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Show House-to-House Mail Delivery Not Slated for St. George There will be no house-to-house mail delivery for St. George at the present time, according to the detailed report issued as of June 1st, by P. H. Besselievre and E. S. Windbigler, inspectors, who were here the week previous to cover the situation. Their investigations were thorough, states Postmaster William Brooks, who gives publicity pub-licity to the report, feeling that the citizenry should know the reasons rea-sons why the inspectors have ruled against the proposed establishment estab-lishment of city delivery service. Written Survey From their long, written survey of the situation, the inspectors indicated in-dicated that St. George entirely meets with the requirements as to total postal receipts and population, popula-tion, but they list several other i requirements which, have not as j yet been met, with respect to sidewalks, side-walks, crosswalks and paved ; I streets. They call attention to the fact that while there are many blocks paved in St. George, the pavement generally does not extend ex-tend to the curbline. Street signs (Continued on page five) I I House-to-House Mail ! Delivery Not ' Slated for St. George (Continued from First Page) :have been installed and houses : numbered in most instances, and they note a 50 per cent improvement improve-ment on most city blocks, but ad-pise ad-pise that at least So per cent of I the houses must be supplied with receptacles before city delivery could be commenced. The lack of j street lights at this time is fully explained in the transfer from Southern Utah Power company to municipally owned plant. With reference to the needed imail receptacles, the inspectors recommended for the mounted aux-'Uiary aux-'Uiary route, the installation of 'curb-line boxes erected in such a j position that the carrier would j not be required to dismount from his vehicle. Another major factor which affects af-fects the possibility of securing rural delivery at this time, is the irregular hours at which the mail arrives from different areas. In order to meet this situation, they point out that it would be necessary to schedule a least three auxiliary carriers, which would be objectionable, especially since the late arrival of one mail would make delivery before 6 p. m., impossible. From their workout, at least six hours would be required in coverage of the routes, which they designated, one by foot and one by mounted carrier. car-rier. Thus it appears that mail schedules would all need to be changed to make the delivery feasible. feas-ible. Use Map of City Using a city map for outlining their proposed routes, they show that the foot carrier would be required re-quired to make approximately 429 stops in traveling around the designated des-ignated 77 blocks, and with the street crossings and re-crossings would cover a distance of ten miles. The proposed mounted delivery de-livery would make about 430 stops covering approximately 117 blocks, or nearly 15 miles. While they indicate that the pracel post delivery de-livery could be made generally in about one hour, it seems that at least six hours would be necessary with either the foot carrier or the mounted carrier, and since mail schedules conflict, the 6 p. m., delivery limit, would not be possible. While the inspectors with the assistance of the map, outlined the routes so as to minimize time and distance in deliverying and collecting mail, they hestitate to submit to the department the routes laid out, knowing the present pres-ent mail schedules would make the situation impracticable. Along with acknowledging their report and findings, Postmaster Brooks and his assistants feel that this publicity should be given the report that the people may know first-hand the reasons why the inspectors in-spectors do not feel to recommend recom-mend the establishment of rural delivery of mail in St. George at the present time. While the report sent Mr. Brooks by the inspectors seems to indicate that there are many objections ob-jections to the establishment of a delivery service here. Chamber of Commerce officials who have been pushing the matter, declare that they think that it is still feasible and that they will continue to work on the project. |