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Show ONE FIRM SENDS OUT 6,000.000 PIECES OF MAIL Chicago.May 11.--The Chicago post-office post-office has just broken the world's record rec-ord for mall handled at one time from one source, according to James N. McArthur, superintendent of the central cen-tral station. "The Chicago office has just, handled hand-led six million pieces of statuprd mail from one Chicago firm." said Mr. McArthur. Mc-Arthur. "This represented an expense of $60,000 to I he lirm in stamps. The matter was handled under tho new canceled staino arrangement by mean? of which a firm buys stamps already cancelled, so as lo save that work being be-ing done at the posiofflce. The mall, ed matter weighed 125 tons and nlle l sixty cars." |