Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-20
MOTOR TRUCKS FOR
USE OF PARCEL POST
VIII Soon Be In Operation Over Be-
tween 5000 and 1000
Miles Of Roads.
RICHMOND ON ONE ROUTE
III Road Between Here and Washing
ton Is Sufficiently Improved, Gov
crnment Will Provide Quick Scr
vice for Small Packages.

WASHINGTON. January 1o.-Within
perhaps tho next three months mot or
truck parcel post routes will BIO In
operation In ynrious parts OF the coun-
Try. agSregating between 5000 and
5000 miles. One chain OF motor routes
VIII cStond from Portland. Me, to New
orleans. Another will cover much OF
largo stretch OF territory In Ohio.
Indiana. Illinois and West Virginia On
the Pacific coast routes will be estab-
lished between San Francisco and Sac
ramento. via Stockton and Fruitdale. a
distance OF l26 niles. and between
Redlands and Los Angeles. via Ontario
miles
II Is tho belief OF tho POSTPONED Do
partment that the operation OF these
routes and othors TO be establish ed
will materially aid In the distribution
and In lowering the cost Of food pro-
ducts.
Tho existing law does not provide
Tor tho employment OF government
owned motor trucks on rural delivery
routes. nor does II require tho rural
carriers TO use motor vehicles. In
the star route service. however. where
tho mail Is carried under contract.
recent law permits tho department to
designate tho sort OF vehicles TO be
employed, and in awarding new con-
tracts the department will specify that
motor trucks shall be employed on
all routes where the roads are such az
TO admit OF their use. These contracts
are advertised for bidders. and where
payment asked for the service is deem
ed to be excessive the department ia
authorized TO provide sOv.rnment-own-
cd trucks and employ drivers for these
routes.
further extension OF tho employ
inent OF government-owned motor We
hicles for the parcel post service OF the
rural routes will be made when bill
now pending becomes law
ROUTES SELECTED FOR
INITIAL OPERATION
Operating under the iaw as IL now
stands Is applied TO the star route
service. motor truck routes. some un-
der contract and some operated with
Eovernmcnt-owned motor trucks. are
in process OF establishment as follows:
From New York Ci,y TO Port Jr-
rn. y. T., via Bcllcville. Nontcla!r OF
sc miles: to Hammonton. y. j.. via
Mount Olive, BorGcnto@n. Trenton.
Princeton and Elizabeth. y. J.. ia
miles. Easton, Pa, via Montclair.
Morris;o~n and Somcrvlile. y. j.. -
miles; 10 New Milford, Conn. via
Pawling. Yorktown Heights. Blair
Hartford. Conn, via white Plains. ~
y, banbury and Waterbury. Conn.
1o5 miles; 10 Port Jervis. y. Y. via
Goshen and Surern, " i. s. miles.
From Philadelphia to Easton. Pa
via iiallowe!l and Doylcstown. Pa IS
miles. Easton 70 Reading, Pa. via Beth
lchcn and Allentown. Pa. 81 miles
rottSville. Pa, 10 Easton Pa. via Or
wirsburE and DanieisvIlie Pa: Har-
rishurG to Reading. via Lebanon and
kubcsonia. Pa. 81 miles: Harrisburg
20 IIaEcrstown. Md.
Routes extend from Cincinnati to
Springfield. Ohio, via Dayton and
MiGmeburg. a distance each way OF
~ miles; Portland. Me, 10 Nashua.
~ IL via Portsmouth and Exeter, y
II. lo5 miles. Nashus. y. H. TO
Hartford. Conn. via Stafford Strings.
conn, and Worcester and East Pen
pereil. Mass. l27 miles: Hagerstown.
Md. To stanton. Va; stanton. Va.
70 roanoke, Va "inston-Salcm TO
Charlotte. y. G.: Concord TO S,a,es
vilie. y. C.: Charlotte TO Camden.
n. C.; Camden. y c., TO Columbia. S.