The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-05-10
CARRIER REGISTRATION.
Postmaster Frantz Issues an order to the
Public in Regard to New Service.

Public in Regard to New Service.
To the Publicity order of the
Third Asst P. NJ General the new
system Of registration of letters by
Carriers will be put in operation at
this office May Is, 1900.
/ In order that the patrons OF the post
, office may better understand this new
| system, I desire to invite your careful
/ atten ton to some of the rules promu1-
gated by the Postofice department.
For the present the system will be
/ confined to the purely residential dist
riots, but will be extended so as to in
clude every business house, as soon as
the conditions will permit.
Do not send money or other valuable
matter in the mails without register
ing same.
| Every domestic registered letter is
fully insured up to ten (1O) dollars.
Every registered article is traced by
! a perfect system of receipts.
A receipt from the addressee is
always obtained and returned to the
sender without cost.
| Only letters will be received by
| Carriers for registration, and owing to
the provisions Of the eight hour law as
applied to Carriers, letters must be
ready when the Carrier calls, for he is
forbidden on pain of dismissal, to wait
| even a fraction of a minute longer
than is necessary to write a receipt.
Every letter must be inc1osed in an
envelope strong enough to safely carry
contents and be in perfect condition.
The envelope must bear name and
address, street and number of address
see, also name of sender and his ad-
dress, and have the postage and regis
try fee prepaid, either with stamps
attached or in money the exact amount
to be paid the Carrier.
The writing on the envelope must be
plain and 1egible.
A glance viii tell Carrier if a
letter is properly prepared for regis
tration. If so, the Carrier will give
you a receipt for the same, showing
the amount Of money paid him for
postage and fee, when stamps are not
attached to your letter.
The Carrier is forbidden to advance
money or make change, and therefore
! if there is a surplus it will be returned
to you from the Post Office.
If your letter is rot properly pre-
pared the carrier will simply decline
il and hand you a card of information
which will explain his refusal, as he il
positively forbidden to make oral ex
PLANTATION or to engage in discussion
with the patrons.
IF it be found that your letter is TN
nai1able for any cause, when it reaches
the Post Office; for instance, INSULT
Gent address or deficiency in postag,
and fee, you will be notified direct.
Registered letters cannot be dis
patched from this Office unless postag,
and registry fee are fully prepaid.
The registry fee for letters, foreign
and domestic, is eight cents in addition
to full postage.
Domestic letter rate:-Two cents TO
each ounce or fraction thereof.
This rate applies to the United States
Canada, Mexico, Porto Rico, the Phil
ippines, and the Island of Guam.
Foreign letter rate:-Five cents fo1
each half ounce or fraction thereof.
This rate applies TO letters for Cuba
and Hawaii; but letters addressed K
persons in the service Of the United
/ States at those places, which show the
branch of the service to which the
addressee is attached, require the
domestic letter postage only.
Very respectfully,
CHAs. FRANrz, p. M.