The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-11
A FURTHER convenience
Giving Benefits of Free Delivery of
Mail to Persons Living Along
the Star Routes.

y detailed order was received at the
postoffice yesterday, in regard to the
establishing of private mail boxes
along the star routes. 1t is from Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster General w.
;. Shallenberger, and reads as follows:
Any person living on or near the route and nor
within the corporate limits of any town or within
elghty rods Of any postoffcc, who desires his
man deposited into box on the line of the
route by the carrier OF the said route NAV pro.
vide and erect a suitable box on the roadside.
located in such manner as to be reached as con.
Ncncntly as practicable by the carrier, and such
person shall file with the postmaster at the most.
office to which his mail is addressed (which
shall be one Of the two postoifces on the route
on either side OF and next TO the box request
in writing for the delivery of his mail to the
carrier on the route for deposit into said mail
box, at the risk Of the ADDRESSED
IL snail be the duty of the postmaster at every
such Office, upon written order from any per.
son living on or near the route to deliver 10
the proper mail carrier for that route any mail
matter, except registered mail with instructions
as TO the proper mail box into which said mail
matter snail he deposited; hut no mail matter
so delivered 10 a carrier for deposit shall he
carried past another postoffce on the route be.
tore being deposited into mail box.
The carrier will he required to receive from
any postmaster on the route any mail matter
that may be intrusted TO him. outside of the
usual mail bag, and shall carry such mail matter
to and deposit 1t into the proper boxes placed
on the line nj the route for this purpose; such
service by the carrier TO be without charge 10
the addresses
The mail carriers must he able IN read and
write the English language and he Of sufficient
intelligence 10 properly handle and deposit the
mail for boxes along the routes
The department does not prescribe any particu.
lar design OF box to be used for this service, but
the person providing box snail see that it is of
such character As TO afford ample protection
to his mail. II there is lock attached, kew
IS not 10 be held by the carrier as he is OK
pectcd 10 deposit the mail into box through
an opening so arranged as not to admit of the
mail heing extracted from the box thereby. The
box should he 50 located on the roadside that the
carrier can deposit mail therein without leaving
his vehicle.
The carrier is not required to collect mail
from the boxes, but the law provides that every
carrier of the mail shall receive any mail matter
presented TO him, il proptly preI,id hy
| stamps, and deliver the same for mailing al the
next postofhce at which he arrives, but that no
fees shall be allowed him therefor
The contract price covers all the service re.
quired Of the carrier that is indicated herein
The box delivery above described is REQUIRED
by the contracts effective July /, 1901 on all
the star routes with but few exceptionsl in
the states Of Maine, New Hampshire Vermont,
Massac chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut New
York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Delaware.
| Maryland Virginia and West Virginia.