereof.
The rate of postage on newspapers excepting
weekes) and on periodicals not exceeding two
ounces in weight, whe nlthe same aredeposited in
Is uniform at one cent each; on periodicals
weighing more than two ounces. two cents
| each.
Newspapers and periodicals when de
posted by the publishers or news agent in a
fetter-carrier office for general or box delivery
| AT the ~