The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-05

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Editor Of NeWs:-Please grant space
to the publication of an explanation of
the communication which appeared in
your columns last evening, in which
criticism was directed at the mail
service provided and the condition of
the Calumet post office Permit me to
state that the criticism was unjust and
evidently based on a misunderstanding
OF the situation.
In the postohice service as in other
public business the greatest need of
the greatest number of people is given
first consideration and therefore i'm the
arrangement Of the mail exchanges be-
tween the Calumet and Laurium Of
fees the chief railway mail CLERK, (not
the postmaster who has entire charge
OF this matter has provided a service
which meets important outgoing and
incoming mail trains. the exchange be-
tween the TWO Offices being so timed
that il can be made at the same time
as the regular transfer Of mail matter
from the Laurium postotiice to and
from the depot thus avoiding extra
cost.
The first exchange Of mail between
the Calumet and Laurium Offices Is
made by street car, leaving Calumet at
7:4j a. m This includes all Laurium
mail posted at the Calumet office up to
Z. 30 a. m also that received on the
Mackinaw 20 Calumet express train and
Calumet and Ontouagon train No. ..
Another mail from the Calumet office
for Laurium is pouched at S:l5 a. m.
this including mail matter deposited
In the Calumet postofiice prior To this
time ana that received on the Calumet
Charming train. Mail matter for Eagle
Harbor and Kewcenaw county is
pouched al 80 a. IN. and leaves Calu-
met on the Keweenaw Central train at
h.lj O'Clock, this mail matter including
that deposited AT the postofiice and
that received on the Mackipaw and
Calumet express train No. and the
Calumet and Ontonagon trains No. 3.
Neither Of these mail services in
clude the mail matter deposited I'm the
mail boxes scattered throughout the
town for the reason there is no time
remaining after the carriers return TO
the postoilice to sort this mail before
the Laurium and Eagle Harbor
pouches are made up.
As the postal rules and regulations
provide that the carriers cannot work
I'm excess Of eight hours daily, and
these must be consecutive hours. or
eight hours within ten hours. it would
be poor policy to start tie postman's
collections so early i'm the morning that
his eight hours would expire before his
afternoons delivery is completed. The
I hours OF collection on tbs mail boxes
are approximately the hour Of collec-
! ton. Collections are never made be-
| fore that hour and occasionally do not
come until "A short time afterward
| They should not be as late as one ano
] one half hours after the hour posted
| and If the communicate knows of any
! authentic instances where the collec'
| tions have been made as late as that
/ he would confer a favor on the post
Office officials by supplying information
concerning the same To the postmaster
The third mail exchange between tn
| Calumet and Laurium offices is mad
at 12:45 p. m. and includes mail mat
ter arriving on the Northwestern ant
| ST. Paul trains. that collected by car
riers and deposited in the Calume
postofiice. also mail matter received
during the morning from Hancock ant