The Irish standard., 1912-08-31
BOX HOLDERS To
GET SUNDAY MAIL
HITCHCOCK PERFEcTs PLANS so
IMPORTANT MATTER WILL
NOT BE DELAYED.
LAW NOT TO EMBARRAss.
Business Public Observation-Disclosures
To Be Sorted on Trains
Hotel Guests Pro-
vIded For.

Washington, Aug. %. - Plans were
perfected by Postmaster General
Hitchcock whereby the administra-
ton of the new law prohibiting the
delivery Of mail on Sundays will have
no serious effect upon the handling Of
important mail matter.
Holders of lock boxes at first and
second class postoffices will have &C
cess to them as usual, although no
mail deliveries will be made by car
Tiers on the street or Mt postoffice
windows. Mail for hotel guests and
newspapers will be delivered to them
through their lock boxes by simple
arrangement of having that mail sort
I'd on the railway mail cars before It
reaches the destination. Such mail
will be regarded as transit matter"
md will be distributed Immediately
npon it's arrival at the Offices of
destination, thus, practically insuring
speedier delivery to the addresses
han heretofore has been the case.
This distribution will require mini
mum Of Sunday work and the distribu-
ion of other mail received on Sunday
will be made after midnight of Sun
lay so that 1t may be delivered by
he carrier on their first tour on
Monday.
After all day conferences Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock issued state
nent explanatory of his administration
Of the new law. His assurance Is
/ hat there will be no embarrassment
70 the business public, and that
through the arrangements he outlines,
argent mail will reach its destination
promptly.
Orders necessary to carry Mr.. Hitch
cooks plans into effect will be issued
immediately. The postmaster generals
statement in fact follows:
Hitchcock's Statement. :.
"There appears to be some misap-
prehension concerning the provision in
The postal bill relating to the delivery
Df mail on Sunday. The provision
'oes not require the closing of post
of1lces on Sunday, which would be
quite impossible. owing to the fact that
the transit mail has to be sorted and
llso the mail collected in cities for
dispatch to other destinations. To stop
the movement of this mail would
mean serious clogging of the whole
iystem Of mail transportation and con-
'equent Inconvenience to the public
"At present most of the mail re-
seived on Sunday for delivery by car
| her Monday morning is worked after
midnight on Sunday and therefore the
aw will not affect this mail. 1t will
De delivered as promptly as hitherto.
Mail received up to midnight an Sat
arday for lock boxes will be distrib-
tied to the boxes and will be available
10 box holders on Sunday as usual.
No Street Delivery.
There is at present no street deliv-
cry Of mail by letter carriers on Sum
lay and therefore the law makes no
change in this regard. In short, the
,nly mail that will be affected under
: reasonable construction Of the new
law is that received ut the postof1ices
IN Sunday and hitherto sorted on that
lay for distribution to lock boxes"
Attention to Important Letters.
'Tn order to give the new provision
! Is liberal n construction as possible,
postmasters will be Instructed on ap-
plcation to have their employees sort
put in emergency cases on Sunday let
!ers of special importance This will
supplement the present privilege of
having all mail delivered on Sunday
that carries special delivery stamp"
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