The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-01-03
The Parcel Post
System Can Be
Easily Understood
~ ONTRARY to early expecta-
tions, it is probable the new

~ ONTRARY to early eXpecta-
tions, it is probable the new
w. parcel post service will pre-
sent no great difficulty to the
public at large and that it will be con-
venient in every detail from the start.
The system is really not as complicat-
ed as was at first expected.
Prodigious labors have been gone
| through by the postottice officials and
employees to construct the system to
| the highest degree of perfection;
great expense has been involved and IL
vast range of new equipment has been
called into play. but In reality the
| whole service is simple.
In order to intelligently make use of
! the post, one has only to know what
| unit his local postoffice is located in
and to figure the distance from that
point to the destination Of the article
| indicate to him the zone his parcel
| reaches, and each zone has its rate
| designated. There are eight zones.
| The units are small squares of half a
degree In latitude and longitude. into
| which the entire country has been
blocked The first zone comprises a
| radius of fifty miles around the center
| Of any given unit. The second zone
has a radius Of $50 miles, the third
800 miles, and so on.
| One has only to know several ele-
| mental "don'ts" provided for the serv-
ice, and the mail clerk will solve all
his troubles. In the case of the mail
clerk a splendidly constructed scale.
| specially designed for the work. will
In turn solve all his troubles. Thirty
| thousand Of these scales are ordered
| for the service.
| In the first place. parcels must not
exceed six feet in combined length
and girth and must not exceed eleven
pounds in weight To learn the pro-
portions of parcel one has only to
procure piece of string seventy-two
inches long and wrap it around the
two Dimensions Of the parcel. II the
ends Of the string meet the parcel IS
under the required size. -. -, Z. -;
| Eysry postmaster and postof1ce
clerk has guide book and map which
| disclOses to him at glance the loca-
tfon of various units and the various
zones radiating from them. '~-r'sss r~''7
Parcels will be delivered at the post
Office at which they are received to
the doors Of the persons to whom they
are sent in wagons, and in many cities
In automobiles. These deliveries are
to be as regular as the mailmau's.
Among the "don'tsH is list Of what
may not be sent by parcel post. This
list includes intoxfcants. explosives,
infammable liquids, live or dead ami
mails, disease germs, firearms, books or
printed matter.
Articles of fragile nature, such as
musical instruments, toys. millinery.
glassware, ETC., must be marked "Frag-
ile"
Produce may be sent by the post, and
this possibility undoubtedly will be a
great boon to the suburban gardeners.
The farmers will thus be able to carry
on thriving mail order business.
A special rate Of cent an ounce has
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four ounces. Parcels over that weight
must be paid for under the pound rate.
It is important that the name Of the
sender as wei! as that of the person ad.
dressed should be written clearly on
every parcel. When eggs are contained
the parcel should be marked Eggs"
Following is the list Of rates which
apply everywhere: '~sassss.zzssrassss
Rural route and city delivery, 5 cents
for the first pound and l cent for each
additional pound; first zone, within If
ty miles of the postof1ce. cents first
pound and cents for each additional
pound; second zone, $50 miles, 6 cents
first pound and cents each additional
pound; third zone. 300 miles, cents
first pound and 5 cents each additional
pound; fourth zone. 600 miles, cents
first pound and 6 cents each additional
pound; fifth zone, 1000 miles. 9 cents
first pound and Z cents each additional
pound; sixth zone. 1,4OO miles, 10 cents
first pound and cents each additional
pound; seventh zone, 1900 miles, IL
cents first pound and 10 cents each ad-
ditional pound; eighth zone, over 1900
miles. IL cents first pound and 12 cents
for oach additional Mound