St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-02-26
EIGHr HOURS In TEN
A Change in Postoffice Regulation
Ian Increase in Clerks

A Change in ROSIOu1ce Regulations
Ian Increase in Clerks
q BY. a new law which becomes eff
feetfye on March all the clerks
and carriers in the st. Johnsbury
post Office will have their work so
arranged that they can complete
their eight hours work in ten hours
Heretofore these employees have
worked on an eight hour schedule
which began early in the morning
and ended in the evening and this
arrangement prevailed in most o.
the first and sec0nd-elass offices in
the country. To make this change
effective Postmaster Stone has sue
ceeded in securing allowances fol
additional help for a portion of eacl
stitute clerk, and Harold L. Penni-
man, one of the substitute carriers
will be adde to the regular force af
ter next Tuesday. The clerical force
will work in pairs and the only
change in the office hours will be tho
closing of the money order Office
after March 4 at six o'clock. In
stead of opening the money orde
Office at 100 it will not be opened
until in the morning and one clerl
will be in charge of this department
the registry service and the STAMP
window throughout the day. Only
one clerk will be employed on Sun
day mornings an don Sundays the
lobby will be open from 10 o'clocl
in the morning until 6 in the even
ing.
The new law will necessitate
some change in the carrier service as
the regular carriers will not star
out on their morning delivery unit
about nine o'clock. This will be a
general delivery throughout the vii
lage, with the afternoon deliveries
the same as usual. To accommodate
the business section as far as pos
sible the department has approved
of having a strictly business deliv
cry by the substitute carrier at Z
in the morning. This delivery viii
include all the stores on Main street
Eastern avenue and Railroad street
from Eastern avenue to Maple street
including the numerous establish
ments on Bay street and the bust
ness houses on Portland street west
of the river.
By this arrangement the public
will have the night mails delivered
as we'll as the afternoon mail anC
the carriers can complete theil
! eight hours of work in ten hours
as provided by the new law.
In reporting to the Office for tn
morning delivery the carriers will
collect the mail from the followlne
letter boxes: Corner Clinton Ave
and Main street; Maple street and
! Main street; Gleason's store; Web
ster and Summer; Church and Sum
mer; Central and Sammer; Central
and Main; Mill St. near Hooker's
office; opposite No. 118 r. R. ST.;
Maple and Clarks Ave; Prospect St.
and the boxes located in the bust.
ness section of R. r. ST. and Eastern
avenue, Cross and Pearl streets.
The mail from the other boxes viii
be collected when the carriers make
their genral delivery in the fore
noon.
1t is hoped that under this sche
dule the z O'Clock evening collec-
ton from the letter boxes in the
business section can be made as
usual.
While it is expected that this ar.
! rangement will not give universe.
| satisfaction it is the best that car
| be made under the law that compel;
! all employees to finish their eight
| hours of work in ten hours.