Hill's Charlotte (Mecklenburg County, N.C.) City Directory [1953], Part 3

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Publication date: 1953
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
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1766 Log court house built.

1767

March 15. Birth of Andrew Jackson in the south - eastern section of Mecklenburg County, now Union County.

Thomas Polk's sawmill and grist-mill begins operation.

1768

Charlotte is incorporated. County divided; upper half becomes Tryon County.

1771 Presbyterian ministers perform marriages, a privilege theretofore restricted to ministers of the Established Church and justices of the peace.

1774 Charlotte made county-seat. Population, 200. Queen's Museum becomes successor of Queen's College.

1775 May 1. Because of dissatisfaction with the admin- istration of Governor Josiah Martin, Thomas Polk is authorized to call a meeting of dele- gates from each district.

May 20. Assembly held in the court house in Charlotte.

Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence approv- ed and read. Captain James Jack deputized to take document to Continental Congress in Philadelphia.

May 31. Assembly reconvenes and draws up another set of resolutions, called the Resolves. June 23. Captain Jack arrives in Philadelphia with the Declaration of Independence. Con- gress is preparing address to the King, re- pudiating desire for independence, so Declara - tion is not presented.

1776 John Phifer, Robert Irwin and John McKnitt Alex - ander,' representatives of the county in Con- gress, instructed to declare for independence. 1777 Mecklenburg troops ordered north; engage in bat - tles of Germantown and Brandywine; spend winter with Washington at Valley Forge

Phone

8157

GENUINE FORD PARTS

Ford

XIV

INTRODUCTION

1928 .

7,415,612

1944

3,943

1936

2,741,270

1945

3,902

1937

3,513,708

1946

4,739

1938

2,917,576

1947

5,796

1939

5,379,120

1948

5,640

1940

4,285,729

1949

5,543

1941

4,835,966

1950

5,613

1 944

806,168

1951

6,052

1945

4,135,664

1952

6,424

1946

9,300,000

1947

10,495,106

1942

1,054

1949

23,157,251

1944

1,219

1945

1,280

1946

1,238

1947

1,293

1948

1,407

1949

1,313

1942

3,365

1951

1,428

1943

3,969

1952

DEATHS

1948

17,544,847

1943

1,187

1950

32,011,577

1951

20,490,486

1952

20,652,299

Vital Statistics BIRTHS

1950

1,363

1,467

CO.

INTRODUCTION

1780 Sept, 26, Battle of Charlotte; Cornwallis occupies town.

Oct. 3. McIntyre Farm skirmish (Battle of the Bees).

Oct, 7, British Colonel Patrick Ferguson killed at Battle of Kings Mountain and his force de- feated.

1781

Oct. 12. Cornwallis withdraws from Charlotte, referring to the place as a "hornet's nest, " Feb. 1. 300 Revolutionaries defeated at Cowan's Ford, near Charlotte, by Cornwallis; General Wm. Davidson slain.

1790 Population, 325,

George Washington visits Charlotte.

1792

Cabarrus County created from eastern section of Mecklenburg.

Andrew Jackson licensed to practice law in Char- lotte,

1795

Nov. 2. James Knox Polk, 11th President of the U. S., born in one-room log cabin 12 miles south of Charlotte.

1799 Gold discovered in county.

1812-14 Five companies of Mecklenburg troops serve throughout War of 1812.

1818 Census shows 70 families,

1825 First newspaper established, "Catawba Journal," Population, 730. First fire engine purchased; cost $100.

1837 Branch of the U. S. Mint begins operations,

1838 Charlotte Male Academy opens,

1840 Population, 849, including 301 Negroes.

1842

Union County formed from southeastern section of Mecklenburg.

1847

Company of dragoons, under Green W. Caldwell, leaves for Vera Cruz to serve in the Mexican war,

1849

Contract let for grading railroad from Charlotte to Columbia, S. C.

1850 Population, 1,065

1852 First passenger train arrives; picnic attended by crowd estimated at 20,000,

1854

First steam power used in Leroy Springs' flour mill

1856 Railroad from Charlotte to Goldsboro completed, 1857 Charlotte Female Institute organized.

1859

Charlotte Military Academy opens, D. H. Hill, head master.

