New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
RUSH ON At POST0FE|CE
| asst of Christmas Cheer Goes to
European Countries.
TIDE TO TURN THIS WEEK
Incoming Liners Will Arrive
Heavily acknowledgements
in Money Orders Sent.
TIDE TO TURN THIS WEEK

These are busy DAYS for those whose
duty it is to make up the mails for ship
ment to Europe, and it is expected the men
who will have to sort the incoming mali
from across the sea will be buster In the
next few days. Some idea of the work
may be gained by the figures for single
day. On Thursday. December 10. the for
eisn dispatch department of the New YORK
Postof1ce handled 7S,S31 letters, 4s'oU
circulars, $3.50 registered articles. o,'4s
packages by parcels post and 2,o3l sacks OIL
printed matter. To do this work the ser
vices of $50 extra men were eni1steo' anu
the regular staff worked twelve hours IN
stead of eight on the first tour. eleVeH
hours and thirty minutes on the second
tour and twelve hours on the third tour'
while In the registry department the men
worked thirteen hours and ten minutes at
stretch
The last week saw the dispatch of the
Christmas mall for all parts of Europe
On Wednesday the Adriatic and the Caro-
mia combined took away ISIS sacks: on
THURSDAY La Lorraine Of the French line,
carried 1,033 sacks; on Friday the Phila-
delphia took 1858 sacks, while the Maure-
tania, sailing last night on her record
round trip. carried approximately 500 bags
of mail matter.
The present week will see the greatest
incoming Christmas mail ever handled at
this port according to Postmaster Morgan
On Monday the Hamburg-American liner
Amerika will arrive with 1.4s0 sacks. and
on Wednesday the George Washington
with 1,s00. On Wednesday night. however.
the record mail cargo to this port will be
landed by the American liner st. Louis,
which has on board 5675 sacks, which will
be 504 more sacks than the Teutonic, the
record holder to date.
Postmaster Morgan expects. however,
that the Lusitania. which Is expected to
dock next Thursday night, will bring over
more than any steamship has ever brought
to this port A French liner already on
the way is reported as carrying only a.
small mail consignment, SO that 1t is ex
rected that the Lusitania will bring all the
Continental mail accumulated since the de-
parture of the st. Louis, on Wednesday, as
we'll as the British mail, which is the
largest single lot. II would not surprise
the postoffice people here II the Lusitania
brought over more than six thousand sacks
of mail matter.
The amounts sent over TO Europe in
postal orders continue to run high. It is
the month will be as great as that of last
year. The distinction, however. will be
largely technical. for whereas one of his
Cunard liners left last year on December
with 1900 sacks Of mail. containing a
large number of postal orders, the only
ship to sail on the first day of the month
this year was a. French liner, which car
rled only small quantity of mail, whereas
the Cunarder, leaving on the last day of
November. had a big mail consignment and
a proportionately large amount in postal
orders.
The Mauretania. which sailed last night,
took over 6o.61o postal orders representing
a remittance to Europe of 1896. .5s7 40 This
brought the total for the month Of Decem-
Der to date up to 4S7, ,3se postal orders, rep
resentng s7,o25.54s II The largest remit
tance of the month was that on the Cam
pania, which sailed on December with
81. 4S1. 1876 90. while La Savoie, the next dav.
took over $3.50 165 o.