The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-19
East Side News
EAST SIDE HURT
BY POSTAL ORDER
NEW BRIGHTON TRADE TURNED
TO ST. PAUL.
Government Hampers with Rural De-
livery SO Minneapolis Can No Long
or Do Satisfactory Mail Order. Bust
ness with Populous Territory-Ef-
forts Made to Have Old Order Re-
stored - s. " .A

forts Made to Have Old Order Re-
stored.
The residents Of the New Brighton
district have been caused no end Of
Inconvenience and trouble by a recent
ruling. Of the government postal au-
Brighton postoffice instead Of the St.
Anthony Falls station the basis of
operations. Before the rule went into
effect residents in the region affected
made urgent protest to the officials
in Washington against the plan, but
it was not needed and the new idea
was at once put into operation. Since
then several bushels, Of. complaints
have been sent TO- the local congress-
men and the matter has reached such
a state that concerted action is being
started to bring strong pressure on
the government to 60 back to the old
way Of handling the mail. .,..~>
Under Old Rule. .'@
In the old regime the carrier
started: from the St. Anthony Falls
postoffice at 9 am. every week day
and by the middle of the. day had de-
hvered all the mail on his route. He
collected the outgoing letters on his
way and these We're taken back, to
the St. Anthony Falls station in time
to be distributed by the city car
riers in the afternoon. East Side
business men could read their mail
from the New Brighton district when
they reached their offices in the
morning, mail their answers at once
at the East Side station and have
| them delivered before. noon; and New
prIC ho1r !
orders for goods by the afternoon
mail, have their letters delivered that
afternoon and receive their. parcels
the next morning. No complaint was
ever found with that system, and
everyone concerned, so far as can be
learned, is DESTROYS Of having it re-
instated.
System Turned Around.
When the new plan was put into
effect things were materially changed:
The mail was received and delivered
from the New Brighton postoffice.
Instead of going directly to Mime.
apolis, the mail was taken t. st. Paul
mail was required to take that round
about route and instead, Of being de-
livered the afternoon Of its posting,
as was formerly done, it reached its
destination sometime the next day.
Mail from Minneapolis to New Brigh-
ton was forced to take the same
lengthy course with corresponding de-
lay. :.
The residents affected. by this new
ruling are, for all practical purposes,
citizens Of Minneapolis: Their bust;
ness interests are in Minneapolis and
the great bulk of their correspondence
&c roon1o u
new rule of the postoffice breaks up
the course Of business, hampers social
intercourse, and makes the region a
tributary to St. Paul.
Trade Is Dwindling.
East Side. merchants formerly re-
ceived much mail-order business from
the New Brighton people, but this is
dwindling fast, as the New Brighton
residents find that the new system
: causes delay in the receipt of goods.
Those most interested have person
ally communicated with every land
owner in the district on the matter
and as soon as all the facts have beer
brought together in definite form ;
united complaint will be made to tn.
fair pushed to the limit.
People in Earnest.
DR.. Peter M. Holl,e who is at tn
head of the movements TO- reinstate TIL
old system, said 10Th e jour a |
This new method Of handling our mai
is causing no end of inconvenience to tn
people Of New Brighton. When thi
change was contemplated by the post
office authorities we who are most inter
ested, the people living close to Mime
apolis and doing business in the cit
every day, at once protested. A lette
of remonstrance was sent to our mem
Der of congress and the matter rbrough
before the St. Anthony Commercial clut
The club took up the proposition at one
- and communicated with the authorize
In Washington, who replied that tn
change. was ordered in the interest {
larger service and convenience to tn
postal officials.
The point made by the postoffice peop1
was that on the old route there were 81
~~ miles Of dead travel This was. tru
enough, but did not hit the heart of tn
matter. The fact that by taking tn
course the carrier collected his mail an
returned to a main office in the heart
4 the business district Of East Minneapoli
where most of the business of his pal
rons began and ended, seemed to hay
been overlooked by the officials.
The service as now conducted is
least day slower than it was under tt
old plan.
I do not know Of anyone who is sati.
fed with the present service. PERSONAL
my objections are these: A change
address, which results in confusion ar
delay minneapolis has been my adore!
for thirty years.; also delay in the r,
Z ceipt and delivery of letters to: and fro
the city; also a delay in receiving O,
: daily papers and in the delivery of SUI
plies ordered by phone It was my GU
tom to order prescriptions filled in IL
early morning and mail them to my ps
TENTS, who received them before moo
This cannot now be done