Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 39 Part 1.djvu/448

 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 261. 1916. 427 ln computing the car miles of the full railway post-oflice cars and ,,,},§;l°“¤° °°”'P“*°‘ apartmentrailway post-ollice cars, the maximum space authorized Fuilwd apartment in either direction 0 a round—trip car run shall be regarded as the m` space to be computed in both directions, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon. In computing the car miles of storage cars, the maximum space Storage cars. authorize in either direction of a round-trip car run shall be regarded as the space to be computed in both directions, unless the car be used by the company in the return movement, or otherwise mutually agreed upon. New service and additional service may be authorized at not Ch¤¤g·¤s<>tser~·ice. exceeding the rates herein provided, and service ma be reduced or discontinued with pro rata reductions in pay, as tlie needs of the _ Postal Service may require: Provided, That no additional pay shall §§§’,*g’°,,;,,,,, ,,3, ,,_ be allowed for additional service unless specifically authorized by the micwd- Postmaster General. The Postmaster General is authorized to make special contracts m§gg1,°i*§“gg¤*¤°*¤ ‘°* with the railroad companies for the transportation of the mails ' where in his judgment the conditions warrant the application of higher rates than those herein specified, and make report to Congress ***1***** *° °°¤¢’°$¤· of all cases where such special contracts are made and the terms and reasons therefor. All cars or parts of cars used for the Railway Mail Service shall ¢1i§°;iii%iii¢§°`¤¤a be of such construction, style, lenglth, and character, and furnished m%f°gg¤;°·m5 in such manner as shall be require by the Postmaster General, and ’ ' shall be constructed, fitted up, maintained, heated, lighted, and cleaned b and at the expense of the railroad com anies. No ay mgmd mi =¤¤i¤¤v shall be allowed for service by any railway post·o£ce car which is vér. sc, p. sm. not sound in material and construction and which is not equipped with sanitary drinking·water containers and toilet facilities, nor léumcmm on unless such car is regularly and thoroughly cleaned. No pay shall be wooden cm. allowed for service y any wooden full railwa post·oflice car unless constructed substantially in accordance with the most apppoved plans and specifications of the Post Office Department for suc type of cars, nor for service by any wooden full railway post—ollice car run in any train between ad`oinin¤· steel cars, or between the envine and a steel car adjoining. rlfter the first of July, nineteen hundred ,u§°°;**{;,*!,¤**•° °’°•* and seventeen, the Postmaster General shall not approve or allow Y ’ ` to he used, or pay for service by, any full railway ostoflice car not constructed of steel or steel underframe or equallv indestructible material; and all full railway post-office cars accepted for this service and contracted for by the railroad companies hereafter shall be constructed of steel. Until July first, nineteen hrmdred and seven- ramwgmcy cues, teen, in cases of emergency and in cases where the necessities of the °°°' service re uire it, the Postmaster General may provide for service by full ralilway post—ofiice cars of other than steel or steel underframe construction, and fix therefor such rate of compensation within the maximum herein provided as shall give consideration to the inferior character of construction, and the railroad companies shall furnish service by such cars at such rates so fired. _ Service over propert owned or controlled by another company or a m§gY'°° °“’ °“‘°' terminal company shall be considered service of the railroad company using such roperty and not that of the other or terminal comipanyz _ Provided, That service over land-grant road shall be paid for as erein {_’;j,'y§,m mas provided. ` Railroad com anies C&l'I’_YlIl. the mails shall furnish all necessary .*`°°“"§.°$m§,‘;"° "“" facilities for cagng for and hindling them while in their custody. mshed b` mdl 'l`hey shall furnish all cars or parts of cars used in the transportation and distribution of the mails, except as herein otherwise provided, and place them in stations before the deplarture of trains at such Smmmm tc times and when required to do so. They s all provide station space ’° ‘