Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30
DELIVERING THE MAIL
Usual Sunday Scenes at the
Post Office.
MANY CALL FOR LETTERS
Frequent and Later Collections at the
Hotels.
WITHDRAWAL OF MATTER
Something That is Strictly Guarded
A Young Mans Unfortunate
Experience.

1.-THE Sunday delivery of mail at the car
riers' windows on the west corridor Of the
city post office is a feature of life In the
capital" said official of that office to
a Star reporter, land it. together with some
other incidents occurring on the ground
floor of the big granite building, forms an
interesting story.
II can't say when this practice was in
augurated in this city, but it dates back
Il great number of years, and it Is my I'M
Outstanding that it is one which is not
generally in vogue in most of the large
cities. We have, however, found it of much
convenience to both the patrons of the
office and to the carriers, and, to the best
Of my recollection, we have yet to receive
a single complaint.
Usually in most cities the general post
office presents a deserted appearance on
Sundays. and ours is exception to the
rule, except between the hours of $50 and
IL am. By the opening hour the carriers
have their respective mail assorted and
stacked in order of delivery, according to
their routes. This mail is neatly arranged
on each carriers table. At the opening
hour the windows are thrown open, with
one carrier selected for that purpose sta
toned at each window. person desiring
to withdraw mail presents himself at
one of these windows. which are lettered,
and to which the citizens very quickly &C
custom themselves. and gives his street adj
dress to the caller stationed at the win
may have the address upon his route, and If
there is any mail for the person asking
therefor 1t is handed to him.
Residents come from all over the city,
even from the remoter districts, regularly
each Sunday morning to get their mail.
Others come only occasionally, when they
are expecting mail which they do not de-
sire shall lie over In the post Office until
dow "ac ryfn hoe oil
cally daily mail delivery throughout the
year, only Sundays patrons must call
upon us instead of our calling upon them,
on the week days.
Then we make a special feature OF our
hotel deliveries, for Washington has very
large transient population considering It's
size, and those of our visitors who patronize
the hotels may feel sure of getting their
mail on time. He have seven hotel de-
hveries a day, the last at 1880 PM We
also make special hotel collections, the last
at a late hour. On one of these late trips
we make a special delivery along Newspa-
per Row for the convenience of our corps
of correspondents In fact, the system in
our city post office runs very smoothly, and
periods when the city is filled with stran-
gers we experience but slight mail conges-
ticn, though our force has its hands more
than full and hustles mighty lively.
mo, we do not have as many regular
deliveries as in New York. because they are
rot necessary, and we find that the present
delivery system here meets the require
ments of our patrons, though we don't
claim perfection In this respect The seven
and eight, or Whereabouts, deliveries that
they have in the metropolis, and the almost
hourly collections, are necessary to re-
lieve the congestion Of mail which would
otherwise at once ensue were the offices,
the stations and the collection boxes not
constantly relieved of the flood of mail
matter to which they are subjected. We
meet the convenience of our public along
corresponding lines.