The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12
BIG POSIOFF|CE GROWTH
NoRFoLk's PROSPERITY SHOWN
IN POSTAL RECEIPTS
THE EXPENSE is $4,000 YEARLY
The Increase OF Business in the Nor
folk PostoHee During the Past Year
Has Been Tremendous and Reflects
Norfolk's Healthy Condition.

Has Been Tremendous ana keHects
Norfolks Healthy Condition.
The business oi the pustoillccs In all
cities Is nu IpN CAL u AZ To whether
prosperity is rotgning or not In the
community from which the report EN-
anates. being dcsirous to note what
had been done In Norfolk Postmaster
John r. Hays and his able and cour-
tcous assistants were interviewed and
the appcnding information has been
secured which IL certainly n credit to
the city and Postmaster Hays alike.
Outside of Omaha. Lincoln and
South Omaha Fremont leads the other
cities of the state in postal receipts.
The census of 1900 gave that city al
population of 7,2il and Norfolk lacked
a few of having an oven 1000 In the
ycnr ending June 80, 1902, Fremonts
total postal receipts were $2l,7lG49
Norfolk had n showing of $l0,5777S
The year ending June 80. 1905, showed
a gain To S26,37767 for Fremont, and
Norfolk had figures to its credit
amounting to $l2,4907l The per
cent of increase for Fremont was 2l.3
while this town followed II close sec
ond with lSl per cent.
MIR Hays became postmaster here
on July /, 1902. 1t was one of the
many jobs that the government has
to give somebody every few years. IL
was considered fair thing to be post
master at Norfolk but II better job to
get something else Stll there were
few who could see the day when the
federal building here would add to
the Importance of the position ms Il
postal and distributing point. Prob
ably MIR Hays friends had that in
view and wanted to show him how the
change would feel to be moved from
tho old room ON Main street to the
handsome and commodious 100000
building which is the pride of every
loyal citizen in Norfolk.
On October &, 1904, the night was
spent in removing the postotliCc de
partmcnt of Norfolk into the quarters
1t now occupies. ON the morning Of
the 7th the office was opened for ousi.
ness and it has been doing a larger
business than over before as the sta.
tistics in this story will show.
Rural Route Growth.
When MIR Hays became postmaster
there was one rural route ont OF Nor
folk lie was given an assistant aud
two clerks. The force seemed AIDE.
Quate and everything logged along
with the regularity known to all of
your Uncle Sans institutions. Now
the rural routes have been increased
To five. which cover all the territory
adjacent to Norfolk, and other addi-
tions made in the Office will be noted.
ON the first of June, 1908, the carrier
system was inauguratcd, the receipts
OF the office having passed the $4,000
mark Three carriers are now EN-
ployod and an additional clerk has
also been added to the staff which
means that the government leaves
considerable more money in the com.
munity that it did before these addi
tiuns were made, and all business men
know that every dollar kept in and
brought to II town enrichcs the re-
sources of the community The eX-
penSe of conducting the post Office
here exclusive OF the screen wagon
service which carries the mails To and
from the several railroad stations is
IN round numbers 81 800 per month or
SlS,0OU pcr year. In addition to this
the government pays 5000 year by
contract for the screen wagon service