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Show II TERMINAL FOR I THIS CITY IS 1 DECIDED That Ogden is to have a terminal station where parcel post matter will be sorted and sacked for Utah, Idaho, Nevada and in fact for all points out of Ogden was definitely decided last night upon the arrival of Superintendent Superin-tendent Edward McGrath and Chief Clerk Edward Pettibone of the eighth division of the railway mall service The two arrived from San Francisco nt 6.46 o'clock. A conference Is being held this afternoon aft-ernoon between the two officials and Fred J. Klesel, following which it le almost certain that the big room in the Klesel hotel will be leased by the government for the terminal station. The location was but one of a number num-ber on which the service had secured options, but the one In question Is deemed the most fitting. It la 70 feet long by 30 feet wide and Is lighted In the rear as well as the front, leaving leav-ing the two side walls against which I sections lor me sorting ui pmswm bp constricted. By September 1 It Is expected that the station will be In operation, with three clerks as a preliminary force. The throe will be assisted bv transfer l . rks now Rtatloned at the union depot, but as the. parcel business increases in-creases others will be added Local railway mall service officials believe that in a year from now twelve clerks will be needed to do the work. It is planned at the present time to take an experienced mall clerk trom the railway service and place him In charge of the station, while the clerk will be replaced on the road by a substitute. After the station is In operation all parcel post matter now worked on the trains will be sorted and sacked in the local station The increase in mall matter due to the inauguration of 'he parcel post system has made such stations necessary, as the limited limit-ed floor space of a railway postofflce car makes It difficult for the clerks to work the large number of sacks of such matter received. At the local station the parcels will all be sorted Into sacks for stations along the roads, and It will not be necessary ' for the clerks to handle them except to deliver the sacks at destination. Mr. McGrath and Mr Petiibone will be the guests of the Weber club at a , reception at 7 o'clock this evening In the club rooms. They will then be taken on an automobile trip through (he canyon, to return to the Herimt- ( age, where dinner will be served. oo |