The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-02

tended to all Rural Delivery Routes
which have been or may be establish
ed.
ing rules:
81. The householders must, for his
own convenience and advantage, and
at his own expense, supply suitable
box.
20. PoStmaSterS are instructed TO
give information about the boxes and
encourage householders to put them
up. Inasmuch as the general use Of
boxes will increase the safety and
speed of the mail, the department de-
sires this service introduced in all
cities and towns as speedily as possible
and to that end all postmasters, clerks
and carriers are ordered to facilitate
its Introduction.
20. No objection will be made to the
employment of letter carriers and 9TH
er postal employees out of office hours
in the introduction of-these boxes.
a. The Postoffice Department will
not assume the responsibility of col
lecting mail deposited in any other COL
lection boxes than those recommended
by the commission and tested by the
department; and the selection of col
lection boxes is therefore limited to
those thus recommended and tested, as
hereinbefore described
house called at our office and exhibited
to US a Bates Hawley Postal Signal
Box which is coming into veryb gem
eral use IN the States. 1t is box that
has been approved and recommended
by the Postal Department, for free city
and for free rural delivery service.
It is the best box made, is large
enough for the largest size letters, and
has a separate apartment for papers
and parcels.
1t is made of a combination of sheet
steel and east-iron. 1t is very sub
stantial, and is provided with one OF
the very best master-keyed locks, nc
two of which are alike. The necessary
number of master-keys are supplied
without charge, and two house keys
accompany each box. Each set oil
house keys is different from the others
but one master-key opens all the
boxes, hence it is necessary for the car
rier to have but one key. The two
house keys accompany each box anG
given to the householder, will open on
ly his own box.
The householder in depositing a let
ter for the carrier, raises the lift mark,
ed House and deposits the letter
the raising of the lift automatically
raises a red flag, which remains in ar
upright position until the carrier calls
unlocks and opens the door. Thereupor
the flag falls back to it's original posi-
ton at the rear of the box.
The carrier in depositing a letter for
the householder, raises the lift marked
Carrier" and deposits the letter. The
raising OF the lift automatically raises
a white flag, which remains in an up
right position until the householder
unlocks and opens the door. Thereup-
on the flag falls back to its original
position at the rear of the box.
In rural districts place the box in
plain view of the house and within
easy reach of the carrier, on a 4 x
post, feet high, near the curb, so the
carrier can get at it without dismounr-
ing. Place side marked U. S. NJ. to-
wards road.
! Mr. Waterhouse controls the sale OF
| these boxes in this Territory, and Is
meeting with success in taking orders
\ for them, with the proviso that deliv-
/ cry is not to be made to subscribers
until the service is inaugurated. These
| boxes viii be sold for $500.
! The First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral in his report Of June 80, 1893
| speaking Of suitable boxes. says;
| When continued neglect is shown ir
| this essential particular it is my pur-
| pose to order the transfer of the SER
] vice to one Of the many other locali-
/ ties earnestly seeking It and willing tc
| make sacrifices to obtain it, Referring
to the Bates-Hawley Box he states: 1T
is well devised lockbox of iron, with
! two compartments with au-
tomato continuance which raises either
| a red or white flag to indicate when
| there is mail to be collected. and wher
there has been mail delivered" He also
publishes a photograph of the Bates
| HaWley Box, showing Rural box with
automatic signal flag as it should be-
lie also ennbodies report from specia
! agent w. E. Amin, in which he refers
| TO the Bates-Hawley Box. "On the
! Hillsdale and Edenvale routes iror
| boxes are used with only one exception
For boxes they are doubtless the ban
ner routes in the United States" These
Endorsements are very strong and the
! best obtainable
/ The free delivery system in Honolulu
! is to include all houses from the sea
to the electric light station and from
Diamond Head to and including Moa.