New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-27
FREE DELIVERY MAY l.
INCREASED MAIL. FACILITIES FOR BROOK
LYN'S- NEW WARDS

WHAT POSTMASTER SULLIVAN SAYS OF THE RE-
CENT DECISION OF THE DEPARTMENT-No
ADDITIONAL HELP REQUIRED.
Irnofbcial information reached Brooklyn yes
terday that the Posofice Department had re-
considered its decision regarding the extern
sion OF the free-delivery system to the new
wards OF the city, and that 1t would be put In
operation on May l. 1t was also stated mat
Chief Clerk Machen, who has charge OF the free-
delivery division would come to Brooklyn TO-
day to complete the final arrangements
Postmaster Sullivan. when spoken to on the
.uhiect in tho afternoon said that while he had
received no official information. ne was conn
dent that the recent announcement that the
benefits of free delivery would not be extehoeu
to these wards would not be justihed py tne
event but that the Department would carry OUT
the plan formed some time ago for putting '"a'
part Of the city on the same basis as the 'eS' VI
Brooklyn At present he said. the oroer t"a'
tho fourteen offices in these wards should be
turned over to the Brooklyn Postonice on the
,st Of April was still in effect. but no provision
had been made for giving them free dehVer''
II things remained in this way the postal IA
clities in that part Of the city AFTER the oes'''
ming Of the next month would be decidedly poor
would soon be received to start the free delivery
at the beginning Of May and said that the IN
terval would afford time for securing puiio'''s'
for the stations. perfecting the leases anu man
ing other necessary arrangements
This IS matter which has been giving '"e
postofice officials in Brooklyn more or less
trouble for more than year. year "so u
was thought that arrangements wouio pe pei
fected for giving free delivery to the Ih'l'le'i
and Thirty-frst wards at the oeg'hni"s "a los"
July, but that plan was abandoned anu II wa"
decided to postpone action until the Inn
on Ward Flatlands) had also come H. anu '''''
disoose of the whole subject at once n lie"
weeks ago 1t supposed that eVery'"i"s ""1
been settled the sites for the stations were Sc
lected and all arrangements were prac''cal'
completed for establishing the new service at the
time fixed Then a fortnight ago came 'he an
nouncement from Washington that the appro-
nr,at,o was not sufficient to allow the arrange
ment to be carried out This was siea'
SUNRISE and threatened to be cause OF much
embarrassment.
Happily the prospect now Is that free delivery
sarvice will be nut in operation in the annexed
district on May l. At first 1t will be somewhat
crude and as the carrier routes will be long,
many people will not be able to get their man
as early as they DO now when they go 10 'lie
local postoce in person Stl they VIII ue ~,
the same footing In general way as 'ne ~
or the rest OF the city many of whom do not re-
ceive their first morning mail before they nav
to start for business II is expected that theie
viii he ono wagon rou:e In connection with
each station. and Postmaster sullivan VIII en-
courage carriers. who wish TO do so. TO use
BICYCLES on their routes where this is pracucaoie,
although no arrangements have yet been maze
FOR the Department to furnish bicycles
BY the adoption of wagons for the collection OF
mails throughout the city. Mr.: sullivan says
thai twenty-eight collectors will be relieved or
their present duties The carriers needed Tor me
new wards will thus be secured without any az,
ditional cost. and as only twenty-five men WI
ba reeded there there will be six men TO
strengthen the general carrier service