The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . uring the year ended June 30, 1898, was 28,713, and theaverage time of delivery was twenty-two minutes. Another employeeof this divison is the blind reader, who makes out, if he can, badlywritten or otherwise perplexing addresses, and has other duties be-sides. The street letter and package are under the charge (if thesuperintendent of delivery. The former are nearly 300 in number,and more are added from time to time. From each of them letters arecollected at least twice daily, and from all but a very small numberthr
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . uring the year ended June 30, 1898, was 28,713, and theaverage time of delivery was twenty-two minutes. Another employeeof this divison is the blind reader, who makes out, if he can, badlywritten or otherwise perplexing addresses, and has other duties be-sides. The street letter and package are under the charge (if thesuperintendent of delivery. The former are nearly 300 in number,and more are added from time to time. From each of them letters arecollected at least twice daily, and from all but a very small numberthree or more dailv collections are made, one of them after six oclockin the evening. From a considerable number three collections aremade after six oclock, and from ten or seventeen collections of the most difficult parts of a postmasters business is to keepcorrect time cards on the letter-boxes. They are often defaced ordestroved bv mischievous persons, who are not perhaps aware of theheavy penaltv incurred in case of detection, and it is often desirable to. RESIDENCE OF FRED A. LAPHAM, 65 CEDAR STREET. 3i8 The Worcester of i!
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