4].2 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 206. 1908. psf °°¤, { Gmm L' ormcm or mn snoomn Assrsrnrr rosmasrnn-onunan. '1‘¤¤¤1><>r¤»¤¤¤- For inland trans rtatiou b star routes including tem rary serv- Bm mum ice to newly establisthed officeg; seven million two hundred thousand Pf¤¤i•<¤dn I I dollars: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be explended ¤x¤.°¢i°'1ip¤1.“1°¤in1v- for continuance of any star-route service the patronage of whic shall °"· be served entire] by the extension of rural delivery service, nor shall — any of said sum he expended for the establishment of new star-route • service for a trona e which is already entirely served by rural deliv- Alvin ¤¤rvi•¤¤- ery service: .g0vided, That out of this appropriation the Postmaster- General is authorized to rovide diliicult or emergency mail service in Alaska, includin the estalblishment and equipment of relay stations, in such manner as he may think advisable without advertising therefor. ¤¤¤•¤\¤¤•¢¤»¤¤¤¤- For inland transportation by steamboat, or other power—boat routes, e' ht hundred thousand dollars. ¥°¤¤°¤¤°* ¤¤”*°•- dor mail messenger service, one million five hundred and sixty thousand dollars. ?¤°¤¤¤¤¤ WW- For the transmission of mail by tpneumatic tubes or other similar °°¤°¤¤¤¤· devices one million dollars; and e Postmaster—General is hereby authorized to enter into contracts not exceeding, in the a gregate, one million three hundred and eighty-eight thousand seven diundred and · fiftyugne dollars, under the provisions of the law, for a period not excee i ten years. P§g{;°l;*ag*;c°'{g*gg And Itde Postmaster-General is hereby authorized and directed to equipment by me investigate and report to Congress not later than January lirst, nine- G°'°'““‘°"°‘ teen hundred and nine, the feasibility and desirability of the Govern- · ment purchasing or installing the equipment for pneumatic tube service, and thereafter operating the same in the cities where such service is now in operation, and also ascertain and report the approximate cost of (purchase and likewise of installation and the cost of maintenance an o ration. Wagon sei-vice. Fodxiegulation, screen, or other wagon service, one million seven mxé mma hundred thousand dollars: Provided, hat the Postmaster—General is ' hereby authorized to contract, for a term not exceeding four years · from July lirst, nineteen hundred and eight, by either screen-wagon or underground electric car service in the city of Chicago, Illinois. ¤¤¤¤•z¤.¤w- For mail bags, cord fasteners, label cases, and labor and material _ necessary for manufacture and repairing equipment, and for incidental Q"';}";';;,,,,,,,,, ,0, expenses pertaining thereto, live undred thousand dollars: Provided,
•¤d l¤¤¤¤¤ That out of this appropriation the Postmaster·General is authorized
`` to use so much of the sum not excecdin four thousand five hundred dollars as may be deemed necessary for die urchase of material, and the manufacture of such small quantities ofp distinctive equipment as may be required by other Executive De rtments’ and for service in Alaska, Porto Rico, Philippine Islands, gliawaii, or other island possessions, and for such s cial equipment for testing and for other purposlps in connection with? the reduction in weight of mail pouches and sac s. "*’*°“"’· m- For rent light fuel electric power trans rtation of machiner F ul rn n . * 7 9 1 A P E mm installation of plant, and incidental expensespp)ertaining to the estab: lishment and maintenance of a subworkshop for the repair of mail equipment at Chicago, Illinois, five thousand dollars. ‘·*”’k¤·k°Y¤»¤*¤- For mail locks and keys, chains, tools, and machinery, and labor and material necessary for manufacturing and repairing same, and incidental explenses pertaining thereto, forty—(ive thousand dollars. R““'°'“* '°°*°'· d ger in nd transportation by railroad routes, forty-four million o ars. mgm °¤ P°°'-°l For pay of freight or expressage on postal cards, stamped envelopes, , newspaper wrappers, and empty mail bags, three hun red thousand mfmdgwgzugrgm dollars. And the Postmaster-General shall require, when in freightperiods. 8 able lots and whenever practicable, the withdrawal from the mails of
