| Show Using ZIP Code Speeds Up Mail lail Without ZIP Code the Post PostOffice PostOffice Office could easily drown in a asea asea sea of mail Postmaster Orlo Orbo Goodrich said in a statement marking ZIP Codes Code's second an an- an anniversary PREVIOUS to ZIP Code mail for Vernal moved in a crazy quilt transportation pattern from terminal to terminal be tween the nations post of With use of the five digit code mail now is routed be tween only mail massing points called sectional centers From these transportation and population hubs feeder trans trans- transportation routes service nearby post offices Postmaster Goodrich explained that the first digit in a ZIP Code locates a area of the country New England Mid Mid- Midwest west West Coast etc the sec sec sec- second ond and third digits indicate the sectional center and the last two digits identify an ed post office West Germany has instituted a similar system and several other European na are re now studying the US operation SINCE ABOUT four fifths of the nations nation's mail is generated by business Mr Goodrich ex ex- ex explained it is Interesting to t o note tha that t nearly 90 per cent of the biggest mailers in inthe inthe the nation are now cooperating in the program A mechanical ZIP Code reader has been develop e d which is capable of reading the code on letters in an hour and mechanically dropping the letters Into the correct separation separation tion bins Such machines will willbe willbe be used in the larger sectional centers To illustrate the new ZIP Code routing system the post post- postmaster postmaster master said that a parcel from Los Angeles addressed to Ver- Ver Vernal Vernal nal previously was stopped en en- en route for further sorting at Og Og- Og Ogden den and Salt Lake City before reaching Vernal Now packages from Los Angeles bearing ZIP Code are mad made up in di- di direct direct sacks for Salt Lake City where much of the mail is sort sort- sorted ed by sacks rather than by pieces pieces es and are received in Vernal within hours What is true of parcel post is also true of letter mail and magazines The direct routing by ZIP Code eliminates the sorting delays along the route and speeds delivery In addition to better service to the customer ZIP Code has helped cut costs to the Post Of Tice fice Department Mr Good Good- Goodrich rich said |
