The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-10-10
Mail Routes in the North End of the
County.

George A. Gilbert, Assistant Superin-
tendent of Railway Mail Service, and
special route agent, was in Battle Noun
tain Tuesday for the purpose OF looking
over the mail routes that extend from
this point to the various offices in the
county.
Under the new law all bidders for
mail contracts must be bona fide resi-
dents of the section in which the route
lays.
The following contracts for carrying
the mails in this end of the county have
been advertised for. Proposals will be
received until p. M. December 3, 1901.
Decisions announced on or before Feb
ruary /, 1902. The contracts are for four
years, from July 1902, to June 30, 1906.
Route 75139-From Battle Mountain,
by Lewis, to Dean, 16 miles and back.
three times week. Leave Battle Noun
tain Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at
6:45 a. m; arrive at d Aan by 12:45 p. m.
Leave Dean Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday at p. M; arrive at Battle
Mountain by 6:15 p. m. Bond required
with bid $500. Present contract pay
1910; subcontract pay, 200.
Route 75140-From Battle Mountain
to Galena, IA miles and back, three times
a week. Leave Battle Mountain Mon
day, Wednesday, and Friday at 7 a. M;
arrive at Galena by 10 a. m. Leave Ga
lena Monday, Wedn dnesday, and Friday at
1890 p. m.; arrive at Battle Mountain by
$3.50 p. m. Bond required with bid 500,
Present contract pay, S175; subcontract
pay. s125.
MAIL CARRIERS TO DEPOSIT MAIL ALONG
THE ROUTES
In addition to carrying the mails to
the various postoflices on the star routes
covered by this advertisement, the car
rier on each route (e xcept where other
wise specifically stated) will be also re-
quired to deliver mail into all boxes and
hang small bags or satcbels containing
IN all on cranes or pos that may be
erected along the route, under the fol.
lowing conditions:
Any person living on or near any star
route herein described, and not within
the corporate limits of any town or with
in 30 rods of any postoffice, who desires
his mail deposited at given point on
the line of the route by the carrier on
said route, may provide and erect suit
able box or crane on the roadside, To-
Gated in such manner as to be reached
as conveniently as practicable by the
carrier without .dismounting from the
vehicle or horse, and such person shall
file with the postmaster at the postof1ice
to which his mail is addressed (which
shall be one of the two postofiices on the
route on either side of and next to the
box or crane) a request in writing for the
delivery of his mail to the carrier Oh the
route for deposit at the designated point
at the risk of the addressee. The small
bag or satchel above described, as well
as the box or crane. must be provided |
by the person for whose use it is intend
ed without expense to the Department
The law provides that every carrier
Of the mail shall receive any mail matter
presented to him if properly prepaid by
stamps, and deliver the same for mailing
at the next postoflice at which he arrives
without fees.
1t shall be the duty of the postmaster
at every such post-office, upon written
order from any person living on or near
the star route, to deliver to the proper
mail carrier for that route any mail mat
ter-placing in the respective 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 at which said mail matter
shal! be deposited; but registered mail
shall not be so delivered unless expressly
requested by the addressee in his writ
ten order. No mail matter so delivered
to carrier shall be carried past another
post-office on the route before being de-
posted in mail box or hung on a crane
or post.
The carrier on the star route will be
required to receive from any postmaster
on the route any mail matter or private
mail satchel that may be intrusted to