The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-01

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8. The Henry Rural Free Delivery
box, manufactured by the American
Metal Company, of Indianapolis, Ind.
4. The Century Post Company's
box, of Adrian, Mich.
s. The Bond Steel Post Company's
box, of Adrian, Mich.
6. The Century Rural Mail box, of
Detroit, Mich.
z. The Corbin Cabinet Lock Com
pany's box, of New Britain, Conn.
8. The G. G. Folsom box, of South
Bend, Ind.
9. The P. B. Englar box, of fancy
town, Md.
10. The John II. Forney ENTER
prisel box, of Burlington, Iowa.
II. The Kelly Foundry Machine
Company's box, of Goshen, Ind.
IL. The W. w. Sweigart box, of
Yorkroad, Md.
10. The Beaver Manufacturing
Company's box, of Beaver, Pa.
IA. The Geo. A. Writ box, of
Greensburg, Ind.
Before service will be established,
it will be necessary for the patrons
to make selection from this list of
approved boxes, and to agree to
equip the route with them. While
the Department desires, it does not
require that the boxes on each route
shall be of uniform construction.
The prices of these boxes range
from 81 up to a little over So, in
Guiding looks.
When a rural free delivery route
has been equipped with boxes of the
above-named description the Depart
ment will consider these boxes as
entitled TO the protection of the
United States Statutes, which pro-
vide severe penalties for willful or
malicious injury to or Interference
with the contents of any receptacles
for the United States mails estab-
lished by authority of the Postmas-
ter General.
DELIVERY BY RURAL CARRIERS.
Rural carriers are not required to
deliver mail to houses standing back
from the main road, except in the
case of registered mail, special de-
livery, and pension letters. The
patrons are expected to meet the
Department. half way by a~ffording
the carriers every facility for the
performance of their duties, by
keeping the roads clear after heavy
snow falls, and using their influence
to maintain the condition of the
roads in all weather up to the stand
ard required by the Department.
Rural carriers are forbidden to act
as agents, statesmen, or solicitors for
express companies, letter-box manu-
faoturers, wholesale houses, corpora
tions, or firms, or to engage in any
business or ~avocation which would
interfere with the proper perform
ance of their official duties. They
may act as news agents, sell news-
papers or periodicals on their own
account or accept and collect sub
scriptions for the same. When car
riers receive newspapers or periodi-
Gals by express or by other means
outside the mails, to be sold or de-
livered on their routes, they, as
agents, will be required to pay
postage on such matter at the Sec
ond-class rate of postage Zone cent
per pound, except in the case of
county papers which are mailed free
to subscribers residing in the county
in which they + published.
This order is not intended to pro
hibit carriers from performing pri-
vate commissions for the accommo-
dation of the patrons on their routes,
so long as their doing so does not
interfere with the regular and prompt
performance of their duties.
HOW ERvICE Is ESTABLISHED.
Upon receipt of a petition, favor
ably Endorsed by a Representative in
Congress, the Department refers the
papers to the special agent in charge
of the division which includes the
State in which the petition origi-
mates. He assigns a special agent to
visit the location indicated, to lay
out a route or routes, and to select
rural carriers, to be appointed by
the Department. In such cases the
aovice of the Representative in Con-
gress is sought, as regards the car
riers TO be appointed and in respect