The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-14
RICHMOND ZONES
F0RPARCELSP0ST
Rates to Every Post-Office From
Richmond Given in
Detail.
effective ON JANUARY
Additional Clerks and Wagons
Arranged to Handle Ex-
pected Rush.

While the local post-oftice is facing
the problem OF the installation OF the
parcels post system on January 1 and
is preparing to take on many add
tional clerks from the classified civil
service list. the information received
from the department In Washington
has been so meagre that exact details
Of the handling Of the big business
are undetermined. The bulky parcel
Post Guild. giving the unit number OF
every pOst-office in America. the zone
map for Richmond. the scales and rate
list have all been received.
The following schedule OF the new
parcel post rates from Richmond &c
proximate Idea OF what the postage
will be:
Zone i-torritory in a radius o.
fifty miles Of Richnond-rate first
pound. cents; each additional pound,
/ cent.
Zone 2-l5O-miie radius, embracing
the territory in Virginia not included
In zone 1. Maryland and Delaware
rate. first pound. 6 cents; each addl-
uonal pound. cents.
Zone 3-300-mile radius, embracing
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West VIZ
ginia and North Carollna-rate. first
pound. cents; each additional pound.
cents.
Zone 4-e0O-rnile radius. embracing
New Hampshire. Vermont, Massachus-
etts. Connecticut Rhode Island, New
York. Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Ten
neesee South Carolina, Georgia and
Michigan-rate. hrst pound. s cents;
each additional pound, cents
Zone ST .00O-mile radius. embracing
y
Arkansas. Mississippi. Alabama. F1orl-
da and Louisiana-rate. first pound, 3
cents. each additional pound. cents.
Zone 81. 400-mile radius embracing
Minnesota, North and South Dakota,
Nebraska Kansas. Oklahoma and
rexas-rate. first pound. 10 cents; each
additional pound. cents
Zone ii s0e-m4le radius. embracing
Montana, Wyoming. Colorado and New
Mexico-rate, arst pound. II cents;
each additional pound. 10 cents
Zone Substances more than 1900
miies embracing Washington. oregon,
Idaho, California Nevada Arizona,
Utah and the American coionies-rate.
first pound. ~ cents. each additional
pound, IL cents
The department maps, showing in
which zone every post-offics n America
be furnished by the Post-Ofice De-
partment in Washington 10 any indi-
viiual or firm for the sum OF 75c- Al
lowance has been made by the depart
ment 70 the local post-ofice for extra
wagon hire. During the first fifteen
days of the operation OF the new parcel
post. this Office, together with others
all over the country viii keep a record
of size. weight and postage OF every
MARCEL received or delivered Upon
these records the department Will base
its appropriations for extra clerk and
extra wagon hire.
Rules to Observe.
The vital rules to be observed N
the sending Of packages by parcel post
are few:
ANY article not weighing more than
eleven pounds nor measuring more
than seventy-two inches in length and
girth combined. nor Hkely to !njure
the mails or postal equipment o. en-
p,oyes = nlailable by parcel post
The distinctive parcel post stamp
must D.. I'D on all fourth class mat
ter Al sckages not bearing this
Stamp VII be treated as held Tor
postage" mater
Parcels are not uiailsble a. corner
boxes All matter 10 be sent oE parcel
post must be delivered 10 a special
clerk a.. the post-ofice. branch pos
Offices or substations
All matter sent by parcel post must
hear The return card OF the stadeT; :
otherwise II will not be accepted ior
mailing.