1860 Population, 2,265.

1861 April, U. S. Mint appropriated for Military or - ganization.

May, Drilling of volunteers for the Army of the Confederacy begins, Faculty and cadets of Charlotte Military Academy taken to Raleigh to drill troops.

1862 Center of naval ordance moved to Charlotte from Norfolk, Va.

1864

Jan. 7, Charlotte's depots and warehouses, con- taining vast amounts of Confederate munitions and supplies, destroyed by fire at a loss of $10,000,000.

1865 April 15. Jefferson Davis, President of the Con- federacy, arrives with his cabinet and 1,000 calvary, News of Lincoln's assassination.

April 20, Last full meeting of Confederate cabinet held at home of Colonel Wm, Phifer on North Tryon St.

June, Colonel Willard Warner and 180th Ohio Regiment occupy Charlotte.

1867 Biddle University for Negroes, now known as Johnson C. Smith University, established,

1868

Mint reopened as an assay office, but coinage not resumed

1869 Cotton sold at 35¢ a pound.

1870 Population, 4,473.

1872 Last of Federal troops depart,

1873 First graded school in state organized in Char - lotte,

1874 Last stage line between Charlotte and Wadesboro discontinued.

1880 Population, 7,094,

1881 First cotton mill begins operation.

1887 Electric lights installed,

Horse cars first appear,

1890

Population, 11,557,

1891 Charlotte Public Library organized.

1893

Electric power substituted for horse power in street railways,

1898

Two companies from Charlotte in North Carolina regiment land in Havana in Spanish -American War

1900 Population, 18,091.

1904 Southern Power Co. organized by James B. Duke and W. States Lee,

1909 First skyscraper, the Realty (Independence) Building, constructed.

1910

Population, 34,014.

1917 Camp Greene, temporary U. S. Army cantonment, established in Charlotte.

1920

Population, 46,338.

1927

Charlotte branch of Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond opens,

1930

Population, 82,675,

1936 American Legion Memorial Stadium completed. Municipal Airport opens.

Mint Museum of Art opens.

1938

Buses replace street cars,

1940 Population, 100,899,

1950 Population, 134,042,

Mint Museum of Art

FARMERS' DAIRY

IVNOILVN

HOKE LUMBER CO.

1830

U. S. Post Office established.

1791

SALES

GENUINE FORD PARTS

Phone 8157

CO.

Ford

First Presbyterian Church, West Trade Street

XVI

INTRODUCTION

XVII

SPECIAL ABBREVIATIONS

ABCBd . State Alcoholic Beverage

Control Board

Acacia Mut. . Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co

Addressograph . Addressograph Sales Agency

Aetna Life

Aetna Life Insurance Co

Airco .

Air Reduction Sales Co

Allis-Chalmers

.Allis-Chalmers Mfg Co

Alcoa.

Aluminum Co of America

Amoco

AT&T. . . American Telephone & Telegraph Co

Anaconda . . Anaconda Wire & Cable Co

B&O

Baltimore & Ohio Railway Co

Belk's

Belk Bros Co

Bemis

btry flr

. battery filler

Burroughs

. Burroughs Adding Machine Co

NS Ry

Norfolk Southern Railway Co

NWMut Life .

Northwestern Mutual Life

C&O

Caro

Carolina

Char

Char Mem Hosp Charlotte Memorial

Hospital

Chev Mtr.

Chevrolet Motor Division,

General Motors Corp

Coca-Cola

.Coca-Cola Bottling Co of

Charlotte

Coml Cred

.Commercial Credit Co

Conn Genl Life. . . Connecticut General Life Insurance Co

Conn Mut Life

Connecticut Mutual Life

Insurance Co

crd grndr. . card grinder

Cudahy's

.Cudahy Packing Co

Price Merc

L B Price Mercantile Co

Duke Pwr.

. Duke Power Co

RFC.

Reconstruction Finance Corp

duPont.

E I duPont de Nemours & Co

Rem-Rand

Remington-Rand Inc

EAL .

Eastern Air Lines

Royal Type

Royal Typewriter Co

Eckerd's

Eckerd Drugs Inc

SAL .

Seaboard Air Line Railroad

Efird's .

Efird's Department Store

Equit Life Assur. . Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U S

Esso.

Esso Standard Oil Co

FHA . Federal Housing Administration

Fed Res Bk . . Charlotte Branch Federal

Reserve Bank of Richmond

Firestone

Firestone Stores

GMAC . . . General Motors Acceptance Corp

GMC.

