Show CHIEF POSTAL VISITS KANAB A mass masa in meeting was held at kanab the tha evening ot of february 19 at which representative men of kanab vire pre donla donia and members of 0 the cedar city chamber ot of commerce together with wilford danvers Dan vera chief clerk of at railway mail service for district no 1 were present mr danvers who has hla his head tern tera at ogden utah and who has general supervision of railway mail and star route service in utah and part of nevada visited routes in southwestern utah last week making a thorough investigation of road conditions dit ions with a view of tigh tightening tightens teni ng up on all schedules in erder ardor to speed up service between points at the meeting in kanab held febra ary 19 the feasibility of routing the mall mail service ly by way of the zion mt carmel road was considered ana and the cedar delegation consisting of president J P puller fuller dr farrell IL II L shay S hay rass jones and H 11 lunt pledged cooperation with the people of kanab in everything that would tend to better mall mail service and business relations ioni between the two districts A committee consisting of heber haber J meeks asa IV judd and david L pugh was appointed to draft resola tlona Indo In dorsing proposed mall mail service tor for this section of the country the resolutions proposed by this committee are ara us as follows resolutions In dorsing proposed mall mail service for southern utah and northern arizona whereas it appears to be for the best interests of the people of at southern utah and northern arizona that new mall routes be established owing to certain changes that have taken place since january 1 1930 which materially teri ally affect the mall service of this section and the development of this patt part of the country namely the withdrawal of train train service by the denver I 1 and rio grande Tt railway allway company between manti mand utah and Mays Mavys vale utah ufah which has delayed mall service a da palata of marysvale Marys vale loading leading to salt lake city and the completion ot of the mt ML carmel national park road which will afford splendid transportation facilities from cedar city utah to kane county utah and northern arizona and as there has been much discussion in southern utah communities and some resolutions passed without a full and rc complete Ui understanding of all the facts and whereas especial a special mass meeting of the citizens of said kane county utah and northern arizona has bee been called at kanab utah on this day of february 1930 to discuss the adv advisability tsa and feasibility of establishing new mall routes into this section and to receive upon the possibilities bili ties of the proposed new routes from wilford danvers chief clerk of at railway mall mail service ogden utah and after being fully advised and convinced of the needs nd benefits ot of the I 1 same it is therefore by the citizens here assembled resolved that we request mr danvers to recommend to the postal department the following that a star atar route be established between cedar city utah and kanah utah that the present route loading leading north from ift ait carmel utah to pan duitch richfield etc to manti I 1 utah be maintained that a seasonable route be established between kanah kab and bright angel on the north rim nim of at the grand canyon serving all ini termed ternie late diate points that a six day service bo be maintained between kanab and fredonia Fre donla during the part of the year that the bright angel rou route to Is not operated the undersigned undersigner under signed were appointed ft a committee to place the above resolutions in writing which embodies the unanimous sentiment of the meeting I 1 an and which we be believe aleve has the approval ot of ninety live five per cent ot of the people of this locality heden HEBER J S MEEKS ASA W JUDD DAVID li L duall PUG II 11 |