. St. Nicholas [serial] . with hundreds of others, and it wasthis accumulation of mail coming from thecities of the lake district that prompted the ex-periments leading to the adoption of a marinepost-office during the summer of 1895. During the first month only ninety letterswere delivered to passing ships ; but at the closeof navigation in that year the mail deliveryamounted to five hundred pieces of matter aday. In 1899 the amount of mail delivered to mail, to each captain, on the first day of everymonth, by the Weather Bureau, of a papershowing weather conditions for that monthduring twent
. St. Nicholas [serial] . with hundreds of others, and it wasthis accumulation of mail coming from thecities of the lake district that prompted the ex-periments leading to the adoption of a marinepost-office during the summer of 1895. During the first month only ninety letterswere delivered to passing ships ; but at the closeof navigation in that year the mail deliveryamounted to five hundred pieces of matter aday. In 1899 the amount of mail delivered to mail, to each captain, on the first day of everymonth, by the Weather Bureau, of a papershowing weather conditions for that monthduring twenty years, from which a fair guesscan be made of the weather for that month. As the down-bound ships swing around thelower curving corner of Belle Isle Park, andthe miles and miles of Detroits water-frontcome into view, every one on board, from theofficers on the bridge down to the humblestdeck-hand, knows that away off down thatshore-line to the right, or else hidden by thebusy shipping, is the little white mail-boat, that. THE LITTLE MAIL STEAMER INTERCEPTING THE GRAND PARADE OF LAKE COMMERCE. passing ships exceeded one thousand pieces aday, and it is now even greater. The revenue to the government from thismarine service is greater than the-appropriationnecessary to carry it on. Very few branches ofthe postal service can say as much. Theskippers of lake ships are in close touch withthe Weather Bureau also, through this office, andweather reports, or special storm warnings, maybe daily placed on board the passing vessels. The assistance given the lake navigators isfurther shown by the issuance, through the will come leaping and dancing out to meetthem, blowing her signal of one long, one short,followed by another long whistle, which, inter-preted, means, We have letters for you. Theapproaching ship answers the salute with a sat-isfied growl from her big bass whistle, the mailis soon exchanged, and, streaming a long trail ofsmoke behind her, the big ship is soon againfull speed
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