The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-26
POSTAL FORCE
IS INCREASED
Eight Carrier and Eight
Clerks Added From
March 4
Reilly Eight Hour Bill Brings
Additional Help to Bridge
port Office

Eight new carriers and eight new
clerks will begin work at the Bridge
port post office next Tuesday. Their
appointments are authorized today in
orders from the post office department
in Washington in compliance with the
the request for additional help neces-
sary to put into operation the Reilly
eight-hour law. effective March 4.
Three of the clerks are appointed
to the regular force and the remain
ing five are designated as Temporary
appropriation having been made for
their service until the end of the
present fiscal year, June 30 The
eight carriers are temporary ap-
pointees also These appointments,
however, will undoubtedly be made
permanent when the budget for the
fiscal year, beginning July 1 is made
up.
The three regular clerks will be r.
W. Kohler, of 161 Fox street; J. L.
Hanley. 1S0 Calhoun avenue, and C. J.
,O'Brien, 1877 Pembroke street. The
temporary appointments will go to
l. D. Burns, E. F. Brink, c. A. Lauf-
er, J. T. Nelson and J. H. Murphy,
the next highest five on the eligible
list If these men do not care to
accept the positions, the appointments
will go to others on the eligible list.
The new carriers will increase the
temporary appointees serving at the
local office to thirteen Three men
already are temporarily appointed for
the Stratford post office work and two
for the parcel post division. The thir-
teen eligible candidates for these
places are: Arthur Rarnsley, 761 Maple
street; Clarence Miller, 766 Kossuth
street; Fred W. Hayden, POI wheeler
avenue; William A. Maher, 95 Booth
street; Harry Benedict, 823 Beachwood
avenue; William J. Mahoney, so West
avenue; Arthur Norton, 266 Colora do
avenue; H. r. Donahue, 519 Myrtle
avenue; NJ. J. Farrell, 238 Pequonnock
street; Edward P. Donaaue, $50 At
1antic street.; George e. hMossey, 3S
Orchard street; Harry I. Miller, 191
Orchard street; Robert Watt, Sc Tom
Thumb street.
The assignment of clerks will be as
follows: Main office, cashiers div1-
sion, one; mailing division, two; five
between main office and sub-statio11s;
East Side station, one; West End sta
ton, 1. This will bring the total
number of clerks up to II.
The additional carriers will be as
signed, two to the East Side station,
three to the West End station and
three to the main office. There will
79 carriers in the new force, and their
work will be divided as follows:
Main officeSTwenty three-trip car
riers: eight two-trip carriers; three
relief carriers; three for delivery and
collections; one collection carrier; one
window service and collection car
rier.
East Side Sixteen three-trip car
riers; seven two-trip carriers; two for
collections and delivery.
West End-Fleven three-trip car
riers; five two-trip carriers; two for
collections and delivery.
The new operating scheme will give
increased and more efficient. service
fl1r0ITRhaIIt the CITY post office au-
tho1.ities say, There will be Al routes
where residents will receive mail be-
fore 10 O'Clock, an increase of Is
routes in this service.
The business sections Of the East
Side and West End will receive an
additional late delivery in the after
noon, carriers leaving the stations as
late as 4:45. The service in the CEN
ter of the city will be as efficient as
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