Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-01-22 | Page 6 | Mail Delay is Charged to Roads

MAil DELAY IS 1 CHARGED 10 ROADS Letters Held Up Here by F Failure of Trains to toRun toRun toRun I Run on Ti Time e. e In the event you dont don't receive a along long expected letter from the East Bast one ono I which you are positive should have reached you days and days ago dont don't blame the mailman Lay It on the railroads The railroads are to blame for the delay of malls mails says official information information tion received by W E E. Block assistant postmaster in Salt bait Lake today A report compiled by government officials in the East has shown that in inthe inthe the he last few months exactly 12 I failures s by mail trains to make scheduled scheduled scheduled sched sched- connections were recorded One Ono of the most mall mail I I trains carrying mail mall from Washington D D. C C. Philadelphia Baltimore and acid points In the East bound West Vest failed fully 70 per cent of the time timo in making connections In the last four months The same condition obtains between New York and Chicago The delay of mails malls thus it is emphasized emphasized em em- emphasized Is not due to any lassitude or in the l postal system system system tem but to the congestion of transportation transportation transportation tation facilities