Evening journal., 1912-12-19
City Routes Are Outlined
and Carrying Prices of
Articles Are Prepared.
No c. o. D. Service for
the Present.

Probably no bill passed in Congress
recently applies TO the general public
so much as the parcels post law that
goes into effect January /. It will
mean increased facilities for sending
packages and it will affect the home
life of the people in general. Real
lzing its Importance, THE EVENING
JOURNAL prints today for the infor-
nation of its readers the schedule OF
rates that will carry the packages
and such other Information that will
be well to know that the reader can
make intelligent use of the parcels
post
It's effect will be varied and far
reaching. AS a lover waits the post
man with a missiye from lover, so
after January 1 will the housewife
wait patiently on the ham and eggs
which the gray-garbed will have with
him. The new law will likely revo-
lutionize the sending of packages up
to eleven pounds The departure WILL
of course. be an experiment. but ow-
ing to the success of a similar system
i'm England high officials of the Post
office Department believe that the sys-
tenn here cannot fail.
Preparations for the handling Of
parcels have been almost completed
Routes have been outlined, special
stamps have been printed and wagons
are in readiness to begin the work on
New Years morning. On the parcels
post map for this immediate vicinity
this city is the unit. Any place within
a radius of fifty miles is zone l and TO
send a parcel TO any of those places
IL will require the payment for that
zone. Beyond that distance is zone 2
and so on for eight zones. Each
postofice will be equipped with an
official government map with the
zones properly marked out.
A table appears at the top Of this
page. showing clearly the carrying
price for parcels In addition to that,
an insurance charge to insure the de-
livery will be made. That charge does
not vary. 1t will cost ten cents more
TO insure a package. and the limit OF
indemnity will be $50 That has re-
Gently been raised from a hve-cent
charge and the indemnity limit of $50.
On the tag which will be attached
TO the parcel with its carrying direc-
tions the following instructions APP
pear on the back for both the sender
and the postoffice attaches.
eThe sender should fill in the name
5 and address Of the addressee, state
the actual value of the parcel in the
space provided for the purpose and
securely tie the tag to the parcel
"The postmaster at the mailing or
fee after payment Of the insurance
fee should number and postmark the
tag in the spaces provided for the
purpose, detach the receipt and cou-
non and see that the tag is securely
tied to the parcel. which should DC
dispatched by ordinary mail
"The postmaster at the Office or the
addresses should obtain receipt oI
this tag for the parcel When It Is de
E. livered detach the tag, postmark 4
and file it away for one year.
Railway postal clerks and othei
postal employees finding an insurance
tag loose in the mails, II unable t'
locate the parcel to which it belongs
should backstamp it and forward it t'
the Office OF address.
The second coupon is the record il
the pOstoflicc OF the sender, which II
retained for one year, TO carry ou
the insurance regulations. This in
surcs the sender that the parcel vii
be delivered. or, if parcel is lost, vii
be the means of his collecting th'
indemnity on that particular parcel
The instructions on the rear of tina
tag for the postoiiice attaches is:
"This coupon should be detached b,
the mailing Office and retained for on
year Coupons should be filed nu
merically)"
The third tag is the receipt of tn
sender II contains a corresponding
number of parcel with the one on tn
insurance tag and 1t will be well T.
keep that receipt until the packag
has been delivered. On the rear o
the third tag appears:
This receipt should be detache
and given 20 the sender when the par
Gel Is accepted for insurance
Everything that goes to make up
s meal may be sent through the malls
Butter. eggs. lard. fish, fresh meats
vegetables, fruits and countless othe
foodstufs will be transported and dc
livered by Uncle Sam at a nomint
s rate.
Here arc the principal regulations
All parcels must be securely wraI
ped
No parcel may exceed a measure
ment of six feet in combined lengt
and girth.
Explosives are prohibited.
Special parcels post stamps mus
be used on all parcels, and on a
articles OF merchandise that formerl
went fourth class The fourth elias
is superseded by the parcels post.
Addresses must be plainly writer
Every parcel must have the car
OF the sender in one corner.
Butter lard, fresh meats. fowl
fish berries and produce that spoi
quickly will be admitted. if it is 81