Evening star., 1952-04-28

N. Y, with a plane leaving al
1880 am, arriving at Washing
ton Airport at 2:30 pm, all the
same days hours. On April
an airmail letter was sent to me
postmarked London. Canada,
am. received it on the Mon
day delivery. April 7, at noon. =.
Page our old Pony Express"
Answer-The letter Wouldn' I
necessarily have come as MIR
Hardman routes it. But it should
have arrived that afternoon and
been delivered the next morning
C0mplaint-Mrs. c. H. Of Twen-
tieth road. Arlington. last De-
cember 10 mailed a 1884 order to
S. Kann Sons Co.. Washington.
On January 3 she complained to
the department store that she
had received not even an &C
knoWledgement. On January 10
Kann's wrote Mrs. H. her order
had not been received. On Janu-
ary Is the mail order department
telephoned that the order had just
arrived. Mrs. H. Cancelled it.
Answer - inexperienced tenn
porary clerks might have mishan-
died the letter in the Christmas
rush.
Complaint-Mrs. J. B. of Thir-
teenth place NE. on April Is re-
ceived a letter mailed in North
west Washington about midday
April 8.
This is only one Of many Incl
dents within the past two years, !"
she wrote. "Our mail isn't deliv-
cred until around noon and has
come as late as 4 pm"
Answer - Postmaster North
would like to see the envelope
Some days the carriers mail
load is bigger. therefore takes
longer. Routes were heightened
with the end Of the second de-
livery two years ago.
Complaint-Mrs. G. w. of South
Fairfax street. Alexandria, on a
recent Monday mailed a book at
the Alexandria post Office ad-
dressed to Brentano's F. street
store in Washington. It was de-
livered 10 days later. Mrs. w. de-
clared:
II make allowances for delay on
account of collections, but this
book I put in the P. o. myself at
noon on that Monday"
Answer-Books, like first-class
mail, should be delivered the next
day, ordinarily. They should take
no more than two days. All out
going mail leaves Alexandria
promptly, according to Postmaster
Mudd.
COmplaint-Ernest r. Gerner,
1907 Eastern avenue, Takoma
Park, Md, on the afternoon of
April 10 mailed an Easter card to
West Haven, Conn, in a box out
side Union Station. Then he and
his wife boarded a train to the
same destination. They arrived
six hours later, but the first-class
card did not arrive until
April IA.
MIR. Gerner brought the en-
velope home planning to show it
to postal officials. But he changed
his mind. He explained:
whats the use. I won't get any
satisfaction"
Answer-The Washington post
office was current on it's Easter
mail, according to the postmaster.
Mr.. North also said: I'VE try to
give every complaint a thorough
examination"
COmplaint-Frank Pooh, hard
ware merchant of 45l5 Wisconsin
avenue NV, wrote to Baltimore
Tor a shipment of seed. He re-
ated:
After waiting a week thinking
had possibly forgotten to order
same. I called them by long dis
lance. this call costing me 40
cents. I was informed they had
Just received my order that morn
ng."
Answer-The delay may have
occurred in Baltimore.
Complaint-It took a first-class
etter six days to travel from
Schenectady. N. Y, according to
g. H. H. of Takoma Park, Md.
The letter was mailed April Isl
md delivered April 81. At about
800 miles in 168 hours that
to an hourly rate of
'h miles Mr.. H calculated, add
ng: What would the stage
coach days have thought of this
;peed?"
Answer-The letter, transmitted
through Washington, should have
AIKEN two days at most.
Festival to Honor Schubert