St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-07-05
POST OFFICE NOTES.
One Delivery Less This Summer
One Month of COunting-The
Postal Savings System.

Beginning Saturday, July 1, the
carriers started on their annual vaca-
ton period and acting under orders
from the department the free deliv-
cry service was lessened by one deliv-
ry each day. This was done IN the
interests of economy and through the
summer months there will be one
general delivery every morning, the
carriers leaving the post office at Z
O'Clock. This will be the only de-
livery of the forenoon and through
the vacation period this delivery Will
be made by five carriers instead OF
six at present. There will be no
change in the afternoon deliveries
which include the business at 100
and the general afternoon deliveries
by six carriers at about 5 o'clock.
While this arrangement cuts out the
delivery of the 8 o'clock mail from
the north it has the advantage of Civ
ing many patrons of the Office an
earlier morning delivery as well as
effecting the economy desired by the
department.
A Months Mail Business.
Through the month of May every
piece of mail matter was counted and
early last month. The result OF the
count was tabulated by Assistant
Postmaster kellogg and forwarded to
the department. Every clerk and
every carrier had to count every piece
of mail matter that passed through
his hands and the difficulty was in
creased as the mail was divided into
II different classes and it was also
necessary to estimate the exact
amount Of time consumed in handling
each class. The month Of May is an
average month as far as the amount
of mail received and despatched is
concerned and it is supposed that the
count was in the interest of scien-
titic management in the department
and to find out if possible the cost
of handling the various classes Of
mail. The incoming mail was much
larger than the outgoing, the clerks
handling 154,410 pieces of incoming
mail as against 92,269 pieces of out
going mail. The total number OF
pieces handled appropriated a
quarter of million.
Divided by classes the clerks hand
led 93,108 incoming letters and
65, 799 outgoing letters; 1902 in
coming papers aud magazines and
1902 outgoing; 26,166 incoming cir
culars and 1900 outgoing; $500 IN
coming packages Of merchandise and
1884 outgoing; 1852 incoming
pieces of franked matter and 1892
pieces outgoing; 1888 incoming for
eign letters and 1858 outgoing; 4Ol6
ages and All outgoing; 498 registers
received and 422 despatched.
| The carriers in the same period de-
1ivered 72,088 letters and collected
! 32,S4O; delivered $40 incoming
papers and magazines and collected
| 500; delivered 1854 circulars, ETC..
and collected from the boxes 1888;
delivered 210 incoming franked
pieces and collected %; delivered
1925 letters coming from foreign
countries and collected four; deliver
ed 351 registered letters and collect.
ed %.
The four rural letter carriers de.
Iivered $3.50 letters and collected
1929; delivered $3.50 papers anc
magazines; delivered 1913 circulars;
213 packages and seven registers.
An inspector visited the st. Johns
bury Office last Friday to examine
the workings of the postal saving.
system. He expressed himself al
much pleased with the amount OF
H business already done although the
system had been in operation only {
few days.
Arthur E. Clouga will spend the
Il summer here and serve as mail agen'
on the new train between st. Johns
bury and Upper Bartlett.
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