Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-13
deli: cry and collection service in the
business section was also improved.
Night Service at the Postoffice.

uel"eiS anu cOIlecClOn service in h
business section "a also improved.
Night Service at the Postoffice.
Then came the Inauguration of the
night service at the main p~ostoffice.
The time of keeping the general deliv-
cry window open was extended from
1880 p. m. to II o'clock and arrange
ments were made to sell stamps and
postal supplies, register letters and is
sue and pay money orders until II
o'clock each night, except on Sunday.
The value and convenience of this SER
vice speaks for itself. 1t has, l be-
lieve, been a material factor in the in
crease in the postal receipts.
Street Car Collection Service.
OttumWa was one of the first cities
in the United States to secure the
street car collection of mail service. |
am informed hat Ottumwa came third
on the list. The service was urged
upon the department and was at first
ordered eXperimentally for a period of
six months. At the expiration of this
time the service had demonstrated it's
value and convenience to the public
and it was then ordered as a regular
feature of the free delivery service in
this city. To persons residing near
the street a lines in the outskirts or
in fact in any part of the city the ser
vice has proven to be a feature that is
greatly appreciated. The last collec-
ton each day from these street car
boxes is made after II o'clock at night.
This mail goes out on the night trains
and reaches Chicago at $50 a. m. and
Omaha at 7:3O a. m.
Five Rural Routes.
Upon the approval and recommends
ton of Congressman Lacey five rural
mail routes have been established
starting from Ottumwa. Petitions
for two additional routes are now on
file with the department and it is hop
ed h a early and favorable action can
be secured On the same.
East End Station.
A sub-postal station for the sale of
stamps and other postal supplies, the
issuance and payment of money orders
and the registry of letters has been es-
tablished in the East End of the city,
near the packing house.
An UnexceIIed Force.
No %postoffice in the country in my
judgment has a more capable or hard
er working force of employees than has
the Ottumwa office. From assistant
postmaster to the lowest paid clerk,
the entire force has been actuated by
a single desire to give to the public
the best possible service, and has con-
scientiously worked to that end. 1t
has been recognized that the postmas-
ter and all the p%ostoffice employees are
here to serve the people and they are
ready and glad to do SO in all proper
ways and at all times. Reports of in
accuracy, delay, or failure in the SER
vice of any nature whatsoever have
been solicited and no complaint, how
ever trivial, has failed to receive
prompt and careful investigation if
brought to the attention of the post
master or his assistant. The govern
vice, and the public is entitled to the
best that can be secured.
The postal receipts of the Ottumwa
office will reach almost if not quite
$50, 900 for the year ending March 81,
1902. In addition to this the Office
handles in and out nearly $1,000,000 OF
money order funds annually. All this
work requires the most careful and ex.
acting labor on the part of the EN-.
ployes and carries with it heavy re.
sponsibility.
Roster of Employees.
The roster of employees of the OF.
tunwa postofice is as follows:
Assistant poStmaster-Fred. W.Wil
son.
In charge of South Side ofice-E
H. Thomas.
Money order clerk-E. w. Lowen.
berg.
Mailing clerk (day)-W.W Burgess.
Mailing clerk (night)-M. p. Conso
dine.
Mailing clerk-Geo. H. Elliott.
General delivery and stamp clerk
Miss Carrie Caughlan.
Night clerk n distributer-D. B.
Houke.
SJamper-Otto Armstrong.
Ill charge of sub Station No. 1-E
DUNCAN.
City Letter Carriers.
Route No. III. E. Swenson.
Route No. &c. w. Parsons.
Route No. 3-True Giltner.
Route No. 4-E. A. Schworm.
Route No. SC. G. Keyhoe.
Route No. 6-Jno. w. Hughes.
Route No. TN. Schwartzenbacf
(South Side, mounted.)
Route No. SEE. Kinds (mounted)
Route No. &c. A. Ellis (South Side
mounted.)
Route No. 10-C. E. Parks.
Substitute Letter Carriers.
il. e. Bishop.
j. w. Templeton.
Rural Letter Carriers.
Route No. 10. l.. Webb.
Route No. p. H. Valley.
Route No. 3-Roy Foust.
Route No. &C. T. Beagle.
Route No. SO. K. R. Swearingen.
Substitute Rural Letter Carrier.
e. F. Thompson.
C%ustodian's Force.
w. E. Conner, %janitor.
John f. Harris, laborer.
Increase in Registry Business.
The increase in the registry bust
ness at the Ottumwa office has beer
such as to require the service of &
Especial registry and stamp clerk. Such
Il clerk has been requested of the de
partment for service beginning July ]
next.