Show POST OFFICE department PURCHASE 1500 FORDS the united states post office de apartment part ment today placed an order with the washington branch of tile ford motor ilai Q company aror 1500 motor truck chassis of f which wha c 11 BOO will be ton carrying capac capacity ity and 1000 of 1 tons tone carrying carrl ng capacity the purchase of the motor equipment was wa the largest argest made by the government department since the war with this arder ford sales to tile the post office department during recent lecent years reached a total of 2900 units the purchase marked another step in the departments program m of building up its fleet of severi several fl thousand thousand bucks and also to lo replace some of the sin surplus plus trucks turned over to the post office department by ohp the army at the fose ot at the war deliveries are to start immediately and continue as rapidly as the bodies convicted contic ted for are ready leady for I 1 tion ion the completed trucks will then be distributed t to 0 some 60 0 cities ahro throughout u ghost the united states the order was as placed with the ford kompany company after an exhaustive test conducted ducted by the department will lie he cooperation ot at the bureau of 0 standards the tests were under the supervision of bf W A jacobs automotive engineer pt lot the bureau of 0 standards and win of chicago and morris carrier canler of af brooklyn motor veli tele engineers of the post office department |