Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-06-26
CARRIERS
NEED NOT COUNT
ANY LONGER
Five Thousand Pieces of Mail
Handled on $4,000 Routes
During t906--NOteS of the
Department
The Morning Journal Bureau
1926 Pennsylvania Ave. a. W
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Rural Delivers carriers viii not be re-
quired 10 eouHt the number u pieces Of mail
delivered and collected by them after july J..
1907 on routes whore the records show that
1000 or mare pieces Of mail per month were
handled during each OF the three months
Included IN the quarter ending June 30, 1907,
and posrmasters have been instructed ae-
co%rdingly.
Heretofore an rural carriers have heeu re-
quirea o. count and render daily reports Of
mail delivered and collected by them SO
that the department might be in possession
Of Information from which a reasonable
estimate could he made as TO the extent to
which patrons appreciated the service.
These reports FOR the quarter ended De-
cember 81. 1906. show that 5000 or more
pieces of mail per month were being han
died on 1A.29G routes-considerabiy more
than one-thlrd Of the whole number Of
routes In operation, The states IN which
more than one thousand routes are hand
ling 5000 or more pieces per month are:
Iowa. 1879 routes. Ohio 1929 routes. Miohi-
gan I10t routes. New York 1857 routes, and
Illinois t054 routes,
Rural delivery schedules are arranged SO
hHhi fAlAiNih fAN sun OF the htiNltt pl
their routes shortly after The arrival NJ the
principal morning mail Where the amount
of mail to be counted by the carriers is
large. their departure is necessarily de-
iayed ana to eliminate such delays as far
ass practicable and secure more expeditions
delivery OF mail 10 rural patrons is the pur-
pose sought to be accomplished by discon-
tinuance of the count on routes which are
handling 5000 or more pieces u mail per
month.
The report ON the work In the Division
az Dead Letters for MAY. 1907. shows that
i072.5t3 pieces Of undeiivered mail matter
we're received at the division during that
month, as compared with 955, SOC pieces dur
ing the same month "a year ago. During
last month sac. 3C3 circulars and non-re-
turable letters we're destroyed. and 424.-
81 letters and parcels were returned to
senders. In May. 1906. 237. I'll letters and
parcels We're returned. All undelivered mail
matter from which the addresses Of the
sendeFs can be aseertained Is now being re
turned within a Few days after It's receipt at
the Division OF Dead Letters In the let
ters opened last month the sum Of So
54O,94 was found.
ON Monday OF this week "a. G8t unde-
livered letters were returned to sanders by
tho clerks engaged In that work In the Dt
vision of Dead Letters. This rs the largest
number ever returned in one day by the
division the best previous record Of 20, 3GS
having been made on April %. 1907. AS
sistant Postmaster General sDeGraw has
given esneciai attention 10 the returning of
this man matter. and under the system re
Gently adopted a high standard Of efici-
ency has been attained in the work Rapid
and accurate work is also being done in
other branches IT the division. on saturday
last the force engaged IN Soliciting" or
picking out the letters on which the send
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