Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-25


Is unlocked, the sides thrown hack
and the stamp packages lifted out
This is done directly under the eye
Of representative OF the Bureau OF
Engraving, who checks OFF tho pack
ages as they come out, and verifies
the contents OF each, box When the
count Is completed and all the trucks
unloaded the makers Of tho stamps
have shifted TO the registry division
OF the postofflce the responsibility
for their safe carriage to destination,
The same men who unload the
stamps from the trucks put them into
the sealed pouches for tho registered
mall. The chances for error or loss
are again eliminated here, for Super
Intendent Hunt can tell at any time
exactly what men were in the regis
try cage at the time a certain stamp
shipment was handled. If o short
age of packages should be reported
a month later in any stamp shipment
handled through the office every man
who might have handled Il could be
Immediately located
This Is accomplished by a system
Of checking every man into and out
OF every cage he enters IN the regis
try office, II is not considered
enough to determine what men have
been admitted TO the registry diyis-
lion. At the door OF every cage in
that division the record Is kept of the
men who go into the cages the time
they enter and the time they leave.
II man steps into the cage for q
minute, 20 pick up a garment or q
| personal belonging, the fact OF his en-
trance is recorded, together with the
| precise time he was there
Ordinarily the stamp packages are
handled directly from the locked
trucks into the registered mail
pouches, though q rush may necessl-
tate their being piled up IN huge
. stacks until the sacking can be done.
As they go into the pouches they are
! checked once more, and the list Is
made OF the exact packages that have
gone into the pouch.
The list, compressed into small
space, is then put inside the paddock
OF the pouch, a lock which is a dis
tinguishing feature Of the registered
mail service, 1t has been In use for
over a dozen years, and has not yet
been successfully tampered with. The
! paddock contains an automatic NUM-
bering device, the number advancing
several stamps were missing from the
corners Of sheets contained IN the
sealed packages. Secret service men,
postoffice Inspectors and inspectors
once every time the lock is opened
the smallest fraction OF the day.
The number shown by the paddock
is noted on the slip before 1t is put
into the lock, and any tampering
with the lock will be evident the mo-
ment the receiving postmaster opens
the pouch and examines the list. As
a matter Of fact, the locks are never
tampeed with.
The shipments OF stamps are han
died through the registry office with
great speed. IL is the aim OF the
service TO make the handling OF this
valuable registered mail as rapid as
that OF any first-class mail, not
withstanding the constant safeguards
that must be maintained. A shipment
OF 10000, 900 stamps can be handled
from the Bureau of Engraving TO the
postoffice In four wagon loads, and
It is a matter OF record that wagon
load can be received, checked out
sacked and loaded into the wagons
for the trains within the space OF O
half hour
After being put up in the register
ed sacks, the stamps are gill sub
1ected to close guard. This time II
Is Representative OF the Postoffice
Department who supervlses their
transit to the mail wagons, checks
off the sacks as they go into the
wagons and locks the wagon door
upon them. He goes with the wagon
TO the depot, and turns the load over
to the railway mail service, After
that the stamps are handled much
! like ordinary registered mail.
The new postal savings stamps,
because OF their cash value and their
easy convertlbility, viii be handled
with all the precaution that surrounds
postage stamps. The revenue stamps
are not guarded so closely how
ever, although most of the checks
are maintained TO insure the accu-
racy Of the count and the safety OF
delivery The wagon. that brings the
revenue stamps to the postoffioe IN
Gagged and locked, but 1t IL minus the
army OF guardsi and the sacks are
handled at the receiving platform
with that fine disregard OF values
which makes every dirty sack Of pos
tai matter look as though II were Of
no value. Appearances are deceiving
In this case, however, for the Govern
ment's watchful eye follows every
step OF the proceedings But It is the
postage stamps that represent the
greatest value for the ordinary indl-
vldual, and which therefore furnish
the greatest temptation for theft.
BANKS ARE PROTECTED,