The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-12-28

Beginning Ne1 Ysar's day II 6 a
m. the nee paFusls post lau goss
INTO eGsr7. ArrordinE to he Fsoent
Nv published nsEulaIiDos EOserning
thiu law any iuhahitaat q the Unitod
states may then head thrUush the nail
merchandise q certain Descriptions
sruvidinE II Goes not weigh mOry' Than
eleven pounds and IL nor moFe than
thre, iesi vide nor more than siz fee'
10 Ieneth.
These regulations, however. pTOhibs
b the mailing u live saahes and
aSr,ss. lBtosI-suts. pistols and infian-
mhabie material ON the o;heF land
the shipper 10 allowed 20 mail hut'sr.
ard. hsh. fresh meat. drssRsd fowls.
v-rs,sblc.. fruits. berries and similar
arricies Frcsb meats. however. may
D. transported only nifty miles and II
Tor any reason TIE parcels pos' 10 IN
bic 20 dell er this or other parish
abe matter they can b. TUNED over
. charity organizations Provision
made Ter iHsuriug IarCois and they
an also b. registered
One point has b.'en particularly EN-
phnsinrd and that Is that all packaEss
yin have 10 b. taken 20 the pos,of
Zee by the sender This means that
none Of ne numbered drug siorep
s-b-aiatlous all h. allowed 10 accept
this class OF matter. thOuEh u uay
b. dspOsi5ea a. nay Of the larger post
laice stations
The delivery Of the packages viii be
ziade uth TIE same regularity hat
rOu prevails in ai54 rlbu,ing "a. mail
Ts.Ee DELIVERIES viii b. made By
rseon under a fifteen day contract
ul,h those uho are nos carryiug the
local nails ia each CITY A. the end
o. the nf;esn day probation the gov
srumeni gili make rhe contracts per
zaaHeu;
Another interesting feature Of the
insiliEfoa o. the zone system 'hrouga
WAlch the EosernmeH; Wii NJ the
charges 70 Se made % DackaEeA In
fcrInu,ai.EE this system the govern
ueni has used the c.rrle utihiH cir
Go plan adopted By some EaToPea..
csu1iTies.
In ~ there arr si<hI q thnse Eones.
each deGnlng = territory and nXirlg
charges TO ~ mad" upou parcels
The cvurcr 81 these zone eirrics 10
AL lutrars and parpOsru = any post
cmrc ia any toua In the United
states where the shippsr may hapPcu
. reside The zones hsve bcvn also
eivISed into uuiIsa OF sec,t0ns IN
- hich towns and eir.'s are situated
FOR instance. the Parcels Post map |
sith 10 mustered uniis printed %
"a. uili IhoU thas Ncu Y0rk Cay ts
IN unH IL. uhich o. cOuEsr Is tho
lirb, uone The IimitA Of this Bous arr I
any mike The s.cuad E1ae win ,"
s,.l greater and the eighth zone al
TAXI IN AlaHka and thr Haaai.au tsl
aEd1-
- Nlgu a4l8aAtA l8-oAs Is W. $50
Bone il has brrn neoeu.ary for Ia
Pusf Once DEpartEeH; 70 Fr.n1 OsV-
zrafe maps Tor all sseflaas u the
Uait.d ssafes
As An Css aEstion " naS ia,s Eys-
ten uin ucrk. Nep Yo-S has J.un
tat-n a. Al eAamBie sapsor.. iners-
tDre. thai the sAtpBer N New Ts-k
-iahsa to psnd ) psrkas- to FiIGalo
u-hich 10 appr11inatrsy b. IA. ils--
~ uoulA zar i 10 TIE possnihce
azA Tie pusfoaaEr eleyk vouid place.
a. On . pai- q nsuly ooassEurtsd
n-aisa. twenty tsOu4and G uAich have
bssa maRniaetaTed and ':,..lye~-d -
~ voEiUua eiIy pusfo2-s tAronsh-
aut the CnHs-J states e. Junliaz
ru1Sui ~ th.s. nusiss tas cleTA sii
aasiEnaie N 11nr TO uhsch ,ac raeh-
49, - oonaiEned and ubGa the ueiGhl
- registered ;ze ehaTEe va allO -
ahoSl,
TOp Ora 500 II Gny nnes ~
DluBeEurt, 3 oallu1 = MI $50
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