General Motors Corp

GM&O

Gulf Mobile & Ohio Railroad

Goodrich

B F Goodrich Co

Goodyear

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co

Grant's

W T Grant Co

(H) .

Hoskins

Haverty's

. Haverty Furniture Co

IBM . . . International Business Machine Co IC RR . . . Illinois Central Railroad System

Ivey's .

J B Ivey & Co

Jeff Std Brdestg.

Jefferson Standard

Broadcasting Co

Kress

. S H Kress & Co

Lerner's

Lerner Shops

Liggett's

. Liggett Drug Co

1m fxr

. loom fixer

M-G-M

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Distributing Corp

Mangel's.

. Mangel's of Charlotte

Martin's

Martin's Department Store

McLellan's

McLellan Stores Co

Met Life. . Metropolitan Life Insurance Co

Multigraph.

Multigraph Sales Agency

Mut Benefit H&A

. Mutual Benefit Health

& Accident Assn

NC & St L

Nashville Chattanooga &

St Louis Railway Co

Insurance Co

NYLife.

New York Life Insurance Co

Nabisco

National Biscuit Co

Natl Aniline

National Aniline Division

Allied Chemical & Dye Corp

Nehi .

Nehi Bottling Corp

Old Dom Box

Old Dominion Box Co

Olds Div. .

. Oldsmobile Division-General

PMA. . . U S Dept of Agriculture Production Motors Corp

& Marketing Administration

P&N Ry . . Piedmont & Northern Railway Co

Pepsi-Cola

Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co of

Charlotte Inc

SBT&T.

.Southern Bell Telephone &

Telegraph Co

SH&PWC . . . State Highway & Public Works

Commission

Sears Roebuck and Co

Sears

Sou

Southern

spnr

Sterchi's

Sterchi Bros Stores Inc

textile worker

tex wkr

(Tboro)

Thomasboro

US F&G. . United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co

V-C Chem

. Virginia-Carolina Chemical

Walgreen's .

Walgreen Drug Co

Western Auto.

Western Auto Supply Co

Westinghse . . . Westinghouse Electric Corp

FARMERS' DAIRY

VNOILVN

HOKE LUMBER CO.

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Co

Charlotte

Bemis Bros Bag Co

. American Oil Co

. spinner

XVIII

U. S. POSTAL INFORMATION

DOMESTIC

Postage Rates

AND POSTAL INFORMATION

Find dass (maximum weight limit same as fourth class-

Alr parcel-post rater- Continued

between the United States or its possessions and the

see page 5)

[Amueste La dollars]

Canal Zone; (3) to, from, or between Tutulla And

Letters and written and sealed matter, 3 cents for

Manus and other islands of the Samoan group east of

each ounce, except that drop lettere are subject to 2

longitude 171° west of Greenwich, and the United States

cents for each ounce when deposited for local delivery at

or its possessions; (4) to, from, or between domestic post

offices not having letter-carrier service, provided they are

offices in the Caroline, Marianas and Marshall Islands

not collected or delivered by rural or star-route carriers

Welch

1-2-4

Exceptions lo parcel post rates

Postal cards and post cards, 2 cents each. (There is

300 ta

1.000 1

1.400 tő

(a) In the first or second zone, where the distance by

an additional charge of 10 percent of postage value of

400

1.000

1.600

1.500

the shortest regular practicable mail route is 300 miles

postal cards sold in quantities of 50 or more.)

Blica

or more, the rate is the same as for the third zone

Ab mail-Alr Parcel Post (limit 70 pounds)

(b) Parcels weighing less than 10 pounds, but ex-

21.72 22.65

25.34

28.91

32.43

35.00

ceeding 84 inchce in length and girth combined, are

Matter weighing 8 ounces or less, 6 cents an ounce

Matter exceeding 8 ounces Is subject to the zone rates

22.20

23.15

25.90

29.55

33.15

35.80

subject to 10-pound rate.

on pagce 2, 3, and 4. Postal cards and post cards, 4

22.68

23.65

26.45

30.19

33.87

37.60-

printed advertising matter, consult postmaster.

cents each.

