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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-09

from the destination end. 1t is the Gus
tom of some merchants when sending out
travelling men to have them forward their
letters with deficient postage, rather than
have them carry a quantity of postage
stamps, thus enabling them to keep bet
ter record OF their postage accounts through
postage due" payments.
Second and third-class matter is not for
warded unless prepaid in full This ap-
plies to package mail particularly. The
party to whom the defcienty stamped
package or paper is addressed is notified
from the sending office that the package
or paper is held and the amount of postage
required to have It forwarded. In the
vault room where these deficienty stamped
packages and papers are held several hun
dreds were piled up awaiting an answer
from the addressee. These are held a
reasonable length of time and If no reply
is received they are sent to the dead letter
ONCE, or If papers and magazines are de-
stroyed No second third or fourth-class
matter will be forwarded unless the postage
is prepaid in full.
An accurate record is also kept OF all
notifications for forwarding mail in the
OF mail are forwarded from this department
daily. This department also looks after
the return TO writer" mail.
All mail not delivered by the city letter
carriers or placed In lock boxes goes to
the general delivery All advertised letters
are also to be obtained from the general
delivery windows which are open from y
q. m. to IL p. m. on all days except sun
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-09

ment is responsible for every dollar 1t re-
ceives for transmission. The little stub re-
ceipt that the trasmitter receives when
sending away money by the money order
system is good evidence in law of pay
ment made on the date the order was
bought, even though the order should be
stolen or lost II lost, new order can be
obtained; If subsequently, forged before be-
ing received by the party to whom it was
sent, the forgery can be traced with almost
unerring accuracy to its perpetrator, and
then the government knows just what to do
with him.
Next to the money order system, the reg
istry system Is the safest way for the trans
mission of money. although the Postoflce
department tries to discourage the trans
mission Of money by registered mail. A
registered letter. whatever its contents or
a registered package is pretty sure to reach
route, the trifer can be easily detected. All
registered matter made up in any one post
ONCE for another postofIice is in
cluded in a separate package for
each ONCE, and can be only opened by the
postmaster Of the receiving office. All reg
istered through pouches are red-striped
sacks, securely locked with a rotary lock
Each lock is numbered, on the outside and
inside. The outside number is permanently
stamped on the lock, which in through
pouches is enamelled in red, while the in
side or rotary number is variable. and
changes every time the key is inserted in
the lock or the lock opened A record must
be made Of the opening number by who
ever opens it When the pouch is. started
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-09
Gathering the Mails.

One of the large wagons is exclusively de-
voted 10 gathering bulky quantities of mail
from the big Office buildings, wholesale and
Jobbing houses of the city, making five
trips daily, or Oftener IL there should hap
pen to be a telephone call for the wagon
from establishments sending out large
quantities Of circulars, catalogues or pack
ages.
All mails are received at the Seventeenth
street front OF the postoffice building They
are quickly unloaded from the wagons.
weighed, II necessary, and then hurried
into the main distributing room in the CEN
ter OF the main floor OF the building and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-09
Keeping Track of Addresses.

Between sixty and seventy local changes
of address are daily turned in by the car
riers. and carefully tabulated, to be looked
after with extreme care during the distri-
button process. These changes are first
written on slips. the former and new ad-
dress and are turned over to the directory
clerk, who is provided with sections of
specially bound city directories, which are
interbound with blank leaves, and the new
address there recorded. These sectional di-
rectories also include all new addresses.
II a letter cannot be delivered by the letter
carrier IT is brought back to the once and
an effort is made to find the correct ad-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-09

from Omaha with It's registered package
record is made of the number of the lock
and its inside starting number, and this bill
of record is sent to the Office of destination.
Hence, IL the lock has been trihed with the
fault can be detected and located. The way
registered pouches are provided with blue
enamelled locks, which are kept track of in
identically the same way. The time was
when no registered mail was sent at night
through the postal railway offices, because
of the temptation offered to susceptible
clerks. This rotary lock system has been
the means of reducing the temptation to
rifle the registered pouches to a minimum
and so the pouches are sent as readily at
night now as in the day runs.
A registered letter can be delivered only
TO the party to whom 1t is addressed or
upon his written order. Identification is
also required Of all persons inquiring for
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-09
when the Mails Come.

