Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-07-11
STAR ROUTE
MAIL DELIVERY


Second Assistant Postmaster Shall
lenberger has issued the following cir
cular in regard to the delivery of mail
along the different stage routes.
Notice is hereby given to the public
that the contracts in effect July 1902
for the performance Of the mail sery-
ice on the star routes in the States
and Territories hereinafter named pro-
vide that, in addition to carrying the
mails to the various postoffices. the
carrier will be 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
line OF the route, under the following
regulations Of the Department.
Any person living on or near the
route and not within the corporate
limits of any town or within 30 rods Of
any postoffice, who desires his mail de-
posted at a given point on the line by
the carrier, may provide and erect a
suitable box or crane on the roadside,
situated in such a manner as TO be
reached as conveniently as practicable
by the carrier without dismounting
from the vehicle or horse, and such
person shall file with the postmaster
at the postoffice to which his mail is
addressed (which shall be one of the
two postoffices on either side of and
next to the box or crane a request in
writing for the delivery Of his mail to
the ~carrierNfor deposit at the designat-
ed point, at the risk Of the ~addressee.
The small bag or satchel above de-
scribed as we'll as the box or crane,
must be provided by the person for
whose benefit 1t is intended, without
expense to the Department.
1t shall be the duty Of postmaster
Of every such postoffice. upon q writ
ten order from any person living IN or
near the route, to deliver to the 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 be-
long--with instructions as to the prop
er mail box or crane at which said
mail matter shall be deposited; but
registered mail shall not be so deliver
ed unless expressly requested BY the
addresses in his written order. No
mail matter SO delivered to the carrier
shall be carried past another postoffice
on the route before having been hung
on a crane or post.
The carrier on the route will be re-
CURED to receive from any postmaster
on the route any mail matter or private
mail satchel that may be entrusted to
him outside of the usual mail bag. and
shall carry such mail matter or private
mail satchel and deposit 1t in the prop
er mail box or hang it on the proper
mail crane placed on the lin; 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 route.
The Department does not prescribe
any particular design of box or satchel
10 be used for this service, but the
person providing either should see that
1t is of such character to afford ample
protection for his mail.
If there is a lock attached to the box
a key is not to be held by the carrier,
as he is expected to deliver the mail
without the necessity Of unlocking
the box.
The box or crane should be so stu
ated BY the roadside that the carrier
can deposit the mail without leaving