These air rates are applicable to air mail to, from or

23.15

24.15

27.02

30.83

34.59

38.40

Limit of weight and size:

between points in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Virgin

Ietands of the United States, Canton Island, Canal

23.64

24.65

27.58

31.47

35.31

39.20

(a) Parcels mailed at a first-class post office for de-

livery at another first-class post office (in continental

Zone, Guam, and any other place where United States

24.12

25.15

28.14

32.11

35.03

40.00

United States only):

SALES

mail service is in operation.

24.60

25.65

28.70

32.75

35.75

(1) Limit of Weight .- 40 pounds, local, first, and

All mailsble matter, except day-old fowl and other

40.80

second zones; 20 pounds, third through eighth zones.

articles subject to damage by low temperatures, and

25.08

25.15

29.26

33.39

37.47

41.60

(2) Limit of mze .- 72 inches length and girth combined.

except inflammables other than motion-picture film in

25.55

26.65

29.82

34.03

38.19

1. C. C. metal containers, may be sent via air.

42.40

EXCEPTIONS .- Parcels mailed on, or addremerd for

delivery on a rural or star route, or parcela containing

. Air mail weighing 8 ounece or less when undeliver-

25.04

27.15

30.38

34.57

38.91

43.20

baby lowl, nursery stock, agricultural commodities

ahls as addressed will be forwarded by air to another

25.52

27.65

30.94

35.31

39.63

44.00

(not including manufactured products thereof), or

post office without payment of additional postage. If

books, subject to limita of size and weight prescribed

returoed to sender matter will be sent via surface

27.00

28.15

31.50

35.95

40.35

44.80

in (b) helow.

without payment of additional postage. All air mail ex-

27.48

28.65

32.06

36.59

41.07

45.60

(b) Parceis mailed at, or addressed for delivery to,

cending 8 ounces, when forwarded to another post office

any second-, third- or fourth-class post office, or mailed

or returned to sender, is subject to postage anew.

27.96

29.15

32.52

37.23

41.79

45.40

to or from sny Army- Air Force, or Fleet Post Office,

Sender should affix pledge to pay such postage and state

28.44

29.65

33.18

37.87

42.51

whether matter is to be transported by air or surface.

47.20

or to or from any Territory or possession of the United

States, including the Canal Zone and Trust Territory

Domeatie registered, insured, and C. O. D. mail may

28.92

30.15

33.74

38.51

43.23

48.00

of the Pacific Islands:

be sent by air upon payment of the applicahls fees for

29.40

30.65

34.30

39.15

43.95

(1) Limit of Weight .- 70 pounds.

48.80

such service in addition to the air postage. All domes-

(2) Limit of size .- 100 inches length and girth combined.

tic registered mail eent hy air must be securely sealed.

29.88

31.15

34.85

39.79

44.67

49.60

In measuring a parcel the greatest distance in &

First-class matter sent C. O. D. by air must also he

30.35

31.65

35.42

40.43

45.39

50.40

straight line between the ends (hut not around the

sealed. Indemnity for insured mail sent at the air

parcel) is taken as the length, while the distance

sone rates will be payable only for fourth-class matter.

30.84

32.15

35.98

41.07

46.11

51.20

around the parcel at its thickest part in taken as its girth.

All domestic registered, insured, and C. O.D. mail sent at

31.32

32.65

35.54

41.71

45.83

52.00

Special rates for boolas of 24 pages or more, at least 22 of

air parcel post rates is accepted with the underetanding

which are printed (limit 70 pounds)

that the sendere guarantee any necessary returo or

31.80

33.15

37.10

42.35

47.55

52.80

Books (containing no advertising matter other than

forwarding postage

32.28

33.65

37.55

42.99

48.27

63.60

incidental announcements of books) all sones :. 8 centa

All air mail including parcels should be prominently

for the first pound and 4 cento for each additional pound

endorsed "Vis Air Mail" or "Via Air Parcel Post."

32.75

34.15

38.22

43.63

48.99

64.40

Books sent to readers by libraries authorized by the

Parcels should be so marked on each side and end.

33.24

34.65

38.78

44.27

55.20

Department to mail at the special library rats and wben

The use of special delivery with air mail is recom-

49.71

returned by such readers, for delivery within the first

mended.

33.72

35.15

39.34

44.91

60.43

56.00

three zones or the State in which mailed: 4 cents for the

Air parcel-post rates

Exceptions to Air Zona Rates

first pound and 1 cent for each additional pound.

