The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-06-14
DELIVERY Of
MAIL BEGINS
TOMORROW
Four Carriers Will Go in in
Gary at 8 O'clock; Dis
tricts Have Been Divided
and Census Has Been
Taken.

started promptly in Gary Tuesday
morning" announced Postmaster Call
yesterday evening. The four carriers.
Messrs. Becker, Gardiner Huff and Liv-
ingstone will begin their work ununi-
formed tomorrow at 500 a. m.
This step. while not a big one. will
mark another epoch in Garys history"
declared Mr.. Call, and. in about three
years from now Gary's postofice viii
give employment to a hundred people
we have twelve on the pay rolls at the
present time. am making every eff
fort to get another clerk and three
more carriers but 1t takes time for
Uncle Sam TO realize our needs"
The four carriers who are appointed
last week hav spent the time time TAX
ing a census of their districts. The
northwest route embraces every i'm
portant street north of Seventh avenue
west of Broadway and to the steel
plant. The other northern downtown
route has the same northern and south
ern boundaries and it includes every
important street east Of Broadway as
far as Carolina street. With Seventh
avenue as its northern boundary the
third route includes every improved
street east and west to Twenty fifth
street. The next route takes in every
street south of that thoroughfare.
Delay in Mail Boxes
In the northwest route, Carrier
| Becker has found that 126 persons want
their mail delivered to their addresses,
while several hundred more will retain
their postal boxs. He found that over
100 persons will receive their mail in
the Kirk hotel.
| The down town east side route shows
that 1880 people want the carrier to
bring their mail to the door while many
more will still call at the postoff1ce.
In the first south end route nearly
1900 names are recorded as wanting
their mail delivered. The census on
this route is not Completed and it is
| expected that at least 500 more names
will be added to it.
Six hundred names have been report
ed so far by the carrier who has the
extreme southern and sparsely settled
portion of the city.
ment of mail boxes which were to be in
Gary this week. However. Postmaster
Call and Assistant Postmaster Meyers
regard the delay as a god send to the
carriers. They appreciate the fact that
the new men will have enough to dc
without collecting the mail the first
week.
These boxes will be placed in the
most populous parts of the city Mai
will be collected twice a day. or II
other words there will be two col
lections and two deliveries daily.
Carrier service will be extended t.
the steel company and the North Works
inn. Heretofore the steel company EN-
ployed its own carrier who made five O.
six trips dainty to the postOflce Th'
Kirk yards and machine shop are too
far away for the present time, and tn
railroad office will have to attend to it
own mail deliveries
} Three Postofices in Gary.
3 There are three postoflces now in tn
} town Of Gary. The first one to be es
I tabIshed in the original town is. o
course. the Broadway office.
This was placed in service during
. 1906 with Mayor Knots as postmaster
In point of service, however, the post
office at Clark is one Of the Oldest f
the county. Although the town o
D Clark was annexed to Gary more than
t year ago it's Office is Independent of tn
enc on Broadway. The third and lat
e est postOffice was established in 100.
e and like the one at Clark is entirely in
= dependent of the other office. 1t serve
f the Burlington cement plant. Pine. an
=. the residents Of the Edgemoor dlstric
= of Gary.
. The local postofflce has made grea
progress like the town, In 1906 whe
: Mr.. Knots received his commissio
I the total mail did not average owe
o sack a day.
n In a few months things change
:. however, and by the time the leave
= began to get yellow Postmaste
f Knots found himself very busy an
bossing a force of three. In 1907 tn
: staff grew to six and kept on increas
q ing.
d Increase for Postmaster.
: Holding the job was at first a sna
e for Mr. Knots. He did little and gC
n s65 q month for it. Later as the occe
n sion demanded It he had to hire h
own assistants. When the winter {
1908 had arrived Uncle Sam would NJ
permit his Gary postmaster to resig
so Mr.. Knots was obliged to pay son
$500 a month out of his own pocket Il
rent nights, salaries and janitor SER
ice. Later the government woke L
u and, after finding that Gary was on Il
map the office was raised from the Sc
ond class to the first class and Il
postmaster's salary was increased. Ne
,. Mr.. Call gets $4,000 year and cler
Il hire. After July 1 he will get $4,000.