Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-28
BETTER POSTAL SERVICE
Every Letter Carrier Totes Sixty
Pounds of Mail a Day-Do Pc.
lltical Leaders Die Too soon7
Saved From a Quicksand
ny GEORGE NON MCCAIN

Saved From Quicksand
by GEORGE NON Mccain
1NHOCSANDS Of business men and privntc
\ citizens III the last few months have
mo.iced m change In the delivery Of the dnily
Greater promptitude and spccdicr delivery
are the outstandi Q features.
The change has not come about because Of
any, Improvement in the regular railway
Nor has it been because Of an increase in
the carrier service.
There still are only 13GS .cttcr carriers
who arc serving Philadelphia.
nslinl routes.
But the service has improved to a very np.
prcciable degree.
COLONEL GEORGE +. KEMP. Post
- master of Philadelphia. has wrought this
change. because he knew where Improvement
was needed.
It's simply the case of man knowing
his business.
lie is postal service man of long and
varied experience.
lie came up from the ground floor.
For sixteen years he was Postmaster IN
charge of the important West Philadelphia
station
Political postmasters. of whom there have
beer, many in this town. have had to depend
on their III. snh"rdinates for suggestions;
mates depend on the Postmaster for ideas for
lettering the ~ stem.
That sort Of thing stands for efficiency
in public service.
cecdcd in repairing all the damage Turleson.
OF Texas. Postmaster General. did to the
service.
POSTMASTER KEMP has developed a
L coming system. It's new thing.
Heretofore all letter carriers reported at
their respective stations at a certain hour
every morning.
They didn't leave on their routes, how.
ever. at the same time.
Th" man with the smallest amount of
mail t" sort an! deliver got away first.
Some were delayed in making up their
"hand' fo- half or maybe nn hour longer.
Now III" men with the largest mail TO
handle report at an earlier hour.
This enables them to get away on their
delivery routes earlier.
GREAT Importance is attached to this BY
~ Colonel Kemp.
The first mail delivery Of the day is always
the heaviest
Approximately 100000 pieces Of mail 80
out over III" city on the first delivery.
The total mail delivery every day in
Each ri"r" weighs on an average, an
ounce. letters and papers.
Regular parcel post is not included in this.
This means that every rostmnn hands
into homes. Offices. public buildings and in.
stitutions over sixty pounds of mail every
day on m average.
Rut Colonel Kemp. fancy. is not con-
tent with letting the service rest on its
present basis.
Tic is practical man. look for still
greater inproypmpntS in tho mail service of
Philadcl h!a.
Dcorlr? '' ''"'''''' VI ''"''t"' 'F''''' ''s
II so. why:
The question comes to the surface with
tn" death Of senator Ware in his sixtieth
year.
In the experience of men of middle age
today Il retrospect shows that this is the
case.
The roster Of men who were State or city
leaders shows TINT most Of them died before
tn" "v"rag" expectancy Of life was r"ached.
Senator Chris l.. Magee, Of Pittsburgh.
and senator John y. N"eb were just in the
primo of life whom they were cut down.
R"for" them Robert w. Mnckey. State
Treasurer for two terms and car of the
legislative body. died n comparatively young
man in point Of years.
Governor Daniel II. Hastings died in his
Israel W. Durham was only hfty.three
Jane, =: McNi"h"l had long years of use;
funr>~ before him when death summoned
him also a, h" age Of fifty three.
JOHN =. EIkin. clos" business and noli
ca, associate of senator Durham. Justice
Of ,h" Suprcm" Court and a State leader.
was fifty five nt his death.
Was il III" worry and >trif" Of political
hattl" that helped to hurry them off:
TTNIIE world Of adventure, danger and death
l. * fuI Of stories Of tn" qurksands
0f men end women who wandered into
them and disappeared forever. They were
sucked down into III" greedy nav of the
rc'rntl,s. sands or shifting bog.
Hero: real story about the escape of
well known scientist from one Of these
tcrr"rS.
Nurhing hut his presence Of mind and
knowlrdg" "f III" great outdoors saved him.
TNlli. Iuircd States Government has been
l. uriizlrg the services Of DR.. r. II. War.
ren. III" 0rnithologiSt. in collecting data
about tn" migratory birds Of North America
chiur"r"a%u" Island is Il rar" place to
gqlhnr such infprmation
IT, Iaveu for sna birds especially.
Hr Warren spent some weeks Tier" re-
Gently making excursions wit guild" into
tLr ~ait -~Wamr~ Of the island.
Inc day 4" hccam" separated trorn his
gll'Ip N'iif cross IlS " l"S anu E'' i''~l.
Pretty soon he found difficulty IN walking
Hi f"c had tendency t" >t!", in the
thick hlark mud.
Finally h" found he coul,ln IT extract them
and began sinking deeper til" harder he
struggled.
lie rcali2"d then that he WIS in the
clutches " qui"kSand.
TIE QUICKLY tied hi anmlk"rchici
II aroIrd his face, leaving his eyes en-
TIon hr roa"lrd for u ltor" ~ drift.
wom, that fortunately was nearby on the