[Amounts in dollar]

The rate of 80 cents for first pound (over 8 ounces to

1 pound) and 80 cents for each additional pound or

Porcel-post rates

fraction thereof shall he charged on parcels transported

[ Atmega te ta detlara)

Zones

by air as follows:

(a) Between United States or Its Territories and

ZeMes

Welche

la poanda

1-1-5

possessions and overseas Artny- Air Force and Navy Poet

1.400 lø

Offices, also naval vessels addressed in care of Fleet Post

1-2

1.000

1.400

Offices at New York, N. Y., and San Francisco, Calif.

miles

malica

(b) Parcels weighing less than 10 pounds but exoced-

Over 15 to 1.

$0.60

$0.65

$0.70

$0.75

$0.80

ing 84 inchce in length and girth combined are subject

to the 10-pound rata.

B Lica

1.08

1.15

1.25

1.39

1.47

1.60

Second class (no limit of weight)

$0. 15 $0. 17 $0. 17 $0. 19 $0. 21 $0. 23 $0. 25 $0. 27

1.55

1.65

1.82

2.03

2.19

2.40

Newspapere, magazines, and other periodicals con-

. 17

. 20

.21

. 24

. 28

.37

2.04

2.15

2.38

2.67

2.9

3.20

taining notice of second-class entry, 1 cent for each

2 ounces or fraction thereof, or the fourth-class rate,

.18

. 29

.42

. 48

2.52

2.65

2.94

3.3

3.6

4.00

whichever ia lower. (Note .- Effective April 1, 1952,

. 19

.25

. 28

.42

.51

. 60

.59

3.00

3.15

3.6

3.9

1.35

4.80

this rate increases to 2 cents for the first 2 ounces and 1

cent for each additional 2 ounces or fraction thereof.)

.20

. 27

.31

.71

. 8

3.48

3.5

4.06

4.59

5.07

5.60

Third das (limit 8 ounces)

. 22

. 29

.55

.70

. 83

. 97

3.96

4.15

4.6

5.23

5.79

5.40

Circulars and otber miscellaneous printed matter,

.23

. 48

. 67

.79

. 94

1.11

4.44

4.65

5.1

5.87

5.51

7.20

also merchandise, 2 cents for the first 2 ounces and 1

. 34

. 42

. $9

1. 06

1. 25

4.92

5.15

5.74

5.51

7.23

8.00

cent for each additional ounce.

Books (including cataloga) of 24 pages or more (st

. 25

. 37

. 57

1. 17

1.39

5.40

5.65

5.30

7.15

7.95

8.80

least 22 of which are printed), seeds, euttings, hulbe,

.27

.39

.49

.52

. 82

1.07

1. 29

1.63

5.88

5.15

5.85

7.79

8.57

9.50

roots, seions, and plants, 2 cents for first 2 ounces and

. 28

.41

.52

. 57

.89

1.15

1.40

1.67

5.36

5.65

7.42

8.43

9.39

10.40

15 cents for each additional 2 ounces or fraction thereof.

Identical pieces of third-class matter may be mailed

. 29

. 44

.66

.72

.90

1.25

1.52

1.81

6.84

7.15

7.98

9.07

10.11

11.20

under permit in bulk lots of not less than either 20

pounds or 200 pieces, at the rats of 14 cents a pound,

. 30

. 46

.59

. 76

1.02

1.34

1.63

1. 95

CO.

7.32

7.65

3.54

9.71

10.83

12.00

or fraction thereof, in case of circulara, miscellaneous

.49

.8.3

.81

1.09

1.44

1.75

2 09

7.80

8.15

9.10

10.35

11.55

12.80

printed matter, and merchandise, and 10 cents &

pound, or fraction thereof, in the case of books or

.33

.51

.66

1.16

1.53

1.86

2. 23

8.28

8.66

9.66

10.99

12.27

13.60

cataloga having 24 pages or more, seeds, plants, etc.,

.34

. 63

. 70

. 9

1.23

1.62

1.98

2 87

8.75

9.1

10.22

11.63

12.99

14.40

with a minimum charge of 1 cent a piece in either case.

. 35

.73

. 95

1. 29

1. 71

2. 09

2. 61

9.2

9.65

10.78

12.27

13,71

15.20

(Minimum charge will be increased to 1)5 cents a piece,

effective July 1, 1952.) Apply to postmaster for permit.

