Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-20

Inc LlNtEDpOl poslonce, one OF tnt
busiest Institutions Of It's kind In the
world. since IL handles mail matter
brought IN and taken out by the steam
ers plying to and from that port, Is a
most interesting place TO visit at Christ
mas time. II may be well to note that
the postotllce has as It's superintendent
Mr., H. NJ. O'Gorman, a capable, palms
taking official, who has been connect.
ed with the institution for many years.
Mr. O'Gurman is wen known to Utah
people from the fact that for number
OF years past he has been president OF
the Liverpool branch OF the Church OF
jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints, and
In this capacity has met many OF the
Elders and Saints sailing from that
port for the United States, That the
postollce Is well conducted under It's
! present management is evident from
the following taken from late issue
OF the Liverpool Daily Post and Aiei :
curry,
| a Daily Post and Mercury represent
| ative who has made tours of the Liv-
| efpOol postoihce yearly at IN, .ntinas,
both before the removal from Can
| ning-place and ever since the VIC
| tOfia-street office was opened, II
struck by two facts. First, the steady
| growth Of the work; secondly, the
greater growth OF the organization by
| which the enormous task has been
again and again overtaken. During
! the last Christmas. seven years ago
I at Canning place, the old rooms We're
almost cnoked with sacks OF letters
ana hampers OF parcels, the limited
floor space not allowing an adequati
stan TO he set to work to cope ade-
/ quately With the rapid accumulation
1 which, late on the Saturday night,over'
: flowed until the american inward bags
| We're piled high In the yard. The trans.
| fer to- Victoria street enabled tn,
postmaster Of Liverpool (Mr f. Sails.
bury and his staff to introduce new
methods and 20 augment the auxiliary
staff, 40 that, although there is evil
dence Of the modern building soon de.
| manding enlargement or other relief
! the Christmas work can be kept un
derhand In way not practicable to-
wards the last at Canning-place. Tn,
| comparison rebounds the more to tbs
credit Of the superintendent and staff
when II Is remembered that each yea
the sorting for distant places becomes
more detailed. Letters for London are
sorted in streets instead OF being sent
az aforetime. EN- masse 10 the metro
| polls and the same detailed sorting Is
actually performed for Douglas lsl'
OF Man. Further the local and othei
dispatches are accelerated, and IL
many cases multiplied.
NOTES AMONG THE LETTERS.
Let us take tour, under expert con
duct OF the various departments, ant
| make notes by the way. AT the STAMP
counter one learns that the receipts fol
stamps this Christmas exceed last sea
son by eI,900, the increase being chief
~ In half-penny stamps which means
more Christmas cards and picture post
cards or maximum of extra labor fo
the additional sale of stamps. While
the public generally shows Il SLOW bu
certain education IN the habit OF post
Ing Christmas cards and parcels early
the commercial houses seem not to con
slider the postofiice at Christmas. Cal
endars and circulars are posted late II
large quantities, while as u foretast
of the general election. 10000 postcard
20 to the electors OF Liverpool ami'
the crush OF the Christmas mails
Christmas eve has extended over tire
days this year, Friday witnessing IN
greatest dispatch for home deliveries
Saturday the greatest arrivals an'
Sunday talasD, that is yesterday, tn
greatest weight OF purely local post
ings for Christmas day.
SPECIAL, DEIIVERIES
Special deliveries Of both parcels anC
letters are being continued daily owe
today and tomorrow (bank holiday
The inland parcels establish anothe
record In weight while packets a. e
parcels by letter post grow by cap
| and bounds. Among the Wreckag
from the parcels department. are oD
served heaps OF damaged wrapper
which have lost their labels, while, $
far as the contents were perishableth
have been sold, the receipts, less com
mission being payable TO the ad
dressee on demand. The man VII
grumbles that only, say, Is Sd net re
mains to his credit In place of his ex
| pected turkey or goose must ask TN
sender to pack and label more efficient
" In future. AS the privileged vislto
passes through long corridors an
countless lines of sorting tables, h
learns that the ordinary staff has bee
strengthened by 1000 auxiliares, man!
being drawn from the ranks Of the un
employed. The Clockwork regulafit
of the operations and the barrenness Q
many OF the tables betoken how we
the gigantic task tour tour Is at a tim
Of heavy STRAIN has been kept IN hah'
A DAYS ALIMENT.
Nearly 5000 free meals are bein
served IN the day to the extra an
overtime hands, which do not lnclud
any telegraphIsts and telephonists, VIII
are closely though not excessively EN-
ployed. A glance at a days dietary !
interesting. This includes 1900 lbs. G
beef (hot for dinner and cold for tei
and support o cwts. Of potatoes,
score OF carrots and turnips, 30 doze
cabbages. owts. of bread 100 lbs. O
butter, 200 lbs. Of ham, and 30 lbs. o
tea All that remains is sent TO III
Food and Betterment association
Every few hours the floors are sprinkle