Evening star., 1917-12-30


from Portland. Me-, to New Orleans; a
.edond will take care of territory en-
braced in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
west Virginia. while third system will
be placed in operation in California In
the latter one route will extend from
San Francisco to Sacramento, Via Stoch-
ton and F'ruitdale. distance OF 10
Angeles and RedIands by way of Ontario
and Pomona, distance of some seventy
six miles.
Authority to P. o. Department.
The existing law does not provide for the
employment of government-owned motor
trucks on rural delivery routes, nor does
1t REQUIRE the rural carriers to use motor
vehicles but in the star route service,
where the mail is carried under contract,
q recent law permits the Post once De-
partment to designate the sort OF Vehl-
Cles to be employed, and. in awarding
new contracts the department Will spec1-
fy that motor trucks shall be employed
on all routes where the roads admit OF
their use These contracts are aover-
tised for bidders, and where payment
asked for the service is deemed to be
excessive the department is authorized
TO provide government-owned motor
trucks and to employ drivers for the
operation of these routes.
A further extension of the employ
ment of government-owned motor vehf-
cles by its adoption for the parcel post
service of the rural routes Will be
made whenever Congress enacts a law
now pending for that purpose.
List of Routes Contemplated.
Operating under the law as 1t now
stands as applied to the star route
service. motor truck routes. some under
1oyernment-owned motor trucks, are
In process of establishment from New
York city to Port Jervis. n. y via
Belleville, Montclair and Dover. N. j.,
New York city to Hammonton. N. Y,
via Mount Olive. Bordentown, Trenton.
Princeton and Elizabeth, N. j.. a dis
tance each way of ia miles: New
Morristown and Somerville, n. j..
distance each way of ninety-four miles;
New York city to New Milford. Conn.
via Pawling, Yorktown Heights, Briar
leach way of ninety-one miles; New
York city to Hartford, Conn, via
white Plains, N. Y. Danbury and Wa
tsr6ury. Conn; distance Ws e,+ each en- Wa, way
Jervis N. Y, via Goshen and Suffern.
n. Y, distance each way of eighty
four miles. and from Philadelphia, Pa.
20 Easton. Pa, via Hallowell and
of ifty-six miles; Easton to Reading,
Pa, via Bethlehem and Allentown. Pa.
q distance each way of fifty-one miles.
Pottsville. Pa. to Easton. Pa. via Or
wigsburg and Danielsville, Pa; Har-
fisburg. Pa, to Reading, Pa, via
Lebanon and Robesonia, Pa, a distance
each way of fifty-one miles. and Har-
ffsburg, Pa, to Hagerstown, Nd.
In Other Sections.
Routes extend from Cincinnati to
Springfield Ohio, via Dayton and Miamis-
burg. a distance of IS miles: Portland.
Me. to Nashua, y. H, via Porthmouth and
Exeter. n. IL, distance each way Of 105
miles. Nashua, n. H, to Hartford, Conn.
via Stafford Springs. Conn. and Worces-
ter and East Pepperell, Mass, distance
each way of 127 miles; Hagerstown, Md,
to Staunton. Va; Staunton. Va. to Roam
~. c.; Concord to Statesville. n. c.:
Charlotte to Camden. N. c.; Camden. N.
e. to Columbia S. c.; Florence to Co
fumbfa. S. c.. via Darlington and Lydia:
Columbia. S. c., to Chaplin and Lexing-
ton, distance Of 20 miles and return;
Charleston, s. c.. to Columbia, 8. c., via
Eomerville and Orangeburg. S. c., a. dis
tance each way of 12s miles; orangeburg.
8. c., to Augusta. Ga, via Langley and
williston, S. c.. distance each way Of
II miles: Savannah to Statesboro. Ga,
via Pooler. Bfoomindaie, NARROW and
Brooklet, a distance each way of 55 miles;
lumbus, Ca; Columbus to Montgomery,
Ala; Greenvilie, S. c.. to Atlanta, Ga:
Atlanta. Ga, to Montgomery. Ala. and
Birmingham to Montgomery. Ala, via
verbena and Marbury, Ala, distance
each way of 106 miles.
With the exception of branch be-
tween Washington. D. c.. and Rich
mond, Va. the course of which has not
yet been decided on. chain of routes
has been adopted linking Portland, Me-.
with Nashua. N. H.: Nashua with Wor-
eester. Mass: Worcester with Hartford.
New York city with Eae n. Pa;
Easton with Philadelphia. Philadelphia
with Oxford. Pa: Oxford with Balti-
more, Nd: Baltimore with Washington.
Salem, N c; winston-salem with
,Charlotte. n. C.: Charlotte with Green
Vile. S. c.: Greenville with Atlanta.
Montgomery. Ala: Birmingham or
Montgomery with Jackson, Miss.
Routes will be established Jackson to
New Orleans. La. and jackson to
These routes are surveyed and are
being advertised for bids. Where sat
1sfactory bids are not received, as
stated, government-owned trucks will
be used.
Already Operating.
The routes already in operation with
Eovernment-owned trucks are from
Nd. a distance each way Of ffty-four
miles: from Annapolis Md, to Solo
Snan, Md. distance each way of sixty five
miles; from Washington. D. c., to Bal
tiInore. Md. via Ridgeviile; from Balti-
more to Philadelphia. Pa, via Belair.
Nd; Oxford. and West Chester. Pa, a
distance each way of 10 miles, and
from Baltimore to Gettysburg. Pa. via
Westminster, a distance each way of
hffy-three miles.
Routes In the middle states will form
2 chain from Indianapolis Ind. to
vile Ohio: GAINESVILLE to Wheeling,
". Va: Wheeling to Pittsburgh, Pa;
Pittsburgh to Uniontown. Pa; Union
town to Cumberland. Md; Cumberland
to Hagerstown. Md: Hagerstown to
Staunton. Va. Staunton to Lynchburx
Va
Further extensions contemplated bu,
not yet surveyed are from Charleston
w Va. to Columbus. Ohio; Columbus
TO Cincinnati. Ohio; Cincinnati. Ohio
10 Louisville. Ky: Louisville to Chatta-
nooga. Tenn. and Chattanooga TO At
1anfa. Ga.
n1d Gold and