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Show Salt Lake Postoffice Is Busy Day's Mail Weighs 20 Tonsj 'pHE Christmas mail rush is on. Twenty tons of Christmas packages wore received at the Salt Lake postoffice yesterday a.nd sent on their way to bring cheer to many hearts. The heavy maU is cleaned up daily before the mail crew goes home. The photograph shows a few of the clerks distributing dis-tributing the packages. t l x I' I v ' id s v x : I X o k1 i """"" 'N n-NN iitl, - ! Swivel Chairs Empty; All Co-operate to Insure Quick Deliveries. TU15RE aro three swivel chairs at tlie fcjalt Lako postoffice that are unoccupied most of the time these days. The chairs belong to Postmaster Postmas-ter Noble Warrum, W. E. Flock, a sistant postmaster, and G. S. Chambers, superintendent of mails; but it isn't beta be-ta use these men are not on the job that the chairs are untenanted. On the con-trary, con-trary, it is because the mailmen are so busy that they nave no time to Ssit down. Mr. War rum has earned for himself ilie sobriquet of "t lie working postmaster.'" postmas-ter.'" be'-au-se. when the duties of his position po-sition do not compel his presence at hts desk, lie spends most of his time "on the floor." helping distribute the rush of Christmas customers to the various parcel par-cel post windows, answering hundreds of questions and seeing that everyone is taken care of in the shortest possible time. Everybody Works. Mr. Flock spends mu'h of his time in the crowded corridors. helping to straighten out the window rushes, but he may also be fo.und assisting at the parcel post windows. Mr. Chambers can be found in one of the forty places on the interior postoTi'ice floor, wero there is always room for an etra worker. The .Salt I. a ke off lee is now handiinc "0 per cent more parcels than at any other period in the year. Four clerks siand behind be-hind the ,sca'es in the con idors am) weigh packac-a to prevent congest ion in the postoffice lobby. Nine parcel post i windows are in operation throughout tue j day and the only delays experienced are 1 caused through persons not be hit? able 1 to determine the value of their packages j when Insuring them. I Twenty tons of mail were received ! through the windows yesterday and it was kept going from the time it was received 1 until it was aboard trains bound for all part s of the w orld. The of 1 Ice was en- j tirely cleared of mall by 10 o'clock last ni.ht. e cry parcel havini? been dispatched ! toward its destination. This record will : be niaintained daily during the Christ- i mas rush, Mr. Chambers said yesterday, ' and the postoffice crew will not cease its, labors h( night until each package ha. been sent on its way. J j Distribution Is Problem. One of the greatest difficulties met during dur-ing the rush is the distribution of the crowds to te various parcel post windows, win-dows, in order t iiat they may be taken care of with dispatch. Mr. Warrum and j Mr. Block have aided creatly In solv ing : this problem by their presence" on the floor and are now personally directing the distribution dis-tribution of persona to the five recci ing windows. Full eooperatimi from patrons and their willingness to aid the postoffice officials in every way has helped greatly In handling han-dling the Christmas rush, Mr. Warrum ?ald. |