| Show wiped mo G on vile mail service at a special meeting of the board ot of governors af pf if the commercial club to which the business men had been invited action watt was taken on the deplorable mall mail situation as aa is evidenced by the following wire sent to washington D 0 copies ot of which have been furnished senators reed heed smoot and wm 11 II king and congressmen welling and mays vernal utah march 27 1819 1919 fourth aset postmaster general washington D C at a convention of citizens and business men called by the commer let lal club ot of this city the W were ore appointed a committee to wire ou on thy the following facts I 1 first that the deplorable mall mail conditions existing in vernal and uintah county demands that you immediately m edia tely cause sit an investigation t that hat you might yourself know that the complaints complaint we make in this protest ure are fully justified and well found ed second that first class mall mail has been from one to three days and par eels cels post troia froin one week to tour four weeks behind time reaching nal third that much of the parcels post packages have either been lost or stolen or badly damaged fourth that tons of merchandise to is stacked in piles between vet nal and helper touch much of which will be ruined due to the fact that the roads roada over the mountains moun tana tans are andl and have been and will be during every tell all winter and spring extremely difficult to travel due to heavy snows and deep mud fifth that the long haul of miles from helper to vernal by which the mail is now attempted to be transported trane ported is an absolute eco loss to the government as compared to the 63 miles haul from watson to vernal over good roads sixth that we have made repeated complaints through the er of vernal to the chief clerk of the mall mail service at ogden utah which however have failed to better conditions condl tlona seventh vernal being the terminal of the helper duchesne line gets poorer service than any other post poat office on the rouie notwithstanding the fact that more people are served through the vernal than a at t any other two points between vernal aud and helper eighth we claim that in lattice to the people here arran arrangements cements should be made immediately to serva this part from watson utah the terminus ter of the uintah railway a distance of but 53 miles with no mountain passes and a good all the year round road will you kindly wire us as an acknowledgment know of this message EARL THOMPSON JAMES 11 WALLIS WALLACE CRAGUN committee |
