The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-24
Balance Sheet Shows that
$731, 1913 Was Handled
Past Year
% REGULARLY
ARE EMPLOYED
War Savings and Thrift Stamps Of Ma
turity Value of S284,7S1 Put Out
Over 100000 Parcel Post Pieees-9O
Tons of Publications.

The balance sheet at the Brattleboro
postoffiec for the year 1918 shows that the
receipts from all sources we're S73l, ,l9s.07
which is undoubtedly the largest amount
oil money handled by the Office during any
calendar year This is due in part to the
government issue of war savings and
thrift stamps, a maturity value of 1884,
7sl worth of these stamps being put out
| through the local office
1t may not be generally known that the
Brattleboro Office was made a control ac-
counting office IN September, 1916, which
means that all the postal accounts of the
IL postoffices in Windham county. with
the exception of Bellows Falls. which ac-
counts directly to the department at
Washington, are handled through the
Brattleboro postoffice Not only are the
accounts audited here but all the stamp
supplies used in the various district post
offices are furnished from Brattleboro
This new accounting system has increased
materially the amount of work for The
local office, but is a great saving of labor
in the office of the auditor for the pos
Office department at Washington, to which
are 4l0 postoffices in the state of Yer
mont and the local Office accounts cover
10, or nearly a tenth of the entire number
Including the postmaster and his as
slstant, 3 persons are now regularly EN-
lployed in postofiiee work These employ
les include II cIetks, nine city carriers anil
live rural carriers The rural routes Gov
er portions of the towns of Dmmmerston.
GuIiford, Marlboro and Halifax in addi-
tion to Brattleboro Every working day
of the year the city and rural carriers
cover a combined distance OF over PSI
miles, which means that they travel
total number of miles yearly to take them
around the world more than three times
Three star routes arrive and depart from
Brattleboro every weekday and mail Is
made up for the patrons having boxes
along these routes. In this way an ad-
dltlonal 33 miles has its mail delivered
. daily. Ii all the families served from the
Brattlehoro Office lived on one street The
total length OF that street would reach
from Rrattleboro to Philadelphia
: Eight regular publications are mailed
from local printing establishments and
the total weight of these papers and
magazines the past year was 80, ,6o6
pounds. over % tons Between 5000
7 and 100000 pieces of parcel post matter
are handled yearly. The removal of the
: railway mail clerk from the West River
!. road has made an increased amount of
work for the local Office, as II closed
! pouches are now exchanged daily with Of
e fees along that route
The work of the postmaster has been
!, increased largely during the past few
1 years Since the erection of the federal
e building, in which the postoflice is housed
e he has acted as custodian of the building
c and property and has a custodian force Of
three men in addition to the postal en-
: pioyes. The postmaster's work the pasi
: year or Two. in addition to the oversight
!. and direction of the postal business anc
e care and maintenance of the government
{ property, has included the registration o
f alien enemies, aiding and assisting in en-
Y hstments in the army and navy. ASSISTING
q in the matters of alIotments and war risl
? Insurance and many other activities il
, war work
A \ summary Of the receipts and expendi
! lures of the office are given herewith:
Dr.
Postal Account:
Stamped paper sold, sill.7so.Si