Show Parcel service services granted permit t tin in all states For the first time in Its 08 year 68 year United Parcel Service has been granted granted authority to provide coast coast to to coast r p parcel el delivery service The Inters Interstate ate Commerce Commission has authorized United Parcel Service to provide package pickup and delivery in all 48 contiguous states subject to certain preexisting and relatively minor lions Under the new grant of ot authority UPS will be permitted to move packages between any address In Utah and any address in the remained of the 48 states The new service will commence on about abouL July 16 10 said a company spokesman Although a large number of package delivery firms provide such service throughout sections of the nation United Parcel Service has become the primary alt alternative to the governments government's parcel pJ post st delivery system The new service will be uniquely useful to Utah residents the spokesman said because the UPS system provides service directly to the premises of the user whether packages are being picked up or delivered He pointed out that this direct service is particularly valuable in states where many citizens reside in remote areas themore the themore themore more so since the rates charged are comparable to those for parcel post No dwelling or business is beyond the reach of UPS service said the spokesman If a vehicle can be driven there UPS will go there He explained that the company offers prompt and dependable service Package transit times said the spokesman will include second-day second service to Denver and San Francisco and third third day day service to Dallas United Parcel Service handles packages packages pack pack- ages that weigh 50 pounds or less and have a combined length and girth of inches or less It is limited to pounds from one shipper to one consignee each day The firm provides ides an automatic daily pickup service and offers of protection against loss or damage on m each package without extra charge or paperwork Other features of the service include an address correction service a COD service and three attempts at delivery ry after which the package is returned to the shipper without additional charge United Parcel Service was founded in Seattle in 1907 and until the early it served primarily as a package delivery service for department stores and specialty special shops in major metropolitan areas In In the early the delivery company began expanding its service ara Sin Sine eth that t time United Parcel Service has I been engaged in a continual quest authority from federal and and andst st state t regul regulatory toI agencies to serve larger larget areas areas of the nation H t. t This I ls new grant of or authority by th the l C puts UPS service into all 48 states including five new states Arizona Ida Idaho Montana Nevada and Utah In recent years the company has been servi serving g parts of Idaho Nevada and Arizona on a limited interstate basis The new UPS operation will link these rive five states and the rest of ot the 48 states tates into a unified pack package ge delivery system Twelve operating locations will be Used to provide the new service throughout Utah These facilities will be bo located in or near Blanding Cedar City Delta Moab Nephi Ogden Price Provo Prove Richfield Salt Lake city and Vernal The company will commence operations opera with about employees in the lite state slate and some vehicles |