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Show II W SPEHfl MONEY FOB FASTMAILS? ToucIips That Reach Salt lake Lie lor Hours in the Depots. . VEXATIOUS DELAYS THAT ARE UTTERLY INEXCUSABLE n Postmaster Thomas Says Matter l a Has Been Often Reported to Department. pi Yi hy should the Government of the j '' T'nitcfl States spend huge sums in expe- ditttlg the transportation of the malls. striving 1 1 1 ' Hi n th" time required to " place New York. Chicago anil other cities h in communication with Ball Lake, if when inr the mail arrives here it lies at the depots M for an lmur or two before reaching the hr postoffio for distribution? ,ar Citizens Are Complaining. Pr This i- thi question that is almost dally JH .ar being nskeii by hundreds of oltlsens who art able to set no goi i r ison whj the) pH should not hav- their mail distributed within a reasonable time after it ha-s q i ached thi' city Here are the facts In a single Instance, only one of many that n niigi ' be Ited . I Delay of Hours. ru On Sunday tlighl Rio t;r:inile Western ; iri train No. i arrived from Ogden, bearing )U) the mall from the west, on time, at 7 50. i ,,a Short Line train NO. 10, the Northwest j2 special, was fifteen minutes late, reaching or the depot at 7..V,. The mall from both of ov these trains lay .it th depots so long ii B that ii was nearlv 10 o'clock before even I n ihe letters were" distributed Had the n pouches been taken to the poitofflce dl- I rectly upon their arrival, moio than un ,aj hour of time. Important to many business !0l men, would have been saved 8r Explanation of Postmaster, y After making an Investigation of the f ii ts In the case, a Tribune reporter 3 called during Monday afternoon upon 5 Postmaster A. L Thomas and requested rs " I I an explanation. Mr. Thomas lld not al- tempt to evade or deny existing condl- tlons. but said. "We feel this Ju.-t is i keenly as you do All that vou have said Is true. Thi.-. delay of the -nulls after thiir arrival has happened more than .r times in the pnt three years Pay Is Not Enough. "The mall is carried bv j. N Robinson t sub-contractor who has taken the Job at .-t i v. i , ,. r year, ridlculousl) Inadequate lipnre. as he must maintain several mail wagons and work from 6 o'clock In thi morning until 1 o'clock or after the next morning." The principal contractor, who has BUb-lct the work to Mr Robinson, is R. B. Whittemore of this city. Money Thrown Away. What, then." asked the reporter, "Is the us,- of ttie ijovernment spending large sums of money to maintain s fast mcll si rvlce so far as Bait Iakf Is concerned, If the mall is to be allowed to lie In the di pot for hours after its arrival?" "There Is no use at all." admitted the postmaster 'The sub-contractor has been reported not live or ten times only, but iM.n.ln ,1-- i, time - ilurine tin Ii!,- of this contract, which runs until next Julv. 1 , believe thai Rnes have been imposed.' but v hat good lines that do" it onlv makes It all the harder for him to keep even." Cannot Tell Result s there no way In which the service can be Improved?" We are taking up tho matter with the department, but i cannot say what win be done until a new contract Is let. It woulil be a good thing If. without delay the wages were raised t( a point where the carrier could civ.- pood service It (annot be done for SlSOn per year ' That enrled the oust masters explanation, explana-tion, but the citizens art still asking I W hat has the Rain or loss of the con- I tractor to do with the . fjlel. nt and quirk st rvlce to which the public Is entitled?" |
