Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-05-24 | Page 10 | Business Men Urged to Help Postoffice

BUSINESS MEN URGED TO HELP POSTOFFICE "Business houses in the downtown district should provide some receptacles for their mail in order to insure prompt delivery on the first morning distribution,'' distribu-tion,'' said G. S. Ghambers, superinten- dent of mails in the local post of rice yesterday. '"At present our first deliv-; deliv-; cry is from a hatf to three-quarters of 1 an hour earner than it formerly was, : and often the business houses arc not ' open when the carrier arrives. In 6uch j cases he" has to earrv the mail back ! to the office and deliver it later in ! the day.' ' ! Mr. Chambers says that the postoffiee j is endeavoring to insure the prompt dis-j dis-j tribution of mails so that the new deliv-j deliv-j ery district can be created. He said I that much would depend ou whether ; business men provided receptacles for I their early morning mail so as to lighten I the burden of the carriers.