Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-24 | Page 4 | Soldiers to Run Auto Mail Route

SOLDIERS TO RUN AUTO MAIL ROUTE WASHINGTON. Nov. 22. The first step toward extensive use in the mail service of motor trm ks built for the army with discharged enlisted men as drivers, was taken today by the postoffice d. pnrt-nicnt. pnrt-nicnt. The war department was asked to jvBnse seven trucks and foi r men for a 1 1 "-m ilo star route between Helper and Wrnnl, Utah, which now costs the government gov-ernment VS.'ino a year. V,y using army trucks nnd paying former soldier drivers $1 a day It is estimated the cost can bo cut nearly in half. The route from Helper to Vernal, because be-cause of the length, of haul and b.'.d roads, has been a troublesome one for a long time, according to l'oslmasier Noble Warrum, and it has been a ditficult tnat-b'l' tnat-b'l' to secure anyone to take the contract. con-tract. A truck service has long been needed, he said last night, and heavy trucks will s.-rve to k-ep the road open during the winter and spring mouths, which h;s born impossible in the' past. It will al-'0 result in a material saving and bring about a pieatiy improved s?'vice.