Show aaa MOUT MAIL 4 ja tho the cople of the ut na whit aklu do adt fully appreciate what the Post officer department Is in doing tb sire give them the beat possible service in the handling of the mails malls in and out of the basin especially the parcel post which in the aggregate will amount to upward upwards of two and half halt million pound pounds per year at the close of the war there was turned over to the fico depart ment about forty two and tour four ton trucks to use on the price vernal route with the object in view of giving gl Y the experiment a through test before the matter was definitely decided whether it should be handled by contract or by government operation the experiment haa has result od ln in the department expending a considerable amount of money in fact no expense has been spared where it would be a benefit to the route served sorted in the way of maintaining epst roads the building of garages and the services of competent men to handle the large volume of mail 11 that is to now being handled the road from price to cas tha worst piece of toad in the state 3 is now being bard surfaced end and a considerable amount of money h ha a ll 11 bee been expended in maintaining th the e road over the colton pass and as an far into the basin as duchesne price has been definitely disegna as tho the terminus of the route and andl tho the department has just completed ek a garage arage 68 B x feet at a cost of approximately which houses the fleet of trucks now in use and the parcel post to be bande bandie 4 on the route there is to also in course of completion a garage at Duc Du beene cherne 60 50 x 1 costing approximately two garages a rages one ons nt a martoff 3 af t x othar at vernal 60 feet arc are now under consideration the bid for the samo having been opt wed at trice price on the day of october the N white motor company has ii ast 1st st completed tilling ft ti contract for fifteen now two ton trucks which were constructed under design submitted by he the superintendent and master mechanic of the route the motors are also specially constructed and of 45 11 P geared exceptionally low gives A these cam cant greater power than any mother other maico make of trucks now in use insures adequate power to meet any emergency that may arise during the fall winter and spring months in fact four of 0 these trucks on their maiden trip arrived in fix vernal november 10 1 having hav ang made tho the trip price to ver during tha con dillons of the roads without shifting shit ting into Int olow low gear all of these trucks have boon been given a thorough try out during the last ten days ani AM during all ai 0 f the heavy storms and were loaded from to pounds the latter the kazium garan toed r anz capacity cana city and hay biva p proven rov an n per cen it lt Is s the aim alm of mr tullis the superintendent of the route to havo at least one bus of these trucks arrive at vernal every day in the future this arrangement will insure t the h 8 prompt dispatch dia dis batch of poultry and other produce that can bo be exported there ie is also being added to the present floe flee pf trucks two three fourth ton trucks for use in the handling bandling of first class malls tho the government government haa has permanently withdrawn alt all government aid or appropriations for earth roads this means that what ever aid is given by the government in road construction must be on surfaced roads it is paramount now that carbon Du duchesne chesno and uintah counties should get busy co cooperate operate thru commercial organizations and got get things in shape to ask the government for federal aid in the surfacing of the present road from legate to vernal thus insuring to the basin a per manent thorofare thoro fare which insures a market tor for every pound of sur farm product produced and at a wl lower freight rate than that bowl now being charged by the railroads this would also insure loathe gr groat katuin uin f tab tah basin 98 per cent of the tour 1 let fat traffic during the bummer summer months the moneys that could be appropriated by the three named counties in connection with tha which thol tho state should appropriate we belley of that the could be in L dueer to put up an amount equal to toj the amounts amoun taso ao appropriated in the aggregate this would go a long way 1 towards surfacing the road into tho the miln babin 1 |