Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-10
BOX MAIL ORDER
IS EXTENDED BY
ORDER OF WORK
ReCeptaCIeS Must Be Pro-
vided by All Patrons After
Dec. 81, Instead of Nov.
ID, Spitz States.

to he effective two weeks from to-
day November "a, Postmaster Ber-
rhold Spite has issued notice that
it will not be applied in Albuquer-
niie until December 81. This will
enable all who are affected by the
order to install letter boxes with
out being unduly inconvcnienced,
According to the new law, at
each place where mail is to be de-
Hvered a box must be placed to
receive the mail. This affects all
While the original order of the
postoffiCe department called for
The new law regarding mail boxes
dwellings where more than one
dwellings and all families in dwell
ings where more than one family
resides. Thus, in an apartment or
tenement where there are half a
dozen or more families, there must
be a mail box placed for each fam
ily in the building.
In this connection a warning has
been issued by the postoffice de-
partment that it will discontinue,
Il necessary. the delivery Of mail
to places which fail to provide
mail drops or other receptacles for
ihe convenience Of letter carriers.
Cost or such mail boxes as the
law requires is trivial, being lessI
than one dollar for a substantial
box. Postmaster Spitz reports that
Investigations and estimates show
that approximately 40 per cent of
the dwellings in Albuquerque have
no such receptacles for mail as the
law requires.
One important reason for the is
suance of the order in for the pro-
lection Of the persons sending mail
and those to whom it is to be de-
liyered. It has been found that
mail delivered merely at the door
steps sometimes is carried away by
the wind. by dishonest people pass |
ing by or, perhaps, by mischievous
children or children too young toI
realize the importance and value
Of mail,
When asked what would be done
with mail which would not be de-
Itvered because OF failure Of house
holders to comply with the law, !
Postmaster Spitz said that no defi- |
mite plan had been adopted. How
ever, the plan under consideration
for Albuquerque is that in such
cases the mail destined for the ad-
dressee shall be brought back to
the postoffice by the carrier. 1t is
then to go to general delivery, ac-
cording to the plan, so that the
may call there for it.
In the event the addressee should
fail to call at the general delivery
window for such mail, it is planned
10 hold it the customary period.
Then it would be either returned to
the writer or sent to the Dead Let
ter Office, at Washington.
After December 81 the law is to
be rigidly enforced and Postmaster
Spit2 wishes to call attention to
this new regulation of Postmaster
General Work, with the request
that all take prompt steps to COM
ply with the order. The new regu-'
lation reads as follows:
"On account of the delays caused
to carriers at dwelling houses
where no door slot or mail recep-
-acle is provided and the fact that
I large majority of the dwellings {
ire thus equipped already, it seems
imely. within a reasonable period,
o require all who are to receive
nail by street carriers ct their
dwellings, to provide such accom-
the expense Of the same
being small. Postmasters are /
therefore, thus instructed. The ,
ength OF notice should not exceed {
four months, although there may
le exceptional cases where post
should use reasonable dis
,retion or ask for instructions.
1T is not the departments de- !
ire, Of course, that any shall be {
deprived of delivery by this re-
iuirement. but rather it is earnest- I
y hoped that all will see the reas-
OF it and its advantage
o themselves as well as the car
'iers. But if it finally becomes 4
lecessary, mail delivery will be dis
continued where no door slot
preferably or mail receptacles
ire provided"