Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-20
Daily Receipts $50, 600 and
10000 Pounds of Mat
ter Delivered by P.O.

Los Angeles received its first deluge
of Christmas mail yesterday Three
working days are now being crowded
into one. yet Postmaster W, II. Har-
rison has taken advantage of his equip
ment and oiled the machinery of his
various departments so well that there
is not the slightest congestion.
Three hundred thousand postal cards,
depicting the beauty and glory of
Southern California's cline and send
ing messages of good cheer to eastern
friends. were mailed out of Los An
geles yesterday.
The Los Angeles postoffice is bank
ing each day $4,000, the sum compris-
ing its daily receipts from the holiday
business just begun.
Six stamp windows at the main Of
flee gathered in $4,000 from the sale
of / and 2-ccnt stamps yesterday
Five carloads Of mail weighing ap-
proximately 10000 pounds, arrived
from the east. were received, weighed,
sorted and distributed as deity as
though it were an every day occur
renee.
The registry division in the main
branch offices are recording an IN
crease in business three and half
times greater than last year The re
ceipts of the postoffice in general, in
Guiding it's branches, are 40 per cent
greater than at the same time last
year.
The money order receipts are 40 per
cent ahead of the receipts last year
and there is every evidence from a
canvass of the various departments
that the city has grown rapidly in
population even since the taking of the
last census,
ARMY OF EXTRA MEN
There are 21O extra men employed,
and these have been so distributed
about the building as to relieve any
congestion Of mail that might arise.
As q general would marshal his army
with a reserve force behind the hrlng
line to send to the assistance of heavily
attacked points, SO Postmaster Harrl-
son has arranged his men aud placed
his departments. Determined that the
new office with its splendid equip
ment, rivalng any in the west, shall
at no time be SWampCd even with the
big increase Of business he has made
every preparation to withstand the on
slaught Of eastern mail which yester-
day began to arrive in bulk.
Postmaster Harrison spent part OF
the day ON q tour Of inspection Of the
different departments. He mingled
with the crowds in the corridors and
watched the postoflice patrons sending
and receiving their mail.
This Christmas is my eighth blfth-
day i'm the postal service" he said
musingly as he watched young car
ricr struggling through the crowd over
burdoncd with packages to mail. Then
he stepped forward. and easing the
youth of his burden dropped his pack
ages one by ono into the mailing slit,
while the surprised youngster looked
up and said; Geo, thanks mister
This Christmas" said Postmaster
Harrison. "ts going to show an enor-
nous increase in the amount of bust
moss done by the postoffice department
in this city i'm comparison with that OF
former years Today marked the real
rush Of the holiday mail. The bust
ness has been extremely heavy today,
but as YOU can see there is no congeS-
tiou, nor will there be We are pre-
pared to handle any amount of mail
that comes TO us. Tomorrow will he
much heavier and buster than today,
and it viii continue SO until The middle
of January
ON the second floor Of the postOffice
Harrison pointed to a big vat of boil
ing coffee which i'm tin cups was at the
disposal of the employees. In tn"
busiest hour he has not forgotten the
comfort OF the men who through force
of circumstances viii work overtime
for many weeks The men, however,
are glad of the opportunity to earn
more money, and while the strain of
the holiday rush is great they appear
TO welcome tho work