Milford chronicle., 1919-02-07
TRUCK PARCELS POST
OPENS IN DELAWARE
Fine Thing for Farmers Where Good
Roads Are Available. Garry
All Sorts of Things

On Thursday OF this week something
decidedly novel in the way OF mai
transportation was inaugurated be-
tween Wilmington and Salisbury Md,
nothing less indeed than motor truck
parcel post route.
1t is proposed to use two large army
trucks, one of which will start from
each end of the route each day OF the
week. The movement is directly in
the interest of the producer to the
consumer movement and the route will
be made to develop the trucking and
farming interests on the Eastern Sho'
and at the same time open up northern
markets to the trade, where formerly
the shippers on the shore were COM
PEELED to use water and mail routes.
Carry All Sorts of Things
The trucks will be manned by two
men each and will be equipped to carry
all kinds of truck, eggs, butter, fish,
oysters, crabs, berries, etc, and will
make stops at every town where there
is a postoffice along the route from
Salisbury to Wilmington. The route
is similar in every respect to other
routes which have been established in
various sections of the country and
which are proving a success for the
farmers and truckers.
The schedule, as tentatively outlined,
provides that the southbound truck
shall leave Wilmington at 6 a. m, ar
irving in Salisbury at $40 p. m, while
the second truck will leave Salisbury
at a. m, arriving in Wilmington at
$40 p. m, giving the shippers an OPP
portunity to get their produce to the
Wilmington markets in time for the
next early morning sales.
Provision has also been made for
accepting parcel post matter for Phil
adelphia and New York markets, and
transfers of this matter will be made
at Chester, Pa, for New York, and
there will be a through truck from
Wilmington to Philadelphia. This SER !
vice will be operated absolutely under !
the supervision Of the Postoffice De-
partment at washington, and ship
ments- will receive the same protec- |
1iSn as they now receive yiaN9e rall-
roads. =
It is believed that this service whit
open up vast opportunities to the |
farmers and truckers in the rural sec /
tions of the country and will enable I
the city folks to receive their produce
fresh from the farms every morning
A Ninety-Mile Stretch
The length of the route from VIII
mington to Salisbury is S0.2 miles and
it is proposed to make the run on a
basis of twelve miles an hour, thereby
insuring to the shipper the greatest
safety in the shipment of his produce.
The trucks to be used in the service
will be equipped with every conven-
ience for the safe transit Of produce
even of the most fragile and perish
able kind, thus preventing liability to
damage and loss by frequent handling.
The routes which have been establish
ed in other parts of the country have
proven eminently successful and sat
fsfactory and while it is designed at
present TO, carry only parcel post mat
ter, arrangements will be made Tor
carrying all kinds of mail where by so
doing quicker delivery may be made
than by the railroad transit.
This applies to the delivery of the
daily papers as well as to first-class
mail The postoffices in the towns
touched by the route will be the dis
tributing points for the mails, and
parcel post matter will be brought TO
the postofices, weighed and stamped
and held for the arrival of the trucks.
The prospects for the development OF
a fine route on the Eastern Shore to
are most attractive, and
the government will put forth every
effort to develop the territory and to
give the very best and most efficient
service possible.
Farmers and shippers along the {
route will be provided with printed !
schedules and other heedful literature
in reference 10 the wOrNIHs On INC
route, and the supervision of the car \
riers will be under the control OF the
government postofice officials.