The sun., 1910-11-12
IMPROVING POSTAL SERVICE
BIG SAVING N TIME AND
LABOR rs PLANNED.
All Second. Third and Fourth Class Matter
60 he Handled Directly at New PENN
sylyaniA station other Railroads
WIN .Joln On Time saving Ptan.


Wni Join On Time saving Plan.
Important improvements in the postal
service in this city looking to the greater
and ersier despatch Of second. third and
| fourth class mail matter. which includes
| newspapers. magazines and circulars.
were agreed on yesterday AT a Inference
| in the Federal Building between Post
master General Frank ii. Hitchcock.
! Postmaster Edward NJ. Morgan and
Second Assistant Postmaster General l
Joseph Stewart A plan was formulated
whereby the new Pennsylvania station
post Office at Thirty-third street and
Mint h avenue wi II handle all those classes
OF mail dong away with the necessit y
for sending all such mail first downtown
and then uptown again or over To the
various railroad terminals in Jersey City
and Hobok-n- II il calculated that the
new method Of handling papers. circulars.
&c, will effect a saving 70 publishers OF
from "A half hour to forty minutes IN get
ting their papers to the railroad. and in
winter even more time will be saved
from fifty Minutes 20 All hour and "A half.
IL IL .Stimatad because of III. elm in at ion
of such ohs' rlct ions TO mail wagons "a
icy streets and floating iCe IN the river and
fogs.
An e!aborat. system OF cooperation
between the Penns ylvan ia Railroad and
Postmaster Morgan in handling mails at
the Thiuy-third street station will go into
effect on November - The mai. cars
will run directly under the Post Once
and will be loaded practically from tn.
publishers delivery wagons. mucn Of
l.. - n
deal of time being done after the cars are
in motion The new plan has much the
same effect as # on., OF rhe railroads run
ming into Jersey Cuy should extend Its
terminal under the. General Post Once
building a. the intersection Of Park row
and broadway Postmaster Morgan said
vest erday that the 40 men now employed
in the Easement IN the Post OtiCe m han
ding fourth class mail matter could BEEN
ployed IN relieving : ne Congestion OF other
wOrh
Postmaster General Hitchcock and
Postmaster Morgan regaru the new plan
a. the most important step Vet taken
in improving che po-ia! service IN this
city The Improvement - expected TO
prove oi .ncalg UIabl. henpt't 70 publ >her-
and business men - general. not only
through the sreai.r ia".Gty IN news
pap.r ana magazine despatch b.; also
IN leaving ne Genera. Post Once 'ree
to devote. - Forces 20 the other branches
Of n. -.rvlr. e IN" methods intro
duced her" worN ~ We. a. expected
Mr. H,'ChCoyN -a.i 'hey would b" intro
d iced -, ne H'V-T u.S g..,-- wn":" new
post r =, AZ. either IN 'U ..r--. ~ CON
-tr,!Cr.0u " have r""n aimed. notably
~ hICaEo. Ma-!t. -tuu AID - io'.i-
IN" P1Stn. a.'.'T- Genera wa- a-ned
II there va- anv discrimination N favor
uf tn. H"I C-v. .rau.i Railroad "a respect
20 tho 'raH-f ,r'af.un % a given t'-tina-
ton n" r-V.s"i Tat 'n"r. wa- Intended
10 hr no .uiau discrimination for or
against any road hV; that the Post D',iC.
department would take advantage nf
tn. best ta,..t,"- fcf it, purposes ard
h" lniImai"d hat IN" Peunsv 'yah.a was
the only road which offered those iacih
tics a. tn" pr"--'.It moment n" added. =
however. 'ha' Their. was ia strong yo--I-
pIlIty that 'hnse raIlroAd- having out
sts ~ ihr NrAdDO tunnel system nigh,
-oon h'. ~ a position To r'-C"Iv" a goodiv
-har" of N" postal patronage and that
IA" VI, tupo Interests had made over
tr,> with 'ha- end III view Tn" Nc Adoo
Mt" tn" heart "f Manhattan and will
.,"n'ua'lv connect with the Grand Ientrai
S,arIrn ui th.. N"N Nor- central When
hi l. h"r. .ompll-hrd Postmaster Morgan
ll 'l'' ||''."fl f'I .4I|lF'' I't' -F~N''Isl WIN
iiyau'IE,' 10 rh-' postal -.-vlc" Besides
D." F"nu-vlvIll rh. railroads then avail
lbl" - fN" Hr-l D.'r.' w.Il incl r!G- 'ha
me m" I.rsdwauul and the Central
tailrpad uf New Jrr-"v II
Ih.. i...., named road has already made
~ Imp"rtar' C'nCos,Ipn IN one respect
Inch means much lu IN" q. -'al service
h" accept 'an,- IT mail d"lIVari'.. on this
al" Il the North River inst cad II the I
.rs"y sd" 10 T." a few w"-Ss ago all
"lIv"rI"- w"T" made either AZ Jersey {
ry pr VI CHOSEN. making y necessary
~ III" mail wagons o. max" rh" trip 4
erred T." 81 h" f.rry sIr" ~ ~ the Manhar ,
An -ldc only II T. cNpaCta'i that the
> her roads having terminals in Jersey
i'y and Hohpk-n viii soon follow the
NamnIn of th. Jer-"y "nSral l. means {
considerable saving IN time and in work G
pr rh. Uu~'ul "TuNlny".-- at the SAM, {
mn facilra inE tn. de-pai ch of tho mail ,
The nov pN-S r-ic" b,iIlt al III" Penn a
ylyauia station will NOT he cnrpl.t ad I
.ithln two v"ar- bat ~ wil b" opened 80 /
mr. hv m" end II this month as :" permit 4
h" nsw plan for m" handling IT paperS {
nd magazines and circulars TO yet into 7
artisi operation Mr. Morgan expects g
h" n"w plan VIII h." IN fuil operation hy
he first " IN" V"ar :
POST uIa-'"r t,"n.ral Hr'ohCock cnmrIi- =
l"n' - Postmaster Morgan Yesterday :
ayirg that n" wa- a prarTIcal post master /
'hn worked for the greatest good in tho
,istal service regardless uf whet her or
~ h" Vt- rDhb"d II In"a-I ire nf tn" ii-
pct cont rul which hc uov .vorri-.-- over
u branches ~ the postal service ia this Z
Ity Mr. Morgan hogan hi- car"cr ~ n
o-t man and has occupied "verv inter :
'"dia'" position bot carrier and :
r-'rnG-T"r. 49, hat his I'm, VIsiga nf the :
.rvic" a. w"ll A. -h.. needs of rh. CITY :,
av" been gained frun personal aSp.-i- \
nc" :