| Show government G overn men t mail M ai I 1 service S eruce to uintah U in th a basin B asin best B est ever E ver recently the post office department invested a total of 00 in in new trucks and buildings heavy snowfall causes government mail trucks to change route at greater expense work for civic and commercial clubs few people in this community riall rc akizo alizo za me magnitude of the gov eminent operated mall mail service an clun blunting ting from the city of price this establishment la is without a doubt tho the greatest of its kind in the united states it has lifts a payroll pay roll of more than annually and la Is headquarters headquarter a for a fleet of trucks which operate dally daify throughout carbon emery duchesne and uintah counties ther there are four our different routes operated by the tho poet post office department from thia this city covering a total of miles each way and all tho the mall mail Is to carried for or emery county points and the entire uintah basin in addition to tho the mall mail handled for Sunny sunnyside side and price an average of approximately tons of parcel post are handled by these routes per month at an operating cost ot of about thera bro forty three trucks assigned to che service and have two men employed to do the work the total milago covered by the trucks in this service during the month of novem novara ber her was at a total tion of nearly GOOD gallons of gasoline only recently the post office department invested a total of approximately in new now trucks and nearly 00 in new now buildings at price and Duch duchesne esue the garage at price Is without a doubt among the best beat equipped and one of the most up 0 to o date gar ages in the state A visit to this building will convince anyone of the magnitude of this enterprise the people of price should realize that their city Is headquarters head bead quarters for the tibe largest government operated star route in the united states both in milage and volume of parcel post handled that in their city Is one of the two government owned star route garages and repair bases in the united states this should be a pride to every citizen of price only recently the government trucks have had to abandon their regular route via castle gate and duchesne Duch osne on air account of the deep snows encountered on the mountain this condition be because cuse ot 01 L failure to keep this road open tor for public traffic Ice this necessitates travel via vla the price myton road and requires the employees to work longer hours and a much greater ex pena pense to the be department in order to give tho ho people of jhb uintah basin the mall service to which they are entitled the taxpayers of this county and the uintah basin counties should insist that the roads ie b e kept in the best beat possible condition at all times as only maximum service can be rendered where conditions are ar e most favorable it wa was reported that tho the total enow snow fall was six feet and bad had pack ed to about four feet on the colton summit at UK the head bead of indian can yon no nd mall mail has been sent that way since the snow blockade but comes by way of at PrIce Myton road in all probability unless immediate efforts are made and an assurance given that the ducheine helper road will be kept open the government will use the price my ton road the balance or of tee the winter i the government govern mert state and county kept the road open last year while it was a considerable expense it wae was a payin paying proposition to the patrons served bythe mall in an efficient service state road supervisor murdock of duchenne Duch osne county got busy and now th vernal helper stage Is to making regular trips that way no doubt if it an effort Is made it can remain open for the balance of the winter postmaster E J young jr of the vernal post postoffice office Is 14 very emphatic in his assertion that the cas tie lie gate duchesne road should be kept open by all meant and rivo give the citizens of the basin the best possible mall service M mr r young adys the government ta to doing more than their part and Is to giving us as good or better service than if we were on the railroad duchesne for instance Is getting anali one half hair a day ahead of heber city on the railroad carbon and emery counties are getting mall from fiva flours to 24 hours earlier since they have been supplied by the government trucks rost postmaster master young says it Is now up to the state and the citizens of the uintah basin to see that this road Is kept open and obe efficient mall service which Is being given us by superintendent joseph M tullis be maintained plans and specifications tor for a government garage at both myton and vernal have been in his possession for some time bids have already been made and in all proba glifty contracts contract let for ah those 0 e improvements prove ments only saturday postmaster young received a letter from the department to secure an option on proposed building site for the garage to be in vernal there arc two sites proposed one ono just north of the federal building site and tho the other just across the alley on the city lot now Is tha the time for every civic body and commercial club in the basin every little town and hamlet to get busy and see that apals road is kept open all the year around |
