The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-11
Postoffice Department Formally
Boosts Kenosha Postoffice
to the First Class
SERVICE is TO BE IMPROVED
Two New Carriers and One New Clerk
Allowed at This Time and Many
New Districts Have Also
Been Laid Out

first class Office, a S formal order has
been sent out by the Postmaster Gen
eral raising the Kenosha office from
second to first class. Postmaster
Maloney received a copy Of the order
this morning. The change in the
class of the Office goes into effect the
first day of July and the Postmaster IS
now making final arrangements for
changes in the service which will be
made possible by the change IN the
class of the Office An order has al
ready been received granting to the
Office two more carriers for the city
work, three sub.carriers and clerk.
This will give the Office atotal of
twelve regular and three substitute
carriers. Charles Karnes and Frank
Hubbard have been named as the two
new carriers and they will begin their
work on July 18th. Both of the men
have served as substitute carriers and
are well acquainted with the dema nds
of their new positions. The substi-
tute carriers have not as yet been Sc.
lected, but there is quite waiting
list and they will be named within a
few days. Robert Maegaard, for
merly rural carrier, and more re-
Gently substitute clerk in the Office,
has been named as the new clerk at a
salary of 5000 a year. Postmaster
Ma1oney will also have the appoint
ment of substitute clerk, which will
be made within the next few days.
In connection with the change a
complete redistricting has been made
of the carrier districts in the city,
and after the fifteenth of the month
free delivery will be assured to every
property owner residing within the
limits of the city, and the rural routes
will be re-arranged SO as to include
all people in the suburbs of the city
in the rural deliveries. Three deliv-
cries will be made daily to the BUSH
ness district of the city, and two uni
form deliveries will be made to the
resident districts. j
Postmaster Maloney has been noti-
fed that IN order to maintain IT this
splendid service it will be necessary
for the people Of the city to give the
department. some aid in the matter of
building sidewalks and in keeping
the houses mum bered. The post Office
department will also insist that the
city place proper name posts for the
streets in the outlying districts, and
provide for the lighting of streets on
all carrier routes. Should the bust
ness men of the city feel that the
service is not adequate it will be pos
sible for the postmaster to arrange
for fourth delivery in this district
of the city, but as most Of the stores
close in the evening it is thought that
this delivery will not be needed.
It has been necessary to re-arrange
every carrier route in the city in
order to make the routes Of equal
length. The two new routes will be
located one on the north side and one
on the extreme southwest side Of the
city. These routes will be arranged
so that they can have added to them
SuC1 OlIlCI tCIIllOI DIS u1dy NC TAKEN
into the city later. The first class
post Offices receive the best of care
from the department and if the people
of the city show tendency to aid in
this work there is no doubt but that
Kenosha will have as fine a postal
service as is to be found in the coun-
try. Postmaster Maloney is con-
stantly working for improvements in
the local Office and he has done. much
since he began his work as post.
master. The business of the Office.
has been largely increased in the past
few years until at the present time
Kenosha Office stands eighth in the
state. With the coming of the general
Offices of the Simmons Manufactur-
ing company the growth of the re-
ceipts of the Kenosha office is in
creasing with giant strides and Keno
sha bids fair to vie with Racine for
the honor Of having the second larg-
est receipts reported by Wisconsin
cities.
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