Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-02

coo. During this period the pay Of as
sistaut postmaster and clerks has in
creased from s31l 900 to $4,000 and the
pay of city free delivery from s77oo
to s14, 400.
In 1901 the number Of money orders
paid at the Augusta Office was 1so,-
SS1, amounting to s2s3,083.41. which at
that time was thought TO be large; but
in 1913 the number paid was S95,o72,
amounting to s4S1 ,164o7. During this
period there was an increase In the
number OF orders issued from 6i8f,
amounting to s37,S24.49, to 1909,
amounting to s119,s2o.57. The amount
of money order funds deposited at the
Augusta office by smaller offices
amounted in 1901 to sl7.QS2iS end In
1918 to $541, ,9s2.S5. Registrations In tA.s
time nearly trebled IN number.
Three postal stations have been es-
tablished and are proving a great con-
venience to the public. In the main Of
flee at the present time there are en-
ployed "A regular clerks and two tenn
porary; four regular laborers and one
temporary; 10 regular city carriers
and two auxiliary. A county system
of rural delivery, the first in the
State and obtained through the efforts
of Senator Burleigh, then member
of the House, has been established,
which allotted seven carriers to the
Augusta Office.
During this period one Of the great
est innovations ever made in the post
al service-the Inauguration of the
tod in n m n y ga6
increase of business at this office, al
though the system is yet in it's infan-
cy, there being from rs to 100 sacks of
this mail dispatched daily. During the
holiday period the number of sacks
was 200.
While the amount of first class mail
handled at the Augusta office is small
in comparison with the amount of 9TH
er classes. a steady increase is notice
able At the present time upwards OF
25,OO0 letters are received and 1900
dispatched daily by six trains to the
West and seven trains to the East.
Large quantities of other classes of
mail are dispatched in storage cars
three daily-two to the Boston South
Station and one to the North Station.
The Augusta office several years ago
was designated as a depository for
equipment. The distribution of equip
ment where and when needed has al
ways been a problem causing the de-
partment more or less dlfflculty IN
der the present arrangement sacks OF
various kinds are received in small
lots from post Offices in the State, are
sorted and inspected at the Augusta
office and distributed therefrom on de-
mand. By this arrangement the neces-
sity of ordering car loads of sacks from
washington for use here Is largely
avoided a great saving in expense as
the freight on one of these carloads
amounts to over $780,
Within the past year the Augusta or
flee has been made a depository for the
supplies of small post offices discontln-
ned in this State During the past
few years considerable change In the
methods of handling mail at the Au-
gusta office has been made. Some at
temot has always been made by the
publishers to separate their mail 10
the several states. Under the present
arrangement publishers are furnished
scheme for each state designating the
r.. p. O. or stage route by which any
oost office may be first supplied. BY
use Of this scheme publishers make up
much Of their mail for dispatch. there