The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-29
GROWTH OF P~osrorrIcE
Holds the Record in the United States
for Rapid Advance

for Rapid Advance
In the opinion OF Postmaster Collins,
who bases his view upon the volume of
business done by the Goldfeld post
office up to December /, not including
the December and Christmas business,
this city will at the completion of the
fiscal year ending July l, 1906, be
eligible to become a irst-class post
office.
In other words Goldfeld will by that
time make a record which probably 40
other city in the United States can
boast of. 1t will have, within a period
OF three years, jumped from a rural
office to one of the frst-class. In all
probability the records of the postoffce
department do not record another such
an instance in the history of the de-
partment.
At the present time Goldfeld is a
second-class postoffce, a very good
showing for a town of 10000 people.
To become an office Of the first-class it
is necessary to increase the annual
sales to $4,000. MI. Collins says they
will do this if the present business
keeps up, not the holiday business, but
the week in and week out patronage
which is handled by the office. Up 20
the first of December the monthly re-
ceipts indicated that the sales for the
fiscal year would largely exceed the
amount required to make Goldfeld
an office of the frst-class. With the
Christmas business and the increased
revenue which will come with the an
nual spring influx to the camp, Mr..
Collins anticipates that he will be well
outside of the limit and expects that
the office will be reclassifed as a
frst-class office. This will give him an
increase in. salary and ample help to
run the office, as Offices Of the first
class are not restricted to a certain
number of clerks, but given as many
as are in the opinion of the department
necessary to expeditiously handle the
business. In this connection, it might
be well to note, however, that at the
present time the office is allowed ample
help to give as good mail service as is
enjoyed by the public anywhere, and
they are giving just that good service,
Discussing the Christmas business
with a reporter for The News yester-
day Mr.. Collins stated that taken all in
all the volume of business handled by
his office during the holiday season was
about three times what it was a year
ago. This showing speaks volumes.
The business of the postoffce in a town
or city is an excellent barometer Of
local conditions, and as such the record
of Christmas business which is shown
by the report of Goldfeld's postmast r
is ample food for thought for both the
people Of Goldfeld and the strangers
who tarry within our gates.
The holiday rush has been handled
with the usual staff of clerks, but It
has necessitated their working from II
to 16 hours per day. While they have
not been behind in their work at any
time during the holidays it has taken a
: world of hard work and long hours 70
deliver to the public all the Christmas
presents which were sent through the
mails. The work is right up to date in
all departments.
The registry department has handled
on an average of 800 packages daily
during the few days prior to Christmas
The normal average is about 120.
The tremendous business handled BY
the Goldfeld potoffce has not only at
tracted the attention Of the depart
ment but the outside world as well. A
well known writer in a recent magazin,
article speaks of this camp thus
"Goldfeld: The place where they Sc.
more stamps in one day than they il
Sacramento in one week." For thu
purposes of comparison it may be saif
that the Goldfeld office probably doe
a larger business than any other post
office in a town Of this size in thu
union.