The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-07
FOR HONOlULU'S
POSTAL SYSTEM
Special Agent Flint is Here to
Make Local Office an Up
to Date One.

beginning next Thursday a postal SER
vice will be inaugurated In Honolulu that
Will be- the equal of that In any city OF
Its size In tho entire United States. NJ. II.
Flint. special agent for the United State
Postal Department. arrived yesterday on
the Australia and will begin at once the
work OF revising tho postal service of
Honolulu and OF the Islands at large and
within another month changes will be
m force that will prove Of great benefit
and value To all Hawailans
Among the Innovations which will be of
most direct interest and benefit to Ho-
nolulans will be the institution of a free
delivery system In this city. This long
deeded Improvement will be much appre-
siated here and IL will be effected az so,n
as Mr. Flint can make the necessary pre
siminsry arrangements. Another adyan-
tageous change Will be the extension OF
me laws governing money transmits. ON
through the mails. Hereafter II will lie
gossibfe to send money through tins
snaiis I'm the form OF money oraers pay
able at any postoffiCe in the States
While no Hawaiian postage stamps or
postal cards or stamped envelopes will
oe sold after June 18th, this does not mean
mat All such as are already on hand VII
5e rendered vaiueless. All stamps of tins
/ tt"public OF Hawaii which have been solo
PRIOR 10 that date will be- accepted for
postage until after December 1ith, but
As the Introduction OF the new system
viii make ~ material reduction in the
rates OF postage between the Islands and
the Mainland, IL In not Anticipated that
many hawaiian stamps will be used aft.
or Thursday.
| What may be perhaps considered a dis
! adNsntage OF the new system will bs
the discontinuance OF the parcels posi-
| system from the Islands. After Jun.
1 18th only parcels and marchand,s.
weighing not To exceed four pounds vii
be accepted In the mails. ~ is expecte<
.hat ,his VIII pc counterbalanced by tn'
establishment OF an express system from
the Islands to the Coast, similar to TIM
OF Wells-F Fargo and the Pacific Express
Mr.. PINT comes from Washington en-
doWcd with plenary powers from IN,
fVstoffice Department to take all tn,
steps toward putting the new system in
70 active operation. With him on tn
Australia he brought 10000 in Unite,
states stamps. Not only is Mr.. Flint EN-
powered To make all arrangements to pu
the postal system OF the Islands int,
nrst class shape, but he Is given the au
minor towns OF the Islands and TO take nj
fuch steps "a will insure the same ser
vice IN these towns as that enjoyed b,
terday Mr. Flint prepared a circular let
ter addressed TO well known men In III
various towns OF the Islands who hav
been recommended by President Dole 10
the positions Of postmasters In thei
towns. In this letter no outlined IN
work which will be confded TO their car
tnd noted the particular changes TIA
VIII Dc made under the United State
law. Mr.. FLINT was In conference wit
. President Dole for some time yesterda
requiring some necessary informatio
about the Islands. and he was show
through the local postoffice by Postmas
ter cat and given an idea OF the presen
work lngs OF tho department.
Mr.. Flint u quite young man, but
has had many years OF actual service
, tho Postal Department at Wasbingto
and he In thoroughly Conversant wit
> he workings Of the Department In
It's branches.