People's voice., 1900-09-27
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In The New York post ofice, when .
letter is presented for registration IL b
inspected by the receiving clerk TO as
certain whether 1t is in good condition,
firmly sealed, properly addressed
and sufficiently prepaid, and that
the name of the sender has been
Endorsed on It These requirements be-
ing met, the clerk records the letter In
o book composed Of alternate thin and
thick leaves, a manifold copy Of the en-
try being obtained by means Of sheet
Of carbon paper placed between the
two.
The thin sheets are perforated In OBJ
long sections for ready separation, and
constitute the receipts issued to the
public. Each receipt bears distinct
number in series running from one to
one hundred thousand, and every letter
registered has the number Of the receipt
issued for II indorsed on It's face.
The condition Of the letter envelope
is now inspected by another clerk, and
II perfect, the imprint Of hand stamp
Is impressed across the edge of the flap
10 betrsy any tampering.
These preliminsries being completed,
. card known ss the return receipt 10
prepared and attached TO the letter by
means Of rubber band. On one side OF
the card appear the number, date OF
mailing, name Of addressec, and desti-
nation Of the letter; on the other, the
name and full address Of the sender, TO
whom the receipted card will be re-
turned when the letter has been deliv.
cred.
In its numerical order the letter
passes TO separating clerk, and with
70 others, composing On even 100 is dis
tributed TO one OF the six cases, where
II will be further treated. The sep
arating clerk verifes the count of each
100 letters before separating another
100, and, as frequently as may be neces-
sary. delivers each subdivision to the
clerks in charge Of The cases.
A case consists Of long table with
Get Of pigeon holes bearing the names
Of the large cities in the section Of the
country assigned to that case, and in
these pigeon holes the clerk In charge
boxes the letters, and from time to time
parcels them out to his assistants.
The next step Is the preparation OF
what is known as q registered package
envelope. This consists Of an ingeni-
ously contrived envelope specially ymAn-
ufactured out of particularly tough
paper for the use to which it is put,
and also numbered in o series of 160, 900.
On the face of each envelope appears
its number and spaces for the name Of
the post Office, county and state to
which it will be sent, while the back is
arranged for notations Of its condition
by every postal official through whose
hands 1t subsequently passes. One Of
these envelopes having been addressed,
entry of the letter to be inclosed in it
Is made on registry bill, which shows
the date of mailing, name of the post
oisce using It, name Of the post Office to
which it will be sent, number of the
registered package envelope, and, final
ly, the registered number of the letter
to be placed in 1t and the name Of It's
addressee.
The bill and the letter are placed in
this envelope, which then passes to a
clerk, who removes It's contents, COM
pares the letter with the entry on the
bill, and calls the registered letter and
registered package envelope numbers,
together with their destination, to an
assistant, who records these particu-
lars in the mailing book. The letter
and bill are now replaced in the en-
velope, and 1t passes to another clerk
for final veri6cation Of contents and
sesling.