Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-30

The followingtrain S handle mail
into Grand Forks: N. p. Nos. 13 and
IA, Great Northern Nos. l, 4, 9, 10. 20,
80. 35. the Hannah. the Walhalla. in
mail cars, and we get pouches in bag
gage car on the local from Larimorc
and Train No. SO from Crookston. We
also get pouches on the Fargo local
at night that Is made up from the
Great Northern fast mail train No.
%.
n. p. train No. 13 brings a special
pouch With letters from Chicago and
east leaving Chicago at 9 p. M, ar
riviNg here at 5:S5 y. MO hours
q. minutes. Great Northern trains
No. So and 81 do not work mail be-
tween here and Crookston so tho mail
is handled in the baggage car. For
Fisher. Crookston, st. Vincent line
and Thief River Falls line and Climax
line.
Train No. / Great Northern does
not work mail for west of here Sat
urday nights. For this train we pouch
Devils Lake. Minot and train No. 4
ut Minot &c return for points Minot to
Devils Lake. Mail that would go to
Washington state on this train goes
via Fargo n train n. P. No. 3 and
makes about the same time.
Great Northern train No. IS in here
in the morning brings east mail from
train No. via Crookston which
leaves st. Paul sos p. m. This also
brings the twin city dailies and saves
about 2 hours time and gives them
to US at a time when we can handle
them ahead of mail from No. 9 and
20.
Apply to Your Business
You will SEQ by the above arrange
ment that o are placed in close
Minnesota the same as in North Da-
kota towns N you can compete with
Crookston on almost an even footing
Yet o must be alive to the fact
that this same train service works
against you If you are not up on your
toes, for instance, a customer sends
a pair of glasses from Hannah tc
Grand Forks for repairs. They ar
rive here at 4:45 p. m, and are re.
paired and returned the next morning
at s:35. This is good service, yet il
you let the glasses so for a day the
customer could have sent them to st
Paul and had the repairs made anG
would have gotten them back just a.
500 as from here. This is only one
| case, apply it to your own business.
You might be interested in know
ing just what happens to your letter,
after they r dropped into the box
First they are collected and go to tn.
! sorting table. are sorted for long ant
! short envelopes by states and to Sc,
if stamped, then run through the can
ceiling machine (unless permit stuff)
thence to distributing ases wher'
they are thrown to the diferen
towns, routes or states as the cas-,
may be and when it is time to tie out
each of these subdivisions are facet
with facing slip showing destination
pouches for towns direct or to tn
r. P. O.. where in the latter case tn,
bundles are sorted and thrown to di
rect pouches, after destination i
reached. For instance, at Gran,
Forks pouches are checked for lock
and labels, labels saved Inc later re
corded, contents Of each pouch sep
arately dumped on sorting tabl
where registers and special deliver
letters are taken out and turned owe
to that department for handling
strings are cut on balance of tn
bundles and they with their facini
slips are turned owe to the city case:
long letters first, slips are left witt
bundles in case of error so they ca,
I be saved for evidence.
At the city distributing cases tn
letters are thrown or sorted for loo
boxes, carriers, general delivery O
passes. which means that clerk
throwing this mail must know VIII
has boxes, what cases they are il
what goes to carriers and which c