Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-08-15 | Page 1 | Hitchcock Has a Plan to Save $9,000,000 Yearly

HITCIiCOCK IIAS A FUUI TO WPP VTAF1Y ; Recommends New Method ; of Flxlntf Compensation for Carrying-MalL WASHINGTON, Aug. M. Radical re-aAluetment re-aAluetment of the methods of computing the pay of railways for transporting the mails, which will street aa aaaual sav-, sav-, Ins of approxlmatsty t.see,M, waa recommended rec-ommended to. congress today by Postmaster Post-master Oenerel ""-hT-rh Mr. Hitchcock propose, to effect such ssving by paying the railroads on ths basts or coat with per cent profit. The plan provides that aH railways shall report annually to the postmaster ftenerml the sxpenses Incurred In cerry-ng cerry-ng ths mails. In order thst the department depart-ment mar determine the cost to the railways rail-ways and a fair rate of profit. The method of fixing railway mall pay In accordance with weight has proven ex- Pmslve aad unsatisfactory, says Mr. Itchcock. He suggests the substitution of ths method of Axing compsnsstlon la accordance with the amount of space required re-quired in oars. Mr. Hltrhoock sent to congress a draft of a bill which could carry the new plaa Into effect.