Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-05
REAL REVOLUTION
TO RESULTFROM
PARCELS POST
Trinidad Merchants Planning
to Do Away With Team De.
livery Service and lie.
Uncle Sam DO It.

parcels post OF the United States pos
tat service. which goes into Cnoct tn"
nr,t uf next month. are incoming
evident with tho ncws from Trinidad.
Colo, that tho merchants are plnn-
ming to dispense entirely with their
city team delivery service Ms tat az
tho delivery OF mallnble parcels Is
concerned and turn the delivery WORE
over to tho postoftiCe, the local one
pound rate of ave cents being esrr-
clally attractive. Tho following from
tho Railroad Mans MaGaSino throws
some interesting light on the posi-
bilitics OF the now service.
Tor forty ycaIs tho American pco-
pile have demanded n parcel post.
| Fnrty-thrco foreign countries already
have parcel post, and there In no
record ur any foreign country over
having discontinued such v service
after having started II.
Tho frst zono In quHdrangular, but
not square in shape, since Il In bound
cd on tho casl and west by meridlans
Of longitude which. OF course, converge
M they go north and dlverge AZ they
go south. All other zones are roughly
circular in shape. Zone two includes
all units OF area outside Eono ono
which lie either wholly or In part
Within n circle drawn from tho center
Of given unit OF area, the circle 10
have n radius OF $50 miles,
The third zone includes all tho tor
| riiory outside OF zone two. Within the
radius ~ II circle OF 800 miles and
with the same provlso that all units
OF area through which its boundary
| circle passes are a paIt OF that 1onc.
The fourth zone has n radius Of 600
miles. the nfth zone n radius of 1000
miles, Ia" sixth como Il radius uf i,l0O
miles, the seventh EOnc n radius ut
| 500 miles. and tho eighth zone in
| CludrT All units OF nren outside of
| zone seven, 80
The matter nf unita or area ana ~
zones X somewhat complicated But
II Scrns much more complicated thnn
II realty h. The reasons for cstHh-
1 llHhinE such u system are clearly SGT
/ forth by senator Bourne IN his report
nu the pusluillcc appropriation bill.
| There are some $4,000 pOstoiliccs In
the United States. with n map ten
feet long and ten feet wide an effort
10 designate the pDstOnlncs on such
map would he like printing the Lords
prayer on the head NJ II pin.
| II the shipper has nn rate hook ana
map pr hls own. he viii usk at the
puStutlCc what the rate II. The post
mnMcr or clerk VIII tnkc,A ,dircctU y
aud lind uIlckly. by means of n mar
| glnnl thumb index. the state Ia which
| the package IL tO hc sent -. IN thlH
/ case. Virginia find the postoillCc Al
| CNHndriu, after which name viii bc
u number indicating the uuadrnnglc
or unit of area IN which Alexandria
is located, The nun1cr on his chart
win readily indicate IN which zone
: Alexandria TX In relation Ia New York
| AZ Alexandria II within 800 miles
| at New Nnurk H. would come In tho
third zone. The rate for the third
zone N 7 cents for the first pound ana
! 4 cents for each additional pound or
| Traction uf u pound. So u I pounds
| = ounces parcel viii require "a cents
| puHtugc Ia be- carried from New York
Ia Alexandria, which sum the citizen
win nnlx In pnrCrl- post stamps and
his parcel viii be- delivered In due
| course.
il costs now ~ cents to srnd four
pounds OF books either across the city
or hrross the continent Under the
parcel post law II wrl cum X cents Ia
| send III" sam" puckagr across the
city aud ~ cents 10 send II across the
continent.
| As II II at present If u housewife
In Orange, n. j., wants tu order i've
pounds az con" from u New York
house, IN" express company viii
| chnrg" her 80 cents tn deliver It.,
| VIM" IN" phrccl.post wrvlc" win nBk
her but ~ cents. " her package IN
eleven pounds IN weight the express
rate ~ the same HS the parcel. post
rate, - cents bat In san Frnnclgru
she would Ilnd parcel post II llttlr
cheaper than express on clovol
pounds fr"m New York Si32 az
against {l,GJ.
| On her nvc-pound tea package
ncruss the continent however, Hhr
would gain Il slight advantage over
the previous price paying 10 cents Ia
Ia" government M against 10 cents III
the cXi rcsH company.
|, ON long hnuls and smull weights
there In no possible ScmhlHncr uf com
pelilOn' ON short huuIs aud hcNNy
welghts--hcnvy meaning at or nrnl
the parcel post limit Of eleven pound,
there ls little advantage OF the mar.
rel post over express In point OF prlo,
paid on long hauls with heav,
wolghiH there is n distinct though moi
IN enormous saving by parcel post
over express.
| For parcels up To and Including
Tour ounces In weight, the old ratio n
pr-srrvcd Ana when II comes "a
l1cnl and rural tree delivery huuIs
the one pound ratio Of 3 cents slmDly