THE CITY'S POSTAL BUSINESS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 930, 24 September 1910, Page 7

THE CITY'S POSTAL BUSINESS.

v-.. .8 WORK OF-THE LETTER-CARRIERS. Only 31 mistakes wore made in tho delivery of letters Jiy tho lettercarriers ;. of Wellington yy last year. Tins ' and,,, other /interesting.'y' facts relating' to postal, 'work-in this city were prepared by Mr. D. Kobortson, Secretary to tho "Post and- Telegraph Department, and ( were read at the letter-carriers' dinner! last 'night* by Mr. F. V. Waters (chief clerk), in: Mr. Robertson's absence.': 'It,wasy.stated that, in 1900 two and a half..- million articles were delivered by tho Wellington letter-carriers, and it was expected that this .year the number would.,' be. twelve million.: There wero now 62 letter-carriers iu Wellington, as against 37 in the year. 1906,, and, their salaries now averaged 30 per cent: higher than four years ago:;. The honesty >and dili- . gence of the. letter-carriers, ■•: deserved high , praise.;. In'- 1857r there-.'was only ■ ono letter-carrier.- in/Wellington. There werorfour in;.1877j 'seven-in .:1887, iand fouiteen in 1897.' f Mr. Robert-son further stated .that lie was anxious to see the 'walls of. tho now post office rising highoir so that the ,staff and . tho letter-carriers' could 'enjoy, the very. up-to-date quarters that would be provided. The letter-carriers! : sorting room would be, 100 ft. by 50ft., ■ and; the , retiring .room" :34ft], by. 30ft. There would be proper kitchen arrange-. . ments, which would enable a man to 'a. light meal, at any time )of the day. , The Department' was always on the look out' for men' among the lottorca'rriers who. would be capable of filling higher positions',, and the correspondence'classes established by the Department . wero worthy'of, .their attention;/: ;■ .Mr. R.-B." Morris, who spoke, a little . later, .'also quoted figures.', He said the average number of articles delivered by. the. letter-carriers' in .^Wellington' was. 695 per-, day,: tho. largest" numbers being in Willis Street. ; ; In the . amount. of postal- business Wellington was ahead ■ of any other city in tho. Dominion.