Show MAIL SERVICE REDUCED Protests are arc being registered by Uintah Basin groups to the department and our congressional delegation gation because of the elimination of our morning mail service to Salt Lake Lake City This service was discontinued on the first of the month Business firms and others are handicap pod ped In the operation of their affairs with just the evening delivery to the capital city Much of the mail from the Basin Is prepared In the thea a afternoon and evening and has depended on the morning service st The Vernal Express goes to the towns md and communities west of Vernal on Thursday mornings A survey was made by the department recently and when it was pointed out that to take off this run would world work a hardship on business firms an assurance was given Riven that no change would be made lse of the Basin being isolated from froma a railroad till the post office department has been very considerate of oC this area aren In the past and has given Riven us splendid service Vernal depends en n truck transportation being approximately appl 25 miles from a railroad in either of the four directions yet is one of the most modern and progressive cities In the state The cost of the discontinued d service was wag a year md and we feel that the vital need nt-ed for it justifies this small expenditure to main tain our connection on with outside e points It Is hoped that the department will re- re re consider this action and restore the service to the Uintah Basin |