Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-12-23
CHRISTMAS RUSH ON
AT THE POSIOFfICE
Postmaster Hopkins Says
Force Is Having All Il
Can Attend to Now.
MANY MONEY ORDER GIFTS


Rxpross companies and the post.
ofiic, are beginning 20 feel the rusa
OF Christmas business. especially The
la'ter.
poaioiflcc officials are aaticl0at'ug
mo.e holiday work this year ean ever
before. The building n already beiag
crowded. both IN the public corridor
aud Ia The various departments whore
The work n being carried on, and
every available foot OF space viii be
needed 90 take care OF tho thousands
OF packages
Postmaster Hopkins Informs this
paper that HIS force Of mon are hav.
Ing an they can attend to az present.
and he breads 10 think OF what IN In
store for them the coming week.
| Ordinarily the force has all tho work
they can look after. When the Carlst.
mas rush comes. though, whom the
amount OF mail matter is tripled
/ many times. many persons are OF the
1 opinion that this same staff should
/ do the work just a. rapidly and sat.
isfaciurily az during March or April
Because their mail Is somewhat late
or mistakes are made, they file
Kick. We are not favored With extra
men during the holidays. as many
eastern cities are. ThCne an not
tho experienced men 20 pat go work
even II u provision was made for their
salarics An inexperienced man In .
/. postnffcD iH equal 90 nobody M all
aad ! would not have one around
The money order man ai the Alhui
qneroup office finds about overy min
ute of hia time engaged which inhi'
Gates thai many "a soul will Pc inside
happy hy cash gifts from Santa Claus
in Nrw Mrk'Cos metropolis while
a reporter from The Evening Citizen
staff stood In the lobby today there
was constant flow 81 humanity 10
the money order window
This week the local pustofiict force
are for the most part attending tO
packages which are being sent out
~ Albuquerque. The first 0f next
week viii witness the Inbound pouch.
as aud then wili the troubles start
In earnest From all over the world
, and 20 all pairs Of the globe the mail
comes and goes This 81 accounted
for when II Is considered that health
seekers from both the United States
l and other countries are sOiournlng
I here.
{ Almost any clerk IN the bls,office
can tell the public that n IL up 10 the
patrons 10 see that their Christmas
J gifts are promptly delivered and not
! TO the pOst0ffice authorities in 80
great a measure. This IL natural be-.
cause the postoffice people are con.
tlnually sending. receiving and Lan6-
ling packages OF every description,
A poFoffice official said
; Another thing that always has
caused delay IL ths Glmsy manner m
which packages are wrapped. They
are done up In a hurry many timca
entirely unfit for transportation. This
/ Is one point that really ought 20 be
Z emphasized
: Tn every case parcels should be
weighed before being mailed. and
handkerchief, neckfies or other ar
!, ticles Of merchandise should not he
/. placed Ia packages OF printed matter
matter unless the sender wishes "a
help eW On the postal deficit by pay
ing The higher rate OF postage re-
qnired
Parcels shoulc he wrapped 10 that
I their contents can easily be exam.
ined Many times z parcel misses the
fast mail jus, because the clerk has
I To take ten or fifteen INMATES OF "a
find out what the nature Of the par.
Gel f. thai he has 10 order 20 asccr'
p tain the proper postage classification.
In placing stamps on the parcels the
, higher stamp denominations should
l be used a i0cent stamp takes much
less room than five twos do, and Il "a
quickly cancelled.
One thing that the general public
has not yet become familiar with n
ihat The government has especially
provided the privilege at writing
Merry ChTistmaH Happy New Year
Compliments OF the Season. ng any
writing Of AN impersonal nature with
! your name Il does not conflict In
any way with the postal regulations
and Will Ia no Gaze Increase the rate
! Of postage
In mailing packages 10 foreign
u, country inquiry should be made ~.
gardinE reel rictipnE. As IN some cases
b certain things cannot be- sent. For
Instance. IN no ease can ieWelry OF
b coins be- sent hy mail 10 a foreign
3 country
, IT q also well 20 bear 10 mind that
{ lhe rate Uf postage 10 Canada, Mex.
} leo. Cuba aud our Island possessions
: u ihe same a. between points la the
! siaies.
4 ia general the public can help the
! service immensely. and insure swift
3 delivery ~ its own presents. II II will
but exercise good common sense be-
fore deposiging mail Ia be Whixkcd
away by rapid trains providing no ar.
j rer has been made