Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-20
ADDITIONAL HELP
FOR P05TOFE|CE
Parcels Post Will Require
Wagons as Well as More
Clerks.
ARRANGEMENTS MADE.
Substitutes Will be Used Until Re-
puirements Will be Found After
Law is In Effect.

| Law is IN Efect.
i Postmaster Egborn is making ar
engagements for the institution of tn
new postal parcel law which will 81
! in EFFECT on the first of January. Add
tional help is being engaged in thu
shape of an extra clerk and carrie
as we'll as wagon, which will be usel
in the delivery of the heavy parcels
which are expected to be shipped by
mail under the provision of the new
law. All of the arrangements made
by Postmaster Eggborn are tentative
and will only be in effect for fiftteer
days. This ic in order to test out tho
working of the new law and as soon as
lit is definitely found out just what tne
service will amount to such help as
will be needed will be engage on {
permanent basis.
Postmaster Eggborn is very san
guine over the prospects and is Of the
opinion that the parcel post will be ex
Etensively used by the people Of this
community. He has already received
a large number of requests for infor-
nation not only from merchants who
will use the postofice to ship goods tc
buyers but by house keepers who are
making arrangements with people in
the country for the shipment of egg:
butter and farm produce direct ID
them from the country.
The provisions of the law have al
ready been explained in the Gazette
but it will require some time before
the public throughly acquainted with
the working of the new department OF
the postal service.
All of the postofiices in the United
States are arranged in certain zones
according to the distance from each
other and the rates are in accordance
with the distance. For instance the
first zones for distances up to So
many miles. In this zone from Alex
andria are Washington, Baltimore
Fredericksburg and Manassas.
In the second zone are Richmond
Petersburg, Norfolk, Winchester Hac-
risonburg and Philadelphia.
In the third zone are Roanoke, Dan
vile and New York City.
The rates of each zone are as fol
lows:
First zone. Five cents for the first
pound and three cents additional fol
each pound up to and including II
pounds. In a package from Alexan,
dria to Fredericksburg, therefore
weighing l pound, would cost 1:
cents.
Second zone. Six cents for the frs
pound and four cents for each add.
tional pound up to II pounds: An /
pound package from Alexandria t,
Philadelphia would cost 46 cents.
Third Zone. Seven cents for the frs
pound and five cents for additions
pound. All II pound package from
alexandria to New York would Their:
fore cost 81 cents.
| The rates are increased by zones
the rates for the highest zone whic!
would be from Alexandria to the Phil
lipine Islands, being II cents for eacI
pound.
For local points, that is points with
in the delivery system of the postofFic
department, there is rate of fiv
cents for the first pound and one cen
additional for each pound up to
pounds.
Under this heading a resident i
the extreme northwestern part of tn
city could deposit package weighin
l. pounds and have it delivered in tn
southeastern part of the city for l
cents.
Parcels weighing four ounces
less are mailable at the rate of or
cent for each ounce regardless of di!
c .tance.
) The following additional facts rels
It tive to the system will be found inter
d esting:
It Postmaster General Hitchcock ht
% ordered that postmasters be advise
that parcel post packages cannot
accepted for mailing unless they be;
MIA distinctive parcel post stamp al
Il - - 4ho,,, tho fntlnr