The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02
ARE IN WORKING ORDER
NEW POSTAL STATIONS BEGAN BUsI-
NESS YESTERDAY.
Work Proceeds without a Hitch
ThoubIe with Mail Chutes in the
Office Buildings.

The new postoffices designated as sta
tons" began business yesterday, and every
thing went off from the start with a seem
ing regularity that might have come
from years of experience. Station a
is located at the corner of I'LL
nois street and Mclean place, in
the new building recently erected at the
southeast corner by J. S. Lazarus. The
Postoffice is in the corner room. bright,
comfortable place. 1t is a business room
about fifteen by fifty feet, and is furnished
not unlike thousand postoffices in towns
OF two or three thousand population. A
space back to q distance of about ten feet
is for the public, while at the dividing line
there is a natural oak partition containing
the general delivery and money order win
dows and a hundred lock boxes. The furni-
ture was made by local manufacturers.
The interior Of the place is fitted up in the
most modern manner. There are the racks
of pouches, the canceling devices, boxes for
the sorting of mail, the superintendent
desk, etc. Charles L. Beatty has charge of
the place and was assisted yesterday by one
clerk, Thomas c. Kelly, whose regular du-
ties have been at the general delivery win
dow in the main Office. lie was serving at
the station only temporarily until the regu-
lar clerks, Wallace Buchanan and r. D.
Udell, are ready to go to work. The ten
carriers are Charles w. Ensey George Sui
grove, Frank Rogers. Frank Stillwell, AL
bert Magley, Neils Jensen, Samuel Wallace.
Homer Lloyd, Albert Taylor and Hans
Cobb.
From this station all that part of the city
lying north OF Sixteenth street and west of
Broadway is to be served. The carriers
make two trips day, leaving the station at
1870 and 2:15 o'clock. Yesterday there were
a little slow because the carriers had to
learn their territory. No matter how light
the delivery may be on any occasion, the
carriers have to cover their territory pref
ty thoroughly to reach all the boxes. A
number of new boxes have been added in
the northwestern part of the city, that
the service in the new part of the city, in
Guiding old North Indianapolis, will soon be
as good in any part.
The general delivery pigeon holes were all
empty yesterday afternoon, but 1t is not
probable that they will remain so long
Only such mail as was known to belong to
residents of the territory included in Sta
ton was sent from the main office to the
station yesterday, but when correspondents
get familiar with the workings of the new
at Station A will do it's full share Of the
general delivery business, and the good
looking clerk If he be such, will have to
deal with the young women and the young
men who receive mail without the knowl-
edge of parents or friends.
Yesterday six pouches of mail were hand
led at Station A. Mr.. Kelly carried the first
pouch out with him Monday night and dis
tributed to the carriers desks, and was on
hand to receive the first pouch brought by
thing was cleared up by the time the car
riers began to arrive. At present all the
mail for the station will be handled through
the main office, and all outgoing mail will
be sent to the main office. 1t may be, how
ever, that, in the course OF time,
some of the mail matter may be
handled direct from the railway
mail service to the station. This is done
in other large cities where the divisions in
the postottice have become well established.