The principal mails arrive in the morn
ing, and the greater amount of mail busi-
ness is done in the fall than at any other
period Of the year. During the holidays
for few days comes the greatest rush
in mails.
Five pain deliveries in the business por-
ton of the city are made daily, four in
the next adjoining districts. three in the
next adjoining districts. two in the resi-
dence districts and one in the suburban or
extreme districts. The earliest delivery by
carrier is at 73O a. m. and the next at
a. m.
There are thirty-two persons employed
in the receiving department and twenty
persons in the outgoing department.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-09

T%O RTY- SEVEN and a half tons Of
hail matter is the daily stunt Of
the Omaha postoflce, and of this
nine tons is furnished by the
S8 newspapers. The rest of the vast
weight is made up of letters, circulars,
postal cards, packages and other articles
mailable and sent through Uncle Sans
hands for delivery. The gathering of this
mail, its proper sorting and bundling and
its final transportation through the streets
to the depots. where it goes aboard the
trains. is the daily activity of small
army of men and horses The letter car
rier, on his rounds of delivery and collec-
ton, is familiar figure, but less is known
of the men who work at the postoffice
and those who merely handle the big
pouches and bags between postofice and
trains.
An average OF $1,000 pounds of mail comes
into Omaha daily and an average OF 45, 900
pounds is sent out This means about l2O
locked pouches and 500 tied sacks of in
coming mail, and nearly that many going
out Eight big wagons of the most APP
proved type ply between the railroad sta
lions and the postoftice, making about
eight trips each per day and hauling an
average of about 1900 pounds per trip.
Twelve teams are used in this branch of
the service. for the work Is hard and the
horses cannot stand the strain of the rush.
so extra teams have to be kept On hand
to allow the needed rest. On six of the
trips made each day the wagons carry loads
averaging 5000 pounds. In addition to the
wagon service the street cars carry a
great deal Of mail back and forth between
the postoffice and the railway stations and
all OF the mail between the main office
and the several branches of the city is
handled on the street cars. Three trans
fer clerks employed at the Burlington
station, five at the Union Pacific station
and only one at the Webster street sta
ton, where the work is light. These men
have to hustle the mail matter from the
wagons to the cars and back and keep
track OF the various shipments at the de-
pots. Their hours are broken, by reason
OF the fact that the mail trains run at all
sorts OF times, and they must be on hand
when the train is there. Up town the work
Is more regularly done, for II is all sched-
uled and the collections and deliveries are
made at stated periods, unless the arrival
OF the mails from out of town is greatly
deranged by Interruptions OF the train
schedules
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-09

intendent Of wagon deliveries, NJ. Men
negen.
Two hundred and twenty-five persons are
employed in and about the postofice in
the handling and delivery of the city mails.
These rep. esent about 1000 people depend
ent upon them. There are ninety-siX let
ter carriers thirteen substitute carriers.
nine special delivery clerks, 1903 office clerks
and four substitute clerks In addition to
these 225 clerks, la postal railway clerks
have their headquarters in Omaha. One
hundred and seventy railway postal cle<ks
are paid from the Omaha office end $50
rural free delivery carriers, which make
the total monthly pay roll Of moneys paid
out at the office over $4,000.
The Postofice department is disposed to
discourage the use of postoffice boxes, as
It is the desire of the government to make
the delivery of malls to the public as free
as possible.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-09

distributed. All letter mail is nrss run
through the automatic cancelling machines
which note the hour of arrival The pro-
cess of distribution employs .twenty-one
clerks. The pouches aid the sacks are
opened and the contents thrown upon the
distributing tables, where they are deftly
and rapidly handled by the distributing
clerks. There are ten letter cases, and five
newspaper and package cases. The COM
partments of these cases are numbered for
the convenience of the letter carriers and
the carriers collect the mail from these
compartments and re-throw the mail into
other cases for the convenience in city de-
livery. Between 1900 and $1,000 pieces OF
letter mail are thrown daily. Eighteen OF
the distributing clerks throw the mail for
the carriers boxes. Three others are en-
ployed in other departments OF the distri-
button All packages OF mail coming from
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-09
Mounts Into Millions.

The number of letters sent out from the
Omaha postoffice as indicated by the
cancelling machines from October g. 1904.
to May %, 1905. was 1896 900. This amount
does not include third-class matter, which
is composed largely of circulars. The num-
Der OF pouches sent out from the Omaha
postofice per day is about $50 and of tie
sacks $50. All Of the second and third-class
matter, like the irst-class matter, is made
up In the office. But this does not include
the publishers mails. which amounts to
800 sacks of mail per day. The approxl-
mate amount OF newspaper and magazine
mail handled by the Omaha postoff1ce is
nine tons each day. or over l.12S,24O pounds
in the last two months. The third-class
mail, circulars. catalogues, ETC., sent out
is also enormous Omaha also does a very
large mail order business from its various
department stores and in sending out
samples OF merchandise from the whole
sale and jobbing houses. All mails out
going are weighed at the postofice, And
they are conveyed to the depots by identic-
ally the same means as they are brought
from the depots
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-09
Sending Ont Mail.

The mail dispatching process is equally
interesting with the receiving of mails,
but is much heavier work. Very much
more mail is sent out from Omaha than
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-09
Sale of Stamps.

