Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-01-02

q official Of the postoffice depart
= ment IS expected here tomorrow 2
70 20 into the matter Should z
2 the rate be sustained. the govern
/ 2 ment VIII carry everything to {
/ Mogolon, excepting dynamite :
g and machinery. Even hay will q
be put up IN fifty-pound bales q
q ana sent hy parcels post.
TO y 90 9 9 o . . o . o o 9 o g
tarselst coeHusroHpGHcu 70 soRpisa 'ouaHALl
Silver City N. NJ, Jan l-The
! parcels post law, coming into effect
after contracts for carrying the mails
/ had been made, has worked consid-
cradle hardship on the contractors n
/ different places, but 1t seems sure
that Silver city has offered the most
notorious example Of this to be found
4 iu the whole United states Before
the parcels post came into effect tho
carrying Of the mail 70 Mogollon WAS
largely e matter Of getting a team
over the road The weight of the
mail was an insignificant factor ~
the matter ana G, w. Marriott con
IIracted with the government for q
period Of several years. Mogollon
not only developed In the meantime,
and the amount of mail greatly in
creased, but the parcels post went
INTO effect Up 20 tho present time,
Mr. Marriott has sustained loss
which reaches close 90 500 be-
cause the postage on any parcel rs less
than any other form of transporta-
ton. Now the government announces
that the weight limit In the first and
second zones has been raised To fifty
pounds and as this includes Mogol-
ION, tho peculiar circumstance Il pre-
scented of postage being less than
freight The freight from Mogollon
20 Silver city by the carload on
otherwise is SIS per hundred, ana
at that price frcightors claim 10 be
losing money Now comes the gov
ornment and offers TO carry amy
thing not Weighing over fifty pounds
to Mogollon for Sl.QS per hundred.
and Mi Marriott Ia under contract
with The government TO carry 1t an
at fixed sum which has already
proved entirely inadequate 20 cover
tho work involved,
The latest development in the matt
ter is the rendering OF 10000 pounds
OF flour and 10000 pounds Of case
goods hy Jones Downcs x Co, for
transportation by parcels post 20
Mogolon The large mining compa.
mics Ia Mogollon are already making
preparations TO have fuel oil. which
twenty teams are now hauling 20
Mogollon in tank wagons, placed in
rcceptaoles which will divide il into
flfW pound lots, so that II also can
be sent by parcels post. As the af-
fairs now stand, MIR Marriott faces
the proposition a. hiring all the tenms
now ON the Mogollon road, with the
exception of those required Ca haul
freight which cannot be divided into
ftiy pound lots, for the purpose Of
tranaportIng the United states malt
This. by law he is compelled TO do a.
the price at which he contracted TO
haul two on three sacks OF mail daily.
Frank jones, acting fer Jones
pownes y Cos. notified Postmaster 10
T., sheridan Saturday that hc would
mail to Mogollen immediately ON the
soing Into effect of the fifty pound
limit the articles mentioned above.
Postmaster sheridan refused TO "a
ecpt the shipment ON the grounds
that DC would uot he able go handle
IL with his present stair and building
Mr. Jones then sent the following
telegram
"nec. "a. i9is-Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General, Division Pare
Post. Washington p. co. Postmaster
nt silver city refuses to accept oul
commercial shipments hy parcel pos
VIII furnish and ready for shipment
amounts from one thousand Co nrs
thousand pounds daily for sometime
lo come, These shipments FOR Ma-
gollon and other nearby towns. Whit
are we 90 do Ready for shipment
january lst
JONES p0WNE' a CO."
so roply to Tits had been received
up To Tuesday
Interviewed MT Jones stated chat
me- did not expect Gao ser the mad
through, but he desired % bring te
the notice 90 the government the im-
possibility of carrying out the prc-
visions of the new law With the press
cnt equipment and 10 mako known
.c th0 puddle the great injustice which
h0d been dome 20 -, A. Marriott. who
mlls the matt contract to Mogoliuu
MI Jones believes That when the
Utts concerning the operation ~ the
parcels post Co Mogellon are known
lhai roller wiz ha given tu Mr. MAR
riolt and that Do Will Dr. fetOm-
pcuscd tnr the heavy losses aircndy
sustained ne pointed out that the
dulVery ef pareels in Mogoiloh in
une daN as the contract requires
would neeessiiate tho putting on u
vehicles which would sea through a
twelve hours. meaning that le0V
pound automobile trucks alone could
he used anl 80 least fe0 Of them
would We required a. handle the bus
uUss.
M Marriott confirmed the report
that ne ha0 refused to handle the
heavier parcels. He stated that When
he entered into the contract with the
government CD carry the man a.
Mogo.lon. ID did uol average l5o
pounds per day, aud he WAS ablc &c
handle &c with his express and pas
Etnget business. shortly after tbs