The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-10

which 2-stamp has been placed 1t has
been suggested that the government allow
the carriers to act in the capacity as well
of local road inspectors. For this they
would receive additional compensation
from local sources for duty which would
not interfere with their daily routine.
The method OF rural delivery of mails
by carriers is simple in the extreme The
carrier starts after morning mail has been
opened. The majority of mis- letters are
addressed to the postoffice and an addi-
tfonal marking designated Rural Route
No. -' aids him in asserting his mail
from that which viii be called for at the
postoffice or which belongs to other car
riers.
Along this route and at convenient in
tervals are placed the improvised mail
boxes of the patrons. In some instances
these boxes are much more picturesque
than suitable, but it is expected thab the
government viii shortly adopt a standard
type of box. From this wayside postof-
flee the carrier collects any letters that
/ have been deposited, and in il places the
mail for the owner. Then blowing his
whistle or horn 90 attract the attention of
his patron he drives briskly on. As a rule
the rural delivery route is laid out so that
the carrier finds himself within few
miles of home when his last letters have
! been delivered in the later afternoon or
early evening. AS yet but one delivery a
day is attempted by the new system.
Can Get Daily Papers Now
A rural fec delivery experiment upon an
entirely new basis was inaugura ed in
April of the pr sent year in Car OIL county
Aid. a specaEy burt postal wagon drawn
! by Two strong horses starts each morning
| from Westminster, tie county seat, and
travels in he course Of the day over a
carefully laid cut route of thirty miles
MAJ is delivered to ali the families along
the route and is collected f ON sixty lie ter
boxes extreme intervals of half a mile
The st Of IN service 10 the government
IS about $3.50 per year including pay Of
pos al Clerk md river and care Of horse
/ and wagon. II performs the service hereto
fore rendered by eight fourth class COST
Offices and four star rolte carriers The
cost of which 10 he United Stale; was
g bout $1,000 per annum.
Superinterd ~ OF Rural Free Delivery
Machen tells the story of an old gentleman
named Kelly who is nearly ninety years II
aae. He has lived for neary seVentv-f five
/ years some twelve mil cuts de Of lvtst-
minister. Il asked The old gentleman what
/ he thought of the new system of mail de-
/ Ivory" said Mr. Machen.
why, l have just begun to live s,id
/ ne. For years | could gel nothing bet
/ Ter than a wee ~ paper. Now at 10 oclocl
/ my neigh bors md myself zee We he norm.
/ ing papers frcm New York, Baltimore and
/ Washington"
'Anl'her fgrmer old me hat he and his
/ family now write more letters in a month
/ than hey formerly wrote IN a wear. Az
along TIE route The pos al re e pts are in
creasirg mon hly al an enormous rate. To-
] dfy ever three hundred daily papers are
1 dellv. r,d ong HE route where under The
Z o q sys m no. a ne q daily paper was
SUBSIDIZED for WI hin en- years I expect
/ 20 SIC system Of rural free delivery in
( operation thfo ghout he entire country.
! This, 1 b u te can b. ace rp ished at a
to'al cost not exceeding $i0WoOC0 FER
year"