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I do not know what the plan adopted in Boston is or what the plan adopted in Chicago or other big cbnters. but not very long ago we had to meet that condition in my city of Kansas City. and it was decided. after A personal visit from tile Secretary of the Treasury and Assist1917. ant Secretary Newton. that the only solution in the future for this tremendous growth of postal business was to separate. so far as possible. the parcelpost business and the bluetag mail and secondclass mail from the firstclass mail and provide a system in the big cities of a terminal post office. Now. when we reach the Kansas City item you will notice that that. is purely the terminal post office. The uptown post office Is built on highpriced ground. which now can not be enlarged to meet the growing postal needs of the city. and will be entirely devoted to the courts. and the downtown post office. with all the Federal activities located therethe Immigration Service. and the railway valuation. and the grain inspection. and the pure food and drugs act. and the Department of Justice. and so onall of the mail will be collected and distributed at the terminal post office. which adjoins the Union Terminal. That will not be transported uptown and back again. as it has been in the past. That is the only possible way in which provision. can be made for an extension of this business.