The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-28
Only tile PostofficeS and Express
Company 1si1iploy Work i,kll
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! GREAT Mail CONGESTION { J / I IN
Inundated With With
Chris ackag
IL ness cncrally Dill.
3}6i''.l,wus [, tlicS day after Chris t,ras.
7l8si And all through the town \ II II
We're headaches alole
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ltrlie world, OF tllttt portion of e ems " y.
.bracnd within tic limits. sSof r lchtio1d,5
awakened slowly and with many prclllr--Ss
mary yrtwl1s ycsterdny, tho strccnli "
Gus cstval. SDtll gtily3 SIX les and "a weary,
6drcal!y looking world 1nad tho 4; task q
taking up tho dali yround less easy than.
cper,8butt3 had to be done many
christmas 8celehrnnts WILL remember. De-
5cember$ 26th#ns The longest, 4 pliestS,tl r ny
#in%the calendar. Slowly the earth began
to reYolvc gain, lagglDg ste ps totql'ick ien,i
slow pens to las tcn$and lang,id voices IT,
recover tilo old buoyancy last S'yeo 's;
sAnotherday3. sani business Evil sibegilsto
get GunlerS wa y,sbutgl t5wl he il week n Or
ten days be fore tain tho norinll
pace 5sSs Il az
50 ve iii, effltc, g
express OH ces and tho ,r;l lway5 gilt
tepartlncllts Yesterday was 80 dull day;
Observation-Disclosures offices and ingnot5 q few
business houses Ssna ny "A opllc tors and
employees are enjoying "a; rcspit to FROM
work. The school childrct,$ Hrc3 ST. Scele-
#bralin Will mot begin tp OLE
faces lllltil abou next $ N oildhy heir
tDtle ANlOn day. slleAt W tGS
@rcturSto school .S{ l III sS ss
s.ssInsthc State Library and Capitol Offices res
Yesterday in% the lrederal &ouildlng ,Sssiive)
&thc&pnstof1lc the City Hail tile bu1lks
andfnany business houses, the business
Transacted was largely no minal. and In
ma liy cases the presence Of cmploy was
Sa$ mere formally there being SO II tile TO
d o. sfis5 NJ u j. NH
Living Strenuously Yet. I,
Tho employees / Of the postonlce depart
#rnent, ON cials, clerks, carriers 5inndSnles-i
scngei,ss H lad thcr& strenuous day yes
5terday, and Sh@t otal or live Or 81 s. during
stheS past week n Pos milste 1< tight 20
United yesterday that tho Christmas NAL
business fars exceeded any pi'eYi 9 ls REG
ord and athatS'it even went N beyond Ills
anticipation to silch an extent that some
Sdcayinst The deliterNior the great mass Of
parcels and pa ckag es WI unaN 9 idatlo.s
Had he been s}able to foresec tlcisunpre-H
ccdentcd volume of mai SlnatterSl he would
have made an even grente ncrease In
the supplementary force Of; clerks md
carriers than wRs made. Clerks aud car
riers havc been averaging from twelve to
sixteen hours per day for ~ i've or SIX.
days i and generally the number was
nearer SIX tccn.29s5 u, lSl,ndn 3 and M ontlay,
when all ttiie rost 'ofethc population were
worshipping lns The churches q i col cbratlrg
Sin tio streets. the homes, the. clubs and
elsewhere A the pos t3fflcc employe We're
too busy to look s$l1n, and kept ut II al \
day sand G,Itll the las t B pop-c Graz kcrs was
sllenced. With hll this strenuous g work
BY an augmented force, ~ the pare els stead
$i1y} acclimulatcd, and Yesterday afternoon
at 5Fo'clock Postniaster8 <nigli t conducted
ai5,rlmes- Dispatch ennloyei throhglls the
busy building ndSponted out the mass Of
Christmas mail In every avail BILE nook:
ft,fN,Ht 49, Nf
them, destined for delivery, iii this city
willie in bags and boxes and In MI IS re-
as many more, packages dcstncc TOR other
points. ii; II II XXI vi y5 MA * f
Hope Yet Remains.
There is vet lopeSfor;liundrcds Of young
ladies who have been cXpectantly await
[ Ing the letterStllnt never came Or he
package that has snot yctgsarrlved.. 70
|2thefrea ization Of hopes deferred may yet
he among tho stock of precious commod-
tiles done pfn<t the snlullapnrcels now re-
posing lii the &postottice.H The same cons
ditons that characterized the general $nlail
department. are observed lin the registry
division. where e8congestion Of mall has
been sosheavy! Sn3the & cranped quarters
available that tho work was actually re-
tarded "a. @ 8 lj
h Postnastcr Knight stated ~ vest erduy
that he inndenuacybo the present q ltnr-
tiers for. the registry and money order
|fdivisions has been so stri lsinEl 81 demon
strated that tional facilities WI have
Ito DO provided sWitlisps little dclayt3ns
practicable. Ills plan for securing tho
ISnceded room is to- transforethcs money or
der department to$lt the room g djolning
punl now occupied byft hei Iessrs w lllams,
leaving the registry department in n It's
present inunrters,lN No date has been set
iforethc cXleilsion,5 but itHWill boz made as
soon as prnct icable.5Sa. u "A ID III.
AT the railwtlY rilsscng CIR Offices 4 ter
|sdnS there was '.nothng doing, ms the
slang phrase goes. ss Tho reduced q rate
tickets arc not on snle,Snnd tho bulk 4of
tho travel Is y an q retllrns coupons, which
|arenure no sale. Hundreds and even
thousands Of Richmond people WentSaw y
for the day. and 4 these ne coming In
sngly, In pairs and In bunchcs. All
whose holiday Will permit arc sti away,
however. Many Of tho railway otiicials
are BACK IN Their places and nre busy
Mt their desks. settling their subordinatcs
u colnlncndnble example h. m: 4, 81 g til
FAMILY. REUNION. 5a
ESupt, Russell, Sons and Families
Spend Christmas Together