New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-05
Dodd, Mead & Co.
Fifth Avenue and 2Ist St.
POSTAL DISTRICTS UNCHANGED.
THE ACTION OF CONGRESS NECESSARY TO
THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE OF
FICES NOW INCLUDED IN NEW
YORK-LETTERS SHOULD
BE ADDRESSED AS
FORMERLY
J ADDRESSED ?
FORMERLY.

Notwithstanding the consolidation Of the terri
tory embraced within the new city Of Eew-fork
change has been made In the posta. arrange
mcnts, in the method OF asserting ard deliver
ing the mail matter received al the postofceS now
Included within the city limits. 1t j. therefore I'M
necessary 10 make any changes in addressing peo-
pc who live I'm any Of the boroughs and IN fac,
such changes in The Old addresses are likely "a
confusion and delay in the delivery Of letters
Congress will have to take action before any alter
alton is made IN the present postal ARA gemcuts
and the Department will give due notice before
/ such changes so into effect.
Postmaster Van Colt was seer at his Office In
the Postoi''ce Building yesterday afternoon on his
return from Washington. where he has been IN
conference with Postmaster General Gary and
othe. officials OF the Department in relation 10 the
Offices OF The city and other important matters
The Postmaster said
Immediate action by Congress authorizing the
Posioihce Department to consolidate the various
ork IS out OF the question. such consolation
vii ultimately ;aAe place. bu; the question vii.
be approached with caution and after due delihcra-
ton. The, only action Of Congress necessary viii
be the repeal % The so-calel Gorman amendment
TO the law governing the PostOiice Department
which amendment provides that postofices in towns
H cues ,hnt are county seats snail not be abci
9ther Iowns or critics. This obstacle removed, the
Pcsto.hce Department has sufficient authority IN
itself o consolidate al. the postofHces in New
York. Ihe county seats involved are New York. in
and Long Island city. in the County OF queens
Richmond and Long Island city are second-clnss
cflceS. and the other poStofices within the new
city. some fifty in number. are in eithcr the third
While there will be no official recognition of the
new city. shall do everything in my power to
facilitate the delivery Of letters and Will probably
ssme a on praeGay RG lines as
The Postmaster thinks that an urgent need OF the
New-York Postofilce is more space for handling
mail matter. and TO that end he suggested to Mr..
Cary the erection OF "A onc-stOry extension 10 ihc
present building the north. Mail-st side as by
this means thlrty-ve hundred squire feet Of space
would be gained, which could he devoted 10 second
class mail matter. and would greatly facilitate It's
delivery. Both Postmastcr-Genera. Gary and Az
sistant PostmaSter-General Heath approved the
plan. and Congressman John Murray Mitchell will
shortly Offer In the House OF Representatives bill
providing fer this extension
Mr. Van Colt praised the workings OF the new
pneumatic tubes. He said:
We have as yet only the section between the
branch office at the Produce Exchange and the
ostimabc value in saving time and facilitating de-
livery II takes about one minute and ten seconds
for the carriers to make the trip each way
A letter cent by Tribune reporter yesterday
made the round trip in fraction less than three
minutes including the time taken 10 STAMP It's re-
reipt at the Produce Exchange
The lines which Will shortly be completed will
carry letters from the main office to Forty-fourth-
ST. In two minutes as against forty minutes at
present
Mir Van Colt thinks that an the branches should
ne connected with the main Office by this means
a possible
While an The figures for the holidays, have not
mail was by all odds tho heaviest tho office hal
ever handled. Excluding foreign matter. tho
clerks had forwarded 4'.227s6 pieces OF mail dur
ing December 1885, increase of 3,7S9O9l over
December. 1895 For December the foreign money
orders showed that sl.5o3.il2 30 had been sent to
Europe an Increase Of $aJOS e. or this amount
S9f3.N6 q went to Great Britain. And 70 balance
it the incoming order. showed that there had been
received from European countries s5i.g14 g. a de-
crease OF s20iS 80 and Of this Germany sent the
largest amount. Tho balance against The United
States ana in favor Of Europe thus being AS ~ 96