Pneumatic-tube Service: Hearing Before the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, United States Senate, Sixty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 19410...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 - 403 pages |
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Page 118
... stockyards in Chicago . The distance between the stockyards and the general post office is approximately 6 miles . The time made by the test automobile was 17 minutes . The official schedule time under which service is per- formed every ...
... stockyards in Chicago . The distance between the stockyards and the general post office is approximately 6 miles . The time made by the test automobile was 17 minutes . The official schedule time under which service is per- formed every ...
Page 119
... Stock Yards in Chicago - the elapsed time shown by the records of the tests indicates an average speed of 21 miles an hour over the entire course . In the case of Bos- ton the official schedules allow from 10 to 12 minutes to go over ...
... Stock Yards in Chicago - the elapsed time shown by the records of the tests indicates an average speed of 21 miles an hour over the entire course . In the case of Bos- ton the official schedules allow from 10 to 12 minutes to go over ...
Page 178
... Stock Yards from the downtown district - the official report stated that the time required for an automobile to go to the Stock Yards with a load of mail was 17 minutes . Actual " service " tests show that the time is about 1 hour . The ...
... Stock Yards from the downtown district - the official report stated that the time required for an automobile to go to the Stock Yards with a load of mail was 17 minutes . Actual " service " tests show that the time is about 1 hour . The ...
Page 179
... incoming , tubes connecting the main post office with the following substations : Illinois Central Station , Twentieth Street , Armour , and the Stock Yards to the south ; Chicago Avenue to PNEUMATIC - TUBE SERVICE . 179.
... incoming , tubes connecting the main post office with the following substations : Illinois Central Station , Twentieth Street , Armour , and the Stock Yards to the south ; Chicago Avenue to PNEUMATIC - TUBE SERVICE . 179.
Page 180
... Stock Yards to the south ; Chicago Avenue to the north ; and La Salle Street Station , Union Station , and Canal Station to the west . For this service the Government pays the company owning and operating this utility $ 170,583 per ...
... Stock Yards to the south ; Chicago Avenue to the north ; and La Salle Street Station , Union Station , and Canal Station to the west . For this service the Government pays the company owning and operating this utility $ 170,583 per ...
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Page 58 - ... operation, and to Army and Navy stations. State participation was more limited still, but cities were urgent in their protests that in providing an airport they were serving the general good far beyond their own bounds, and should be reimbursed.
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Page 71 - The CHAIRMAN. The committee will stand adjourned until 10.30 o'clock to-morrow morning and will meet in the Ways and Means Committee room on the southeast corner.