Salaries of Rural Letter Carriers. Hearings...on H.R. 8919...May 4 & 9, 1934 (73-2) |
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... question up before the House commit- tee , and you probably have had the transcript of the proceedings . We submitted at that time all the evidence which we were able to gather from various large and recognized concerns using motor ...
... question up before the House commit- tee , and you probably have had the transcript of the proceedings . We submitted at that time all the evidence which we were able to gather from various large and recognized concerns using motor ...
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... question of what it costs to operate a light passenger car of the Ford or Chevrolet type . Exhibits A and B. - These exhibits show the cost of operating light passen- ger cars in the Biological Survey and the Bureau of Public Roads ...
... question of what it costs to operate a light passenger car of the Ford or Chevrolet type . Exhibits A and B. - These exhibits show the cost of operating light passen- ger cars in the Biological Survey and the Bureau of Public Roads ...
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... question it is believed that the basic rate now allowed rural carriers for vehicular maintenance is adequate . Brief of car operating cost Where used 1. Biological Survey ... 2. Bureau of Public Roads ... 3. De Laval Separator Co. 4 ...
... question it is believed that the basic rate now allowed rural carriers for vehicular maintenance is adequate . Brief of car operating cost Where used 1. Biological Survey ... 2. Bureau of Public Roads ... 3. De Laval Separator Co. 4 ...
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... question . Sup- pose this bill were enacted just as it was passed in the House . What saving would there be to the Government , if any ? Mr. BRANCH . It is something over a million dollars 8 SALARIES OF RURAL LETTER CARRIERS.
... question . Sup- pose this bill were enacted just as it was passed in the House . What saving would there be to the Government , if any ? Mr. BRANCH . It is something over a million dollars 8 SALARIES OF RURAL LETTER CARRIERS.
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... question ? We have pre- pared a very brief memorandum which covers a number of those points , which we would like to read to you for the record . Mr. Don- aldson is quoting from that now , so he might as well read it into the record ...
... question ? We have pre- pared a very brief memorandum which covers a number of those points , which we would like to read to you for the record . Mr. Don- aldson is quoting from that now , so he might as well read it into the record ...
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20-mile route 30 miles amended amount appropriation ARMSTRONG automobile average cost average number average rural carrier base pay basic pay scale bill BRANCH BROWN carrier body cents a mile cents per mile CHAIRMAN Chevrolet committee comparable consolida consolidation COOPER cost of operating DONALDSON economy employees equipment allowance expenses fact figures furloughs furnish garage give going Government increase Kenneth McKellar less mail carrier McDEVITT McKellar mileage miles in length million dollars months National Rural Letter North Dakota passed the House patrons percent Post Office Department postal Postmaster President receive reduce the equipment reduction retirement riers rural delivery Rural Delivery Service RURAL LETTER CARRIERS rural routes rural service sacrifice Salary Equip saving Senator DAVIS Senator FRAZIER Senator HAYDEN Senator HEBERT Senator LOGAN Senator O'MAHONEY served short routes short-route carriers statement survey thing tion Total
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Page 4 - ... automobiles, the records for which •were submitted by individual Iowa owners and by various State highway departments. There are included 208 records reported from owners of privately operated cars. From information on pages 12 and 13 of this compilation, it will be noted that a Ford, model A, 4-cylinder car, covering 11,000 miles a year, which Is comparable to the annual travel of the average rural carrier, would cost a total of $484.23 to operate. This includes a charge of $4 a month for...
Page 4 - ... that the cost per mile, including even garage rent, for operating Chevrolets is $0.0318 and $0.0336 for Fords. Exhibit E. — This covers passenger cars and material-carrying cars used by the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. in rural territory contiguous to this city. The load of these cars average close to 100 pounds. The travel is over improved highways and unimproved roads. In the three neighboring States of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, the cost of operating Chevrolet automobiles...
Page 38 - We will resume again at 2 o'clock. (Whereupon, at 12 noon, a recess was taken until 2 pm) AFTER RECESS At the expiration of the recess the hearing was resumed, as follows: STATEMENT OF ROBERT H.
Page 2 - ... it will be necessary to accelerate the consolidation program and drop the surplus carriers from the rolls. For obvious reasons, I am reluctant to follow this course. Taking into consideration the hours of daily service required, the salaries of rural carriers are excessive when compared with the salaries of other postal employees. The basic salary of a carrier serving a rural route of average length, which is about 36 miles, is $2,160 per annum, in addition to which he is paid an equipment-maintenance...