| Show NEW NESY METHODS TO TRANSPORT MAIL MAi Postoffice Department Ma May Turn to the Auto Auto- mobile mobie ON TRIAL AT MILWAUKEE S Special Gial Machines Allow Sorting Sort- Sort T ing While Collections i J. J Are Made Madel C r ra Washington Ia May Tho G-Tho Tho r Ilee department Is moving mo toward the thc adoption o of sonic new methods In the thc tation of oC mall matter mator in Iii the S cities of the country James T T. Mc Mc- Ie- Ie former r congressman from roni I Minnesota who vho recently nty succeeded W. W I as tUI second assistant postmaster general will wi shortly start starl starton I on a tour of the larger cities cHIs for tor the I purpose of studying methods now cm- cm SS lo e in handling th the malls all and he hc hofos hopes to be d when whon he lie returns 4 from flom the trip to tu begin to put some of oC S his ideas in force The prompt colS collection col col- S lection and distribution u of malt mail mal In cities has hns always nys al been a l subject for study In Iii the l department With Ih the tho rapid growth th of cities the subject has hns S become of or orel one ule el very great greot importance IJ The following methods are arc now employed em ens- l by the thc l department in porting the malt mail mal Street cars cas screen wagons drawn by horses subways In InS n I S it Now NewS York and Boston and antI pneumatic tubes Since only a n few of the thc greatest great 5 est cities cHies now jon have nY ll trains or pneumatic tube service or oi are ure ie likely to have ha such service tr in the immediate g future the cities a as a rule must depend ties de tie- le- le s pend on 01 Iho the street car Cai service I or the 5 f wa wagon agon on service erico und mal the effort of the department now io- is to 10 find a aS S means of transportation I if it po Jo ible which iIchi Is an Improvement over u el th these e 1 0 two methods S Turn lit I J It I looks a as if the automobile mul V j oar Or for fOI u use c in the tl streets street of citie S 1 i c.- JI might frill lt solve tin thit problem The second assistant postmaster general is now nov f r giving iiii II this new method a thorough l 1 te test tei t and ant if the II lesul results prove jiovo to to be ho le A satisfactory y as ms they now promise the introduction of or tho the automobile mail mal ail oar car ar or 01 mall wag wag-on will wi not nol be long f l delayed lw Two months month ago un an autom automobile auto auto- i m mobile mail service I ce was started j in n nt t- t 4 7 Milwaukee The reports report received at atthe the thu department nt indicate that the new nc r t ervice IC CI will wi I c the collection 1 tion ton and distribution of mail mal in n the hl large c cities cies and their suburbs Three automobile cars US U'S began n collecting and J 5 1 delivering delivering- mail mal In the Wisconsin i cl city t anti and ant on Jul July 1 three Ihle more mol cars will wf be 1 f. f IUt into put service in II the thc same et city The new wa wagon ol or 01 car promises cs to 10 be a labor Jabol saving machine that will wi reduce S thc he number of or I men nen n needed In th the tho mall mail JH 1 service C of a ci city l Each ach car Is manned h by three men a chauffeur and a collector col col- lector hector on the outside and anti a distributor within It 1 is the business of the man manon on un the In Inside ld to sort Olt and antI sack mck the mail mailas mai a as it Il conies comes into Inlo the car cal Mall for or outside out out- side points Is delivered to 10 the thc post post- racked packed and malt mall mal intended for jo- jo tal S il I delivery I Is delivered to t time life c cpi pi proper s r. r s. s substation being passed to a car u used etl h r in fl delivering to the various arlous J lh tons I J Advantage o of Milwaukee 1 Plan Jan I S Last fall fal the thc tIel department began begun experimenting cx- cx ex ex- 1 with automobiles in In the c collection of ur mall mail mal In ln Baltimore but hut cn cars built buit specially lalY for or the business bUsine s L t were not nut used and the experiment was vas not regarded a as us wholly successful ful It I K wa was not mint possible to lo make male any distribution dis tIis- In the car ca The he great advantage ad atI- advantage ad- ad I vantage of the thc plan being followed in i Milwaukee tho the tho department says ays Is that the mail mall Is II sorted and anti sacked as It I I Is gathered up lJ an and time and antI labor laborS S thus saved Instead of or the mall mail hay hav mal 1 In leg ing to be turned into lute the t SS for sorting and antI sticking sacking it is turned In- In there In-there there sorted and S l cre ant sacked d realy cady for the tho train So far there has been no thought of o u using the machines for fOl the tin 5 11 distribution of or mull mall mul In cities Car Cam on foot will wi probably continue I J for fOI ii- ii years CUI to tu come to serve serc the mail a at the doors of IC le residences and business houses But HUl according to the de do- pai tho the new invention is te- te S the tho problem of or quick lUick collection It 1 I Is the thc thought of or the S j to make muke U use uve l of or the automobile car I ir In I 11 k transporting mull mal In all al the large cite r hi which are arc without subways or ci 01 tubes from the mall m S L stations to the brunch branch and sub substations sulL sul- sul slaton u Passing lis II of the thc rn U Wagon I Only two or 01 three cities the do dc- dc SS S'S says have ha e street he t car eur systems 88 S. S Im that enable the time government go b by Ir y LS' LS 4 using the ears cars to lo handle mall huntle mal e c between the main maui olliee ollic olee C an and all al the substations In a 1 city There Ther C won a U tUne time when the screen wagon wage a drawn b by a horse e was as regarded as m 5 satisfactory but with time the coming t oft of If ti t demand for fOl prompter service Lii the c screen n wagon wn on will 1 not answer Ag- Ag A Postmaster General Sy ha has In mind to t establish lall h a Lu automobile car vice set In cr Chicago Chicag Chiago 0 That city cilY i IK the one he lie will wi visit l It on oil hl his forthcoming trip and unless S ho fn finds M conditions different from what vIm S lii hi understands them then to be he wi In Ill S t direct cl that all aU time the screen C 1 wagons wi i b C uPI supplanted iy by 11 autom automobile cars ClO 5 S s like hike JO Indianapolis Cincinnati CI Cleve S. S land sty h are al' al to have havo tho time new ca car r k 0 Soul soon arf ns provides for tor or the fr lu Icha If 1 the new method methot prove 0 ro o wholly hol successful these clUe will cihI wi ge getho getho g e tho thu two eur cars It Is h hoped wll ln a year ear o 01 |
