The RPO was staffed by highly trained Railway Mail Service postal clerks, and was off-limits to the passengers on the Post Office to carry mail aboard high-speed passenger trains.
22.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1866 to the 40th United States Congress and was superintendent of the Railway Mail Service for the States of New York and Pennsylvania from 1869 to 1876.
23.
By 1869 when the Railway Mail Service was officially inaugurated, the system had expanded to virtually all of the major railroads of the United States, and the country was divided into six operating divisions.
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At various times the Railway Mail Service, ocean mail service, pneumatic tube service, postal savings banks, postal telegraphy, the Air Mail Service, and Rural Free Delivery were included in its jurisdiction.
25.
The Post Office remains unnamed for an individual, but features a large bust and monument to 19th century Chicago Post Office manager George B . Armstrong, the founder and original superintendent of the Railway Mail Service.
26.
During the period 1936-41, Shapiro was employed in the Railway Mail Service and as a quantitative organic microanalyst at Van Ameringen-Haebler in Elizabeth, NJ ( later part of International Flavors & Fragrances ).
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At a cabinet meeting on April 11, 1913, just over one month into Wilson's first term his, Burleson " suggested that the new administration segregate the railway mail service, " a suggestion Wilson adopted.
28.
These transfer clerks supervised mail exchanges between trains, served as the local liaison between the Railway Mail Service and the host railroad, and maintained detailed statistical records which were used to audit railroad charges for mail transportation and car usage.
29.
In 1894, he married Muriel Armstrong, a distant relative of the former president of the United States, James Buchanan, and daughter of George B . Armstrong, credited as the founder of the U . S . Railway Mail Service.
30.
Intended to replace the " Memphis Special " as the preeminent carrier on the Washington & ndash; Memphis run, one of its critical duties was the transportation of mail for the Railway Mail Service division of the Post Office Department.
