The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-08-30

prohibiting the delivery OF MAI
Sundays will have NJ serious
effect upon he handling of I'M
portant mail matter.
Holders of lock boxes at first
and second class postotfices Will
have access TO them as usual, al
though no mail deliveries will be
made by carriers on the street or
at the postof1ice windows.
HOTELS BE FAVORED
Mail for hotel guests and news
papers will be delivered to them
through their lock boxes by the
simple arrangement of having that
mail sorted on railway mail cars
| before iC reaches it's destination.
Such mail will be regarded as
transit matter and will be dis
tributed Immediately upon It's
arrival at the Offices Of destination
thus practically insurirg a more
speedy delivery to addresses than
| has heretofore been the case.
THE RULING
The p~ostof1ice appropriation act
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1913, provides;
That hereafter pOstOffices of
the first and second classes shall
not be open on Sundays for the
purpose of delivering mail to the
general public, but this shall not
prevent the prompt delivery of a
special delivery mail"
Under this law all postmasters
throughout the country are di-
rected to close the general delivery
window, carriers windows and
lock boxes, and discontinue all de-
livery by carrier on Sunday. This
does not cover special delivery
mail which is excepted from the
workings of the new law. The
several postmasters throughout the
country are directed to have INT or
more special delivery messengers to
handle this class of mail matter
promptly.
Accompanying the order from
the postoffice department for the
observance of the new law is the
following explanation.
SPECIAL DELIVERY
Under this law you will close
the general delivery, carriers win
dows and lock boxes and discOn-
tinue all deliveries by carriers on
Sundays. You will note, however,
that special delivery mail is ex-
cepted and you will therefore
arrange to have on duty a SUI
f1icient force to handle this mail
matter promptly.
The department desires to re-
duce the Sunday work to the
minimum so that as many Of the
employees as possible may enjoy a
complete day of rest on Sunday.
You should, therefore, require
only a sufficient number of clerks
to report on duty on that day in
order that transit mail and mail
collected for dispatch may be
handled without delay. If no mail
is dispatched on Sunday a very
early collection should be made on
Monday morning and the mail for
local delivery distributed before
the carriers leave for their first
trip"
SOME INCONvENIENCES
The general public will not be
harmed by this order, but travel
ing men and many of the large
wholesale and jObbing houses will
be put to a great Inconvenience.
For instance, a travelling man who
has been in the habit of getting
his expense check and advance in
formation on Sunday and has been
leaving on early Monday morning
trains, will have to provide some
other manner of getting informa-
ton. Also a wholesale or jobbing
house that has been receiving or
ders on Sunday and filing them
for early Monday morning service
will be disconnected. But as
long as it applies to the country at
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