Bisbee daily review., 1914-07-31
PARCEL POST HAD TO GARRY FIVE TONS OF
 ARIZONA BARLEY
Largest Shipment Ever Made In The Southwest Was Put Up
 In 50-pound Sacks

PHoENrX. July 3O.-What is un- questionably the largest parcel post shipment ever made in the southwest reached Phoenix last evening en route from the Salt River valley to the northern part of the state. It con- sists of 10000 pounds of rolled bar ley. put up in 200 hfy-pound sacks, consigned from the Mesa Milling Com pany to F. R. Dewitt of Snowflake, Navajo county. To reach its destina- ton 1t must be transported thirty miles by stage from Holbrook, the nearest railroad station.
 Not only is the shipment a record breaking one from the standpoint of bulk and weight. but also one of the most unprohtable handled since post business. Postage on the con signment from Mesa to Snowflake amounts to S1O8. while by the terms of it's contract, the government must pay the carrier who transports the mail between Holbrook and Snow flake S1.6O for taking 1t the last thirty miles or $52 more than the total amount received.
 Predictions that the carrier be- tween Holbrook and Fort Apache. who will have to handle the noun. tain of barley would resign in despair were rife at the local postomce last | evening until 1t became known that | E. R. Dewitt, the consignee, is also the party who has the contract for | transporting the mail, and that under his contract he will receive S16O for | hauling his own barley home from ] the railroad station. This peculiar ! feature arises from the fact that he receives an extra compensation of $16O per hundred pounds for all par eel post matter carried in addition to the regular mail matter
 Freight on the shipment from Mesa to Holbrook would have cost the shippers only S1OO per hundred pounds for the consignment. but would not have provided for the thir. ty-mile haul south to Snowflake. It was found that the government would transport the shipment clear through to its destination for only eight dol lars more, SO the barley was put into sacks weighing fifty pounds each. and turned over to the pOstohlce at Mesa
 The consignment reached this city last evening over the Arizona East ern for transfer to the santa Fe When it was found that 1t could not be stored at the depot one of the largest vans of the Lightning Delivery company was secured, and grooming under its load of grain, was drawn to the postof1ce where it remained stacked for the night It will be sent out this morning over the Santa Fe at 7:45. An extra car win be re- Quired to handle the shipment on the Ash Fork train
 ! Under existing regulations there is no way to prevent the shipment of similar consignments in the future. and it was stated at the postodce last night that now that the prac- tice has begun, 1t is likely that a large amount of grain will be sent iu this manner The limit of weight for packages 10 points in the second zone in which Snowflake lies. is fifty pounds, and as long as bags of grain of that weight, properly tagged and addressed, and bearing stamps to the amount of 54 cents are turned over 3 to Uncle sam's representatives. they , win be accepted, even though the transaction may involve loss.