New Britain herald., 1929-08-22
MAIL MEN COVER
 l3O MILES DAILY
Postmaster Erwin Provides Sta-
 tStics on Local Delivery Service

tlDllV0 Vu uVVul UVllIVlJ WI INV New Britain mail carriers travel on foot a distance of more than l3o miles each day according 10 state ments made by Postmaster H. E. Err win at the Rotar~ club luncheon to- day at the Burritt hotel.
 MT. Erwin's address was entitled, "Some things people do not know but should, about their post office, The postal official explained that the city has 39 regular clerks and five substitute clerks, 3l foot car riers, four parcel post carriers with trucks. five substitute carriers, two special delivery messengers, one mall messenger and three caretakers, making a total of 90 employees.
 Receipts S1.27O,OOO Annually
 Window receipts average $42o,OOO and other activities bring in $S5O,- 900 or a total of Sl,270,OO0 annually. Each business day of the year the post office writes 250 money orders, registers 360 pieces of mail and in sures at least 200.
 A hundred co. D. items are hand led every day.
 There are 30 dispatches of mail every day except Sundays and holi- days. and 45 times a day mail is re- ceived.
 Ten clerks spend three hours each Sunday preparing incoming mail tol Monday delivery, boxing Sunday re- ceipts and dispatch deposited mail.
 Every night except Saturday the post office has three clerks on duty preparing early morning withdrawals and deliveries.
 The post office has a star route" messenger, who makes two trips each night to Berlin, connecting with mail trains which do not make con- nections with New Britain trains. This mail is brought to this city and ''worked up" by the night crew for early morning delivery.
 In the carrier section there are 31 foot routes, two rural routes and four parcel post routes.
 Foot carriers average more than 800 pieces of mail per day. Rural carriers deliver HOO pieces Of mail each day.
 In the parcel post section the post office handles 4,0OO pieces ot 1pail in and out every business day and the parcel post trucks deliver 292 parcels each every day.
 The 31 foot carriers average 75 miles around the city every day on their first trip. Additional trips in certain locations brings the total mileage per day up to 130.
 Rural Routes 30 Miles Long
 Each rural route is 80 miles long Rural route No. i has 549 possbt stops. while route No. has 379 possible stops.
 There are 125 collection boxes 1T the city from which from one to seven collections are made each day On holidays and Sundays all boxes on main arteries have two collec tions daily, one in the morning anC one at night.
 All collections in the business sec tion of the city are scheduled U connect with regular dispatches.
 There is one main post office an, 10 sub b-stations.
 Erwin Praises Personnel
 MT. Erwin told the Rotarians tha after having visited other post of ], hn hn ing done there he feels free to stat' that the clerks and carriers in NeV Britain compose the most efflcien crew in Connecticut.
 He said people go through th' lobby of the post office and hear tn men whistling and singing. Don think they are not working, the' are working and I'd much rathe have man whistle at his Wori than have a mournful face,' h. added. "Besdes that their singing and whistlihg expedites the service They work better and are nor cheerful"
 He paid tribute to Edward P, Nc Aloon, who he said, has made tW' trips to Berlin every day for | years and has never missed a train
 Giving some idea of what a rura mail carrier has to do, MT. Erwil illustrated by asking his audience t imagine a trip by automobile iron here to New Haven. Now imagin making that same trip and making 54a stops on the way" he added.
 Asked if he favored an airpor for New Britain, the postmaster re piled, DO r" We ought to be O some kind of a map. Towns lik Rome, New York; Belfonte, Pa much smaller than New Britain and cities like Pittsburgh and Cleve land, no larger than New Britai have airports"
 Among the visitors was Dr. Welte the new Normal school director Harry H. Smith, state Y. M. C. A secretary, and Billy" Clark, fou year old son of Harold Clark. Bill formed the third of a three genera tion group, which included his fathe and his grandfather, R. o. Clark. H stood on a chair and acknowledge the greeting of the club with a Bo Scout salute.
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