Evening star., 1952-04-28
Our Mol Service asear
Postmaster Prefers Queries
|On Service Directed to Him

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. I received it on the Mon
day delivery. April z, at noon.
Page our old Pony Express"
Answer-The letter wouldn't
necessarily have come as Mr.
Hardman routes it. But it should
have arrived that afternoon and
been delivered the next morning
Complaint-Mrs. c. H. of Twen-
tieth road, Arlington, last De-
cember 19 mailed a $19.94 order to
IS. Kann Sons Co., Washington
On January 3 she complained to
the department store that she
had received not even an ac-
knowledgement. On January 10
Kann'S wrote Mrs. H. her order
had not been received. On Janu-
larry 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 ]. B. of Thir-
teenth place NE. on April 18 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, Z"
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:
Il 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
greeting card did not arrive until
April IA.
Mr.. 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 4515 Wisconsin
avenue NV. wrote to Baltimore
for a shipment of seed. He re-
lated:
AFTER waiting a week thinking
I had possibly forgotten to order
same. ] called them by long dis
tance. this call costing me 40
cents. I was informed they had
just received my order that morn
ing"
Answer-The delay may have
occurred in Baltimore.
Complaint-It took a first-class
letter six days to travel from
Schenectady, N. Y. according to-
c. H. H. Of Takoma Park, Md.
The letter was mailed April Is
and delivered April 81. At about
800 miles in t68 hours that
amounted to an hourly rate of
225 miles Mr.. II calculated, add
ing: what would the stage
coach days have thought of this
speed?"
Answer-The letter, transmitted
through Washington. should have
taken two days at most.