The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-23
$4,000 PIECES or MAIL A DAY.
rOsTOFFICE HAVING a RECORD
BREAKING RUSH.

Postmaster Doyle say. the once II
Handling Daily Mass OF Mail.
Registry Department HAD Co Have
Extra CIerks-Monry order he
partment l. Also Feeling the Ell
feet OF the Holiday s-Indicnti ons
That the Christmas jug Trade in
Dry Counties IL Unusually Large.
Christmas DeiIVeric. OF Mail.
There Is no institution that IS more in
dicatyc OF prosperous and pleasant
Christmas season than the rostonirc.
Postmaster Joseph L. Doyle says that tho
savannah postoffce is now handling tho
biggest Christmas mail ever known in his
experience. That means a great deal. for
Postmaster Doyle has spent more than
half "A dozen Chrlstmases at the head OF
the Savannah once.
Ordinarily. during the last six months
the Savannah postonice has handled
daily average Of something like $500
pieces OF hrst-class mail Now the post
mac r. says the business Is nearly dou-
blo that. ana the number handled GA ac-
count OF the Christmas holidays Vill
almost reaca the enormous total o. 5000
a day There IS also a similar Increase
in tho number OF merchandise packages
handled
The registry department, al the savan-
ua7- office is doing an enormous business.
Il Is apparently more popular than it has
ever been before For the last two or
three days there have been crowds around
the registry window 40 40 hours OF the
day receiving or sending packages or LETT
sers. Postmaster Doyle found IL ncces-
sary yesterday 20 put Eve clerks In the
registry department and even then they
could hardly attend 20 the heavy business.
IL WAS fortunate for the postoflce force
that the Northern mail due fn the after
noon WAS four hours late as Il enabled
one Of the mail crews to assist In the reg
istry department As an instance Of how
'he registry business Is piling up II is
stated that forty registered letters were
received yesterday for one Savannah firm.
and others are getting them iu similar
proportion. The registry department ls
used both for sending letters containing
money and also valuable package. ~ that
most OF those Christmas presents which
have much intrinsic value. and are sent
by mail. are always registered.
tho money order deparimeut. Il appears.
however that more orders are being re-
Ceived IN tho city just now than are be-
Ing sent out. ~ is said one firm mad
cashed yesterday about &ioo n small mon
~ orders from many sections OF Georgia
and neiEhboring states. Interesting con.
illusions may be- drawn from this large
amount IN small orders. and other similar
instances For example 70 q known that
the people In tho dry country counties
are not sending 10 the city Tor waternel-
ons A man up a tree might say that the
responses 90 those money orders would
be- something like a hundred or more jugs
with assorted contents. The jug trade Is
prolific al this season OF che year and
most Of the orders FOR Christmas booze
from the dry counties are accompanied
hy postonice money orders while some
times they come by registered mall. Tho
Indications are that the Jug trade this
year Viii be heavy
Slniday Intervening will cause con
certion OF mail matter az the Postofilce.
There being no delivery OF mail to-day.
the Christmas letters and packages Will
accumulate Ia quantities The Posofiice
viii deliver an Of the mail matter that Is
called for this morning. but that will get
comparatively little OF Il out OF the way.
rs few go there on Sunday. However,
this morning mail delivery viii be much
larger than is usually the case on Sun
dav. and on that account there viii he
extra carriers on duty. These extra car
riers win also aid la the delivery Of mail
tomorrow. and on Christmas morning.
there being only one delivery on Tuesday.
The stamp window and the registry de-
partment will be open In the morning. but
the money order department will be
otosed