The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-04
LETTERS IMPROPERLY ADDRESSED.
aIischievous or Ignorant Sendors Make lets Of
Trouble for the Poat Onloe.

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Trouble for the Post ONCE.
About 300 letters arrived at the Post ONCE
yesterday intended for various parts of tho
now city and. addressed in every way but tho
right way. evidently with the purpose of max
ing the Post Office officials show their dexterity
In discovering obscure places In the great city.
The work of locating misdirected or INSULT
GENTLY directed lettersshas by long practice been
reduced.t to such q system that eventually nearly
all Of these letters will reach their destin alton,
but only after moro or less delay. Some Of
them will reach an ultimate grave In the Dead
Letter Office.
The methods used to get these letters to their
destination are the same Us those used with
any letters faulty addressed. They are sent
to tho inquiry office and thcre Is q thorough
search OF various directories, and IL the name
on tho envelope is found the letter is forwarded
without delay. II 1t is not found, the lettor Is
sent to every person for whom it might possibly
be meant. and then If these efforts are unsuc-
Office.
Greater New York" letters, as they are called.
Is to give the name and street. and then New
York In some cases It is a comparatively
belongs to. but in more cases 1t is difficult and
Troublesome, because OF the number Of streets
In the different boroughs that have the same
name: For instance, there are fve distinct
Broadways. one in Manhattan. one partly in the
Bronx and partly in Manhattan, one In Brook.
lyn. one in Queens, and one In Richmond. Some
letters came yesterday addressed TO certain
numbers in 'Broad way. New York" and one
OF these was sent to Richmond. A number OF
letters came addressed to certain streets In the
borough OF Queens, but did not designate what
town in that rural district was meant. All
such letters were promptly forwarded 10 the
Long Island City Pos. Oficc to lot tho officials
there wrestle with the problem. Several lo.-
tors were addressed to Main street. New
York" Nearly every, town and hamlet in
some cases the directory helped out, but the
other letters will wander about until their own.
ers are found or they are consigned 10 the Dead
Letter Office.
Chief Clerk Stone OF the bureau OF Inquiry
said yesterday: The work OF this bureau win
DO greatly complicated for some time TO come.
until the smart ones get tired of their little
game and others learn that they must address
tho letters In the stino way as they did before
Jan. ]. Letters for Brooklyn should he ad-
dressed to Brooklyn. and letters for Long Isl.
and City should be addressed TO that place. for
the Post Office there Is still the Long Island
City. Pest Office. Tho Same holds true OF all the
other towns and hamlcts that have become "A
part OF the city, until. at least, the tanglc Of
street names has been Strengthened out.
Very few letters will fail to reach their dcs-
t~inatiOns. ultimately. but there will DO trouble.
which the addresses do no. specify not only
tho borough, but in the case OF Queens and
Richmond the part OF the borough. II people
leave off trying TO be smart and pay attention
TO, these little things there will bo no trouble
whatever