Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-08-30
ORDER SAY
Mali
hA|NDl ED ]! SUNDAY
NEW ORDE r EFFEcTIVE NEXT;
ss:}S5 su DAY WILL CAT UsEEMuc II
DlsAPPo OINTMENT S 33I#
WILL LESSEN WORK FOR CLERKS.
ORDER GOES so FAR AS TO
ORDER BOXES CLOSED
ALSO. s5$.5

Acting upon the following instruc-
tions from the First Assistant Post
master General, Postmaster Daeley
announces that the postoffice, SO far
as the distribution of mail lis concern.
ed at least, viii be closed next Sum
day. The order:
WASHINGTON, Aug. "a Post
master. Sir: The postnffice appro-
priation act for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1913, provides:
That hereafter the .postoffices
of the first and second classes
shall not be open on Sundays for
the purpose Of delivering mail to
the general public, hut this pro
vision shall not prevent the II
prompt delivery of special de
# livery mail. u
Under this Law you will close the
general delivery, carriers windows,
and lock boxes and discontinue all
deliveries by carrie iers ON Sunday. You
win note, however, that special deliV-
cry mail Is excepted and you will;
therefore arrange to have on duty a
sufficient force to handle this mail
matter promptly.
The department, desires to reduce
Sunday work to the minimum SO thai
as many of the employees as possible
may enjoy a cnmpl etc day of rest on.
Sunday You will, therefore, require!
only sufficient number of clerks to
report for duty on that day in order.
that transit mail and the mail collect
ed for dispatch may be handled with l1
out delay. If no mail lis 4digpa atched on
* Sunday a very early coll action should U
I be made on Monday morning and the
mail for the local delivery sdistr ributed
before the carriers leave for their first
"trip. Respec lily, C; EP Grand field,
First Assistant Postmaster General.
B Postmaster Daeley is in doubt as to
the Interpretation Of the instrnct ctionss q ]
relating to the closing of lock boxes.
He is Of the opinion that there is
nothing in the nrder to prevent the
main lobby from being open, and that 81
people who have mail ia their boxes
would be. allowed TO rempNe 1T. But
that the distrib ributipn Of mail In the
boxes is forbid den. IRaeley says 9
that Il the authorit ties would permit il
that he and hiB force would sbe glad
+ to distribute the mail a.rriXiDg Sunday
morning on No. 3 at aeast, and go " that
iii So doing no special hare dship te the
employees would result niler the a
excellent system he has a ways main pig I
tained here the Sunday distrfhution Y q
of mails has been banlled without
working empl Dyes beyond the forty
eight hours per week which they are
1 supposed to put y
The enforcement Of the neW order,
which will become effective next Sun lllls
day will doubt less cause consid derable
disappo intment to the public, bnt like g
everything else, It III not, be 30 bad
when one gets used to- II: ''S
AS usual, the Devils Lake postmass,. g,
ter is ready TO do any ything he can sto 8
& accommodate the public, and h the pts
authorities will permit him % do I 5Eso s,t
h he win see that at least one import
h ant mail is distributed in the \ boxes, ss
over the country the new y IA order der
E3 will be compile ed with strictly and Al
ready there are rumbling ngs Of protest.