New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-06
POSTAL SERVICE IS
IMPROVED IN CITY
Officials Cooperating With Cham
Der OF Commerce Workers

Postmaster w. T.. Delaney has been
very willing to cooperate with the
business interest il giving better
service. The chamber of commerce
realizing the need for al extra collec-
ton service on the Main street Soc
ton recently made a request for s 6
p. m. collection and the order has
been put into effect. Those who or
dinarily feel that to insure letter S
prompt disposal as soon after p. m.
as possible have been obliged to
| carry this mail to the postoffice build
| ing With the now order any mail
! placed in the boxes on Main street
will he collected under the following
new daily schedule. City Drug store,
| 5:15; Arcade and r. r. depot box,
| Church street, down Main to Frank
! lin square retrace to chamber OF
{ commerce, Y. Nj. G. A. Boxes to New
Britain Trust, Chatfields, Asia hes
taurant, National Bank building, City
hall and CroWelrs at 5:45 to 6 p. m.
This service will be of great advan-
tagc to the business men of the main
streets. The merchants and offices
should appreciate this extra service
and use the boxes for collection as
listed
The committee appointed by Presi-
dent r. w. PeltOn in response to the
letter from Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral J. {. Rooms, asking how the mail
service could he bettered in New
Britain, have issued the following
communication to Washington. The
committee was composed of w. A.
House, chairman; F. T. Punderson Of
Landers, F'rary & Clark, and A A.
Mills, a director Of the chamber. The
letter sent was as follows:
Mr.. J. c. Rooms First ASsistaN ut Post
Master General,
Washington. y. c..
Your very kind favor of January
, at hand. A special committee ap-
pointed to take up the matter of
postal service in our city met this
afternoon and recommends the fol-
lowing changes which they hope can
be effected in New Britain.
The business interests Of this city
are not securing the service that
should be available for city the size
of New Britain The poor service is
not due to any particular lack of
| thorough study of conditions ON the
| part of our local postmaster, W. F.
| Delaney, but due to the general con-
dition existing in the postoffice build
ing. The office now 10 years old, was
not large enough for the city at the
time of its erection. It was built for
a population of 40, 900; today there Is,
on a conservative estimate over Co.
600 inhabitants.
During this period of growth the
parcel post system was introduced,
which of itself has lessened the oper-
ating facilities in most postoffices
The committee strongly recommends
the building of an addition to the
present equipment for which ample
room was provided in originally pur-
chasing the land.
To substantiate the above recon-
mendations the committee has come
to the conclusion that:
Cd There is a very urgent need of
larger boxes. Under ordinary con-
ditions two boxes of the present size
cannot handle one of our factory's
mail. Tt is necessary to pile this mail
back of the boxes in rows or tiers
and very frequent dissatisfa ction re-
suits from confusion of different fac
tary mail. Due to the inability to put
incoming mail into proper sized
boxes, factories experience both de-
lay and expense with their own trucks
when kept waiting for this mail to be
| assembled for delivery. This condi-
ton prevails with practically every
| factory and is not just the complaint
of one or two.
CD Because Of the congestion at
| the two stamp windows it is impossi-
BILE for the general public, say moth
ing of the factory employees, to get
| through the crowd and deposit mail
in the present letter slots. They
would suggest strongly the need of
new slot directly in front of the en-
trance.
CD There is no window or drop
| box for parcel post. Patrons are re-
| quired to purchase their stamp, move
| on, attach stamp, and then return
and interrupt the person following to
actually deliver parcel post matter
In their opinion there should be
| special window or at least a separate
| opening for such matter.
ca Previous to the war the down
| town district had four deliveries of
| mail per day and two parcel post de-
| liverieS. Today there is only two gem
| eral deliveries and one parcel post
delivery and they urge the hiring Of
adequate help to put this service into
| operation again.
| CD More help should be hired gen
| orally in the office in order that mail
| can be properly taken care of for the
! best interests of this manufacturing
! community.
| You will see by investigation that
| New Britain is n thriving. growing,
| factory town and that unless some
| changes are effected at once, that
| conditions will grow worse instead Of
| better and the committee would ap-
| preciatc any help which you may be
! able to give.
Thanking you for the opportunity
| of expressing our carefully consid-
! cred recommendations, we are
! Yours very truly,