The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-25

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said last night that three more
truckloads of U. S. mail will leave
here this morning at 7 o'clock for
Hamlet, Rocky Mount and Flor
ence, S. C.
Only First Glass
However he stressed the point
that the trucks are still carrying
only first class mail, letters weigh
ing only 16 ounces, or less.
For two days now second, third
and fourth class mail az well as
parcel post, has been piling up IN
the post office, as a result OF the
rail strike.
At Union Bus terminal D. S.
Carr, terminal manager, said the
Queen City Coach company has
plenty of buses to take care OF
necessary transportation of pas
sengers."
We are not worried about be-
ing able to get the buses to trans
port the passengers and a limited
amount Of freight" the manager
said.
The information desk reported
that the office has been swamp
ed with calls from local and
nearby travellers who usually ride
on trains, wanting to know if there
will be buses leaving at various
hours.
Carr and Queen City Dispatcher
D. j. Rowland said that since the
strike began Thursday at 4 o'clock
people have ridden on tehir buses
who have never done so before
including striking engineers and
trainmen-who walked out of ACI
and Seaboard railway shops, leav'
ing their usual means of trans
%portation, the trains, standing in
the company sheds.
Others Available
Carr saidthat other buses could
be added to the Wilmington dis.
trict if necessary, by divertins
buses from Charlotte and Raleigh
and other nearby towns.
L. W. Thomas, dispatcher for the
Seacoast Transportation company.
said that he had no official wore
on doubling up on the lines buses
Official word, he says, will be
forthcoming from ]. T. White, COM
pany manager, who is expected
here from Jacksonville during the
weekend. Meanwhile, he said his
loads are becoming heavier and
heavier, since the strike became
effective, Thursday.
Greyhound lines, who operate
through the city but who do not
have representatives here, is also
doubling up" on its schedules,
it was learned.
The buses are carrying some
vital express items as well as
passengers. Vital auto repair parts
are a feature item, Rowland said.
Buses Increased
Normally 305 buses are SEIZED
uled in and out of the terminal,
each "a hours, Carr said, and since
the strike started this number had
jumped to AIS in less than that
time.
Some of the stepped-up schedules
we're accredited to beach travel
which they admit has doubled dur
ing the past two weeks.
Taxi cab companies strained ev-
cry muscle as they advertised the
rates and trips which they are al
lowed to make. They "girded their
loins" and prepared to make more
and more long-distance hauls -
some as far away as New York.
William Bass, cab number II.
United Cab company is believed
to have been the first to decorate
his cab" with the popular fares
in letters a foot high.
Cabs to New York
'To New York, N. Y, $3.50; Car
DINA and Wrightsville beaches, S.;
Washington, D. c., Sis; Baltimore,
$125; Philadelphia, $3.50" and so or
down the line to Burgaw, Wallace
and Southport, the latter three
places bringing prices ranging
from So, $12, and $40, respective.
ly.
These prices according to Bass
r regular prices, and they have
not been raised"
Other cabs reported having
made trips as far away as Louis
vile, KY, and last night more
cabs were starting on trips to New
York, and other distant places.
Only Five Persons
Painted also on the cabs were
the words, mot over five persons
per trip"
Meanwhile, food vendors both
and retail, we're Sweat
ing out" again the sad news that
their stocks of groceries will be-
come wen more depleted with the
progress of the rail strike.
Cut in supplies of all rations
early spring, the dealers and
consumers prepared to tighten
their belts another notch and stand
BY for the worst" as little or no
steps were being taken to break a