South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-19
SPEED SYSTEM TO
CHARACTERIZATION
POST OFFICE HERE
Growth of Business Causes
Elimination of City Direc-
tory Service.


service on local mail at the South
Bend postoffice was ordered in a
dispatch received by Postmaster ].
y. Hunter from the office of the
Postmaster Gen. Work in Washing
ton, D. c. Wednesday morning. Pos
tai work here Will speed up" TO
meet the demands Of the city.
Hereafter thousands OF letters
sent out daily by business firms. or
individuals with incomplete or
faulty addresses and which in the
past have reached the addresses
only because Of the excellent direc-
tory service at the local postoffice,
will be returned to the sender CT
placed in the dead letter class IN
accordance with departmental or
srs. Hunter said Wednesday.
Change Rating.
Following the recent calling OF
the attention OF postal officials at
Washington 10 the rapid growth and
expansion Of South Bend and the
subsequent increase granted in the
local postal force. rules and regula-
lions followed in the largest post
offices OF the nation are gradually
being applied 10 the local postal
system.
Hereafter II Will be up TO the
people 10 have their mail properly
addressed" Hunter said. I'm the
past we have tried to keep track
OF every Individual in the city and
had special clerks complete address
es or otherwise assist the direction
OF mail 10 its intended receiver.
Now we will abandon the upkeep OF
the directory and while mail coming
into the city win be given whatever
directory service we have, this ser
vice viii he OF little value within
the next few months as residents are
seemingly on a constant move and
we will no longer endeavor TO keep
track OF them" he added
Letters and post cards OF local
origin which cannot be identified
This includes mail which cannot
be delivered at the given address or
which is not addressed to a street
number). viii be properly endorsed
and stamped returned to writer,
in accordance with instruction re-
ceived Wednesday. If no return
address is given the mail will be
sent to the dead letter office at
Washington, d. c.
Divide 3rd Glass Mail.
Third class mail. including print
ed and advertising matter, which
cannot be delivered at the given adj
dress or which does not contain the
street number, viii be divided into
two sections. The first group will
contain such matter as bears the
pledge Of the senders to pay return
postage while the second group will
consist Of mail which does not. That
bearing the pledge to pay return pos
tage Will be returned to the send
er and that mail which does not
Will be treated as waste paper. Hunt
er said.
Henceforth local changes OF ad-
dress and forwarding orders will
not be inserted in the directory IN
less a specific request for such &C
ton is made by the patron. mol
effort 10 keep track OF address !
changes will be made by the local
postoffice force and only such
changes "a are requested viii be
entered. For this reason the cur
tailed directory upkeep will grad
ualIv decrease the value of what
ever service is given 10 mail com /
ing into the city from outside points
until il will be eventually of little
or no value. No mail Of local origin :
will be given directory service.
Thousands Of pieces Of business /
and advertising matter Will be daily
effected by the ruling, Hunter said, |
but the order simply forces the To-
cal postoffice to follow in the foot
stems Of the country's leading mail
centers and will do much TO allevi- /
ate possible CONGESTION OF the mails |
Clerks who have heretofore spent
much time in the direction of let
tiers will now be available for other
work and will assist those postal
deDartments which are most crowd |
ed with business.