New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1915, Page 4

RA E HICKS WILL RETIRE ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, AFTER SERVING SIXTEEN YEARS AS HARDWARE CITY'S POSTMASTEI pinted by President Benjamin Harrison in 1889 and Has Also Served During the Administrations of Presidents Roosevelt; faft and Wilson---New Britain Post Qffice Estabiished in 1825 When Quincy Adams Sat in Chief Execulive’s Chair--- Review of Past Ninety Years Shows Quarterly Business Has Increased From $19 io Over $36,000. | fhe eves of the entire) saving the union, yet he agrees most about the state are| heartily in General Sherman's famous lew Britain's post of-| words -to who the next{ “War is hell” it is but fitting t Comes Herve in 1866, 3 . N r‘u |‘ ritain e made to the ma- Following his discharge from the . 3 Fool N 4 : o . . . 4 e se o raffc office in the Iederal! army Major Hicks returned to Bridge- | : > i o - S0 4 4 : ’ P Blunens, ; o Rty here sits behind the | port. His business was forever | 3 : 3 7 ' " nt v Pusen - hat has been his for | ruined so he accepted a position as | | 3 . E e X Ko ¢ ’ e on an Sedamt Yan B Teayin: Postmaster Ira 9. assistant superintendent ¢ of +i 3 % G 3 3 e p A e m b gt A : ‘,”,‘,\,,M, - :ul Jaturday of this week | Adams press company at Bridg g ; ; s § A bty rorident William H. Harrisey. \':;v down the reins of| port. This position necessitated much & s . ’ ; : ' lineeaentR IR A% . ment in the Hard-|travelling however. and having seen | 3 - _ i v ., had held office . omp he held for sixteen |enough of that in the army and wish- ' § : o | - : i . s et ,,“l.".','.‘ e which uQ:. aside to make room | ing to sottle down in a home of hi 3 ? é - ' . i ' - “ ¢ ; : frdelibdirtetuii JF own, he requested that he be made an postmaster was Marcely I. E. Hicks desk is a kindly old | s he arises to shake self to be a straight, ping every indication hysique that was his han. As he recog- genial smile of wel- B countenance and in fhe bids his guest be fajor Ira IS. Hicks. of six feet in height, rmounted by a well regular features and r Hicks presents an Adams Express agent at New Britain ituation in 1866 and made this place his home ever aifice, although he has by no means been connected with the express comi- pany all that while. At one time he wz iperintendent of the Maleable Works, He s a malleable iron expert and at | at particular time there were but few men his equal in this countr, At another time he was manager of ; ten consolidated brick yards and | from there he went into the post office under President Harrison. Post Office Grown Since 1889. HENRY NASH. WALTER GLADDEN, ppointed sident TEler, | and he continned in o through the adminis residents P#lk ster Clark, ot Main street. In 1845 Postmaster Cla moved the ofiice into a new buildipg at the corner of Main and Churgh streets where he remained until jig term expired Knapp Fourth Appointee, ¥ His successor was Frederick Knapp, named by President Millmore. His §f- fice was opposite the National Bamlk building on the east side of Mgin jhe retired army of- | 3 street, and later was moved to ‘the % ¥ 89, Majar icks . s his seventy o When, in 1889, ar Hicks first A & took over the post office it was lo- h his limbs are . : : ey hatdlpialomalish o o nely his cated in the city building next to St. aflroad crossing where it was later they were a few |y, s church. At that time the 1sed for years by J. O. Deming asa rit is as lively and 5 ¢ § i o : 7 ¢ “ o s 2 Gl pondls Soings of his friends | Small office was considered enough to | , . s : . . B | store. When President 1 190k TR ~|do the business of the city and eight Rt a= keenas o R andl sevenil claris werol well ; ) Clark, who moved the o back to able to handle all the work. Taday E - b - - ‘ . ’ ? . the corner of Main and Church stregis Major Hick has under him fifty-three . : : : « ] = _ e : A . where he had formerly conducted # clerks and carriers, showing how the . o e 3 ; . Here it remained until 1861 department has grown. From doing . . 