Arizona silver belt., 1901-10-24
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
information for Bidders and People living
 Along Star Routes.

liNIiiItift VIII bS NpitsiNSiNu uiiiCSN 'iI' bidder shall agree in his bid tha! in the event of the service being award d to him he will give his personal super vision to the performance of the same and will reside on or contiguous to the rOute
 MAIL CARRIERS TO DEPOSIT MAIL
 ALONG THE ROUTES.
 In addition to carrying the mails to the various poStoilices on the star routes covered by this advertisement, the carrier on each route except where otherwise specifically stated will be also required to deliver mail into all boXes and hang small bags or satchels containing mail on cranes or posts that may be erected along the route under the following conditions:
 Any person living on or near any star route herein described, and not wi thin the corporate limits of any town or within so rods of any pnstollice, who desires his mail deposited at a given point on the line of the route by the carrier on said route may provide and erect suitable box or crane on the roadside, located in such manner as tO be reached as conveniently as pTac- ticable by the carrier without dis mounting from the vehicle or horse, and such person shall file with the post master at the pOstOtiice tO which his mail is add ressed which shall be one of the two postofiices on the route on either side of and next to the box or cranel request in writing for the de- livery of his mail to the carrier on the route for deposit at the designated point, at the risk of the addressee. The small bag or satchel above de- scribed, as well as the box or crane. must be provided by the person fur whose use it is intended without eX pense to the department
 It shall be the duty of the pOstmaS- ter at every such postOlllce, upon written order from any person living on or near the star route to deliver lU the proper mail carrier for that route any mail matter placing in the rc Spectiye satchels, where such are used the mail for the persons to whom such Satchels belong-with instructions as to the proper mail box or crane al which said mail matter shall be depos- tied but registered mail shall not b, so delivered unless expressly requested by the addresSee in his written order. No mail matter so delivered to carrier shall be carried past another p0Stntfic, on the route before being deposited into mail box or hung on d crane or post.
 The carrier on the star route will be required to receive from any pustmas ter on the route any mail matter CT private mail satchel that may be in trusted to hlm, outside of the usual mail bag, and shall carry such mail matter or private mail satchel to and deposit into the proper mail box or hang 1t on the proper mail crane placed on the line of the route for this pur- pose such service by the carrier to be without charge to the addresses.
 The mail carriers must be of good character and of sufficient intelligence to properly handle and deposit the mail along the routes.
 The department does not describe any particular design of box or satchel to be used for this service, but the person providing either should see that it is of such character as to afford ample protection to his mail. If there IS a lock attached to the box, a key is not to be held by the carrier, as he iS expected to deposit the mail without the necessity of unlocking the box. The box or crane should be so located on the roadside that the carrier can deposit the mail without leaving his vehicle or horse, and yet not where it will obstruct public travel,
 The carrier is not required to collect mail from the boxes, but there is no objections to his doing 80 if it does not interfere with his making the sched- ule time. The law provides that every carrier of the mail shall receive any mail matter presented to him if prop erly prepaid by stamps, and deliver the same for mailing at the next post office at which he arrives, but that no fees shall be allowed hum therefor.
 Delivery of mail by star route car riers will not be permitted over such portions of star routes as may have in operation the rural free-delivery serv- ice, except as an additional or supple mental service when shown to be nee essary and practicable.
 Proposals will be received at the of flee of the second assistant poStmas- ter general Postotlce department, Washington, D. C., until l p. m, De-