.37

. 58

1. 00

1.36

1.81

2 21

2 65

9.72

10.15

11.34

12.91

14.43

15.00

The bulk mailing fee Is $10 per calendar year.

Minimum charge for pieces of odd size or form, 3 centa.

. 80

1. 05

1.43

1. 90

2. 32

2. 79

10.20

10.65

11.90

13.55

15.15

15.80

1.10

1.50

Fourth clau or Parcel Post (over 8 ounces)

1.99

2 11

2. 93

10.68

11.15

12.45

14.19

15.87

17.60

21 ..

. 40

.65

. 87

1. 1

1.56

2. 08

2. 55 3. 07

11,15

11.65

13.02

14.83

15.59

18.40

See table of rates, limits of rice and weight, and other

15.47

information on pages 5, 6, 7, and 8.

. 42

. 68

.91

1.19

1. 63

2 18

2 67

3.21

11.6

12.15

13.68

17.31

19.20

Merchandise, books, printed matter, and all other

.9.

1. 24

1.70

12.12

12.65

14.14

15.11

18.03

20.00

mailable matter not in frat or second class.

.43

.70

2 20

2. 78

3. 35

Fourth-class matter must be so wrapped that the

. 44

.73

.98

1.29

1.77

2. 36

2. 90

3.49

12.60

13.15

14.70

15.75

18.75

20.80

contents may be examined easily hy postal officials.

When not so wrapped, or wben it contains writing not

. 45

.75

1.01

1.33

1.83

2. 45

3.01

3. 63

Phone

13.08

13.66

15.26

17.39

19.47

21.60

.47

. 77

1.05

1.38

1. 90

2 55

3.13

3. 77

15.82

authorized by law, the matter is subject to first-class

13.55

14.15

18.03

20.19

22.40

postage.

.80

1.08

1.43

1.97

2.64

3. 24 3.91

8157

14.04

14.65

15.38

18.67

20,91

23.20

A letter addressed to correspond with the address on

. 49

1. 12

1.48

2 04

2. 73

3.36

4. 05

14.52

15.15

15.94

19.31

21.63

24.00

the parcel may be tied to or otherwise securely attached

to the parcel so as not to interfere with the address

.50

1. 15

1. 52

2 10

2 82

3. 47

4. 19

15.00

15.65

17.50

19.95

22.35

24.80

thereon. Stampe to cover postage on the parcel must

be affixed to the wrapper and postage for the letter

.52

. 87

1.19

1.57

2 17

2. 92

3.59

4. 33

15.48

15.15

18.06

20.59

23.07

25.60

15.96

must be affixed to the envelope.

. 53

. 89

1. 22

1. 6

2. 24

3.01

3.70

4.47

15.65

18.62

21.23

23.79

25.40

SEALING Fourth-class matter may be sealed pro-

. 64

1.26

1. 67

2 31

3.10

3. 82 4. 61

34.

15.44

17.15

19.18

21.87

24.51

27.20

vided it bears & printed label "Merchandise-Fourth-

class mail," together with the inscription "Postmaster:

. 65

. 9

1. 29

1.7

2. 37

3.19

3.93 4.75

15.92

17.65

19.74

22.51

25.23

28.00

This parcel may be opened for postal inspection if

.57

. 97

1.33

1.76

2 44

3. 29

4. 05

4.89

FORD

PARTS

17.40

18.15

20.50

23.15

25.95

28.80

. 58

.99

1.36

1. 91

1. 38

4. 16

5. 03

GENUINE

17.88

18.66

20.85

23.79

25.5

29.60

The locol rate applles to parcels mailed (1) at any

$0. 59 $1. 01 $1. 40 $ 1. 84 82 58 $3. 47 $4. 28 $5. 17

18.38

19.15

21.42

24.43

27.39

post office for local delivery st such office; (2) at any

30.40

city letter carrier office, or at any point within its

.60

1.04

1. 43

1. *

3.56

4.39

5. 91

18.84

19.66

21.98

25.07

28.11

31.20

delivery limits for delivery by carriere from that office;

and (3) at any post office from which & rural routs

.52

1. 06

1.47

1.95

2 71

1. 66

4.51

5. 45

19.32

20.15

22.54

25.71

28.83

32.00

starts, for delivery on such route, or when mailed at

.63

1.09

1.50

2. 00

2. 78

3.75

4. 62 5. 59

41.

