Evening star., 1942-08-14
Postal Service
Continued From First Paqe.)

sITeam Oh workers TO the armed
forces.
Regarding collections by vehicles.
the postmaster explained that where
formerly six and eight collections
had been made day, there will be
no more than four a day after Sep
tember i. In downtown business
sections where formerly there had
been three deliveries, there will be
two on and after October l.
Vehicle service for collection and
delivery Of mail and interchange of
messages in the Government agen-
cies will be curtailed from eight to
five times daily.
Curtailment Of service also may
DO applied soon by postmasters in
the nearby cities Of Maryland and
Virginia. The Washington Post Of
nee serves Chevy Chase, Md; Be-
thesda. Takoma Park, Anacostia and
Benning. but only the Government
departments in Virginia.
1t Is believed similar curtailment
may be ordered soon in Alexandria,
Arlington, Mount Rainier, Hyatts-
vile and other suburbs.
1900 Mile Reduction Made.
The reorganization, Postmaster
Burke estimated, would reduce the
mileage travelled daily by the 240
postal vehicles by as much as 1900
miles. This, he expects, will result
In a substantial savings in trucks,
tires and gasoline. He has been able
to obtain new tires for trucks, the
postmaster said, but he expects to
make the trucks last for the dura-
ton. The curtailment will permit
the establishment OF reserve fleet
OF about 30 trucks which can be kept
in better repair and provide for a
turnover in the regular operating
| outfit.
Out Of the mail forces of about
5000 persons, Mr. Burke said he had
already lost 800 to the armed forces.
With business constantly increasing
he said he was constantly adding
new employees for training. But the
1 situation, he said, had reached the
point where 1t was too much of a
drain on experienced manpower."
Revamping of the delivery and
collection service will make it pos
sible to bring IN from the streets
about $50 men who can be used in
handling the gigantic flood of mail.
Removal OF the street letter boxes
already has begun in outlying areas
Eventually about 400 boxes out of
1000 in the city will be removed.
This reduction by rs per cent will
mean that many people will have
to go farther to drop letter. But
the system has been worked out in
great detail to leave boxes on 225
main thoroughfares.
Reach Center in Two Hours.
The collections will take place, be-
ginning September /, at $50 am,
pm, I pm. and 1890 pm. Mail
from each collection will reach the
City Post ONCE for handling within
two hours. Mail will be collected
from chute boxes in residential
buildings only by the delivery car
riers at the time of delivery-once
each day. In ONCE buildings, one
| group Will uCllVCI dIlu dAioViACA 6AoNP
collect the mail.
In the downtown business district
the first delivery truck will start at
about 845 am. and the second at
approximately 80 pm.
In residential areas IS per cent OF
the routes will be served by deliv-
cries commencing at 8 am. and the
rest by deliveries beginning at pm
Business establishments in the
residential territory will have but
one delivery each day.
In appealing to the public to CO.
operate, Postmaster Burke said:
TT Is believed every one affected
will fully appreciate the need for
conservation of manpower and au-
tomotive equipment and will adjust
their affairs to confirm with the new
Post Once schedule.
1T will not be possible to deviate
from the fixed schedules nor make
exceptions which would disturb the
general scheme of the reorganized
services"