| Show talk of mail route change brings rings B thrust from price after discussing the action of uintah basin residents in forming en an organization to work in the interest of chanting changing the basin ilasin mall route headquarters from price to bait lalee lake the directors of the 1 price chamber ch arnber of commerce last tuesday instructed the legislative committee co in cittee to prepare a suitable suit able resolution eI ution protesting against the transfer information complied compiled cebral I 1 years ago agog showing the present route to be better tha than the proposed new one is 1 on file at the price chamber office and it wae was suggested thai that the attention of the th postal authorities be called to the data towns joining the organizations wh eh ch will vill probably toe be known vs as the northeastern utah allied civic civie clubs ere axe heber reber city bald keetley kettley amita duchesne Duc besne nich land myton noo roosevelt sevelt rort duchesne gusher and vernul vernal uintah batin basin representatives declared that mall service eer vice cither either operated by the or private contractor mad be faster and more ceran la in the winter months from salt belt lake than 0 from price don D D 13 colton aid said the matter would be one for on an flags bey seven I 1 ALK OF MAIL KUL ROUTE CHANGE BOINGS MOM arice continued from race two action vi tre tae ke department and sold sald the petitions tor for a change be considered fully from a a standpoint of imbro ed sen ice postmaster J F r macknight met with the he directors and exola explained ined the economic alue of the mall mail route to price he ire declared that the present bervice service was WI unusually USually good and presented several argument me ants in faor of contin continuance janc ot of the route from price lus IUS st statements ate in connection the matter are for many bears ears price ha bein been and ani still Is a center of distribution widely contributive contri butte to the southeast section of the slat slate it Is a terminal for bul buill ness embracing two mern ment and six pr hately operated mall mail routes alch aenice sen ice 42 flees contained in a territory extending ranjes to the north and 60 miles to the south revenue of the price mice postoffice post ottice office exceeds annually and d the h government operated servi distribute is s in payroll and for cost of operation approximately 5 monthly with a total employment of sl 21 men the t present route vas as install cd ed on april 16 1919 to operate ix bc ines tw en helper and vernal the head being removed to price in no november ember of the same year in 1020 garag s costing bere iere ere I 1 erected at price and duchesne in all the year years of op raton ration the carriage has varied from 11 tons to the present reduced mer age of about five ton tons per day the reduction Is 1 due to condition by limitations of 01 weight and size of loir birrel lir cell rel arx the unlimited bice sige and R eight of truck haul hauls and the 10 lower transportation rate rates of the latter nevertheless the merriment has regularly mantanes mantA mantal ned a de to bendable pen dable service on 06 basis of a ten hour truck bikul between price and vernal LS luding all intermediate stop stops it is I 1 clearly eald evident ent from past contract proposal proposals that no palate contractor handling freight fre leht passengers and mall can compete with the he present pres operation in cost of efficiency for the reasons that the government pays no license or road tax la Is not charged with the encumbrance of liability bonds Is usually able to lecure secure supplies at reduced d ed c ost and Is not encumbered with pos passenger or freight an important comparison between the present route and the chance proposed recently ly to which reference Is nade that sa better service could be maintained both winter and summer is I 1 the great mat difference in neather exposure the maxi maximum murn eleva ton over oer indian canyon the present ro ite it Is 9 feet with a 2 25 5 miln snow kle elevation and the road graded alent alon the mountainside en illint easy a and inexpensive removal of Em olides and drifts av nee race snow snowfall lall on the present ent route Is id 1 finche corn compared pared with 78 76 inches and d a 32 mile snow elevation on the proposed new route those nose who desire a chance hold to the opinion that mall mail service serice gives prestige to highway maintenance As roads must be maintained better than secondary econ dary roads over which the mall mail no now runs a IL change tn in the rout may mav result in the abandonment men of 0 the route or at least may re result alt in reduced reduce d upkeep news nes adi advocate |
