The Calumet news., 1910-04-09
pOSIOFfICt RtPORT SHOWS
LARGE INCREASE FOR YEAR
Largest for Past Six Years in
General Business, Money Or
ders and Registered Mail.
CARRIER ADDED DURING YEAR

The annual report of the business
done at the Hancock postoffice dur
inc the twelve months ending March
81, compiled by Postmaster Charles f.
Rogers. shows the largest increase
This office has had in a number of
wears. The increase i'm the postal re-
CENTS was the largest in the past six
wears. and there was also cores
pondingly large increase in the money
order department, as well as in reg
istered letters and packages and spe-
cial delivery letters.
The postal receipts, up to and in
cluding March 81, 1910, were $25,571.-
so; money order business, for the
wear. S213,955.S3; total, $239,527.63;
total increase, s37.254.5O. The increase
I'm postal receipts alone for the year
was sS.441.O9, or nearly $4,000 better
than the increase in the year ending
March 81 Of last year over the cor
responding period of the year pre-
vious
The following comparisons show the
increase in the postal business this
office during the past six years: In
1905. the postal receipts amounted to
$15,5t2.5G money order business, $751;
192.45; total S96, ,7O5.O1. In 1906, pos
tai receipts were $1717659; money
orders, S99,S72.90; total, $117,O49.49.
The postal receipts for 1907 were $2O,-
47O.54; money orders, S122,576.44;
total $1f3046.9S. In 1908, pos
tal receipts, $21,641.95; mon
ey orders, $3.50, ,502.35; total, $1S2,144,-
80 1909, postal receipts, s22,130.71;
money orders, $1S0,142.42; total $2O2,
27313. The receipts for the year end
ing March 81, 1910, exceeded all 9TH
ers, the postal receipts being $25,571,
so; money order business, $213,955.SS;
total, $239,527.63
AS usual, the greater number of the
money orders issued were domestic.
Comparing the figures for year pre-
ccding with those of that which has
just closed. there will be seen an in
crease of S33,S13.41. a total of 10,230
orders were issued as against $500
the preceding year, an Increase of L.
was 1i,G72, as against 10,476 the year
before an increase of 4,1S6. over
100000 was paid out i'm money or
ders at the Hancock office during the
year
The number of registered letters
and packages for the year was 1856.
compared with 6,695 the previous
year, an increase of 1,271. The num-
Der of registered letters and pack
ages given was for the city of Han
cock alone. Besides this, the Han
cock postoffice is the receiving and
distributing point for registered mail
for Franklin. Demmon and Paavolo.
The number of special delivery let
ters delivered to April 1, 1910. was
7i0. while the total for the whole %
the preceding year was only 6S7. The
total number delivered July l. 1909,
was 490. and the number from July /,
1909, to April I. 1910. was 740, an
increase for the year so far Of $50.
There was a very large increase in
the second class mail over the preced-
ing year. This comes 'front.' the vari-
Gus daily, weekly and monthly pubi-
cations issued in this city, of which
there are eight at present. with the
indications pointing to another in
crease next year, as 1t is almost Ger
tain that another will ask for admis-
sion under this classification soon.
An important feature during the
year was the addition of another car
rier TO the local force, making four.
This was brought about through the
efforts of Postmaster Rogers after
having been unsuccessfully attempted
in previous years. The obstacle in the
way of the allowing of another car
rier by the postoffice department was
the lack of sidewalks i'm the part of
the city TO be served. The matter was
taken up by Postmaster Rogers with
the city officials and walks were or
dered laid, the carrier being put on
as soon as the contracts for the work
were let, going on duty October 1
1903. The result is that about two
thousand more people are having their
mail delivered at their homes thar
previously.
The record made by the local Office
during the year Is one of which every
resident of Hancock may feel proud
the increased business being handled
DV the same number of people as wa!
employed during the previous year
besides this ever since July last. IN
en,ire force has been working on al
eight-hour schedule, which has moi
peen departed from except for a cou
PIE OF days during the great rush a
Christmas. record which speaks
wen Tor the efficiency of the offic
lorce' The present force consists o
tne Following persons: Charles r
rogers, postmaster: William W