The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-09

Sweeping changes in the postal mail
service effective on the main line of the
Great Northern between st. Paul and
Spokane on June Is in which 43 clerks
are affected and with the result locally
that Fargo will be made a common
terminal. were announced this after
noon from the office of e. c. Olwin,
chief clerk of the railway postal SER
vice of this district.
Through the change % clerks with
families and two single clerks will, be-
tween now and winter, make Fargo
their headquarters. Seventeen clerks
with families living at Grand Forks
will be Dtransferred to Fargo; five
clerks and families from Larimore, one
clerk and family from Devils Lake, and
two single clerks from Grand Forks.
Change Benefits WiIIiston.
Not only is Fargo benefited by the
change in service, but Williston as
well, Chief Clerk Olwin stating that
is clerks will be transferred to that
city-nine from the ST. Paul district
and nine from this Seventh district.
The third newly created terminal will
be at Cutbank. Mont.
The change is made by the railway
postoffice service department for the
creation Of another western district
which will be in the thirteenth divi-
tana, Idaho and Washington. BY the
creation OF this new district. the de-
partment hopes to divide all runs over
10 hours in, length. making the runs
nearly as close to eight hours as pos
sible.
Fargo . Common Terminal.
Fargo becomes one Of the common
terminals for the runs Of the railway
postal clerks between St, Paul and
Spokane on the main line Of the Great
Northern with the exception of train
No. 3. which will divide" at Casselton,
the mail clerks on this train, however,
to make Fargo their headquarters and
will dead head to Casselton.
The runs of the clerks, between st.
Paul and Spokane. in the. past have
been divided" at Grand Forks, Devils
Lake, New Rockford and Minot. being
from st. Paul to these points. Under
the new postoffice department orders.
railway postal clerks will run from st.
Paul to Fargo: Fargo to Williston;
Williston to Cutbank, and from CUT
bank to Spokane.
Additional Postoffice Service.
While reports have been current of
late that the mail service on certain
trains was going to be crippled because
OF war conditions, the change which
becomes effective next Friday makes
additional railway postofhce service
for this part of the state in the fact
that a clerk will be put on trains Nos.
Ill and 112. operating between. Grand
Forks and Fargo.
This service was in effect some years
ago but has been discontinued for the
last two years.
Service will be continued on train
No. ] west of Fargo.
"There is a chance for the merchants
OF Fargo to grasp an opportunity in
the way of working up a large mail or
der business through the change, af-
fecting trains Nos. Ill and 112." stated
Chief Clerk Olwin. Orders from off
this line of the Great Northern can be
received in Fargo at 1880 o'clock in
the morning and dispatched to their
destination by parcel post on train No.
liz at 2:40 o'clock the same afternoon.
Train No. Ill leaves Grand Forks at
S:15 o'clock. It means the building UP
OF big parcel post business in this
district by the Fargo merchants
No Service on Nos, 9, q and 200.
Announcement was also made at the
Office of the chief clerk that postoffice
service will be discontinued on trains
Nos. and 4 west of Fargo, effective
June is, and also on train No. 200, rum
ming between Minot and Bedford juno
ton. Train No. 199. companion to No.
200. will continue as previously with
out postal service.
Earlier Mail For Fargo. J.
These trains on which service will
be Withdrawn will carry closed pouches
with parcel post the same as at the
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