Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-10-02


I Gus to the route.
In addition to carrying tie mails to
the various Posto!fices on tie star
routes covered by this Advertisement,
the carrier on each r0nte Except
where otherwise specifically stately
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
within the corporate limits of any
town or within so rods Of any postof-
fee, who desires his mail deposited at
a given point on the line Of the route
/ by the carrier on said route may pro-
vide and erect suitable box or crane
on the roadside, located in such man
ner as to be reached as conveniently
as practicable by the carrier without
dismounting from the vehicle or horse,
and such person shall Tile with the
postmaster at the postOffice to which
| his mail is addressed (which shall be
one Of the two postOfficeS on the route
on either side Of and next to the box
or crane) request in writing for the
delivery of his mail to the carrier on
the route for deposit at the designa-
| ed 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 for
whose use it is intended without ex-
pense to the department..
1t shall be the duty of the post
master at every such poStoi1ice, upon
written order from any person Iiv-
! ing on OF near the star route, to deliv-
er to the proper mail carrier for that
route any mail matter-placing in the
respective satchels, where such are
used, the mail for the persons to
whom such Satchels belong-with in
structiOnS as to the proper mail box
or crane at which said mail matter
shall be deposited; but registered mail
shall not be so delivered unless ex-
pressely requested by the addressee
| in his written order. No mail matter
SO delivered to a carrier shall be car
ried past another postoffice ON the
route before being deposited into a
mail box or hung on a crane or post.
| The carrier on a star route will be
required to receive from any post
master on the route any mail matter
OF private mail Satchel that may be
intrusted to him, outside of the usual
mail bag, and shall carry such mail
matter or private mail satchel to and
| deposit it into the proper mnil box or
hang it on the proper mail crane
placed on the line of the route for this
purpose; 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 prescribe
any particular design Of a 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 lock attached to the box, 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 OF 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.
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mail from the boxes, but there is no
objection to his doing so 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
properly prepaid by stamps, and de-
liver the same for mailing at the next
postoffice at which he arrives, but
that no fees shall be allowed him
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-deIivery ser
vice, except as an additional or sup
Elemental service when shown to be
necessary and practicable.
The depoSiting of mail along the
line of the route will not be required
of carriers on steamboat routes.
Information relative to schedules
and full Instructions to bidders can
be found in book of advertisement on
file at each initial and terminal post
office.
Following is the pay the contractor
and sub-contractor receive:
No. 55l51-Nance by Pleasant Green
to Agra, Is miles and back, three
times week. Bond required with
bid s700. Present contract pay s2o5.O5.
Present sub contract pay $2O3. 10. For
service 26 miles.
No. 5515HPhillipsburg to Marvin,
six miles and back, seven times a
week. Bond required with bid. $780,