Show Extra Men Used to Handle Salt Sal t Lake LakeIt Mails It has taken a force of ot approximately approximately approximately men and women to handle the Christmas mall mail matter for the tile people of Salt Lake While there has been actually employed emploY d but all have worked close to four hours a day overtime which would give an equivalent of additional additional additional ad ad- hands The regular staff of ninety carriers carriers carriers car car- has been augmented by the addition of twenty-five twenty extra men To the regular force of ot clerks in the main and substations there has lias been added twenty-five twenty extra while the parcels post delivery force has been increased from seventeen to forty or the employment employment employment employ employ- ment of twenty-three twenty extra wagons and drivers Each of the wagons has made on onan onan onan an average of three complete de deliveries deliveries deliveries de- de liveries daily for tor the last ten days Up to last night the big bins in inthe inthe inthe the basement of building building building build build- ing where the parcels are segregated segregated segregated segre segre- gated have been cleared leared each night Delayed mail mall however caused a congestion p Saturday night and in iri order to lear Clear this out deliveries will be made Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day and Monday l Much of the tile stuff handled this year has been in Ill the form of food and it is estimated that not less than ten tons of turkeys and chickens have been handled by the parcels post Included in this was one live rooster whose shipment is prohibited by postal regulations The bird h however wever made ade his presence presence presence pres pres- ence known with such sucil force that he lIe was delivered that there might be peace and quiet in the parcels room M Most st of the packages handled have been the usual run of Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas presents rather light in w weight but bulky in size The rush of outgoing mail subsided subsided subsided sub sub- sided about the middle of last week but approximately sacks of mall mail are being received for distribution distribution distribution dis dis- dis- dis here |