The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-10-26
MORE HELP FOR THE OFFICE
Postmaster General Orders New Clerk
Put on at Once and Promises Exten-
sion Of the Carrier Service Within a
Month.

The postal receipts Of the Kenosha
postofice for the fiscal year ending
Sept. 30, 1911, show an increase of
more than fifteen per cent over the
receipts of the former year. This fact
is shown by the annual report OF
Postmaster Robert Verne Baker which
has just been fled with the postmaster
general and which is being used to
Eecure extensions of the postal service
In Kenosha. The total postal receipts
for the year just closed reached the
record mark of $71,817.38 and fully one.
half of the amount was profit to the
government. The receipts for the prcvi-
GUS fiscal year were $62, 409.35.
This does not take into account the
vast amount Of money handled by the
money order department of the govern
ment during the year and while the
report from that department is not as
yet available it is declared that the
increase will be as great or greater
than the increase in the postal receipts
of the office. For the past five years
there has been steady increase in all
lines of business connected with the
Kenosha Office. Assistant Postmaster
zens, who has charge of the detailed
work Of the postal receipts, declares
that at the present time the Office is
handling on an average more than
$4,000 pieces Of mail daily. This of
course includes incoming and outgoing
mails
f. Along with the report Postmaster
Baker has made request to the de-
,partment that the force in the Office
sbe increased. Already he has received
authority from Washington to add one
man to the force of clerks in the Office
and John Northway has been named for
the new position, Northway has work
ed as a substitute clerk in the Office
before and he will now be regular
addition to the mailing division. In
addition to The clerk it is announced
that at least two more carriers will be
added to th force early in November.
This will bring the force of the office
mp to eleven clerks and sixteen carriers.
The new carriers are badly needed to
relieve congested districts and for the
extension of the service. Suburban
Kenosha has been growing very rapidly
during the past year and many new
streets have been opened in which the
people have made all the improvements
demanded by the postOffice department
and these people are now anxious to
have the benefits of special delivery.
With two new carriers and a re-
arrangement of the routes it will be
possible not only to extend the service
unto this new territory, but also to pro
vide better service for some of the
business and older residence districts of
the city.
While a formal order for the new
carriers has not as yet been received
the assistant postmaster has been given
50 understand that the request will be
granted.
The rapid growth in the service in
Kenosha will undoubtedly demand other
additions to the force within the next
year. 1t is declared that the business
of the Kenosha postofice is growing
faster than that in any city of it's size
in the state and when the new figures
On the Wisconsin offices are given out
Kenosha is expected to stand about
fifth in the state.