Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-30
Council Bluffs,
U. P. TRANSFER OFFICE GOES
Government Does Away with Branch
Station in Yards
RAILWAY MAIL CLERK IN CHARGE
RrEuinr Carriers wit serve rats
District IN the FutHre-tfnthant
Gees 80 she Msin
oftire.

After MAY the branch postoffice al the
linton Pacific transfer depot viii he dis
continued and the greater part uf the local
work that has been done there will here
after be performed az the central post
office The order closing the office came
IN telesrarn 10 Postmaster Hazelton yes
terdav morning from First Assistant Post
master General Gfanfield II directs the
transfer 81 the working force TO the main
office and announces that the handling Of
the registry business viii hereafter be i'm
posed upon the railway mall service
The order ~ the postmaster general
closes = piscs ~ historic interest IN Coun-
ell Bluffs The branch office Was estsb-
lished IN 1879 for the exclusive use Of the
registry department Of the railway mail
service. II has handled many millions Of
dollars later personal mail was received
and delivered there n has always siven
employment 10 = branch postmaster and a
number of assistants, and has been the
only office IN this part Of the country
that has always been Kept open night and
dav. n has been " particular convenience
to linton Pacific employees who have re-
ceved theft mail matter there for many
years. hut the chief patrons have been the
railroad laborers, mostly foreigners, who
have been uuattered IN bunk cars and
portable shantes which have been moved
frequently about the yards All OF the
people residing In the vicinity OF the
transfer have also enjoyed the convenience
OF having postoffce close by
The order 81 the department contemplstes
the service OF all OF these people hereafter
through the agency OF the regular carriers.
II is doubtful. however. II the carriers will
be able 10 find any considerable proportion
OF the transient foreigners, who win thus
be greatly Inconvenience These patrons
have sent hundreds OF thousands Of dol
lars worth Of money orders issued from
ihis office to the old country. Al christ
mas holiday times the business Of the Of
flee has always been so heavy that sew
eral extra men have been added. Each
year since his appointment Postmaster
Tiazeiton has had 10 pull his coat and go
down there and labor like a harvest hand
10 prevent his assistants from being buried
I BY the avalanche OF mail that has been
piled IN FOR transfer to the various rail
( road lines.
The department les informed Postmaster
( Hazeltun that IN place OF the ordinary
branch postoffice 4 will establish branch
railway postoffice which will give en-
I ployment 10 NJ least a dozen clerks 10 be
taken from the railway mail service they
will occupy quarters much larger than have
been used for the old office. The work OF
tearing out the partitions and making the
enlargement was begun yesterday. II
viii be located in the south end OF the
passenger station, occupying the extreme
southeast corner OF the main building. The
main floor will be equipped with the work
ing facilities for two railway mail cars
each giving employment TO three men. Tho
old mail car which has stood on side
track for more than a year and has beer
used for the Omaha and Oregon mai
service will be abandoned and all OF The
work done inside.
Tho adjustment OF the old Office viii
increase rather than diminish the loca
mail faciliues. w C. Unthsnk who has
been the chief clerk there for many years
fifteen at least. win be transferred to The
main office.