The standing and classification Of post
office is graded according to the number
OF stamps sold by the Office The heaviest
postage stamp patron of the Omaha office
is the Woodmen of the World office, which
last year purchased $4,000 worth of stamps.
The next heaviest patrons are the Union
Pacific and Burlington railways. One
Omaha firm recently sent to Des Moines
and bought $1,000 worth of stamps that
could have well been bought here. An
other firm sends to New York and has at
intervals 10000 circulars printed there, has
them stamped there and directed there. and
then they are sent to Omaha for delivery
through the Omaha office. 1t would take
one man over a week to handle these cir
culars in the office. and they come here
in wagonloads. number of the local
department stores that recently received
remittances in stamps bought elsewhere
have instructed their customers that they
will not take more than 25 cents in stamps
on any one remittance. Were all these
stamps bought here in Omaha, the stand
ing of the office would be enhanced and
the wages of the employees increased ac-
cordingly. -
Convenience and Comfort.
Every possible convenience is provided in
the Omaha postofice for the comfort of its
employees. Rest rooms are provided for the
clerks. carriers and all attaches OF tho
Office. Each has locker in the rest and
Swing" rooms, and toilet and bath rooms
are also provided. A special series of rooms
are arranged for the women clerks, with
lunchroom attachment all of which are
nicely and comfortably furnished. In the
basement are storage rooms for money
order blanks, and stubs which are kept for
five years before being destroyed
There are three or four watch rooms in the
building for the convenience of postofice
inspectors who may have occasion to over
see the transactions In any of the work
rooms that need inspection without the
knowledge of the occupants. In the main
work room Is a circular watch tower for a
like purpose. No one knows when an in
spector may be in these watch rooms or
tower. as they alone, with the postmaster,
have the keys to the rooms
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-09

dress in the sectional directory. II the ad-
dress cannot be found there, the letter or
paper is sent to the general delivery win
dow, where inquiry should be made for all
expected and undelivered letters. Letters
are held one week before being advertised,
and are held two weeks after advertising,
and are then sent either to the dead letter
Office or returned to writer If such request
is made on the envelope. Newspapers are
held four weeks and II not called for in
that time the publisher is notified.
Nine special delivery boys are employed
at the Omaha office Special delivery let
ters or packages are delivered to any point
in the city covered by the postal service,
for 10 cents. between the hours of a. m.
abroad All special deliveries are made
as readily of drop letters and drop pack
ages as of regularly received mails from
abroad. AL special deliveries are made
within five minutes from the time the letter
or package is received In the office. with
drop letters a special box or receptacle is
provided at the east corridor adjoining the
places where all letters are deposited for
mailing, below the box windows, and above
It is an electric button that should be
pressed when a special delivery letter or
package is placed therein.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-09

FOree OF INC LOchI OfHce.
The operating department of the Omaha
postofice is conducted by the following
chiefs of divisions Superintendent of
malls. ]. E. Cramer; chief clerk mailing
division w. w. Connoran; chief of city
division, ]. w. Brown; chief of general de-
livery division, Mrs Ida Brown; chief OF
stamp department. c. c. Westerdahl; chief
Of money order division, c. f. Burmester;
chief Of registry division, William Kelley;
superintendent of carriers, Al Lacey; Fuper-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-09
Caring for the Letters.

All frst-class matter, letters, is for
warded as long as there is a place on the
letter to write an address. Even should
first-class matter lack the sufficient post
age though 1T must have at least one 2
cent stamp on it, is forwarded to its des-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-17
STRIKE AT
DAvOL co.
PLANT

Between 40 and 30 men went on strike AT
the Davol Rubber company Point street
plant a noon today.
Trouble commenced early last week
when a new supervisor named Lamont
was brought on from Boston and com
menced the Introduction OF new systems
rooms
partrnent arrived this morning they were
Informed that only six men would be put
10 work carrying the siN-foot pans from
the heaters where shifts OF 10 men had
been employed before, working on weekly
shifts.
The men objected to this and Mr. La
mont gave I'm. Just before noon he took
off two mon and this precipitated the
strike, other employees OF the heater de-
partment going out in sympathy. The
men on strike are not members Of any la
Dor union there being no local for rub
Der workers in this city.
Joseph DavOl. President OF the COM
pany. was seen by n committee of the
strikers at o'clock I'm his office The men
asked for a continuance OF the old system
hut he informed them that they must TAX,
up with the new system or quit work
There are about 400 employees on the
company's pay roll The strikers express
ed the opinion this afternoon that piline
up OF the work would cause others to
strike tomorrow
Medical rubber supplies form most OF
the companys output and I'm the hearter
room these are finished" ready for final
washing and shipping.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-17
RUNNING
RACES AT
PARK BEGIN

