Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-27
TO CLOSE POST
OFFICE SUNDAY
Postmaster Pfeiffer Gets Or
ders From Washington
Take Effect Next Week.
RULE ALL OVER COUNTRY
Holders of Lock Boxes will
be Unable to Get Mail
Special Delivery.

Perth Amboy, as we'll as every
other city wherein a first or second
class postoffice Is established, will
suffer from the effects of the latest
order issued from the postmaster
generals office at Washington, d.
c., which provides for the closing of
all first and second class postotf1ces
on Sunday. This city, which is in
the second class division, will inaug-
urate the new custom on Sunday,
counter order Is received by Post
master William H. Pfeiffer.
Can't Reach Lock Boxes.
According to the new order, which
| was received yesterday, the postotfice
lobby will be closed from 8 o'clock
Saturday night until Monday morn
ing. Heretofore the lobby was open
ed on Sundays to allow owners of
lock boxes to secure their mall by
that system. The new order informs
the postmaster that all Sunday work
must be abolished, save that of re-
ceiving and distributing special de-
livery letters, which will be handled
| in the customary manner, to enable
the employees Of the department to
secure a day of rest. The special
delivery work will be done by as few
| clerks in the local office as possible,
Assistant Postmaster Harry Tyrrell
declares.
There is not at present a local de-
livery on Sunday, although, as stat
! ed In the foregoing, owners Of lock
boxes We're in position to secure
| the eir mail by the open lobby. A col
lection is made every Sunday after
noon between the hours of 2:30 and
4:30 o'clock and will be continued
under the new order. Mr.. Tyrrell
states that the Sunday closing is no
reflection upon the desire of the local
| officials to provide faultless service,
as the order comes direct from
Washington. D. c., and has been is-
sued to every first and second class
postoffice in the country. 1t is the
purpose of the order to cut down
the postal expense account.
Letter in Full.
The letter, in full, to Postmaster
Pfeiffer is as follows
THE postoffice appropriation act
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1913, provides that hereafter post
offices of the first and second classes
shall not be open on Sundays for the
purpose of delivering mail to the
general public, but this provision
| shall be made for the prompt deliv-
cry Of special delivery mail.
"Under this law you will close the
general delivery carriers windows
and lock boxes and discontinue all
delivery by carriers on Sunday. You
will note, however, that special de-
livery mail is expected, and you will,
therefore, so 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
that as many of the employees as pos
sible may enjoy a complete day of
rest on Sundays. You should, there
fore, require only a sufficient num-
Der of clerks to report for duty on
that day in order that transit mail
and the mail collected for dispatch
may be handled without delay.
'If no mail is dispatche on Sum
day very early collection should be
made on Monday morning and the
mail for local delivery distributed
before the carriers leave for their
first trip.
Respectfully,
&C. P. GRANDFIELD,
First Assistant Postmaster General