The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30
FAR BELOW OTHER CITIES
Lack of Mail Order Business in Ke-
nosha Makes it Impossible for Busi
ness to Grow Here Like in Other Cit
les OF state-Many Parcels Handled

Assistant Postmaster Michael F..
Zens has completed the work of pre-.
pairing statistics of parcel post business
out of the Kenosha post Office for the
period between the first and the if
teenth of this month and the report
indicates that the parcel post business
of the Kenosha post Office is increas,
ing rapidly and that it is being taken
care Of without any extra help in the
office.
Kenosha merchants and manufactu
rers are not taking to the parcel post
as rapidly as merchants and manufac-
turers of other cities and the report
shows that the number of parcels re
ceived in the Kenosha Office was nearly
double the number dispatched. During
the fifteen days the number Of parcels
sent out from the Kenosha Office was
1892, and the average weight of these
parcels was two pounds and six ounces.
The average postage paid on each par
eel was Ia cents The number of par
cells received at the local Office was
shown to be 6,977. These came from
every zone in the parcel post system,
but the great majority of the parcels
were sent to Kenosha from the first
zone which now includes Chicago, and
milwaukee, Most Of the packages sent
out of Kenosha went into this zone,
but there was large number shipped
to other zones the proportion from the
first zone not being nearly so large as
with the incoming parcels.
The total number of parcels received
and dispatched was 10,349 and the es-
timated cost Of handling the parcel post
business in the fifteen days was SIS, Or
a little over dollar a day 1t is es-
timated that there was no additional
cost for clerk hire III handling the bust
ness of the parcel post between Jan
uary 1st and June 430th IF this year
The number Of insured parcels han
died in the fifteen days was forty and
the number of G. o. D. parcels mailed
from the local office was 81. The total
number of parcels for delivery in Ke-
nosha was 6,719. OF this number (, 1886
were delivered by the regular carriers,
134 delivered with horse drawn vehicles
and the total cost of delivery, inclu{l-
ing the carriers time was So. The aver
age cost per parcel was four and half
mills. 400 parcels were delivered by
messengers using the street cars. The
total cost Of delivering all parcels and
handling them in the office including
the carriers time was $19,40, or a cost
per parcel Of four mills.
we are very well satisfied by the
showing made in this examination, !,
declared Mr.. Zens. "Of course, Keno
sha can not be expected to show the
reat parcel post business of many Wis
consin cities known as mail order
cities, but the business is showing a
good increase every month and as rap
idly as the people of the city under
stand the workings of this department.
it is growing in favor However, We
may be expected to be far behind
GAINESVILLE, Racine and other Wisconsin
cities as all of these cities have great
mail order houses mad there is not one
OF these concerns in Kenosha.
The report also shows that the postal
receipts of the Kenosha office for the
year ending on June 30th, 1913, was
$95,340.09. This is notable increase
over the postal receipts of last year
and the cost Of maintaining the Office.
showed little increase. The gov
eminent will have very large profit
from the Kenosha Office during the
year.