4 an annual business of about $58,000 in : X > : : ’ - e * > ter Glandden the mext uil 1889 the office business has increased ¥ o o J ¢ { to be honored with the postmastership during the sixteen yvears that Major Hicks has been in charge until it is + ; ; : now about $163.000 per annum. Six- : - : Aiae i L N ] SR e Tl teen years ago there were na sub_| 5 ) X . 2 ' ' 2 : city building '‘and until present stations; today there are six and a federal building was constructed it 1g- seventh is under consideration. In 1889 there was no rural free deliv- ery but in 1902 two such routes were established, the first carriers being W. H. Ibelle and J. S. Rowley. The lat- ter was killed at the East Main street crossing and when Major Hicks took office he appointed C. W. Barbour and C. X. Peterson the rural carriers, and | been Harry Miles, Quincey art- |latest improvements have come. Ile ber 22, 1840 at the|they hold that position today. Parcel|ung, E. J. Munson, J. B. Grace, F.|has always been on the alert to mak pboth, Mass., Major | post postal savings and all of the|C. Lawrence, J. A. Dolan, I5. J. Haigis, | the service hetter and even now, with Pridseport in 1859, | other improvements in the postal de-|M. H. Gibney, J. E. Grace, C. Hult- [but a few days more to serve, he is with S. H. Gray.|partment have come under the ad-|{berg, T. F. Brothertan, J. Yates, | considering furty plans which will ivil war broke out | mjpistration of the present postmas-|J. J. Sheehan, Louis Leher, C. ope of the office en had built Up & |ter and the only branch that has not|rows, M. F. Miles, W. H cksan, Staris Campaign For New Office SS, manufacturing | jncreased is the call boxes at the of- | George E. Kingsbury, M. T. Murph g ay at once enlisted | fice. There are today about 700 boxes | and N. Cherpaik. Py daidbnt Roossvelt 0 e feeling the Warm |a¢ the'office, which s not any more| Away back in 1889 the clerks at the 'pooic i oticifol (ot J0s Dost- | psurging throughithan when Major Hicks first entered | office were Lizzie Beatty and Charles gecure s mow most office hatiding fou , ; fcks closed up his|ihe service, the reason being that the | O. Johnson, and those later appointed this rapidly growing eity. The cg. M. : . : . 1 et fsaastmelhal flourishing business | policy of the government has ever|were W. H. Cadwell, A. Benjamin gporation of Co m.fm.,“' 3 \,“',,‘\“’ . s ) ; ‘ ull company from |heen to do away with the office de-|Way, Guy Hicks Atwell, G. AL B Hs o chlintd and b e ap . - L Bty Semcnnils Pakae g men in his em-|jjvery and have the carriers deliver|C. W. Norton, George R. Cr: e v v oy 3 bis i I SRR n 1861 when most{a)] mail. There are now 105 mail Anderson and Harry C. Brown. |adviee and in influence at Washing w E 3 i _On July 1, 1887, President Clevelayl§ did not think the s on the street, about twice as| Fairness has ever been Major Hicks' | {on. With a committee of about : N S AIPOEILOS LS OUMEDES EMAREP (D Sk y last more than as when Postmaster Hicks first {matto in the office and out and the | twenty men Postmaster Hicks went to | . : i \,\" ”' vl el e ot unti] foue yeats!' Lynch and Cadwell the Veterans. he has made has always gone to the i several committees therc and at the : | eac d, were wecured. In 15t W ke the l11eclia|\ic. Of all the men who were employed l‘nnn. who Sl(.y()(l vhlf.h(s(» H'l lht'“(l\ll next S(’Salnn‘ of congr .‘ , thanks to 545 Y | sikth ckreior was Samed bort a major in the in the post office when Major Hicks | S€rvice examinations, regardless of | the energetic manner in which Con- | 3 pume the position began his term as postmaster in 1889 | Tdce or creed. gressman Hr‘_z y had_nnrml}mml the | Barrardl Bl e Fraallob Ground for OMce: | bill the previous session, this city se~ | < irier, is the only one still in the ser- To Postmaster Hicks was m.c,,r‘“,d;vurefd an appropriation of $120,000 ed in 1888 . President |(\< N jagh 0 |Viee. Mr. Lynch was appointed car- | the honor of digging out the first Of & MeW Post office. As Meriden, a SAMUEL BASSETT. FREDERICK KNAPP. Hasciion £00 Wab ueoosted b S as a soldier Major |rier on July 1, 1887, being one of | shovelful of earth when the ground . nuc¢h smaller city, had at