Arizona republican., 1896-11-20
BETWEEN TEMPE AND MESA
Where the Rural Delivery SyS-
 tenn Will Operate.
PostofflCe Inspector AoFtatof1al Llb4y Here and He E&..~-Zs Everything Working Smoothly Within Two Weeks.

J yer to inaugurate the rural delivery system.
 The inspector was found by Repub lican representative yesterday morning at the Commercial hotel and cheerfully gave the reporter information on the matter.
 He said that the last session of con- gross appropriated $39,O00 towards es- tablishing rural mail delivery system in twenty-two states and territories of the Union as a test. MT. .Fredericks and nine other inspectors were called to Washington in conference with the postmaster who gave them explicit instructions how to proceed. They were told to devote their entire time to the work of placing the rural delivery on substantial system. The Denver division, of which MT. Fred ericks is inspector, consists of Colo rado, Wyoming, Utah, New~Mexico and Arizona. Colorado and Arizona were chosen of the division in which to in- augurate the rural delivery, the states of the division being disregarded.
 The senators were given the option of choosing the county in their states where the system was to be tried and the inspector was left to choose the district Delegate Murphy chose Mari copa county in this territory as being the one from which the best results could be obtained.
 MT. Fredericks and James c. Good win of Tempe examined the records in the assessors office yesterday for the most thickly populated rural district in the county and selected the country south of Tempe as being the most de- sirable location, as it is more thickly settled than the country adjoining Phoenix.
 The district where the mail will be delivered covers six square miles and does not include the corporate limits of Tempe or Mesa It will extend one mile west of Tempe, six miles south and six miles east, taking in all the country between Tempe and Mesa.
 In selecting that section of the coun- try MT. Fredericks said that he had to choose the most thickly populated region in order to obtain the best re- suits of the test
 ''The mails" he said, Twill be deliv- cred by two carriers to every farm house within the limits mapped out. The carriers will deliver either by horseback or in a cart, it being option al with the carrier.
 Tt is my purpose to get two intel ligent boys. The civil service rules do not at present cover this branch of the service, and any person of ordinary in- tell1gence will answer the purpose. I will receive bids and the lowest bid ders will be the ones appointed to be carriers. Congress has made a limited appropriation and consequently large salaries cannot be offered. If the ex- pertinent proves satisfactory congress will from time to time make additional appropriations and the service will be accordingly improved.
 "The carriers will be required to fur nish bond of $500. In regard to their duties, they. will be required to distrib- ute mail daily except Sunday at every farm house in their district The farm CTS will be requested to locate boxes or their front gates. Each carrier will be provided with a horn with which tc give warning blast at every place for which he has mail in order to at. tract the attention of the inmates. He will also take up what mail there may be. In this way he has only to cover the ground once a day, by deliverins and gathering mail matter at the same time."
 MT. Fredericks said he expects tt have the system started by Monday The carriers will be under the super vision of the postmaster at Tempe when MT. Fredericks is not present that being the distributing point Those residing within the limits o Tempe will have to call at the post office for their mail as at present, a the rural delivery is rural in ever sense and is intended solely for tn benefit of the farmers.
 The rural delivery test extends onl to June 30, but if at the expiration e that time the experiment proves feas ible and satisfactory it will be grad ually extended until every district i the United States will have a rurs delivery system and the granger wi no longer have to travel miles for hi mail.
 Inspector Fredericks inaugurated tn system in Larimer county, Colorado two weeks ago. He said the result thus far have been entirely satisfat tory and that the farmers of that set tion are highly pleased with the innt vation. One enthusiastic granger tol him it was the first time in his lii he received something for nothing.
 The inspectors entire time will | devoted to the free delivery systel and he will keep travelling betwee here and Colorado to look after tE work.
 He expects to have everything good order here in ahnnt tWn week