Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-11-13
FREE MAIL DELIVERY.
Mining Camps and all Citizens Resid- ing Along Star Route Mail Lines
 to Have the Above Benefit.

routes, the present. COHeldOeo AOi which expire June 30, 1902. Bids must be in Washington by f o'clock D. m. December 3, and may be filed with the dostmaster in Prescott, but should be there not later than Novem- Der 25th to 27th.
 No bid submitted under this adver- tisement will be considered unless the bidder shall agree in his bid that in the event of the service being awarded to him he will give his personal super vision to the performance of the same and will reside on or contiguous to the route.
 In addition to carrying the mails to the various postoffices 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 within the corporate limits of any town or within so rods of any post office. who desires his mail deposited at given point on the line of the route by the carrier on said routemay provide or erect a suitable box or crane on the roadside, located in such l %,N I, nA ently as practicable by the carrier without dismounting from the vehicle or horse, and such person shall file with the postmaster at the postotfice to which his mail is addressed (which shall be one of the two postotfices on the route on either side of and next to the box or crane) a request in writ ing for the delivery 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 described, as well as the box or crane, must be provided by the person for whose use it is intended without expense to the department.
 The carrier on the star route will be required to receive from any post master on the route any mail matter or 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 mail box or hang it on the proper mail crane placed on the line of the route for this purpose; such service by the car rier to be without charge to the ad dressees.
 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 sat chei 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, 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 To- cated 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 col lect mail from the boxes, but there is no objection to his doing so if it does not interfere with his making the schedule time. The law provides that every carrier of the mail shall re- ceive any mail matter presented to him if properly prepaid by stamps, and deliver the same for mailing at the next postoffice at which he arrives, but that no fees shall be allowed him therefor.
 The following is list of the star routes of Yavapai county:
 Congress by Cuttings and Harris burg to Harqua Hala, 64 miles and back, twice a week; present contract pay S3S7.90; bond S2,000.
 Congress to Martinez railroad station (No) BIO ms and back, seven times a week; present contract pay | Sl22.4 .49; sub contract pay S105; bond | $500.
 | Congress by Martinez and Stanton 10 Octave, 1863 ms and back, seven
 mes a week; present contract pay S59l.75; sub contract pay S544.26; bond Sl 500.
 Stanton to Yarnell, 4.75 ms and back, six times a week; present con tract pay S379; sub contract pay S360; bond S600
 Kirkland to Placerita, 14.77 ms and back, three times a week; present con tract pay S27246; bond S900. Kirkland by Craig and Walnut Grove to Wagoner, 22.26ms and back
 six times a week; present contract
 pay S672.O6; bond S2,600. l Columbia to Hot Springs, ms and 5 back, three times a week; present . contract pay S232.5O; sub contract pay S200; bond $500.
 Morristown to Hot Springs, 24 ms and back, six times a week; present ; contract pay S54S; bond S2,S00. n Crown Point by Briggs to Hot
 Springs, 13 ms and back, six times a , week; present contract pay S53S.79 sub contract pay S4S0; bond S1, 1,600. Minnehaha to Hooper, $50 ms anC back, three times a week; new ser
 vice; bond Sl,600.
 Prescott by Maxton, Walker, Good : win and Hooper to Crown King
 42.l1 ms and back, six times a week F present contract pay S2,l57; sub con ]. tract pay Sl, 800; bond 5000. ]. Prescott to Jersey, 12.9S ms anC = and back, once a week; present con :. tract pay $S2.67; bond $500. !, Prescott by Simmons to Juniper r F ms and back, three times a week ' present contract pay S695; bonC > S3.00O.
 F Kvmo to Simmons, 22 ms ant back, twice a week; present contrac : pay Sl60 for service once a week 1; bond $500.
 Richenbar toBumble Bee, } ms an, T, back, three times week; new service
 bond $500.
 5. Richenbar by Cordes to Mayer, ? t. ms and back, six times week; pres n sent contract pay S9S4.34; sub COT '. tract pay S927.54; bond S2,400. {. Goddard to Mayer. ms and back
 six times a week; present contrac d pay S374; bond $500.
 l. Providence by Big Bug to Huror