Show move M baske baem CU rost 0 enis r 00 P 91 07 A 0 ands the motor truck service foi the people of the uintah basin Is de ve loping into the very best tion alon imaginable already it has tar far exceeded the most sanguine expects eions han the move was waa first advocated there was a most moat pro bounced feeling of opposition to out oui mall mail service going into the hands handa of uncle sam because it was felt that there would bo be so much red tape that reforms would come slowly and the people would not get the service they were ere entitled to but now there li ig a different tale to tell president john N davis of the commercial club said at its last meeting in speaking of what t the h e club could accomplish com when hen the business ests were united that the pre ent mall mail service was aas the greatest thing ever inaugurated for the good of the w whole h ole community not one day has the mall mail failed to get into vernal st adorm orm and sunshine has made no difference until the last day or two one could almost tell the time of day by the regularity of the arrival of the nail then again the amount of mall mail dispatched to patrons of the basin since april 16 1919 to the end of last month has been per cent more in weight than was ever diR dispatched patched during a like period of time and yet notwithstanding this the government has made a considerable sid erable saving compared to previous years the express was the first paper to publish the fact that the mall mail trucks would now start a back haul business which is going to be a big thing for the peaple of the basin As it is now the trucks go back to helper comparatively empt when they might just as well be utilized to carry stuff out to the rall rail load at a cheap rate and with nith dispatch and where good markets await the products of the basin to make this back haul more effective and of greater service to the people the weight limit should be increased at present shipments of parcels post in the first and beconi zone are limited to pounds per day to the same person rhia regulation was pro mul mitigated gated to top atop abuses when the mall mail was carried by private con tractors there is no reason now for such limitations when uncle sam Is hauling the idail gnall himself ali the 0 public generally and for the most part at a great sac responded to the country s call to buy liberty bonds some of this money went into motor trucks for tile the war de pait ment when the war aar ended these trucks were ere left on the hands of the department propositions were made to junk them as it would have been disastrous to ilane hae at once placed them on oil the open mar ket the Post postoffice office department was nas fare sighted enough to see that these motor trucks would bring not to ex aeed 40 per cent of their value if old bold while they could be utilized in euial niall mall delivery giving the people better service and at a gibat saving to the government while at the lame game time realizing per lent cent of their value why should not the people who ho helped buy them get eel some of the benefits with this thought in view jas I 1 blakeslee fourth assistant postmaster general remembering that the uintah basin obtained onta ned ined the longest star route in hie united states set to work vork to get orne ome of these trucks from the war department for this purpose to do this his he had to secure special legis lation from congress ile he has sue BUC ceedee all along tho the line now then let us have more trucks and let us ua have an increase in the N weight eight limit making it possible po isible tot foi our merchants to ship in or pounds any time they want ant to from the same consignor and for our far mers to ship out the same quantity of produce at any one time if feces sary aary with such a service we ae will have better roads bettel cask cash markets for our products more land cultivated to intensified farming and produce houses established at con points all through the basin this service has placed motor truck service at the door if many farmers farmer fl and brought the consumer and producer closer together the public takes a keen delight in these re reforms foring and the expressions of satisfaction are many superintendent lake young who has had charge of the basin mall service eel vice haq hai accomplished a great v work in comparatively short time until a few days das ago he has been all alone the Post postoffice office department has now given him a route agent and an accountant and he proposes from now on to give his personal attention to gome features of the service that need straightening out the first thing lie he Is going to do Is to put an end to the rifling of parcels post shipments ani an i the pilfering of fruit and cani can especially about which chete has been so much complaint As the first move in this direction lie he is going to salt lake ind ogden and invest gate gale the meth od in vogue ogue amborg tile the different manufacturers and in ship ping their goods such as packing tagging la belling and hauling them to the post postoffice office or other point of shipment not only this but lie he Is going to hane hae a thorough in made of parcels 1 post Os t shipments as they are t taken a k e in off the train when a package Is damaged or has been rifled lio lie will leport to the and sonie some decision can be made as to about where rifling and damage takes place Alto another very important matter which is being investigated is thel the I 1 loss of packages entirely already alread on the trip just made by supt bupt young he lias has unearthed jarge quantities of mall mail shipments ln in some of the which are laying there because of the tags containing the addresses addi esses of the party to whom it has been shipped being I 1 ost lost lie he has also found shipments va which with a little trouble could have been delivered ina inasmuch as we are preparing pie paring a be parate artier on this subject toi foi a subsequent issue of the express ve e will not go further into tills matter whon when it Is published it will contain some very interesting reading as we are going to give specific instances of the particles in question the new route agent will soon make himself knon to the merchant merc bant along tile the route one of his duties will 1 I be to tolk avei possible plans tor for the improvement of the service lie he will be glad to receive any suggestions ge gest FOlls ions from patrons of the line looking to to this end and many ques ions eions heretofore only touched upon lie will be checking up all along the line all the time the drivers of the mill mail trucks are of the government and ever one of them are under bonds they aie not the ones who have dono donn the rifling pr ar the pilfering they would not take a chance with uncle S sim im the facto are that they tie and untie their wagons only when lien they reach a i post postoffice office fico they the ire not such fools as to take th ohp ilsk of F topping stopping their wagon en route lor for the sake of a piece of cand or fi fault tilt somo some one would catch them at it the editor of t the lie has gone from vernal to helper with these trucks and has passed them all along the way out and back and because of what he illIf his seen een and beci becire ue of his per personal acquaintance with nith man of the bos bois can unhesitatingly sa aa they are not in that class there aie thirty drivers employed and it lq 13 possible one out of that number might do PO fo but the chances aie dead against it |