Show SIX BRIDGES IN GRAND ON HIGHWAY PROGRAM tirl u 1945 construction pr program of the state road commission includes six ix brides on the tho elm ellin I 1 hoy loy section of the pikes peak highway in this I 1 bounty according to the detailed program pubis hed bed in the current coition of or hirwas official publication of the commission the hagin floy r loy section is fifteen milea miles in length and the six proposed bridges will be of the wooden type and will corage about feu in length the total cost of the structures will be three fourths of which or 11 will be furnished fumi shed by the under federal aid the of the codgill cost will rima remaining ining one fourth be furnished by thi c anty through iti its stati road fund tho thu aigin I 1 lin fly floy section w I 1 officially 1 11 an ait federal aid project no A it is the plan of the state road commission to first construct the bridged on the pikes peak highway bi b sections tiona and later when funds through the operation of thi gasoline tax to take up the grad mi ing and surfacing ill first class mall mail vi c are ally getting two mails a day while tb official contract calla calls for but one instead of receiving paral post cv ev try ry four to six day days alt formerly it now tip daily an order for buttor mailed in our outgoing out oin two lok lock mail to to grand junction will briny biring the I 1 utter lutter to un us the following aatu noon the tub cluck mail con ton with no 0 o I 1 and reaches grand 4 ne of our trade centers it 8 p to the evening if ship ler pers nn art prompt in gatting tho the box f I 1 utter out of it hc junction it may reah thonia thompson ons in time for our at af tir noon parrel parcel poet post truck or at the liast following fol lowine morning on the rei ret ular amt mi service when you thirk of iff it in arr gone bv by and not vrr lone ions aeo ago our parcel post wit was i being liand handled led bv by wacon and I 1 will remember that the th parcels often re ached us in damaged condition in pit spit b of the beet of carp care the rough haul by hy caused miny m iny broken res ees and damaged contents un der the present prent truck service parcel post rail mail is reaching ue us with practically no damage in most every awe a box showing a it damaged mafred da con diton is i marked bad order at thompsons Thomp sons showing nho winf that the moab thompsons Thomp sons are not cespon sible ible for such auh damage da inai the service thit we now enjo has come aaeng so naturally that many of us do not a appreciate just what hns has happened hap pined our mail service in general cannot be corn com aith that of lears ears gone by prom from the pack mule to the mail wae on then to the modern automobile tho the service has gradually improve ed until at present vao are enjoying the best trat can be it te is n rommon common thing for our mail aars ant to leave thompsons Thomp sons soni at 7 a in and re reich fich moab at 8 1111 an hour and fifteen minutes for the run it ared to tale take ten to twelve hour hours while it is jut just a little joy ride now it used to be a long tedious journey that we all dreaded |