Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-27
POSTAL SERVICE IN TEXAS HAS NOW
REACHED HIGH POINT OF EFFICIENCY
There Is No Branch Of the Government That
Is More Closely Related to the People
and Reaches So Many As the Postal Depart
ment Of the Washington Administration.
SOME INTERESTING TEXAS POSTAL STATISTICS ARE GIVEN

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lyear travel . distance equivalent TO
ssi tsinoa around tiir enrfn.
The i1neesi rais,i route Vi the Cnied
states IL 80 a. miles lonR and operoics
ou n pmninburg Nontana. rne
longest route In 1eNna IN knowr az
Route No. oast ~ Colorado. Texas.
u u - miles ionK and serves $50 peo-
pie with u dialy delivery
Free City osiivsry Service.
,fae elty driVery service Was first
caiaillthed IN the United States July
isi 1853. but WAS not adopted In Tex
as untii November isi. 1879. Dallas
Galveston and Houston were the first
cities in this state 70 lnausurate this
plan
Free delivery service 10 In opcFail
ln % cities la Texas ana thirteen 81
Z inrm have ofnbllahcd this feature
dupng ne ruHt three wears. In the
entire milton There Aro 10000 mep
employed 90 deliver mail boz ihc cltics
and tbo annunl cost is ggs0o000o TIE
renr olilcH Win FREQ cliy delivery are
Abilno Amarillo Austin nauinror.
beaumont. noiinn, iionham. lircnhum
brownsville. brentwood rirhurne.
I Corpus CHRISTI rorMcnnn. rnoto.
/ Dallas Dcnison. Denton. ~ rns0. En-
nH Fort worth. dniuesyllic, Calves
tom. Ge0rrrfuwn. Grecnrilic. liilahof0.
ii.matou Laredo. l.onView. MoiSlnney
Marlin Marshall. orange Palestine.
ruis. Port Arthur San Angelo san
Antonio fHn Marcos sherman. Rfnm
fnd TUl0r romule Terrell. Tyior.
! Victoria waco Waauhachie weather
Ford nnd Wichita Fhllr
Parcels Post.
an efficient and sorsircahle parcels
poet d. u0 lonser merely "a nyorito
subject for magazine discussion and
hiah Hohuoi dehntss a. is Row MAJ
ti0nai institution aud a pm,uoh ae-
compiihhod mct
Np oxnrt data hntr Fei been com
piled rolnuns io tho WORKINGS of ihe
parcels post so Texas but from ea-
Inmates complied by tire postal uu-
thnfitioa u Washington. haacd CEN ihe
business handled at representative 81.
Hess in this state. ~ BE- evident that
= duIlnk the fiscal year iaia approx.
/ matoh iooOo.oo0 paokasca we're maie,
, in TuNnH. ON which the pestag'
2 amounts 20 nearly million dollars
Tho total tnr the nation m eatlmato'
= "a eoo, 600 900 packages covered b.
n POSTAGE arsrorniine '6oooo,ooO
J. Tho parcels post hns served 20 brinl
O. The rnra producer and the urban CON
sumtf tloaer together and hhH Gronu'
p homn1 io roi,c ihe high htiug oos
~ prohwm m rcNaH u lH petfnrmnl
81 ihe function % hr mlddloman with
' ont ba profits
Federal Buildings IN resas.
:" There nrr ad huildngr iu reNas own
q cd hy thr Federal Government aud 81
of them Hfo occupied Dog paatAni,es
u Tnrao huiidinHs ato ,nluod nt approx
- lpptea iigop000 and ntc lnntcd ID
~ the ritipa of AllHnr. Austin. beaumont
- uonham ltuwnssilic. clehurnr corsi
Pa onns Dallas. penison leaglc Pass. u
raso. Foit Worth. GaiuosNiliu. Calves
70 tom. Gonsaiea ulren,iHo Houston
% lofscrson Laredo, Mckinney Mlnora
20 Wells pnlcnune, f'uris Port Arthur
- san Nntonio, san Angelo. san Narse
sherman snlphur sprnEn. Temple
refrou TYLER Victoria. Waco, WaNa
20 hhehi, snd Wichita talls
Fraduien, Schemes
The Federal Government employ
500 inspectors wnosc duties are q
maintain q Rcnciai watch over ihl
y handling at United states mail. 70 In
y Nostieate allcgcd violation 81 The Hos
Sal laws and as bid in the proaccniio
Vt criminal oftonacs
There were "a poraons srrcst,si ~
fraudulent sohpmcs in connection Wit
= the handling ~ United stairs man u
1'exas durinr iaia aud ~ of them wcr
7, Indicted 90 this nmher have heel
cnntiotcd tnd are awaiting trial.
= Postal Savings Banks
!" Thcto arc $50 postOl savngs dcpos
tories Va TEXAS and nll pf them hnv
hccu crcntei sinee thr rtgsarc ~ "a
postal SAVINGS act hy conrcas lam
" fsh 1910 THE total deposits - thes
II institutions ON Marsh 1. 1914, VA
4 tale.iet rou Arthur was ,he firs
Texas pos'ofnec To establish SAY
/" inss department and IL WIS cscato,
january 3, isii
The Railroads. Substitute
star route' carrier performs "a
= same mail service in'the thlnly porn
lated coeniN as the railroads 90 q
" thc more thiol,lv setti,Si sections The
gRfly mail between roirts moot locatc
= ON raiiroad There are csc ~ thcsl
= picturesque Individuals ln Texas TN
number during rceent years has rapid
/" " decreased, MS now railroads ha,i
: hoen built Texas has ono II the long
= est mail routes In tho United state
y over which mail "a carried Overland
u Is the route from Alpine 20 Ter
I linguah distance % 20 miles an,
mali Is de.sseT,si brfwern these polrtt
y twice each week
IN previous wears Il has been m,
> custom 10 transport mail over thca
routes by horse pgwcr. hs, durlnS III,
= past few years the automobile IA,
9 replaced the horse IN many Instances
= The Railway Aah Services.