Show improved mail service outlined J letter r A stated in the record last week letters of approval were received by chairman A J redd from members of the committee I 1 who are considering the salic schedule dule offered 1 I by the postal authorities mr redd has since received a detailed explanation f from rom the superintendent in of mail service J H 1 musgrave concerning the changes to be made which will insure prompt delivery of mail to all points A copy of the letter I 1 which follows is being sent to 10 all I 1 members and business executives who have corresponded with mr I 1 redd on the subject unless some further suggestion is made the schedule offered will be adopted r go into effect on july 1 1912 X omaha bebr oct 31 1941 mr A 3 redd Il monticello civic club monticello U ubah ah dear mr redd 1 receipt is is acknowledged of yours of the ath in which you state that there appears to be some explanation due as to why we are scheduling star route out of thompson at a m as alpar eally enU such a departure would miss eastbound train carrying mail out of salt lake city 2 we propose to have the mar mail 1 from salt lake city and salt lake city connections arrive at thompson via D R G tr 6 which is due to arrive a at thompson a m it is true this train does not carry a railway postal clerk taut but we proposed to have the railway postal clerk make a pouch on thompson moab and monticello upon his arrival at salt lake city ty in tr 2 which is p m and these pouches will be carried from salt lake city to thompson in tr 6 departing at p m in addition to the pouches made by the clerk in tr 2 at salt lake city we propose to have the salt sal lake city post office and the clerks in salt lake city and kanab tr 11 make the same pouches for dispatch over tr 6 salt lake city kanab tr 11 has star route connections from kanab to marys ale which leaves kanab at im panguitch a m junction on utah 1010 a m arriving at marysvale Marys vale at 1100 a m and tr 11 leaves marysvale Marys vale at 1245 pm p m running up through thistle springville Spring ville provo american fork and arriving at salt lake city at p m and the clerk in this train will also make a pouch on thompson moab and monticello moncello the pouch made by monticello of course will contain not only mails supplied by star routes out of monticello ti but also make up direct packages for dove creek dolores cortez and durango and the purpose of scheduling a 30 minute stop at monticello southbound was to give the postmaster at monticello time to open the pouch nd and re pouch the direct packages in douches for the offices between cello and durango while the Ht nt is eating his breakfast and since D R G tr 1 arrives in thompson at 1246 a m the continued on page 5 IMPROVED MAIL SERVICE 0 continued from page one clerk in this train will make a pouch for moab and monticello in addition to his regular thompson pouch 3 under the above setup set up we will have mail out of ogden at p m salt lake city and connections at p in which will include mail arriving at salt lake city via union pacific tr 6 at p m this latter train is from los angeles and the clerks in this train will of course give their mail for moab and monticello to the salt lake city post office which will in turn dispatch the mail in their pouch for moab and monticello and mailoux mail out of grand junction and connections as late as 1040 p m 4 As stated in previous correspondence spon dence our object in getting this star route out of thompson at a m is to get this mail into dolores and cortez in in time to connect early morning star routes out of those points and an d nto into durango by 1000 a m and in setting up the proposed thom thompson to durango fast schedule all of these features were taken into consideration yours respectfully J H MUSGRAVE superintendent |