The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-02-25
The Skowhegan Postofi1ce.


March 1st will see decided change In
the Skowhegan postofflce force. Two
carriers will enter upon their duties of
delivering the mail to all in town who
desire to avail themselves of the service,
as has been heretofore stated in the RE-
PORTER.
The location of the letter boxes In
town is matter of considerable interest
to our people. They will desire to
know just how far they will have to go
to deposit letters and packages. There
are to be nine boxes on the north side of
the river and eight on the south side.
The location has beer determined at the
postoffice so as to best accommodate all
so far as the officials there can now de-
termine. These locations ere subject to
changes in any case or cases where con-
venience may be found to require it.
On the north side the boxes will be
located, corner North avenue and Water
street; corner Water and Dinsmore
streets; corner Heselton and North ave-
nue.; corner North avenue and Jewett
street; corner Madison avenue and Rus
sell road corner Madison avenue and
Maple street; corner Middle and Pleas
ant streets; corner Coburn avenue and
Elm street; corner Madison avenue and
Water street.
On the south side the locations will be,
south end of the Railroad bridge; cor
ner Mt. Pleasant avenue and Oak street !;
Railroad street near Marston Worsted
mills; corner East Front and South
streets; corner Main and West Front
streets; Bloomfield Common corner
Main and Bloomfield streets; corner
West Front street and Turner avenue.
The Office will also have clerk added
to its all day force. Early in December
npon consultation with some citizens in
town and appraising them of the neces-
ity therefor the postmaster concluded to
make application for another clerk. The
application was made In due form ard
forwarded to Congressman Burleigh,
who with his accustomed promptness,
secured the early consideration of the
case at the Postoffice Department at
Washington. Within a few days after
the application was made, order was
received directing an account to be kept
of certain lines of business in the office.
being good one, the employment Of the
additional clerk was authoriz ID, to take
place at the very early day named above,
! March 1st
Heretofore the appropriation for all
help in the office beside that of the post
master was but 81 700. This was for
salary of the assistant postmaster and
one clerk. The other clerks employed
to assist in the prompt distribution of
the mails were paid by the postmaster
out of his salary.
In the Maine postoffiees no more i'm
portant and with no more business than
has been for years transacted in the
| Skowhegan office, at least one more
salaried clerk has been employed and
liltlt Is lO SOOu lcdeOH Why lut DhO"-
hogan office should nor fare as we'll as
other Office doing like amount of bust
ness. Floyd q. I'VE, who passed the civil
service examination for II carrier a few
weeks ago, is eligible for the clerkship
and we are informed will have the place
Uncle Sam can we'll afflld to give our
people all needed mail facilities and is
ready TO do so when reasonbe wishes
are made known. The establishment
the establishment of free delivery in the
village, and now the provision for an ad-
dtional clerk are 10 evidence of this
proposition.