The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-27
WANT A BRANCH POSTOFF|CE
sUB-sTATIoN PROPOSED FOR
NORTH MAIN STREET.
To Receive Mail, Sell Stamps, Regis
ter Letters and Issue Money Ord
ers-Favored By Postmaster.

The business houses on upper Mair
street and on East South Temple for
war6ed to Postmaster Thomas yester-
day the following petition
Hon. A. L. Thomas. Postmaster Salt
/ Lake City.-Dear Sir: We the under
| signed, persons and firms doing business
in the northern section of the business
establish in said district a branch depart
mont of the postoffice. The most avail
able and desirable spot, in our opinion, is
the store OF George @. Cannon & Sons
(SignedD Lorenzo Snow, Joseph +. Smith
Improvement Era, Francis NJ Lyman,
Frank Y. Taylor Elias Norris & Sons
/ company Angus M. Cannon, Heber j.
Grant & Co. lions Savings bank. State
Bank of Utah. Siegel Clothing company,
q. c. NJ. l., John r. Barnes Union Light
& Power company. John Henry Smith, B.
=. Schettler. Arthur F. Barnes, Cutler
Bros. company, John c. Cutler Young
Bros company, F. G. Schramm, Lambert
Paper company, Home Fire Insurance
company. Freeze Mercantile company,
David James company, Fergus CoaIter,
Utah National bank. f. S. Richards. Des-
eret News. r. V. Burton, John R. Winder,
+. K. Thomas. lions Benefit Building
Society, W. S. Mccormick, Magazine
Printing company, George Q. Cannon
Sons company.
Nephf Morris of Elias Morris & Sons
company is promoter of the new idea,
and in getting up the petition he had
the hearty cooperation of all the lead
ing firms and the support of Postmas-
ter Thomas. For long time Can
mons store has been a regular stamp
department. all the firms in the locality
purchasing their stamps there. But a
more convenient place. where stamps
and money orders could be secured and
mail registered. than the present loca-
ton of the postOffice, which will be even
further away in the new federal build
ing, was needed; and Mr.. Morris, first
securing the sanction of the Cannon
company as to location, started out
with the petition. 1t was readily signed
by ALL and in less than two hours after
its being worded, was forwarded.
The petition will be granted if Post
master Thomas has his way
II will take the matter up at once
with the department at Washington,
said he, ''for / believe it is an improve
ment we long have needed. / hope to
have sub-stations in other parts of the
city in time. for the pcstoffice exists
to accommodate the people. and this
would be an additional accommodation.
Sub-stations can be inaugurated, bust
ness firms being appointed to conduct
them at nominal salaries. These sta
tions will have power to receive and
register mail issue money orders and
sell stamps.
"As it is. a. person living out of the
business district who wants to register
q letter. has to come to the postoffice..
and. car fare and all considered, it is
practically a double tax for the privi-
lege., 1T is the same with obtaining,
money orders, and | shall dc all I'M my
power to secure the establishment of
the branch asked for in the petition.
as we'll as others north, east south and
west.
Postmaster Thomas leaves for Wash
ington next month and Will carry the
proposition with him