The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-29
TUBE MAIL SERVICE
TO BIZ RESTORED
Several Cities Share in Quick
Delivery System.
The Congressional Appropriation and
How It WIN Be Distrib-
uted.

/ Details for the restoration Of tn,
pnecmatic mail service in The cities
where 1t was formerly in use. and in
Chicago and St. Louis. as authorized bv
| Congress. have been completed by Sec
on Assistant Postmaster General Small
lenbeTger and approved by Postmaster
/ General Payne The advertisements for
the service viii be published early next
week, and IT is the expectation that the
service VII be under headway at the
beginning OF the fiscal year. July l..
The conditions imposed by Congress
are such that it cannot be definitely
stated just how much service each city
viii have The department is authorized
TO spend + per cent OF the gross annual
receipts Of each Office. but the aggre-
gate amount 20 be spent on pneumatic
service in the six cities must rot ex-
coed $500 0G0 The proposals viii 10
framed Sc that the department nav in
Stali The service in sections IN each civ
Bidders VIII be expected 10 make. heir
acceptance IN such a way that the most
necessary tubes VIII be put in operation
as soon as possible, and where new ..ubes
are 10 be put down mileage pay VIII
begin on them just as soon as apy sec
ton can be utilized. The bids must also
be IN such shape that the department
can Top of sections o. tube in order 10
get TIE aggregate amount TO be sDenr
within the limit allowed BY Congress.
On the basis Of ! per cent OF gross re-
Ceipts. the amounts to be allowed Ia The
various cities are as follows New York.
$4,000; Philadelphia. S148 50g. Chicago.
$@gs,9Gt, Boston. $12@Cgo, BROOKLYN.
s25e.e9e, s.. Louis. s9S. soc
This makes a total expenditure of 81
$4,000 which is in excess { the Iirir b.
S54s.90G- The amounts to Dc allowed wiz
necessarily be cut down TO about Da:
cent OF gross receipts 4 col-ributt1-
cause to this result is the fact that co..
gress would like to see the p-euuati-
service In operation here in Washingto.
and the department has decided TO AL
ihor7Ze the Installation Of q system Coz.
meeting the department. buildings AM
the Capitol The cost Of this system vii.
nave 10 come cut Of the ss1ngg
The service in Philadelphia Is 20 be
substantially that laid down in me
Search report made two years ago When
he service was discontinued by the re-
fusa! Of Congress "a year ago to auV-c.
pirate for IL there we're in operation in
New York and Brooklyn aIloze. n-E 5.5.
miles Of tubes al q cost or Sis. 100 in
Boston sevenjy-four hu Idredths or q
mile. at cost of $4,000, IN Philadelphia
i-A5 miles. at q cost annually Of $34 566.
The department cOutempiates a general
extension Of the system in PHILADELPHIA
and it is expected that. with an occnomi-
cal administration OF the service under
contracts at a reasonable cost. Congress
VIII favor the system. and all the large
cities viii in q few years enjoy the mos,
expeditions mail service possible to at
tain by the use Of pneumatic tubes
The contracts. soon to be made VIII
be for term of three years. The Phiia-
delphia Pneumatic Tube Company IS re
garded as practically the only probable
bidder.