about the | - S e added two onrrigny D twenty-two' bat-ithe five first carriers ever appointed ! was broken for the present office. | SATe e Secured an appropriation of | 1908 and the beautiful building of | interest as to who his successor will [ Anq 0B Clers to the ofce force. ffered from bullet |in New Britain. The others appoint. | Standing on a soap box in the middle | 110:000 Postmaster Hicks was far | Grecian architecture which now | be, Major Hicks hopes it will fall to hile Willlamn ud¢ s post ¥. He was with|ed at that time were James Whitley, | of the lot and surrounded by a dozen | Lo Satisfied and again Congressman | adorns the corner is the result. [ the best man and extends to him his mes under General | . P. Rehm, George J. Meade and J.|workmen and many citizens, the post- | LchLy came forward and this time he | 4 5 . 4 ;IO"]lL ‘:Tla;\rc?ed UP | B, Callahan. On April 1, 1888, Frank | master made a short speech pertinent T‘(“}h‘:;:‘;‘lfl ‘\‘nh’..\r!‘(’lyx‘iv::‘nn:’l“l ::Iy]x‘ppn‘nrx;u\m.“_ [ et el Grfomce pped into the A ank :;“; v Yeneral r g - e G - : i 8 a )y or v 4 = o e 2 » | one « adde e Potomac at City Sooheren el annpntadiangosta MO R Gt S e SRl Qe T it v 66 S0, | drop of the curtain on Major Hicks' | First Oflice Opened in 18 h 1d'n appointment expingl er's famous march But as long as Mr. Lynch has been If this city owes any debt of grat- ness, and with his|in the postal service Frank Cadwell | itude to any of its public servants | fice werc started in July, 1906 et the s‘outhern coast | antedates him in point of years served, | far services rendered it is to Post- SElanat Jv'n;wg S 'c-fifip = e rf““ to St. Augustine, |he now being in his twenty-eighth|master Hicks, for It was during his | vashingion to make the deeioon | s led the famous [year. Mr. Cadwell was first appoint- | administration that almost all of the | Althoush several slaces were oomein ge at Fort Wag-|ed clerk under J. H. Pease's regimc R S e P e R bloody fight With [as postmaster and remained there {wo T B e (mre o \\'em‘.\lah: licly the appreciation he feels for | president and at the fime the estab 3 Vihe. tea Mot h Offige{s and com- | years, resigning when his paren and High streets was the best. Here | their untiring efforts to help make | lishment of a post office in this cit wve held the postmastership in No s g;;’éghlh’)fim moved to Lynn, Mass. He return a hitch occurrod, the city wanting | DiS stewardship the success that it has | which had a population less than | Britain, the former being employed at § es him. |t this city later, however, and w. o maks Sutie srransemiont Shenat Dben end one sud ail hie extends 16 (5 004, wax desmied a B i A b Mgyt s It and Maj - agai i i - | the clerks ¢ ~arriers righ and Jjor Tourt- | again reappointed, this time by Maj. St. Mark’s corner might be purchaseq | the clerks and carriers the right hand | yiation and it was cic J American Hard are the only offi-| Hicks on August 14, 1890, and hu: alhs omtallersotenl tnesal v liotl eranitudel Wepaciallvito MEdwand bR oAl belabaoliitily | nb ; & Colonel Low put the quietus on that |J: Munson, who for the past dozen | e federal government. It was : plan and shortly afterwards the North | Years has served him as able assis- | gecided that the government should ! Soc00e A [ tEntNdoeSah - RekiT eI ARt Al e e e eus fromi ihe | onics ho are still living. | heen there ever since. Previous to | in the entire reg-|njs last appointment he worked m‘t Captain Francis |the past office department of the Cor- ! property was bought for otte are the sole|hin Cabinet Lock company and ther ter the purchase heen made | 'Mr. Munson has given me the best| 4419 it prove a paving investment learned much about the lock box bus Postmaster Iicks s ahead and |he had. which was good,” says the | sfter the first quarter had rolled by thedr‘quorn Hope |iness that proved a valuable awe INGiana Man All Run Down— called Colonel Lov attention to | PoStmaster | it was seen that tae business had and his men took | when he went into the post officc Had No Strength—No. En- !the neccessity of having the govern- | Ihaye