The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-18
ECONOMY
IS INJURINC
THIS STATE
UNDISTRIBUTED NAIL is
DUMPED ON STATE CLERKS

FIcE DEPARTMENT IS THAT
FLORIDA PEOPLE GET THEIR
MAIL LATE.
JACKSONVILLE, Dec. IS - Mr..
Hitchcock's economy of operation
policy is being severely felt in the
Florida postal service, especially in
the railroad branch Of the great sys-
tenn.
1t is reported a solid car of undis-
tributed Florida mail, most of it sec
ond class, was received from Atlanta
one night this week at the terminal
station here. to be worked by the
already overworked mail clerks on
the various railroads of the state,
reaching its destination at least "a
hours late. In addition to this, it is
said, it has become the habit of
railway mail clerks on the roads
north of here to leave undistributed
Florida mail for this terminal, until
their arrival here, when hours and
sometimes a whole day, had to be
spent in the car working up Florida
mail all because there were not
clerks enough on the great trunk
lines from the north and west to.
handle and distribute mails for this
state.
The result was that in addition to
the delay in getting out mail to its
destination, there was no time to
clean out the cars for the return
trip, and put them in sanitary CON
dition" required by act of congress.
and railway mail clerks complained
of the condition of the cars in which
they were compelled TO work This
matter is reported to have been IA
ken up with the terminal author
ties here. with the result that they
are said to have put the matter
/ strictly up TO the mail authorities AND
! besides. have issued an order tb#t
ain mali cars be vacated in "n min
ures after arrival iu th- Jack
eonvila terminal
Following this order. il is re
ported that uuwerhed pouches are
being put on amy train not having a
heavy mail for that trip. to be work
ed and sent back. often to this place.
for delivery IT, -vai-a eurrEirg it to
proper destination.
Second class mail tor the East
Coast has been worked by crowded
crews on trains to Pensacola. Tampa,
or any other part of the western side
Of the state, it is claimed, simply be-
I cause it is impossible to handle it
on the route it should take in its I'M
worked condition.
ID is not the fault of the local Of
flee, nor is it the fault of the Flori-
da railway clerks; neither can it be
said the clerks in charge Of the rail
way mails from the north are guilty
Of neglect or carelessness in this
matter.
Sifted down, it is learned that
the shortage of railway mail clerks
throughout the whole system is to
blame
Car dimensions have been cut down,
crews have been reduced in number.
and, in the alleged effort to save a
dollar. the whole postal railway mail
service, of this part Of the coun-
I try. at least, has suffered. This is not
T because of the movement of the usu-
al heavy Christmas mail, for that
has not started yet. In fact, the Or
der for double duty to mail clerks on
the railroads does not call for double
work until December 18th, and then
it covers only the time through the
26th.
I It is said that now winter visitors
10 this state who want to keep in
communication through their papers,
with their home towns, have the
pleasure of reading the papers after
they are from three to four days
old, instead OF a to Sc hours old,
owing to their having to be sent
just anywhere to be pouched for