Show NOT i FEASIBLE OR Commission Appointed by the Postmaster General Reports Against Pneumatic Tubes NOW ONLY AN EXPERIMENT WILL BE JUST THE THING WHEN FULLY DEVELOPED V Washington Dec 15 It is not feas Ceas CeasIr v Ir and desirable at the present time timer r the government to purchase to In nr Ir r to operate pneumatic tubes Tins This is one of ot the most mo t Important i reached by bo a commission if painted l by b the postmaster general to toi i quire Into the question of tho the fea fealty 1 lt n and anti desirability of the govern gOern t nt ni purchasing and operating tubes in the cities where the ser seri i i t js is i now installed which w ich was today toda M 1 admitted to congress by 5 Postmaster nral Meyer te er the which i hR approves The Th commission however the th desirability of o further ine Investing ting of o go gon government eminent own on i tip hip of pneumatic tubes tubeR in five f er It r six The pneumatic tube service is In operation at present in Now York Philadelphia Boston Chicago Chlea o St Louis Loul and nil Brooklyn k Conclusions Reached Th of the commission are areU 45 U follows follos That pneumatic tube tub service is an important nt auxiliary for or rapid transmission tion sion fin of s mall mail in the largest large t rides cities s und a function unction not at by br other means prevent rr li nt obtainable That it I Is particularly valuable for fot foroe oe la Ial l mail mall mail man of ofal ofal ofa a al orgin or gin for local delivery supple u ro riD o f ss mail for dispatch l o by y train and for advance n dis atri atro r of lr fir mail nUll from rom trains r tit it delivery That hn Then established it should also h as far as possible eco rim ally f for r the transmission of o other flails III ils The Th hj registered mail should be bc sent by blo bloJ uh J U h nf er security I and celerity an all he hl Combined Still an In Experiment Chat That pneumatic tube service enice appears tt t be still uIl In n an experimental condition although progress pro has hM b been en made to toI lard ard I the development of or a fixed stan iru ru r of machinery That with the above abo reservation the tha there re and of the tuba tube senuc son I ic lc c is commendable That mat the contracting companies hould should bf tw required to complete their i without undue delain delay in order that the effect of or the th foil and completo sterns stems ms may be ascertained I That the present contracts will not for nearly nearl eight years cars and that M hat it period f should furnish opportunity or I improving the systems stems and for ob 0 sr the effect upon the postal a that during that period other meth methods methods OOS of transportation tram may mo be bo developed deel d which hi h may affect the question and that ir it l is i d desirable to renew the non of th tire of or government soi in live five or six years The above aboc conclusions were reached b he by the thc commission after a very cr careful Study of ot the question que tion of the Ue government taking laking over oer and operating the K Jr c tube service which was Tva investigated te teby by n a sub of the commission |