Evening star., 1921-04-26
QUICK COLLECTION
SERVICE EXTENDED
P. o. Department Authorizes
Provision for Increased
Area Downtown.

The Post Office Department has
authorized the Washington city post
Office to extend its quick collection"
letter box service to include the
greater part of the downtown busi-
ness section. This service will put
the National Capital easily in the
lead in the mail early-maiI often"
campaign.
In authorizing the extension, Col.
Hubert Work, first assistant post
master general. made plain today
that the quick service is merely on
country will look to Washington to
see the results of the experiment.
City Postmaster Chance has been al
lowed seven more employees. and with
these men will extend the quick
collection" service now in operation
to include the entire territory extend
ing from 5th street Oh the east to 18th
street on the west, and from X
street on the north to the Mall on
the south and from 5th street on the
east to 18th street on the west
The extended service will begin May
l.. The complete system will be on
trial for a month. according to express
stipulation of the Post once Depart
ment. If the lservice then has justified
itself. it is to be continued; but if the
officials feel that the people are not
afforded, the entire quick service will
be withdrawn. including the quick COL
lections established by the city post
master on Pennsylvania and F street.
The number of collections made from
all letter boxes in the territory desig-
mated will be doubled. under The new
arrangement. twelve collections to be
made at intervals of forty minutes,
beginning at 1920 am. and extending
through $50 pm.
Boxes Inside Buildings.
Letter boxes inside office buildings
and hotels will be collected under the
extended quick collection" service,
instead of only the outside street
boxes being handled, as on the trial
Pennsylvania avenue and F street
route.
Sixteen collections will be made
each day from the boxes, giving the
business sections the quickest collec-
tions of any city in the country, it is
believed. q
ed to business men and others to CO.
operate with the post office to the full
extent of their ability in getting their
days mail into the letter boxes as
early as possible each day.
1t will be useless for the city post
W CAtCUu tHlS qu1Ch6HcQ COL
lection service to the business section
il the mailers of the section do not
take the fullest advantage of the
service offered. Mr.. Chance pointed
out.
The collections from the boxes each
day must show results. the postmas-
ter said. or the service will not pay
for itself and will have to be with
drawn. 1t would be futile for the
post office to have it's downtown COL
lector force speeding around to empty
boxes, he said.
Appeals for Co-Operation.
Il am confident that the business
men of Washington realize what the
advantage of this service will be.
both to them and to the post office.
and I appeal for their cooperation"
said Postmaster Chance.
Get your important mail into these
boxes as early each day as possible"
he continued. 1T is highly important
that the peak of each days mailing
be advanced earlier in the afternoon.
OF course. We do not ask the impos-
sible. and letters that must be held
until late in the afternoon will have
to be mailed later. But all letters
that it is humanity possible to mail
before or 4 o'clock should be SO
mailed"