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Show GREAT VOLUME OF CHRISTMAS MAIL Washington. Dee. '22. To handle the greatest volume of Christmas mail in the history of the postoffice. It has been found necessary to purchase additional equipment in the open market. The department has been supplied with two thousand mail bags a cay for six months but yesterday, to I provide increased quipment, particu-I particu-I rly for use in large cities 173,000 burlap bags were purchased and another an-other large order probably will be planed today. Additional transportation equipment including ear, automobiles and wag-ons, wag-ons, as well as several thousand emergency employes in the railroad ; mail service and city delivery service, has been put iuto operation. |