The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-28

Many important and minor improvements
and changes Are contemplated bN the de-
partment at Washington tending to In
crease the. importance and facilities or
the p0stofrice Of Seattle. Some Of these
are 70 he inaugurated al once. waise 9TH
ers will require a few months to de-
velop. Still more are TO be tho subjects
Of investigation
Assistant Postmaster Colkett returned
home yesterday after an Eastern uip eS.
tending over two weeks Three DAYS OF
the time he spent with the department Of
hcials. and with them went over many
needed improvements In the Seattle Of
fce While most OF these have hesn prom
iscd not an VIII he made puhlic now, but
win be announced through department
channels,
II left here February 3" said Nr, Col
kett yesterday, and spent several days
visiting Eastern cities and my OLD homo
IN New Jersey Then went 20 Wash
ington, and spent three days with the de-
partment officials. ! found that they are
alive tp the importance ~ Seattle as
city and as a shipping point for Alaskan
malls They all admit that there y g y
IS hig place on Puget sound, and that "
win be Seattle.
consolidation of osnc-s.
zone of the things ! took up WAS the
consolidation Of pnsiofhces Within the cor
government offices within this district
now. and for eight years ! have been try.
ing TO have them all consolidated with
fremont ns nent and ala rstona Il sha eiiisens q
those districts desire 20 have the free car
rier system extended (" include these
places they must have the streets named,
houses numbered and sidewalks laid down,
The department has decided 10 stick 70
this rule. Otherwise the system would
extend little by little until y would tneiuno
a large Irregular area, The department VIII
insist on these things being dome. and
when they are We can hope for \ eonsoli-
.aIafkA f4tss mai tar MI
force, however. and the department has
promised TO send an Inspector mere ne.
q now s9 ana ,un ra whcn s s nsawn
as the proper thing 20 be done we may get
IL through.
station az Iutcrtay and the addition ~
several other Anbefatlnpa ~ Inherent
points about the city where applications
The department win take the matter 40
and Investigate each district II thought
advisable, We shall probably receive au-
thority 10 open them by July l.
shipping Alaskan Mail.
THE ar~t day following my arrival AZ
regarding the shipment ~ mail 10 Alaska
from Seattle. fI~ pointed vus 20 that
with the Alaska Commercial Company and
The North American TRANSPORTATION a
Trading Company % take man tuf al
Alaskan points including Nome and pnw-
spectiveiy
ssThe second day saw second Assistant
Postmaster General Shaiisnbergsf. and we
talked over tho same matter. l pointed
out that these vessels would make three
round trips 90 Dawson, and one extra trip
10 Nome, or eight mail deliveries during
the Srason. and an this vessels left han
Francisco and Seattle about the same tins.
IN reality there would be only four matt d.-
hverics from Seattle. | told him that We
had about twents.eovfn heats sailing for
the north. and that following the sailing
OF the contract steamers we shnpsd In 3
few days have large accumulation of
mad | submitted figures of what these
Seattle boats would carry this extra mail
for and asked permission 20 BE- allowed
10 forward Il az rapidly na II accumulated
They all agreed thai Seattle was the
best cisy from which 90 Ahip mait.. and
was assured by Nir shaieta~rsar that he
would keep In touch With Seattle ard thai
permission % send mail 81 other ma, she
contract steamers would be given when
the occasion demanded II
Extra Carriers.
II Rn bnpefui that we shall zsf more
Carriers after July i u depends - n
very lAfge exisni on tbs showing se are
able 10 make II tho people want tsttsr
service they must pasrunise fhv office
Every dollars worth ~ tlnnta purchased
10 ghe office and glYes us H0ihiHE q H.
sree DO sas aliowaDees u the seattle post
o'ss d esss s sa srs s sss' s.ass 70
fsuAir fhe street letter hDRae On alum
inufn eronxe. wlih nd isfterine Ths boxes
su ali EHaEefn Cisfaa sfe ~ That tes0f n1w.
ard look vfFF neat The package hsxna
Niit 81 painted ne ssuis color Res thr
transfer design 9ii b. recommended later
IS fhe aFfsS fufrf
I'VE took un tbs matter At our registry
system, ard NfN HN Allowed several Items
that wai snaE0gv 1t improvements wlli -
Bsta 81 iae noheT prtef system, y hich
viii ,gna to- enlarge 4 ara make ii more
easily seHaiad
eAnsefal gtGsf ifupuFt kak matters Ners
discussed ard anfnuFaNsHgsnf vas given
nfa thai NsuA he 8iaNni naAfig SIT ~
then n hR Department e sNiinR ~ hAle