The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-07
IMPROVED NAIL DELIVERY.
Postmaster Haines Introduces a New
Carrier system.

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I livery and collection service than they
have ever had
When Mr.. Haines took charge OF the
I postofiice he was assured by the employees
7 OF the mailing department that the car
rier service could not be improved upon.
and being without experience he accepted
I the statement.
With the growth OF experience. how
ever, his opinion changed. and he began
I sometime ago 70 make Improvements.
! More recently he determined upon an en-
I tire revolution Of the system. and set
about 10 devise q new plan He wrote the
I first assistant postmaster general At
! Washington Of his intention and asked
I that district inspector be sent to look
/ over the ground aud suggest a plan.
The assistant postmaster general replied
/ that there were no special inspectors for
} such work in the employ OF the depart
3 ment, but that an inspector would be
/ detailed by the chief inspector at Chat
/ tanooga II desired The request was
maze ana Inspector T. W. Jones was sent
/ 10 savannah and went over the ground
/ with Mr. Haines. The inspector maze
some suggestions, but left the formation
OF the plan to- the postmaster, as being
more familiar with the local situation.
MI Haines consulted Assistant PostmRs-
Ter " airing and called to his aid Mr.. X.
/ h
! II. ,. Hymes, assistant chief distribut
/ ing clerk. Mr.. Greene has been employed
I IN the mailing department of the post
I once Tor fifteen years and was able to
I render valuable service in forming the
new plan: With the aid Of these gentle
/ men plan was devised and put into
| Operation with very satisfactory results.
The carriers districts now run north and
south instead Of east and west as for
merry. Each carrier is confined 10 his dis
/ trict and Is held responsible for It. Five
mail deliveries are now made daily in the
business district, and occasionally six,
when mail fails to arrive on time.
| Three collections are made daily by the
carriers, but the main business district
gets six collections. besides night collec-
uon. IN the residence districts three de-
liveries and two collections are made
daily, besides night collection in time for
the midnight mail
The city is divided into nineteen districts
with an extra man who only makes collec-
tons. The business districts run north
and south from Liberty street as follows:
No. J. west of West Broad or Yamacraw;
NO. =, West Broad to Jefferson inclusive;
No. 3, Jefferson to Barnard: No. I. Bar
nard to Whitaker; No. ) Whitaker to Bull;
No 8, Bull 70 Drayton; No. Z, Drayton to
Abercorn; No s. Abercorn to Habersham;
No. 9, Habersham to East Broad; No. 10,
east of East Broad to Libery. Besides
the collections named, the collector will
also make a late collection from the cot
ton exchange board of trade and boxes
/ in the banking neighborhood He also
makes collection from the hotels between
D
The districts south Of Liberty street are
as follows: No. II, West Broad to JEFF
fersOn, inclusive; No r. Jefferson to Whit
aker: No 10, Whitaker to Drayton; No.
IA, Drayton to Lincoln No. IS. Lincoln
to Price; No. IS, Price TO the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway track; No.
II, west of West Broad from Harris south
TO Gwinnett; No. IS, south of Gwinnett,
west Of West Broad street to Anderson
and then east to Whitaker street and
south to the corporate limits; No. 10, east
] n n
of Anderson to the corporate limits, in
GLIDING Smithville and the Thunderbolt
road. The carriers IN Districts Is and -
are mounted men. Districts IL to l6, in
elusive run from Liberty to Anderson
street. The sections south Of Anderson
street are divided between Nos is and 10.
In these districts three deliveries and
two collections are made daily, besides
the night collection from all the boxes in
the city.
There will be no more incomplete deliv-
| cries. Uncle Sam is so kind and fatherly
that he will not allow the carriers to over
work themselves, and their days work
/ is limited 10 eight hours. Under the old
/ system the people not only had fewer de-
/ liVeries and collections but If a carrier
| pired he stopped short and carried the rest
/ of his mail back to the office, so that peo-
| pie often had to wait for their mail twelve
| hours after II was put in the carrier
| hands The new system will prevent this.
1t will be noticed that the majority of
/ the districts are just one block wide. A
!
route will deliver all his mail out TO the
end of his route and will then collect from
the boxes on his way back to the office.
This VIII facilitate rapid delivery.
! 1t seems queer that 1t should have been
so, but heretofore the morning collection
/ has reached the postoffice just in time to
miss the / o clock train for New York, thus
delaying all northern bound letters twelve
/ hours. A letter dropped in a mail box
at o'clock in the morning would not
| leave for New York until midnight. If
| this were the only Improvement made by
| Postmaster Haines he would be deserving
| of the thanks of the Savannah public and
| especially the business men. Under the
new system the morning collections will
/ be made in time to catch the ] O'Clock
northern mail 1t is estimated that this
| will advance 5000 to 5000 letters daily by
/ twelve hours
Letters can now be mailed after supper
| in time to catch the midnight mail for
| New York and northern points. A night
| collection will be made by a mounted man
| in the district between River and Ander-
| son, East Broad and West Broad streets
VINO Will start out at $40 O'Clock and ar
rive back at the office at II o'clock The
night man will not be put on until Mon
| day, however. a-p-
Sundays a business collection will be
made between II and II O'Clock and a col
! lection from all the boxes at a. m. There
will be no delivery of mail by carriers on
Sunday, but the carriers delivery windows
! at the Dostoffice will be open until IL
| o'clock for the convenience of those who
| wish to call for their mail. The hours of
| making collections have not been placed
on the boxes, but will be in a few days as
soon as the details of the system are per-
fected; The hours for making deliveries
depend upon the arrival of the trains, but
the carriers will start out from the office
at about the following hours: $3.50 a. m.
$50 a. M, lob a. M, p. M, $40 p. m.
Mr.. r. w. Greene, chief mailing clerk
claims that this will give Savannah the
best carrier service in the south. The
postof1ce handles now between $4,000 and
$4,000 pieces of first-clasS mail matter
daily. With a force of twenty carriers
working inside the corporate limits this
gives an average of about 5000 people sup
piled by each carrier. The record of the
poStoffice is already firSt-class, there being
last month, with only 6S errors recorded
against the office.
WAS A COSTLY SIX DENTS.