The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-07
THREE MORE CLERKS ADDED.
SEATTLE PosTOFFICE AGAIN REC
OGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
Increase of Ten within n Week-One
More Steamer Mail tn Nome-Pa-
pers VIII Not Now BE Sent to
Interior Points-wtnter Schedule.

A telegram received by Assistant Post
master Colkett, from the first assistant
postmaster general at Washington yes
terday authorizes the reinstatement of
two temporary clerks and the addition of
a iaborer TO the force OF the Seattle post
Office. This Is In addition to the seven
clerks authorized to be put on perma-
nently the first Of the month and will be
valuable addition TO the postal service
I'm this city.
The increase Is due TO the efforts of
Postmaster Stewart, who for the past
week has been in Washington city work.
Ing TO secure an increase In the force
here and generally for tho betterment OF
the local service. Last night Mr.. Stewart
left Washington for Seattle and is ex-
pected 10 arrive here Wednesday.
Since the latter part OF last year until
October l the Seattle postofiice has had
an extra temporary force of nine clerks.
An effort was made to have these made
permanent. but on that date. on the re-
port of the Inspector. an order was issued
by the department authorizing that seven
Of the number be put on permanently This
allowance. while appreciated In the once,
was not adequate TO Its needs and. in
fact. had the order been allowed 20 stand
IL would have resulted In Gripping the
once.
So Postmaster Stewart undertook TO
show this condition to the department.
with the result that he has been success
full In not only securing the two add.
tionai clerks. but also In getting a lab,
orer OF which the office stood greatly IN
need
A glimpse back behind the scenes at
the Seattle postof8ce win suffice TO con-
vince the most skeptical OF the necessity
for the two additions that have been
granted TO the postoffioe here within the
ri II. q.
fetal In the front end OF the building is
huge pile OF papers that force OF
clerks Is at work on. The several pieces
belong 90 parties 70 whom no addresses
are given and Il Is necessary that each
name DO looked up In the directory or
in the private record Of addresses kept
nv the ofiice. In another corner Is a
large pile OF all sorts Of mail that Is be-
Ing held Tor postage. neeessi'sting a rec
In the general delivery the hoxe. look
ss though they had not been delivered
OF any % their contents for many DAYS
past instead Of being well ernptied and
refiled several times a day In the
money order department a force OF clerks
i kept busy all day long. while In the
basement more general Idea q the ousI-
ness done IN the Seattle postoffice can
be derived than IN any other department
Yesterday very large mail was sent
on the J. s kimbali 70 Nome. II II ex~
rectsd that al ieas, one more steamer
mail will 20 out for that Point this sea-
son, AFTER which the winter service, Of
once week overland. via skAKway. will
be inaugurnted.
There win De no NOR. papers sent from
the Seattle pQst0frcs 10 interior points tn
Alaska this year. and therefore II IL use.
less for persons Ia the East or elsewhere
10 send this class 81 mail. Already there
r. fully q ton accumulated IN the Office
and all arriving from now on will be con-
signed % the same pile untii the rrst
| shipment By beat IN the spring Letter
NAH however, WIN be sent through on
| the regular schedule 90 all points
T'Nere is A ruFnor that q new mail route
| Is about 20 be established from Eafrnat
| Up the coast and across the peninsula
| % Cape Some There Is however not H.
/ ing dshnifc about q AZ yef. and q Is pos
I sihie that Il may have reference 20 Some
war department murN as nothinE GHIsi b
/ h kuuwn % Il BY the local authorities