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Show fast Mail Promised If Contract Granted With the inauguration of the bun serv ice by the Rio Grande- Motor Wav of Utah the. first of January and tho curtailment of train service south' ?f Manti, it will necessitate the $rrnt-in ; of a new contract for handling thj mails. The Rio Grande Motor Way, k subsidiary of the Denver & Rio-Grande Rio-Grande Railway company, is seckhir: the contract and bids will bo filed with the mail department at the proper pro-per time. Officials of the Rio Grande Motor Way of Utah, point out some strong facts in their behalf, and in answer to- numerous inquiries from citizens along the line, state that if the company com-pany is successful in getting the. contract for the handling of the mails between the train terminal and Marysvale, they will, without additional addi-tional cost to the department, handlo poch mail from offices enroute to Salt Lake, without addition cost. Patrons in the Sanpete, Sevier and Marysvale districts will be materially benefitted in the event the Motor Way company is granted". the contract It is pointed out that the bus' line will give faster service. At. 'present northl-ound mail does not reach" Sail Lake until 8:30 in the evening and is not distributed distri-buted until the .'.following" morn top. With the mails going-over the font bus line, merchants sending their -orders by mail could have their ordi s filled the same day as the ua !s would reach the capitol city in tiaia for distribution the some day. According to the tentative ncheduio for the bus line, leaving' time r.t Marysvale is set for 8 o'clock in t.io morning, the train Hrriving at Salt Lake the same day at 4:3-5 p. m. |