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Show MAIL DELAYED IN MlTUtt OFFICE Outrageous Delay in the Delivery, Deliv-ery, of Letters Still ., Continues. DOUBLE-CHECKING SYSTEM DISCLOSES THIS FACT Envelopes Havo Been Sent to Postmaster Thomas Showing Show-ing the Work. Sono of tho clerks of the Salt Lake postoIIUo havo Improved In th? handling of mall slnco Tho Tribune called attention atten-tion to tho outrageous delays that havo followed tho Inauguration of the doubla-checking doubla-checking system of Pnstnvistcr Thomas. Eut others continue In their old habits, ns tbe following table shows. Tho letters wcro collected at random frcm a number that reached The Tribune olllce, and, lest Pos?mastcr Thomas attempt at-tempt to squirm out of It, they havo been sent to him for Inspection: Received by Tlmo Salt Lako Tlacod In Required Offlcc. P. O. Box. In Handling. C:30 p. m 7:10 p. in-.-. -10 mln. fi:3') p. m 7:10 p. ni.. . 0 mln. S:30 p. m J:40 p. m I hr. 10 mln. 8:30 p. m :I0 p. m....l hr. 10 mln- 0:30 p. m 7:S0 p. m.... M mln. 8:30 p. m 3:40 p. m....l hr. 10 mln. 6:30 p. in.... C:15 p. m 45 mln. 8:30 p. m 0:10 p. :n....l hr. 10 mln. 7:00 p. m 8:43 p. m....l hr. 45 mln. 8:30 p. n 0:40 p. m I hr. 10 mln. 1:0) p. m 2-EO p. m 1 hr. CO mln. 2:W p. m 2.40 p. tu.... 40 mln. 2:0) p. m 2:40 p. m 40 mln. 7:0) p. m 1-13 a. m 3 hrs. 15 nun. 9:30 a. m 12:50 p. m. ...3 lira. 20 mln, 9:30 a. m 12:15 p. m....2 hr. 4C mln. 9:30 a. in 11:00 a. m.. . .1 hr. 30 mln. Hour of Receipt Blank. A professional man of Salt Lake called The Trlbuno's attention to tho delay of his mall and showed three en'elopes op which tho Salt Luke postofilce receiving stamp had not been alTlxed and another which showed that tho hour typo had been withdrawn, giving merely the dato. Tho hour of thu receipt was blank. What Is Assumed. All of these letters had bc:en delayed, and It is fair to assume that thrie of them wero kept out of the cancelling n achlno and smuggled into the box with the hope of hiding the roqord of mishandling mis-handling by the local force." The othor was clearly the work of a crook. Possibly Pos-sibly tho samo follow which Postmaster Thomas has the authority to remove, but does not removo him, In all probability, because ho knows too much. Receiving- Stamp "Withheld. Tho Tribune received a letter dispatched from Clayton, Idn., June 1, and not boxed by the Salt Lake otllco until S:35 the evening of tho otli The receiving stamp of tho Salt Lake olllco was withhold from It, doubtlessly beeauso It was delayed In the local olllce. Business Men Kicking. Business men all over town are awakening awak-ening to the enr.rmlty of tho delays of mall by the local ofllce. and anyone who will check his letters with tho time of the arrival of trains and the dato of tha receiving stamp will see that letters are delayed by the Salt Lake olllco from ono to five days. Yot I'ostmnster Thomas, whllo admitting admit-ting that there are crooks and grafters In his olllce, Is trying to convince the people of Salt Lako that ho Is giving them a model administration |