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Show . Tuesday, September 28, 1954 THE DRAGEBTON TRIBUNE Mail By Rail Ninety years ago, a train pulled out of Chicago hauling a newfangled car that looked like a cross between a box car and a passenger coach. This was an historic moment for that car was the first of the rolling post offices, even though railroads had carried mail in bulk as early as 1831. The rolling post office revolutionized the mail service, providing a speed and certainty of delivery that would have seemed unbelievable in prior times. Today 2,600 of the cars ply the 137,000 miles of railrgad designated as mail routes by the Post Office department. Some 14,500 postal employes sort the mail on the move, while the 'railroads have nearly 50,000 of their own men assigned to handling the mail in stations. In addition, the lines make available for the mails a fleet of more than 11,500 baggage and express cars. There is no question that mail by rail is the backbone of the postal system. The Iron Horse carries 35,000,000,000 pieces of mail a year about 85 per cent of all non-locpostal traffic. The law provides that the mail must be given preferential treatment over all other traffic which means that in an emergency passengers might have to wait while the mails went through. Such an eventuality is hardly likely, however the railroad - post office teams work together so smoothly and efficiently that each days mountain of mail melts away into millions of mailbox molehills in routine fashion. Finally, the railroads do this tremendous job for a very modest wage. Payments to the rails account for only 2xk per cent of the post office departments total expenses. And for transporting each mail the rails piece of first-clas- s Constructive Action It seems to be almost universal- ly believed that the nations demand for soft coal will increase greatly in the future probably to double or more the present level within 25 years. This means that, in the meantime, we must have a profitable and progressive coal industry geared to meet that demand. Yet consumption of coal has declined, the industry as a whole has been operating at little or no profit, and many mines have , closed. Now the industry is carrying on receive less than of a cent or about of each three cents worth of postone-eigh- th one-twenty-fou- rth age thus used. a determined cooperative effort to seen. A bright note is that coal solve its economic problems, and leaders and government officials to prepare itself for expanded fu- alike are confident that ways can ture operations. be found to put the industry back and are The importance of this activity, on a profitable track in the must done be it that and the seriousness of the situa- agreed of name national security. tion, is indicated by the fact that President Eisenhower, following Mrs. D. A. Hamilton and famconferences with coal spokesmen, founded a government Interde- ily have just returned from Tus-co- n partmental Committee on the Bi- visitedand Bisbee,andArizona. They friends relatives and tuminous Coal Industry. This was the enjoyed delightful Arizona done because anything underminfall weather. ing a vital basic industry such as coal is truly a national problem. Mrs. Sherry Hamilton and son, Subsequently, the President apa on cabinet committee pointed Stephen,, returned from Arizona g Energy Supplies and Resources with the Hamiltons and are Policy, made up of the heads of with... her parents,- -. Mr.- - and the State, Defense Interior, Labor Mrs. Mark Hanson, Sunnyside, and other departments. while her husband, Sherry, is with What will come of these con- the United States forces in liv-'in- structive actions remains to be Alice Robels, daughter of Air. and Mrs. .Albert Robels, Sr., will visit her sister, Mrs. Betty Argon, in San Francisco on her way to San Jose, California, to attend the state college there. She will major in recreation. Alice received an honorable discharge from the U. S. Marines and was awarded a medal for good conduct. This award covers a three year period with high proficiency and good conduct rati" ngs. V Mr. and Mrs. Clem Anderson, Clearfield, Utah, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Art Anderson. Mrs. Ella Newbumn, Mobille Alabama, is visiting, at the hmoe of her daughter and Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Hamilton. son-in-la- w, al Here is a great new motor oil lubrication in a class by itself. 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