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Letter Sorting
Machines Installed
Plans to install 26 highspeed letter-sorting machines In 13 of the nation's largest cities-two to each city-were announced today by Postmaster General John A. Gronouski. Cities slated to receive the huge, multi-position letter ^ sorters - capable of distri- ] buting letters to 279 destina- , tlons at a speed of 43,000 ■ envelopes an hour-are Washington, D. C„ Boston, Mass., , Buffalo, N. Y., Philadelphia, , Pa., Minneapolis, Minn., St. j Paul, Minn., Portland, Ore., < Omaha, Neb., Miami, Fla., ] Cincinnati, Ohio, Houston, Texas, St. Louis, Mo., and Los Angeles, Calif. Technicians from the Post j Office Department will begin ) visiting each of the 13 cities J this week, as a followup to < the awarding of a $2,916,406 ] contract to the Burroughs Cor-j poration, which will produce! the machines. Each machine ^ costs about $110,000. i
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