The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-12-05
4 Delivery
N MARCH FIRST
| ,,srFR CLAUDE J. COT
',solJNCEs FORTHCOM-
'..,,ucURATION OF NEW
LsrlL SERVICE HERE.


srAl SERVICE HERE
!, Postmaster Claude }:
serasss sssunced he had received
n anlGunr suoru the postoffice de
TOI' n Wv Washington to the ef-
ssal s,t city it mail delivery would ndd.n,s be
gprss,G; s.',nG;formed carriers will be
NJ /, nnder the civil service
nlsa " for the present, at least, 1t
'',sted ~ d. these two men will be
pscssu cssndle the delivery of mail.
.iSns aa Of the city where con-
ssaTrs e.Its have been laid will be
WAN. .ss free delivery limit. 1t is
w. that the houses be num-
M ~ that receptacles for the
! 'nS 0laced on the front OF the
I,',, A representative of the
asss' s.s department will be in Ma
wv seon and will make a map OF
..,,torv @ to be embraced in the
delivery limits. Eight mail
! for for the deposit of outgoing
III III be placed at convenient
Il i the business and residen-
,etjons. Deliveries will be
,riee daily and mail from the
Vii be taken up twice a day.
s,,msster Cotter has been work
: he city mail delivery service
\ Sree he took charge of the post
, bsrp last summer. He was able
,yrsst the department in the ne
n for such service in Mariana,
, result Of which they sent in
tsn here several time to look
Ae situation and make reports.
IN Instance these reports have
favorable. The order establish
ne service on March /, 1920,
wed the fling of these reports
be Inspectors.
stng definite is known about
prospects, for securing the new
sfte building here. The depart
adyertised for bids for the con-
lhen Of the buildings and the
we're opened in September. All
rejected because they were too
Il presumed the bids will be
fused at an early date.
kgSing postoffce matters in
bal Postmaster Cotter said he
Ed to call the attention of local
nn to the necessity for cooper
With the local force in hand
he enormous amount of busi-
that passes through the office
Between October | and Is,
n period embraced two Sundays,
kal force handled 3,145 parcels
packages, weighing 6,638
Hh or more than three tons.
H handled in .13 working
an average of 242 packages a
The record was kept for this
on orders from Washington.
mndred and eight of these
'gs had to be insured and re-
written. This in addition to
'lomous number of money or
ksued, the handling of thous-
q letters daily, the great mass
Aand and third-class mail, the
stamps and the many other
Incident to the business. All
work is being done with a linn
l'rce The department in
ngtOn has established policy
"ehchment that absolutely de-
any increase in postoffice
postmaster Cotter says the
u Oi correspondence and the
~ reports required of him is
uan enough to keep him busy.
lays much of this aside and
% the handling of the busi-
me different window, catch
With his correspondence at
Vne man s kept busy all day
money order window. Another
u ospatching mail. This leaves
w clerks to distribute the mail
alves on the six trains and wait
~trons at three windows. 1t
s Oe seen the local force is
way in which the public can
''x most helpfully at this
Y mailing Christmas pack
,ssI. %ny instead of waiting until
s's before Christmas. A sug-
iOr the business institutions,
s'w and in the future. is for
IN \ make an effort to get some
y outgoing mail in the office
IN. ~ o'clock in the afternoon.
',1 ''sr Cotter says from a until
NM M each afternoon thousands
Rtsa. %ls mailed by the business in
a ~, y J, OF Mariana clog the
d,.as.n N sne one clerk who attends to
N I%%scnlng I% of mail. 1t is phys
|kns impossible y to work this vast
|gs,l1 u letters within am hour,
Is.ys. y route them, tie them in
Rilsd1 a. ana !, label each package as
/ nsrgy " the rules. The result is
L s,ss Say letters are necessarily
Au,iNss..u until the following day.
MI fsss sss men would make a prac-
h lefta.ll ftnolng at least a portion of
dg ~ to the office earlier in
|'seeES Sle congestion between A and
would be relieved.