New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
AUTO TRUCKS FOR
 PARCEL POST SPEED
Between 5000 and 4,O0o Miles to
 Form New System

Philadelphia, Pa, to Easton, Pa, via Haltowedd and Doylestown, Pa., a distance each way of 56 miles; Easton to Reading, Pa., via Bethle- hem and Allentown, Pa, a distance each way Of 51 miles; Pottsville, Pa, to Easton, Pa, vio OrWigsburg and Danielsville, Pa.; Harrisbury, Pa. to
 Reading, Pa., via Lebanon and Robe
 sonia, Pa, a distance each way of 51 miles, and Harrisbury, Pa to flag erstOWn, Md.
 Routes extend from Cincinnati to Springfield, Ohio, via Dayton and Miamisburg, a distance each way of 76 miles; Portland, Me. to Nashua, N. H., via Portsm outh and Exeter, N. H., a distance each way of 105 miles; Nashua, N. H. to Hartford, Conn, via Stafford Springs, Conn. and Worcester and East Peppereu, Mass, a distance each way of 127 miles; HagerstoWn, Md. to Stauntun, Va; Staunton, Va. to Roanoke, Va; Winston-Salem to Charlotte, N. C.; Concord to Statesville, N. C.; Char lotte to Camden, N. C.; Camden, N c. to Columbia, S. C.; Florence to Columbia, S. C., via Darlington and Lydia; Columb bia, s. c. to Chapin and Lexington, a, distance of 70 miles and return; Charleston, s. C., to Columbia, s. C., via Somerville and Orangeburg, s. C., a distance each way of 126 miles; Orangeburg, s. c. to Augusta, Ga, via Langley and Williston, S. C., a, distance each way of 77 miles, Sa- vannah to Sta tesboro, Ga; via Pooler, Bloomingdale, Marlow and Brooklet, a distance each way of 55 miles; Au- gusta to Macon. Ga; Macon to Co., lum Ga; Atlanta, Ga. to Mont gomery, Ala. and Birmingham to Montgomery, Ala, via Verbena and of 106 miles,
 With the exception of a branch be- tween Washington, D. C., and Rich mond, Va, the course of which has not yet been decided on a chain of routes has been adopted linking Port land, Me, with Nashua, N. H.; Nashua with Worcester, Mass; Worcester with Hartford Conn.,; Hartford with New York city: New York city with EastOn, Pa; Easton with Philadel- phia: Philadelphia with Oxford, Pa.; Oxford with Baltimore, Md; Balti- more with Washington, D. G.; Lynch burg, Va, with on-SaIem, N. C.: Winston Salem with Charlotte, N. G.; Charlotte with Greenville, S. e. Greenville with Atlanta, Ga.,; Atlan- ta, Ga, with Birmingham or Mont gomery, Ala, Birmingham or Mont gomery with Jackson, Miss. Routes will be established Jackson to New Orleans, La, and Jackson to Mobile.
 These routes are now surveyed and are being advertised for bids. Where satisfactory bids are not received gov. ernment-owned trucks will be used.
 The routes already in operation with goVernment-owned trucks are from Washington, D. c. to Leonards- town, Md, g. distance each way of 54 miles; from Annapolis, Md, to Sol omons Md, a distance each way of 65 miles; from Washington, D. c. to Baltimore, Md, via Ridgeville; from Baltimore to Philadelphia, Pa, via Belair, Md, Oxford, and West Ches- ter Pa, a distance each way of 110 miles; and from Baltimore to Gettys- burg, Pa, via Westminster, a dis tance each way of 52 miles.
 Routes in the middle states will form a chain from Indianapolis, Ind. to Columbus, Ohio, Columbus to Zanesville, O.; Zanesville to Wheeling, w. "; Wheeling to Pittsburgh, Pa.; Pittsburgh to Uniontown, Pa.; Union town to Cumberland, Md. Cumber- land to Hagerstown, Md; Hagers- town to Staunton, Va; Staunton to Lynchburg, Va
 Further extensions contemplated but not yet surveyed are from Charleston, W. Va. to Columbus, O.; Columbus to Cincinnati, O.; Cincin- nati,>O. to Louisville, Ky; Louisville to Chattanooga, Tenn. and Chatta- nooga to Atlanta, Ga.