The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-21
0U|Ck DELIVERY At
THE POSTOFF|CE
Read the Sign, Ring the Bell,
and Then Just Wait
and Wait.
MORE EVIDENCE OF
MISMANAGEMENT IS SEEN
Bell Which Calls for Clerk Said
to Be Always Out of
ss!S.sz Order.

"If you have mail for quick deliv.
cry, ring this bell and call for clerk.
And then don t worry or fret, for you
will have lots of time to cool your
heels and your temper and consider
the efficient" way that the "9uich
delivery system at the Salt Lake
postoffice is managed.
Perhaps you have had parcel re-
Gently. that you were anxious to have
get off with the greatest possible dis
patch, Then you know the way the
thing is managed. For should you de-
sire to send parcel by ''quick deliv-
cry, you may. ring and ring until your
index finger is sore, but there is no
clerk and no delivery.
Numerous complaints have been made
lately of the way this department is
managed. Down the long white corri-
dor, between two windows, is n little
sign with the following notice printed
upon 1t conspicuously:
.:ss...s + :. j: + :. !: + !: + + I; !. . !: :. . |. + .
= If You Have Mail for Quick i.
= ,. n Delivery, !.
ss Clerk. :.
$3.50. |. :: !;
Just little instance Of the method
that Uncle Sam employs at this par
ticular post, to facilitate rapid mail
service. Three days ago a gentleman,
desirous of sending of n parcel with
the greatest OF dispatch, rang this bell,
Being ordinarily courteous and patient.
he waited a few minutes before again
pressing the button. But there are linn
its TO ones consideration and, after
while, he was ringing the bell, not
spasmodically, but with finger pressed
steadily upon the little black point.
until one would have fancied the dead
letter Office would have heard the din
But there was no response, for loud
ringing and gentle cusslng alike proved
of no avail, So he went elsewhere with
his bundle, because IL was important
to hurry it along.
Always Out Of Order.
Wednesday morning this same gem
tleman again had occasion to worry
this department with a package that
needed to be delivered in a hurry
time, armed with a mighty wrath he
applied at the neighboring window Of
clerk who looked at him in great
surprise. "Why,' declared the man
behind the glass, "you don Z mean to
say you really rang that bell? Why,
tell you, it's almost always out Of
order. and / guess they don Il pay much
attention TO it anyway
Now, what this gentleman (who, by
the way, is business man Of no little
standing) wishes to know, is whether
the sign is simply an ornament TO the
corridor, or whether IT ever meant any
thing In time gone by
Might Accommodate the Public.
Watching the frantic ones, anxious to
send Christmas bundles to loved ones,
the necessity for the placing of table
IN the lobby for the tying up OF bun
dies is painfully apparent. Women,
with arms filed with parcels, arc
obliged to deposit belongings on the
floor, in. order to prepare the parcels
for mailing A table would do away
with the difficulty, and aid tired shop
pers, who no doubt. would be most
grateful to Uncle Sam for the little
comfort.
The prosperity that has come to Salt
Lake is at no other place so evident
as in the Christmas mail. Over one
thousand more outgoing and incoming
parcels a day are being received over
last years post, and as Christmas day
draws near, the mail is more and more
heavy. All over the workrooms at the
postoffice the bundles sprawl; huge,
bulky affairs, as also tiny little boxes
y orth, east, south, west they are di-
eected.
Many Careless Persons.
But there is one thing that the av-
erage person is very careless about. and
Uncle Sam. IN his role Of Santa Claus,
gets mighty impatient with the care
Jess ones, who send costly gifts by
registered mail and then tie them up
like pound of sugar, Over hundred
bundles a day have to be retied, ne
'cessitating one clerk IS entire time.
There is one pretty girl who will he
a most disappointed miss, Christmas