The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-17
NAIL MAY
Be MOVED
RAPIDLY
Erwiin's Plans for
Expediting
Letters.
AFSSENGERS ON
ALL STEAMERS
VIII Recommend That Course as
the Best Method of lmprov-
ing the Service.

Upon the success of plans which
are being perfected by superin-
y tendent Erwin viii depend the
u5atest possible Improvement in the
nail service of Honolulu. These con-
pmplate in addition to the perfection
Of the carrier service a mail messenger
service upon the steamers, which will
provide for the working of the mails
not only into the routes for the car
ders, but as well the bundling of the
nail for the largest clients of the of
fee so that there will be no delay in
he immediate delivery. This. of course,
.an only be recommended to the de-
9aFtment by Mr.. Erwin, but it is most
likely that his recommendation will be
hlOWed
The plan is one which has grown In
the mind Of Superintendent Erwin since
Is arrival The first plan for the i'm
T9Vement Of the service so as to make
a carriers more effective was the sta
flning Of clerk from this office in
San Francisco, so that all mail for this
dIy could be sorted as to routes for
apd delivery. But evidence that
aere would be slight value in that
pan has accumulated Mr.. Erwin has
ssh informed that the plan followed
here obtains in the States, and in San
Francisco particularly. of mailing all
s'IeFs Just as the mail is closing. This
s9ad preclude any possibility of good
aislng from a clerk there, except in
as cases where letters came to hand
all
Win this condition Mr.. Erwin has
'eided that the only course will be to
pace on the steamers coming here a
-sssshger who would distribute the
14A as to carriers routes. The addi-
ss9asi DIVISION of all the mail for the
1ssst hrms into separate packages
S second thought, which came up
u lAe discovery of the large. amount
nal which comes to. ShA principai
a.4ses i is the opinion aafSMr. Erwin
%4 ali the mail arr%3hg in this
~ perhaps 80 per cent Is distributed
-.I --'pAs seyenty-five business and off,
,l - ouices. With this condition his
G-l Is 70 have the mail bundled by
- messenger before the arrival of the
,eF' SO that Immediately upon it's
sar4 sa4p, al the postoffice the letters
~ srl oe oackstamped and put into the
ailutes. "'thih d very lie"
~ an element for this speed there is
sgsc'ed soon a machine which will
an LAY Win much of the hard work
IRE 'ls receipt of mail. This is an cleo
sm ..Ceiilng machine. This machine
nSss stamp or cancel the stamps upon
-,,;, ',N'elS In an hour. 1t is auto
NJ, ~ IN the matter of feedinp inc
!; n. .UTk by hand being the punching
tbe. s letters, and then the carving
tsra1alH away after they have passed
his n -s1the the mill. The reouisition for
I'M 8, 'eu4he was made some time ago.
mat expected that it will be sent
ses,1tonac oace Both the outgoing and the
,ls mails will be passed through
sved tlfne and labor will be
iaos ma! tsei! received yesterday was per-
4,;s, Ns heaviest on recora &C +o
shia .ails' There were onlv PAT sacks
wa rsa, Previous occasion 2s3 sacks
as nSs!Ved. But the mail last night
e2, II, ,s!eularly heavy in letters SO
tks "ss calculated by Cantain Re-
Ia mat the nuroba, -
g lstter "rariy radi $4,000 This is the Iarg-
.as3iTl being $4,000. Tho arriv., 49,
" Ps d the mail was viauad hv
O. In -. VINO took much time and
Cd nar.e he Examination of the I.t,srs
teSilng estimates as 70 tha he 80 49, in
&ass lion. Mr.. Erwin said.
ss 6sxaa mat not l per cent OF the
ss ana 'e any street address ,,non
=. ). lulnb4r not per cent have a
ss1g TN ,a'o effect the narriar svs,are em
sfsat aroo,,ts ao,.lIiis week you viii see
=; the M MI Oh labor in the hand
4, .$Sing is ,.l - Dy those men. The
r. nat ever pTsGuiar-the : most pecu-
3, sldrassa. nave seen. There are
psiter is So e5. 20 Honolulu postoffice.
ei onoluln @laressed to the Queen
1c5r1n,'. and other such unusuaI
lte cs,rpiete cars:ete addresses A 'i"a 'a'
ISIS Of = tbisae nave not yet completed
~ Nat is al an routes, and even
"a The ar."e there will be hard
aoueed ~ cement of them. L
ne maiIina' there is no regular
@'fd dav IS Vi letters. Here il is
er the last man 30