The three weeks running meeting at
Narragansett Park opened this afternoon
with nattering attendance, fair skys'
and fast track
Five races are carded and the fourth,
the Rhode Island handicap with guaran-
teed value OF $500. will be run at about 4
o'clock and has been the all absorbing
topic OF conversation with early comers
who gathered in groups in the club
house and about the grounds discussing
the chances OF different starters, l6 hav-
sng been named with prospect OF as many
going 10 the post
Not in years has Providence been visit
ed by so many prominent patrons of the
''sport OF kings" and never has Nara
gansett Park contained so many equine
stars OF the thoroughbred turf. Since the
days OF Amasa Sprague. who built the
big entrance gate at Narragansett Park
and used the spacious grounds as a place
20 try the mettle of his trotters against
the best in the land. Providence has been
CeIcbrated as a light harness Town HHu
many famous record performances have
been made by trotters over the Narragan-
sett track.
Something Of this was in the minds OF
local horsemen as they mingled with Wis
itors from al points OF the racing com
pass In the steady stream OF humanity
which passed through tho turnstiles and
set them clicking long before the horses
went 10 the post at 2.30 o'clock for the
first race
Clubhouse. paddock and stands were
overrun with an animated throng which
Included men and women or oil classes
and types. all paying homage 20 the thor
-oughbred and apparently contented just
10 be there and applaud winners as they
vaced 20 the wire
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-17

Stopping his car after discovering the
PROSTATE girl, Motorman Morse ran back
picked her up and tenderly placed her
aboard the car and brought her TO this
city. on the way in she partially re-
gained consciousness. and informed Pa
trolman Adams, who was on duty In
Main street square. that she had been
out riding with a young man during the
evening, and had been drugged and crimi-
nally assaulted by him.
While telling her story 20 the officer,
a carriage driven by well-known young
man who IL Is said. lives I'm Central
Falls. came up Main street, and upon
catching sight of the turnout the young
woman pointed a IL, and, turning 10 the
officer. cried: THAT IS the man who
did Il. Arrest him"
Hearing the outcry OF the girl and
catching sight OF the officer the man
lashed his horse into a gallop and dis
appeared over Main street bridge. making
1t impossible for the officers TO overtake
him.
His identity. however. IS known by
them. and an arrest probably will be- made
today. The officers refused 20 give the
name OF the young woman who nrlkes
the grave charge against her alleged as
sailant. and her Identity could not be
learned at a late hour last night
Her condition was pitlable and her torn
and crumpled gown showed every evil
dence that she had been roughly ham
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-17
BARBER
EXAMINE
GET NOTICE

Notice was served on the state board OF,
examiners OF BARRIERS this morning by
Deputy Sheriff Keene that Scandio Char
bonean. a barber. had appealed 10 the
court from the decision OF the state board.
revoking his certificate OF registration for
alleged violation Of rules !, and l8 OF
the sanitary code for the government OF
the practice Of barbering.
The difficulty related 10 unclean shop.
use OF stick caustic and entire absence OF
steriizer for tools.
The appeal Is taken on the ground that
the decision is contrary TO law and jus
tice and the matter is put down for hear
ing oct 2.
The action OF the barber examiners was
taken after an inspection by the three
members OF the board and after. IL is
alleged. n day was set for hearing was
set forth. Charbonean, IL is said claims
he did not get a proper hearing OF his
side OF the question.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-17
HEMORRHAGE
or BRAIN
THE CAUSE

An autopsy was held today nthe body
Of Thomas T. Allen, the master painter
OF Newport who was killed here yestes-
day during an alteration. The finding
OF the autopsy gives the cause Of death
4 shemorrhage Of the brain as the result
OF conclusion. but whether from a blow
or a fall the report does not state.
William II Kirby. Is years OF age. is
held by the police on the allegation that
nc struck Allen. and will be arraignef
lstar. Kirby. it was alleged. was Ia dia.
pst, with Allen over a sailboat. and dsir-
ing the quarrel 10 Is claimed struck Allen
f. the face. causing him 20 fall back.
ward. striking his head on tho edge of
the whlrf Allen died almost instantly
and Kirby gave himself Wy to the police.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-17

sippi and over to the Pacific coast as well
az the middle states.
There are about 10000 members who met
coelect delegates 90 attend. To be eligible
one must have been either an officer, sailor
or marine In the T. S. navy ls6l-ls6S. The
fleet secretary speaksHn highest terms or
the sociability and fellowship OF the men,
bers OF Farragut association saying that
while they are both small in numbers they
are very long on frater well feeling.
Among the members are lot from this
city and Bristol men who are interested
in the organization.
Among those 10 go in addition 10 those
already mentioned were Capt II. h.
Ward. Mr.. T. Lord, w l.. Jones. Capt r.
b Wood. r. s. Nickerson. Capt. Jose
Griffin. Capt. James r. Luther, Harold
Hansen and others.