Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24
ROTARY CLUB
HEARS RYAN
POSTMASTER EXPLAINS IN
DETAIL WORK OF
SYSTEM

At the request of members of the
Rotary club Postmaster Ryan ex.
planned the present status of postmas
ters' appointments and their tenure
in office under President Wilson's
executive order of March 81, 1917, al
the Rotary luncheon last Monday
He spoke of the value of the plan oil
filling vacancies in misunderstanding
by promotion of employees in the of
fees when one was found who pos
sessed the necessary qualifications.
Ask Cooperation
Mr.. Ryan stated that the postmaster
general has instructed postmasters to
solicit cooperation of civic organiza-
tons to obtain observance by the gen
eral public of the fundamental prin-
ciples of mailing, compliance with
which on the part of postal patrons is
necessary to the discharge Of postal
duties efficiently and he emphasized
the Importance of addressing mail to
street and number, having letter
heads bear the street address of the
sender, depositing mail early and fire.
quently during the day instead of
holding it until the close of business,
having return addresses on envelopes,
registering valuable mail matter and
of using postal money orders for re-
mittances instead of cash
Mails going into the larger cities
are now routed by carriers on trains
who are conversant with the city map
and know the number of carrier who
serves a certain street and number
but are not required to know the
names of concerns and may not, Mr.
Ryan explained. He stated that let
ter addressed by street and number
would go direct to the carrier who
served the, addressee. Ii the street
and number is lacking it will go into
the distribution system of the post
office and may not get out on the first
trip of the carrier; also if directory
service is necessary there is further
delay and in the case of multiplicity
of like names the probability is that
it would be returned for better adj
dress,
Early Mailing
Mr.. Ryan stated that the early mail
ing matter of depositing mail at the
post Office early in the day had i'm
pOrtant local application as the train
schedules made especially heavy top
loads at night and in the morning.
He explained that under the eight
hour-in-ten law each clerk must serve
his eight hours during some ten con-
secutive hours of the day and that as
no clerk could serve during both of
the rush periods at the two ends of
the day two crews were necessary and
that thnGa fWn zach
eight hours and their tours of duty
overlapped at the middle of the day
so that more employees were on duty
at the tine when the mail was highest
than were on duty at either of the
rush periods. He said that If each
mailer would bring in what mail he
had on hand at noon and then again
at 800 when he came for the after
noon mail it would do. much to re-
lieve evening congestion and in low
or ng the percentage of error by de-
creasing the necessity of speeding up
order to take care of the evening
mail.
The different branches of public
service now being performed by the
postal system were enumerated and
enormous growth in recent years mem
toned Mr.. Ryan also spoke of flu
IRE expansion that would dwarf any
thing in the past He spoke highly of
The loyalty, industry and energy of the
employees in the local office and ex-
'ressed the hope that in the near flu
ture permanent legislation would be
'nacted along the line of the amend
ment to President Wilson'S executive
order which enables the promotion of
Employees to fill vacancies when found
qualified.