19.80

20.65

23.10

26.35

29.55

32.80

any point on a rural route for delivery at any other

point thereon, or at the office from which the route

40.

.54

1.11

1.5

2. 05

2. 85

3.84

4.74

5. 73

20.28

21.15

23.66

26.99

30.27

33.60

starta, or for delivery on any other rural ronte starting

. 65

1.13

1.57

2 09

2. 91

1 93

4. 85 5. 87

20.76

21.66

24.22

27.63

30.99

34.40

from the same office.

The eighth zone tate applies (1) between the United

. 67

1. 16

1. 61

2. 14

2 98

4. 03

6 01

37 15 24.78 28.27

31.71

35.20

States or its possessions and MA Hawaiian Islands; (7)

. 68 1. 18 1. 64 2 19 3. 05 4. 12 5. 08 6. 15

January 1, 1952

Ford

XIX

U. S. POSTAL INFORMATION CONTD.

Parcel-posi rater-Continued [Amonals In dollarn]

Zonea

Welght

Local

pounds

Up to

150 to

300 to

GOU

1.000

1,400

1.800

1.H00

150 milo#

miles

moiles

mlle

mlles

miles

.59 1. 21

1. 58

2. 24

3. 12

4. 21

5. 20

5. 29

1. 23

1. 71

2. 28

3.18

4.30

5. 31

5. 43

. 72 1.25

1.75

2.33

3.25

4. 40

5.43

5. 57

1.28

1.78

2.38

3. 32

4.49

5.54

5,71

74 1. 30

1. 82

2. 43

3. 39

4.58

5.55

5.85

5.99

: 77|

1.35

1.89

2. 52

3.52

4.77

5.89

7, 13

1. 37

1. 92

2.57

3.59

1.85

5. 00

7.27

. 79

1, 40

1. 95

2.52

3. 55

4.95

5. 12

7.41

1, 42

1.99

2. 55

3. 72

3.79

5. 14

5. 35

7.59

7.83

.84 1.49

2.10

2. 81

3.93

5.32

5.58

7. 97

. 85

1.52

2. 13

3. 99

5. 41

5.59

8. 11

100.01 to 150.

.35

1 00

58.

. 87

1. 54

2. 17

2. 90

4. 05

4.13

4.20

4.25

5.78

7, 15

8. 57

.92

1. 54

2.3

3.09

4,33

4.40

4.47

1.53

4.50

4. 57

5. 34

7.84

, 99

1.78

2.52

3.38

4. 74

5. 43

7.95

9. 55

1.00

1.81

2.55

3.42

4.80

5.52

9, 79

1.02

1.83

2. 59

3. 47 4. 87

5. 52 8.19

9. 93

PERMISSIBLE ADDITIONS TO AND ENCLOSURES WITH PARCEL POST-Marks, numbers, names or letters for de- scription purposes may be placed on fourth-class matter. Books may bear's simple manuscript dedication or in- scription not in the nature of personal correspondence. A written or printed invoice or descriptive inscriptions indicating price, style, stock number, size, date of order, ete., may be enclosed. Inscriptions such as "Merry Christmas," or tbe like may be written on the parcel or a card enclosed therein.

Special Services

Special-delivery fees (all classes of mail including sir mail)

First class (cent

Over 10 pounds.

The prepayment of the foregoing fec on second-, third-, or fourth-class mail entitles it to the most expedi- tious handling and transportation practicable, and also entitles it to special delivery at the office of address, Particularly recommended for perishable matter and other parcels, especially air parcels, likely to reach offices of address too late for regular delivery.

Special handling-Fourth-class matter only

Parcels of fourth-class matter endorsed "Special Handling" will be given the most expeditious handling, transportation, and delivery practicable (but not special delivery) upon payment, in addition to the regular postage, of the following charge:

Up to 2 pounds

Over 2 pounds up to 10 pounds.

Over 10 pounds.

20 25

The special handling charge applies to all parcels containing day-old fowl, package bees carried outside mail bags, or baby alligators, and to any other parcels which it is desired to have so treated,

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Hill's Charlotte (Mecklenburg County, N.C.) City Directory [1953], Part 3

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1953 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 1420

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1953
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 1420