The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-04
The Postoifice Recorj in
One Case for One Short Week.

No criticism Of a public official or
institution which The journal has ever
made seems to have met with such
a general endorsement as that in last
Sundays and last Tuesdays papers
\ in reference to the unsatisfactory ser
vice at the Pensacola poStUfice. The
business community had put up with
i it so long and complaint had become
so general that The Journals com
ment seemed to voice the true. senti-
ment of the vast majority of business
men in the city.
Postmaster NOrthUp has complained,
however, that The Journals charges
were too general and that if
there is dissatisfaction with the SER
vice a specific charge or complaint
should be filed.
AS The Journal is neither a private
detective nor postoflce inspector it
has not secured a detailed statement of
each specific grievance which the in
diyidual patrons of the office may
have, but it made the charge that gen.
eral dissatisfaction existed and the
! postmaster himself, as we'll as tho
readers Of The Journal, knows that
this charge is true. The Journal is
pleased nevertheless to state a few
| specific eases Of error which have
come under its own observation dur
/ ing the past week, or since its origin.
al criticism was made. Briefly and
chronologically stated they are as fol-
flows:
Sunday, Feb. 25.-L Hilton Green,
chairman board Of bond trustees, re-
ceived an important letter from The
I Journal which was mailed the Friday
4 previous, at 1925 p. m, and which
should have been in Mr.. Green's box
Saturday morning, but which, as
stated, he did not receive till Sunday.
Monday. Feb. 26.-At $50 p. NJ,
The Journals box contained the bun
die of Montgomery Advertisers,
which comes to the Office and which,
instead of being opened and the
papers distributed to the subscribers,
had lain in The Journals box since
the distribution Of the Montgomery
mail
\ Tuesday, Feb. 27.-The Journals
box contained a letter bearing the re,
turn imprint Of the Atlanta Journal
and addressed to M. H. Gilreath,
Trav. Rep. Journal. Pensacola, Fla '
This error seems really an excusable
one.
i Wednesday, Feb. 2S-The Journal 8
I box contained copy of the St Au-
gustine Meteor addressed to Hon. ].
Ed. O'Brien.
Friday, March 2.-The Journals
box contained a letter postmarked
Barrancas, Fla, March I, 1 p. m,
from 1t. G. A. Taylor, U. S. A., and
addressed to 1.-THE Prov. Journal Co.,
Westminster and Eddy Sts,, PrOyi-
dince, r. l.
Friday, March 2.-The Journals
box contained a letter from Sargent
&, Co, P. o. Box 1917, New York, and
addressed to wv. Johnson & Son.
/ Pensacola, Fla"
Saturday, March 3.-The Journals
box contained a copy of the MontgOm-
cry Journal and copy of the Louis
vile COurier4Journal, each plainly adj
dressed to the Daily News"
This now is simply a record for
one week of the errors contained ia
The Journals box alone and, as in the
case of the first error noted, of the
miscarriage of a letter written by
The Journal It would naturally be
inferred that since The Journal was
making the charge of a bad service,
the pOstofflce officials and clerks
would be particularly careful to see
that this paper was not giEen an Op-
! portunity to prove its charge, but,
even under those circumstances, still
see what the service is.
Now if this kind of a record can be
made in one short week, in one box
alone, and particularly in the case of
patron who has just made public
charges of a poor service on the part
of the post ONCE, what kind of a
record has been made with the rest
Of the patrons previous to these puO-
lished criticisms and what kind of a
showing would it make if the whole
record Of errors which the whole pub
lie suffers could be ascertained, tab
ulated, and published2
We imagine that not even Post
master Northup would have the nerve
to claim that the service is q good
one.