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    1. THE REGISTERING CLOCK AT THE POST OFFICE
    2. Diana S Flynn
    3. BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, OCT. 12, 1900 The Registering Clock. The new registering clock at the post office, for the regulation of the Mail Carriers, has been set up and put in running order. It is wound every eight days, and keeps time in the ordinary way. In addition it has a registering device, which is operated by a number of large keys, one for each year, one for each month, one for each day in the month, and four for each Carrier. The Postmaster inserts the key for the year and gives it a turn, then the key for the month, then the key for the day. The turning of each key prints a record on a strip of paper in the clock. Carrier No. 1 arrives in the morning, inserts his arrival key and gives it a turn, which puts his number and the time on the strip of paper under the record of the year, month and day made by the Postmaster. When No. 1 leaves on his first trip over his route he puts in his first route key and gives it a turn, which records the time of starting, and when he gets back he uses the second route key to record his return. When he goes away at night he uses the leaving key to record the fact. Each of the other Carriers does likewise with his own set of keys. After closing hours the Postmaster tears off the strip of paper and pastes it in a book, where it serves as a perfect record of the work of each Carrier, for the inspection of the Department.

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