The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-08
many ERR0RgBY
FAIRMON7 FOLK
Careful Checking Made During
Postal Improvement Week
at Local Office

Postal Improvement Week is
over, and Postmaster John S. Scott
said today that he was well pleased
with the results obtained.
Heres how the tally l.lns for the
week showing the errors reported
by the patrons and those detected
by the postal employees:
Wrong delivery 0, letters thirty
one.
Wrong delivery Of pas:as=s.
three.
Wrong delivery of specials, cn.e.
Letters incorrectly boxed by
clerks. forty-three.
Checked Against Patrons
Letters stamped but no address,
tnir,vttwo,
Letters addressed but no STAMP,
soverty-seven.
Postcards entirely flank. tnree.
Papers from individuals with no
postage, seventeen.
Referring to the above group Mr..
Scout said today:
All letters received with postage
anil no address are sent to the dead
letter office, except those that
have return on them. In such.
case the letter is sent back to the
sender.
"Those received with an address
OF them but no Stasap mem that
tie addresses is notifieH aid re-
CURED to send postage for the let
ter / the request Is NOT honored,
the letter is sent > the dead ie.-
ter office.
g he seventeen papers mailed by
individuals with no postage were
possibly papers to their friends
containing some special item of
interest, but they never delivered
the message.
Among the letters received with
out postag were five. supposed to
be from statesmen Of business re-
representatives., addressed To their
firms and contained the firms re-
turn The firm was officially mott
fled and it was five days before
postage was sent, thus delaying
rhisinportant mail possibly orders
least six days. Many individuals
and business houses fail to send
postage for such mail. and some OF
the local patrons ignore postage
due notice when placed in their
box and fail to call Tor such mat
ter.
Letters received with not suf-
ficient postage numbered 1SS. Ten
of such letters We're mailed by one
local business house in one da7.
Such letters are forwarded postage
due and such letters are not al
WAYS received with good grace by
the addressee and causes more or
less delay All postmasters are
especially urged to watch for such
matter.
''Forty-three letters were re-
ceived either wrong or no state re
ferancc. For instance one was dl-
rected to Milwaukee, w. Va. put
Intended for milwaukee,, WIS: Ihe
greatest number of these letters
were posted by Fairmont business
houses-and among them some OIL
the most prominent ones, whose
attention was, called u the wrong
address and correction mace.
.'TIlirty-cigiiE letters we're ~HosE'
ed with wrong street or box rele
eacc. IS an illustration 119th
street. Fairmort. w. Va, no Such
street in Fairmont, the Letter was
no doubt intended for another city.
Many 'Stickers.'
"Sinety-two 'stickers we're re-
ceived. a sticker is letter seaied
on. STAMPED by the use of sponge
containing too much water and as
the letters are stocked one on an
other they stick together, some
times defacing the stamp or mE-
t:lating the envelope. Such letters
cannot be run through the cance!l-
ing machine until they are separ
aIed and if they have been received,
immediately after such sealing the
operator of the machine must wa:.
until they dry. Such letters are
generally received from large mail
ers."
During Postal Improveme nt Week
the local office sent to the dead
letter office 101 letters and return
ed to writer's 379.
Eleven persons attempted to SEND
a letter by registered mail w1thou'
name and address of sender. which
is irregular and will not perceived
One person insisted on letter be
ing received without sender's name
and address, but same was finally
added bv sender. The sender
name and address must be on en-
velope OF all registered letters a1d
will not be received without same
Fully 40 per cent Of applicants
for money orders ask the clerks tot
fill out their application. This Isl