The Arizona sentinel., 1901-11-06

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 ed, as we'll as the box or crane,
 must be provided by the person
 for whose useit is Sintended with
 out expense to the Department.
 It shall be the duty of the post
 master at every such postofice,
 upon a written order from any person living on or near the star route, to deliver to the proper mail carrier for that route any mail matter-placing in the re- spective satchels, where such are used, the mail for the persons to whom such satchels belong with instructions as to the prop CT mail box or crane at which said mail matter shall be depos- ited; but registered mail shall not be so delivered, unless ex- pressly requested by the ad- dressee in his written order. No mail matter so delivered to a carrier shall be carried past an other postoffice on the route be- ing deposited into a mail box or hung on 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 him, outside of the usual bag, and shall carry such mail matter or private mail satchel to and deposit it into the private mail box or Lang i5 on tne proper mail crane placed on the line of the route for this purpose. Such service by the carrier to be with out charge to the addresses.
 The Department does not de- scribe any particular design of 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 a lock attached to the box a key is not to be held by the car rier, as he is expected to deposit the mail without the necessity of unlocking the box. The box or 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.
 The carrier is not required to collect mail from the boxes, but there is no objection to his do- ing so if it does not interfere with his making the schedule time. The law provides that every carrier of the mail shall receive any mail matter present ed to him if properly prepaid by stamps, and deliver the same for mailing at the next postofice at which he arrives, but that no fees shall be allowed him there for.
 Proposals will be received at | the office of the second assistant | postmaster general, Postofice department, Washington, D. C., until i p. m., December 3, 1901, | for carrying the mails of the United States on the routes and by the schedules of arrivals and | departures, as shown by the ad- to be found at all postOffices in New Mexico and Arizona.
 Following are the star routes of Yuma county, with miles, schedules, present compensation, and bond required;
 Monitor to Dome; 30 miles and back, twice a week. New ser vice. Bond S1, 200.
 Yuma to Somerton; 13 miles, and back, three times a week. Present contract pay, $232. .44. Bond, $500.
 Ehrenberg to Quartzite; g miles and back, three times a week. Present contract pay, S573; sub-contract pay, S525. Bond, S1, 300.
 Harqua Hala to Quartzite, 45 miles and back, three times a week. Present contract pay, S1 ,279; sub-contract pay, $960. Bond, $2, zoo.
 Parker to Mellon Station IN.