Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-24
POSTMEN TO GIVE
PART OF HOLIDAY
TOD|STR|CT MAIL
Early Action by People Here
Gives Greater Freedom to
Incoming Parcels.

Incoming Parcels.
Gray-coated emiSsaries OF Santa
Claus. each carrying more Christmas
gifts and letters than old Kris Kringle
| ever knew, the letter carriers of the
| Washington city post Office tomorrow
| will give up part Of their own holiday
| in order that no man. woman or child
in the National Capital shall go with
out remembrance from the folks
back home"
There will be one delivery of first
| class mail tomorrow morning. City
| Postmaster NJ. o. Chance announced
| today. while parcel post packages will
| be delivered all day long. as neces-
| sary. Owing to the fact that Wash
ingtonians splendidly needed the ad-
! monition Of mail early" the city posi-
| office now can devote itself largely
| to incoming packages.
The temporary post Office which Were
opened about the city for the handling
| of Christmas mail will be discontinued
| at O'Clock this evening.
| All stations will be closed tomorrow
, for the receipt of mail, but there will be
the one delivery from them as stated
above.
"CIean Up Task Now.
With approximately $4,000 sacks OF
parcels handled every day for the
L past week. ana WITH lIe HTSl-CldSS
, letters mailed here reaching the rec
| ord total of 100000 day. of which
| about so per cent were mailed for
local delivery, the city post office to-
day settled to the task of cleaning
| up"
| While Mr.. Chance slept at the big
| Office at Massachusetts, avenue and
| North Capitol street last night clerks
| and carriers of the night shift were
| busy all night long, sorting and max
Ill.
thousands of parcels. the last min
ute" Christmas gifts from all parts
| of the nation.
All three shifts of workers have
been on a twelve-hour basis since
| Monday, and 547 temporary clerks and
235 carriers have been added to the
more than 1000 regulars" to handle
the Christmas rush. Not only are the
| workers handling the largest rush of
| mail i'm the history Of the Washing
ton city post office, but also are TAX
| ing care. as usual. of the tons of par
| eel post matter which comes into the
| local Office for separation for points in
Virginia and North and South Caro-
lima.
Last Days Activities.
Postmaster Chance was up early
| this morning. before the light was to
4 be seen in the eastern sky, directing
| the last days parcel post activities
| before Christmas. A live rabbit was
I HI OHc pdTCcl pOeL SACK. DTOD-
ably put there by some mischievous
person in another state. and this bag
was turned over to the postmaster
for disposal.
Mr.. Chance sent the rabbit to one
. of the local missions Sixteen rabbits
| and several turkeys, which did not
have Identification tags, have been
sent to the Central Union and Gospel
missions and other places.
Eighty-five big trucks and thirty
ID wa <ral
in the distribution of Christmas parcel
post throughout the city. Eleven
motor cycles are used in the collection
of letters. and two of the older car
stick steadfastly to tricycles
The hospital at the city post Office
proves one of the most interesting
places for the visitor. Here four girls
are at work all day long. rewrapping
incoming parcels which have had their
| wrappers or Irvine disturbed in transit.
Scores of packages are received
| which are in a state that requires i'm
mediate assistance lest they fall en-
tirely to pieces AS long as there is
enough of the address left the hos
pitar functions. The parcels are
carefully wrapped in clean. new paper.
and properly tied with Irvine. and the
address placed on anew. Thus hum
dreds OF packages are placed in the
hands of people here.
Dead Letter Candidates.
Parcels which have absolutely no
address upon them-and many such
are received-go to the dead letter Of
| rec. These parcels are known officially
as found loose in the mails" Perish
ables, OF course, which are found
| loose in the mails are sent to institu-
lions which can use them
Gomez at cents cup, with all the
cream and sugar one wants. is served
to carriers and clerks of the Washing
ton city post Office in the Offices res
taurant, Mr.. Chance said.
| L want to thank the people of
| Washington for responding so readily
to the mail early appeal" declared
MI Chance today. They took the
! advice, as the rolling office and the
parade OF parcel post trucks outlined
| 1t, and today We see the result in our
office left practically free to handle
the incoming parcels for the people of
Washington"
Raymond Schreiner. acting foreman
! OF carriers of the Washington city
| post office. today was appointed TO
| the position of foreman of carriers, TO
| take the place of Joseph w. Saunders.
who yesterday was appointed super
intendent of carriers,
William H. HaycocK. yesterday ap-
pointed assistant city postmaster to
fill the position left vacant by the
resignation of Malcolm Kerln;
Clarence Schooley. who was APP
pointed superintendent of mails; Mr.
| Saunders and Mr.. Schreiner ali en-
| tered the city post office staff as let
| ter carriers. Postmaster Chance point
ed out today. The new foreman of
carriers was born in the District and
| has been with the city postoffice Tor
| twenty-five years.
Reports to the Post Office Depart
ment from many parts of the coun-
| try showed the Christmas mail to be
rs per cent heavier this year than
last when it reached the greatest
volume known up to that time. No
congestion either on trains or in post
| Offices was reported
Yesterday was the banner day in the
history Of the Washington city post
Office, Superintendent Haycock ar
| nounced today. More than i.2S6.0o0
letters and cards were cancelled. ex-
ceeding the mark of Monday. Sacks
OF parcel post dispatched numbered
10.775. breaking the previous mark Of
$500 sucks Incoming sacks numbered
| $3.50. Parcels delivered to midnight
| numbered 1864. Special delivery let
tiers totaled 6.6SS, the record for any
one day in the history OF the office