Salways StricdltoluseRthesli e ot e har $18 t Morris Island, | agai i men under me as whether in % < lagain. ment own the entire corner, so an ad- S . u | All mail was brought from Hart "t‘i‘("‘“ 0““3‘“’ in| “For the past twelve years Baward; ©FgY I,-eft Blood POOI‘— ditional strip was purchased for $5,- | the army or in the post ofice,” 82V | forq twice a week by John Irancis PN July 13, How Vino! Helped Him. 500, bhringing total cost of the |the major, “and mmorv-]lp the DOYS \ {ho first carrier. The first post of With the “seventh” |1, : : . : will stand hy o0ds know, be- | and man, acting as a ste Ost - and $20 stanc me today SNOW, 2 | fic vas ep e AT 1 ful struggle on the iSRass stantinoay land up to fice was kept three years in an old master. Others w A S ] Shelbyville, Ind. — ““I was all run- The Nosbi Compans htracting | cause they have proved it in the past. | gione store > West B or the. aoig |mEster dthers who ted Post The Neshitt ompany contracting tone store on the west side of Main master Hicks in this capacity were 90WN, had no energy, my blood was so [ firm of New York was given the con. | I have tried to treat them right and | cireet, opposite East Main strec i ‘ P ip. om then on |y is7ie Beatty and C. O. .m‘hneo'n. : poor I felt badly all the time and my | {ract for building the post office in | While I have tried to i on some | ‘Z"‘i.m’ ,.....’\ul a lnvij- “rl’)’\)::w .‘! A RCmC&Y or l’ODChlflS months the island o B 5 face was covered with E}mp]es, Iama degree of discipline in the office, | | seos—————— —————‘—e———————s the northern sol- irst Term. Appointees. i clerk in the hotel and had to put up an have tried hard not to he arrogant in | ge-e-sse-sweeeme { r office he reappointed tm dster will mark the last of office as the old pack over the dead hpiscent mood he is interesting things the post office de- ity. ge of more than | Major Hicks looks -quarters of a cen- jat has slipped past fleasant and at the ant memories, the ferring particularly soldier in the Civil ght in the ranks preserve the United Giadden's Long Term of Office, and he was named by the martyred president Abraham Lincoln. e#s vhat is now the mained there, o the spage master Gladden was a general favori and he held office during the Presidents Lincoln, Johnson JULIUS H, PEAS . 'ELLUS CLARK. WILLIAM 8. JUDD, LORENZO P, LEL | and Garfiel resident A rthu¥ alro appointed Mr. Gladden but 4 died and J N. Bartle had charge ruits Company for few weeks before demiec Mr. Gladden's postmaste stalled 300 call boxes at th before he died the number Named of Mr. Gladden Julius H ca \ pointed hy | President thu ved = until | 1887 I als e a number of - oon after his appointment by e and it s while [ Hicks, Bassett and Judd Postmaster Hicks was first appoir Battles of War. master, having bee N d by I"res . best wishes for a ceessful tenure | dent McKinl ffice Postmaster Thanks His “Boys.” Negotiations for the purchase of |@dministration as postmaster and he At such a time as this when ; ) } Pres \ yosevelt named M, is about to forever lay down his | postmaster is about 1o be appointed ¢ t date twelve duties and hecome a citizen of leisure | a glimpse into the past of the local ed to serve he wishes to speak a good work for | department is of interest. In was in A S er during the ‘the boy who, he says, have stood | 1825, ninety years ago. that th ost | administratior cai¢ Roose- | by him faithfully. Major Hicks says | office at New Britain was first estab- | Tarf ar that he wishes to convey to them pur- | Jished. John Quinc Adams W | n § id and Major Hicks { property upon which to erect the of- Munson has been Major Hick’s right | i r day Major Hicks C. W. Norton, another veteran | awful fight to keep at work. : Bronchitis is a distressing and my manner. $ stand under fire, | clerk in the office, was appointed by| < tried Beef, Iron and Wine, and i T NOSE CLOGGED FROM dangerous disease, often fatal in *work the soldiers | Major Hicks on August 1, 1890. Dur-| other remedies without benefit, I ) s e = H A COLD OR CATARRH its results. At the first evidenc shifts. The plan |ing his first term as postmaster Major | learned of how Vinol had helped others y ¥ During the sixteen vears that Major | S i |1ts S S. ¢ hrst evidence capture Morris | Hicks appainted tho following car-| and desided to try 1o After tabing the Hicks has had charge of the local |} Cres i Nt 1R 7o |of a cough take Kerr's Emulsion ain Fort Sumpter, |riers: George H. Beckett, I5. Vogel,| first bottle I noticed a great improve- SICK HEADAGHE office the honesty of his ployes | Open Up Air P;‘;s(:;;:gg ? ?of flax-seed, Linonine. This re hands of the|John Anderson, G. M. Beatty, H. J.