The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-01
EMPLOYEES LOYAL TO OFFICE
Postmaster Baker Tells of Good Work
Done by the Regular Force Of the
ONCE and Lack of Congestion in Dis
posing Of Big Santa Claus Mails.

Postmaster R. v. Baker sat in his Of
fee this morning pufhng clear Ha-
vana with a look Of supreme peace on.
his face. His chair was titled back and
he smiled into vacancy as there was not
a complaint on his table before him.
He took a survey of the big room to
the south of his Office and found not a
single Christmas package undelivered.
30 yes, we are tickled, was his
greeting. cit is all over and of course
we are glad of it, but I want to say
that the work Of the postoffice during
busiest season of the year is a real rec
ord. We did not keep any count on the
parcels handled in the office, but I feel
certain that a total of ten thousand out
going parcels is. a conservative esti-
mate. Every one of them is on it's way
if not delivered and not once during
the great rush did a package fail to
make the first mail after it was received
In the Office. During the first three days
of the week we handled on an average
of three thousand packages a day out
Of che Office. The outgoing mail was a
little heavier than the incoming mail
but the incoming mail was lot heavier
than it had ever been in the history
Of the office and the force is entitled
to great credit for the manner in which
it was handled. y
At this juncture the postmaster stop
ped long enough to cross his fingers.
One of the really gratifying facts in
regard to the Christmas business is the
fact that there has not single com
plant been filed against service in the
Office. Usually Santa Claus forgets a
lot Of people and the fault is always
put on the department, but this year
we have been absolutely free of com
plants. They may come later, but we
have none now. The business this year
was handled without any great extra
expense to the department The last
package was sent out of the Office at
ten o'clock Christmas morning and the
only help that the regular force had
was the aid of two substitute carriers.
Of course we had teams but the fact
that the wagons were manned by ex-
perienced carriers made it easy for the
men to get the parcels delivered and
this overtime work was worth twice
as much to the department as the work
of new men, It appears that there is no
reason to expect further rush and
the fear that the packages would be
held up in congested centers is pretty
well dissolved by the fact that the
parcel mail this morning was decidedly
light. It was only little heavier than
a normal mail. The men in the office
showed lot Of loyalty during the last
few days and some Of them worked the
full twelve hours and then some with
out any sign of complaint. A lot of
credit is due to every member Of the
force for the record handling of the
record mail in the Kenosha Office
While the postoffice officials were I'M
able to give figures on the mails hand
led it is declared that the weight of
the Christmas mail in Kenosha exceed
ed fifteen tons and the weight of the
incoming mails were pretty nearly as
large. The new plan Of having the
stamps placed on parcels by the de-
partment proved big help.
s1Speaking of education said Mr..
Baker. This week has done more to
educate the people to the values of the
parcel post system than anything that
the government could do. Tt is certain
that there will be a big increase in par
eel post business from now on. The
people have found that Uncle Sam is
ready and willing to save them a lot
Of money along these lines. There was
a lot of money saved to Kenosha people
this year by the parcel post and it is
certain that their parcels reached their
destinations just as rapidly as in other
years The insurance feature appealed
especially to the people of Kenosha and
this brought an awful pile of nickles
into the postoffice cash drawers