The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-03

Beginning with July / next West
Scranton will have the sub-postoffice
for which the people of that part of the
city have been clamoring.
When the matter was taken up re-
Gently by the West Scranton board of
trade Postmaster E.. II. Ripple gave the
plan his hearty endorsement and when
the assistance of Congressman Con-
nell was asked he took up the matter
with his customary energy and has
succeeded in getting the postoffice de-
partment to establish the postoffice
asked for. 1t will be of great conven-
fence to the people of that portion of
the city.
The location of the sub-postoffice
has not yet been agreed upon, Post
Office Inspector German being now en-
gagged in trying to locate a suitable
building. He says it should be of brick
and very centrally located.
The proposed sub-postoffice will do
its business entirely through the CEN
trial postoffice, but aside from this
will have all the functions of a post
office, such as the receiving and dis
tribution of all kinds of mail matter,
sale of stamps, registering of letters
and issuing of money orders. All of
the carriers supplying the West Scran-
ton district will receive their mail
from the sub-postoffice and make their
returns to it. This will enable the car
riers to serve larger districts, for the
reason that the time of going to and
from West Scranton in the cars will
be saved.
SJrpERJNTENDENT AMI EpK
The postoffice department has al
lowed a superintendent and one clerk
for the sub-postoffice, the superintend-
ent to be one OF the carriers. 1t has
been figured out by the department
that the time the carriers will save by
having the sub-postoffice established
will be equal to twelve hours a day or
a day and one-half of working time.
This will make it possible to reduce the
force of carriers by one and still make
the service better than it is now. This
will permit of one of the carriers being
made a superintendent at a salary of
$1,000 per year. John Henry Phillips
has been selected for the superintend-
ency. He is one of the oldest carriers
in the service here.
The other carriers who will be at
tached to the sub-postoffice are E. S.
Evans, Thomas o. williams, George
A. Jones, Thomas r. Jones, Walter
McNicholas and w. j. Cannon. Henry
Bird, who now delivers In the north
end of West scranton and the south
end of North Scranton, may or may
not be attached to the branch office.
While the lines of the district that
will be served from the sub-office has
not been definitely decided upon, it
can, in general way, be said that it
will include the territory west of the
main line and the Blopmsburg divi-
sion of the Delaware, LacKawanna and
Western railroad. The northern divi-
sion line will be in the neighborhood
of Trips park, and it will extend to
the city line on the south. 1t is esti-
; mated that to this territory Is deliv-
cred about one-slxth of the entire mail
of the city.
DETAILS NOT WORKED OUT.
The details of the operation of the
branch postoffice have not yet been
worked out. A man will be employed
| to carry the mail from this city to
| West scranton, but whether the mail
| from West Scranton will be sent In
| bulk or distributed here for carriers
| has not been definitely decided upon
AS soon as the sub-postoffice Is es-
| tablished the sub-station that is now
| in operation over there will be dis.
| continued.
| At present the business portion OF
West Scranton has three deliveries 6
| day. 1t will not be known until the
sub-postofiice is in actual operation
whether the business people of tha
| part of the city can be given additiona
| service.