| ment in my conditi i son, G. M. VARELE T 3 y condition. I continued tak has been commendable, but onc case | 5| outbreak of the |Juengst, George D. Parlker, F. L. Sun-| ingitand now I am rid of all my troubles of dishonesty being on recor he | W P Al ily fell he_~!nr(‘ the | burn and Peter McAvay, the four last| and cannot say anything too good for man, a clerk, was speedily caught 2 our; Sl080eS ary soldiers were | named still being in the service. Since| Vinol.””—RoY F. Birp, S’Eelbyville, Ind. | Dy, James’ Headache Powders re- | by the secret service men and served ity Point, where | his appointment in 1903 Major Hicks 5 ] Gt ; PSR iti 5 } es were met. 5 named the fallowlng carslers: W For all rufn-down. Jesk, devitalized | lieve at once—10 cents a i e : .. | can breathe frecly. No more hawi- bronchitis, even the most stub- S G S: W. | conditions of men and women, nothing { Major Hicks, who after Saturday |ing, snuffling. SRR T PR < 1d d S . Stev . i o c 2 Z ckage. 3 ing, snuffling, mucou ischarge,- born cases yielding to its ident Lincoin. | D:-r::i:w?" lA\‘[.i‘J. Hartson, Danicl| oquals Vinol, our delicious cod liver and & | Will become a private citizen, is one | headache; dryness.no struggling fo ; y g s great hM?JorHH.cm wes [I0) Dation, 0 ;ilrr)l{',xhu‘v‘u;(\(l‘;:nr.:le \)\_. iron tonic without oil. e e Headache | OF (0 best known men in the city | breath at night, your cold or catarr) healing influenc fVhite House with ERnEeT, e >, = : S 3 ou take a r. James’ cadache | 5 in Gra rmy circles one of ihe | ig 2 Wright, G. C. Clark, T. H. Dehan,| _Vinol isa constitutional remeds. It | b, dor ‘and in just 'a fow moments | moct mnove o One conatny ST 1 et e Dor creates an appetite, aids digestion, | Lowdcr and In Just o few moments | best known in the country. Js a | Don't stay stuffed up! Get a small . makes pure, healthy blood. TInthisnat- | J247 (58C ©C0E ane 81 Bura s ]é’l‘ | member of the Masons and of Stan- | hottle of Ely's C(ream Balm frop |bronchial coughs—Linonine will ural manner it builds uo slrength and and s’x;rpst‘ro.liof“for headach qul Cu(’s !lr‘}' DostEC R BR ha e seryedas goun ikl oy AvplygEslittie ol relieve ou Tl" a s f Hicl his | Rainey, Walter 1 I yiality, dull, throbbing, splitting or merve. | POSt commander for several terms. | this fragrant, artisceptic cream in s y & Spoontyl o icks was on his | Rainey, Wa anderson, I R o i ). DL e~ i In 18582 he was department comman- | your nostrils, let it penetrate through nigl i i i s Dea e e 'I;rya bottie with the li)ndt;rstfar\x__mgl racking. Send someome to the drug | g of Connecticut and in 1884 he i‘\(“:r!\"";yi:'”# Tegta s Tl night at bedtime, it will enable » P P S you can get your mone; acik 1 1nol 2 i o] " o) i Y 8 g € d; soothe : ald, H. J. Phalon and M. J. Johnson. | gel y Y store and get a dime package now. 'm s clected junior vice commander | and heal the swollen, inflamed mu.- | YOU t0 avoid those dreadful ! | 3 markably successful medicine has nostrils open right up, the air pas- an unbroken record as a cure fo sages of your head are clear and you ks and was ac- t choke and suffer with dent Lincoln. He [Adalph C. Bigge, C. J. English, J. V. frred president at |O'Brien. J. F. Burns, G Peterson, ar before General A. Johnson, D. Ahern, C. W. ver these vears of | Of these some arc still in the ser.| 05 nothelpyou. Quit suffering—it’s so needless. Be coughing spells that (} S nreaten fays he is not |vices and others have cither died or| The Clark & Brainerd Co. 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