Show SAME ENVELOPE USED 50 TIMES So Southern P Pacific Holds Down Bills for Stationery A little liI idea li m 1 of ot a R railroad man in lit a clerical department years ago Is Ic saving Ing the railroads ot of the United States State thousands of dollars annually Ogden pointed out The Southern Pacific PI company e for tor example uses en envelopes elopes annually for tor correspond correspondence ence enre This number would be hy augmented It If It were not for tor tho clerks clerk's economical turn or of mind IIo Ho Invented the re use re-use uco envelope en It Is formed much the tho same fume as any other business envelope Do Be- Be Beginning Bo ginning at the tho left of ot the tho front side Ride the envelope Is divided Into p 62 sections 12 sections also being on tho the back bach In each section there here are re two tiro lines with I the prep prep- preposition to on tb the first line In Inether ether words the tho envelope Is so odi di vided sided as to 24 ad- ad addresses ad addresses dresses dresses rt LIMIT nT t The Tho Southern Pacific office In mo may addre address one of ot the tho en- en envelopes en In envelopes elopes to n a along Its line to 10 the tho west The Tho receiver re- re re removes oyes moves Its ita contents crosses out the placed th there re by tho the Ogden office and uses It again putting rho Jho succeeding address in the tho next Some envelopes en arc Are used as high AS 50 O times It was pointed out lie he add address reF li la 1 first rot written In She permitting of or re addressing re-addressing ho he envelope en tho the next time hy by writing over the tho last address In Ink or erasing t k The use re-use envelope has s no glue on the flap For this reason or- or ordinary or ordinary envelopes arc called gum envelopes and the use re-use one is mown mown as a gang chain envelope envelope enve- enve lope r Gum envelopes are used for tor All personal corre correspondence be- be be between tween officials gang Chain en en- en en used for tho rho routine D arc VV oVo V Vv D VV oVo V Vv vy forre correspondence s i In a statement from San Fran Fran- Fran pisco V Y r Ii Plank stationery storekeeper r tor for tho the company compan calls i to gang chain a I enve enve- envelope envelope lope Jope which has hu been In use u 9 since the tho San Francisco fire In During that time limo It has made tourneys totaling several times round the world orld The envelope was as just returned to Mr MI Planks Plank's office Employment of ot use uso enve enve- enve- enve envelopes envelopes lopes b by the Southern Pacific company effects a monthly saving ot of use single envelopes and an annual saving slI ot of more than 81 00 Other railroad save as as much proportionate to the amount ot of business Railroads have postal privileges so 50 that they do not use UIlO stamps Long pouches are aro u used d to dis- dis dispatch dispatch dis dispatch patch mall between hea heavy mall mall- mail leg leg Ilg points simplifying the tho system A J AN omen SAVING S In addition to the tho saving effect effect- effected effected ed by the use of gang chain en- en envelopes en envelopes elopes thousands of ot dollars are saved In cost coot of paper each year yearbY yearby yearby bY the use of o old 01 1 form letters They are arc sent to the San Fran Fran- Francisco deco cisco office of the stationery where here they are bound In pads of ot each The backs of t such ouch forms are aro used for ser scratch paper al all over o the e system |