Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-16
The s1Aa goUre SERVICE.
rriyntipn- Undergone by Mounted ,iHtl
Carrier, 81 tho Rural south.

rrivntipn- Undergone by Mounted ,iHii
Carrier. 81 the Rural south.
Tho Siar route mul service n this
country has in1ir many men rich aud
kept many men poor Tho mail carrier
who iogs along the muddy couutry roads
In this state generally hls not an oyir
coat 90 his back aud tow cXtn dollars va
his pocket. Tho big contractor, on the
otherhInd--iho man who buys up many
routes from the g0yornmcnt-lrglucntly
has moro monoy than he knows what 10
do with At least, o.hgr persons. 90.
pccinlly the humble mail CARRIER san1.
times THINKS 20. However. tho lIoit IN
this business rs not what 10 once was, by
q good deal. for competition, that lcyoigr
OF incomes, Is now close
Tho contract lasts four years, begin.
ming with July /. Every rodto must 10
bid Tor separately aud a separate bond
given for each. The government Is very
particular IA this respect Tho bids are
made according TO tho weight OF the
mail 10 b, carried, the distance ~ the
route and the number OF time. .or wlok
It has 90 boz carried. Ia tow n any cases
does tho man WHO makes the successful
bid carry tho mail himself fur generally
.onc mna Or ono lrn gob several han.
dfcd OF tho Con,ructB The cuutrac og
then sublots the routes 30 mon who
agree TO carry q Tor NJ much pcr year.
There Is gcuomlly u vast difference hs-
tween his idca " what IL costs 10 carry
tho mail and tho governments.
IL IA said that some carricrs, who have
10 work every day, do not mako city
cents per diem. Besides, they hro to
furnish their own conveyance. II Is
generally carried on horseback, though
u bug ~, u bus or a stage may DO used.
This. In fact, is tho distinctive charac.
toristic Of Star rnuto as different from
other forms Of mail service, Tho gov
eminent docs not specify how II shall bo
carried,
The hardfhips Of the strcot car driver
are nothing compared with tho suffering
that some of tho mail carriers IN this
state have 20 undergo. In rain, snow,
sloot or hail they have TO til,o tholr long
daily rides. The Thermometer may got
50 low that cattle frco4c ia tho field, but
the mail carrier 10 supposed 10 DO invul.
ncrblo for the plyof fifty cents a day.
lie has 10 catch trains On pain OF losing
his contract, aud thereby forfciting his
bond, whou the roads arc little loss than
bods Of quick,and. Ho has to feed his
horse, feed himself aud family, not to
monton clothing and tho expense Of
keeping his vehicle in order, IL he uses
one, for fifty cents a day. They must
be wonders Of economy, these mail ear.
rioa
In some portions Of the state, ospc.
cially In the southeastern part, tho mail
carrier has 10 10 only onco a week.
There arc places not fifty miles from
Louisville whore mail Is received only
three timga - wook The carrier, how
ever, has ono thing to compensate for
his small pay, whore mail ia delivered
only once week. lilo Is "a very i'm.
portant parsonage ,horo. outranling tbs
country squire, except whom tho exam
lining trial OF a murderer Is 10 be held.
An eager crowd, who have not heard
from the outer world for xix days, await
his arrival. Tho first sight Of him, as
his horse turns bond in tho country
road, Is u village sensation, the greatest
probably since he made his last trip. In
addition to tho mail he carries tho gos-
sip Of other noighborhoods and tho nova
FROM the entire outer world.
Whom no alights from his horse aud
stretches his limbs he Is quickly tho cen.
ter OF 4 crowd Of eager inquircrs. Thus
his small pay ard many priyations ara
not without thoir reward. louisville
Courier-Journal.