Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-20
THEY HAVE mo WORRY
PUBLISHERS OF THE SMALLEST
PAPER IN THE CITY.
Do Not Claim the Largest Circulation
Nor Do They Accept Any
Advertising.

There is a little newspaper published
| weekly in this city which modestly lays
no claim to having the largest circulation
in the city, or, in fact, to any circulation
at ALL neither does it assert that as an
advertising medium its columns will be
found of value to our merchants, for no
paid advertisements are received, yet it
goes right on coming out every week and
doing business at the same old stand
The name Of this unique and diminutive
periodical, as there are but two or three
like 1t in the United States, is Postal Infor-
nation, and it sees the light every Satur-
day in the city post office. Postal Informa-
ton is scarcely a year old. and though
its exchange list can be counted on the
hand and it has no purchase price, it
nevertheless is a thriving youngster in the
field of Washington journalism, and its
managers are not worried over ever-present
question OF bona-f1de, guaranteed, paid
circulation.
Some time ago a small appropriation
was obtained. and a plant sufficiently large
to get out folio of 81 by IL inches was
ton division of the city post office. Every
Saturday Postal Information goes to
press" being run off on a small electric
motor press and set up day or so pre-
viously by one Of the employees of the
office who understands the work. While
some of its matter is standing" yet much
Of it Is new weekly, and altogether it pre-
sents very smart and up-to-date ap
pearance.
Tiniest Local Newspaper.
I'VE have found this little paper of much
service to the officers and employees of the
Washington city post Office and its stations,
for whose benefit Postal Information is
published" said official of the city post
Office to Star reporter.
I'VE run off weekly about $50 copies, dis
tributing them among the employees of the
office where they may be of ready access to
all employees, and sending copies to the
various stations throughout the city. the
respective employees In these stations being
expected to read it weekly, as it may be
used by the postmaster to convey certain
notices and orders affecting the service in
the city to their attention.
washington is now one of the larger
post offices in the service. having incorpo-
rated the various towns within the District
In its jurisdiction, with ten named stations,
half dozen or so lettered stations, sixty
four numbered stations, doing a business
of about $13O0,O0O annually and ranking
third in the per capita use of the mails.
1t has a regiment of employees numbering
about 1900 in all.
VERY often the employees Of other post
Offices wish to secure transfer to the Wash
ing city post Office, and vice versa, and
where these application come to our notice
we insert paragraphs In Postal Information
giving the name Of the clerk, the post
office at which he or she may be stationed
and the grade and salary. Any clerk who
may be interested may then address a
communication to the postmaster, and fire.
quently the exchange Is effected. These re-
quests for transfer to our Office come from
all over the country, and We have on file
now one from as far south as Portsmouth.
Va, from Boston, Mass, on the north, and
Lincoln, Neb., on the west
"All offenses committed by and penalties
imposed upon employees for infraction of the
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as reminders to the entire force, as in
the instances of carriers being derelict in
reporting for duty or for failure to record
time. All recent fraud orders issued by the
weekly enumerated by name and address,
ETC., and would-be money-order purchasers
and those who would send registered letters
to such firms are warned by the postal
clerks. All orders Of the Postmaster Cen
eral and his assistants which II Is desired
to call to the attention of our force are
also published.
Suggestions on Many Subjects.
Then we publish list of stolen money
orders which are purloined from time to
time from post offices, while We give in
full the schedule of the foreign mall serv-
ice, and the hours for the departure of
mails to various local points and the princi-
pal cities, as well as city post office direc-
tory showing the names and titles of the
officers of the Office and the number and
locations of the various stations.
There are more or less constant changes
in the force of the Office by reason OF
death, resignation. promotion. transfer and
other causes which are of much interest to
the entire force, and these are detailed
when occurring. Notifications of the postal
laws and regulations by the Postmaster
General are likewise given, together with
all orders, Instructions and suggestions
from the postmaster. Instructions regard
ing the handling and the classification OF
mail matter from parcels post to fourth
class matter are constantly given. as is
information regarding the establishment OF