Evening star., 1921-04-29
EARLY MAIL PLAN
MAKES A BIG HIT.
New Area of Collection Start
ing Monday Is Greatly
Enlarged.

EARLY mailing is proving so sue
cessful in Washington that a fifty
fifty relation practically has been
reached between the amount Of first
class mail collected from s am. to
pm. and the amount collected between
pm. and midnight.
Yesterday 800, 900 letters were received
at the city post Office between am.
and .. m.. as compared with $50 900 let
fers received between pm. and mid
night. Officials today were highly
pleased at the figures.
These figures demonstrate that the
people Of Washington are taking a
| hearty interest in the mail early-mail
often campaign. and are getting their
letters into the mail boxes as early each
day as possible" declared an official:
The sts- Aids Plan.
When The Star began several weeks
ago to Cooperate with the Washington
city post Office in the ''mail-early' cam
paign for expediting the letters of
Washingtonians, the proportion of mail
received at the city post office during
balanced in flavor" of the hours be-
tween 4 pm. and midnight.
The average number of letters re-
ceived at the post Office daily for the
six days Of April 4 to . was about
10000 between the hours of a ri
and 4 pm. as contrasted with about
10000 between the hours of 4 pm.
and midnight.
During the week previous to that
the average number OF letters re-
ceived daily between am. and 4
pm. was about 10000. as compa red
with 42s.000 between pm. and mid
night.
The quick collection route estab-
lished on Pennsylvania avenue and F.
street has had large part to play in
the new ''fifty-ffty' mail relation.
officials believe. and anticipate that
the extension of the quick collection"
service Monday to the greater part
of the downtown business area will
materially increase the number of
early mai!ings.
New Collection Area.
The area within which all mail
boxes will be quick collection" be-
ginning Monday. is bounded as fol-
lows: Beginning at the southeast
corner of 7th street and Massachu-
side Of 9TH street to F street. along the
north side of F. street to 5th street
along the west side Of 5th street to
Louisiana avenue, along the south
side Of Louisiana avenue to John
Marshall place. along John Marshall
south side of Pennsylvania avenue to
9Th street. along east side of 9Th
street to southeast corner of 9Th and
Missouri avenue. across street and up
west side Of 6th street to 9Th and B
streets. along south side OF street
to 10Th street, up west side OF 18th
street to north side of Mall. around
executive grounds to State. War and
Navy building. through the building
to north front. along south side OF
Pennsylvania avenue to Madison place
up west side Of Madison place to
northeast corner OF Vermont avenue
and H street. along north side of II
street to northwest corner of l4th
and H streets. up west side Of 18th
street to northwest corner of 18th
and l. streets. across street>to north
east corner. down east side of 18th
street to northeast corner OF n
street. along north side OF H street TO
southwest corner Of 18th street and
New York avenue. thence a straight
line due east to 9Th street up west
side of 9th street to New York avenue.
along south side of X street to south
east corner Massachusetts avenue and
7th street
1t is to be understood that the above
designated line ia a boundary within
which all letter boxes will be collected
every forty minutes.