The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-09
FREE MAIL DELIVERY.
Regulations for Delivering Mail on
Star Routes Free TO
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matter named provide that, in
addition to carrying the mails to
the various post offices, 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 regula-
tions of the department:
Any person living on or near
the route and not within the cor
porate limits of any town or
within 80 rods of any postoffice,
who desires his mail deposited at
a given point on the line of the
route by the carrier may provide
and erect a suitable box or crane
on the roadside, located in such
manner as TO be reached as con-
veniently as practicable by the
carrier without dismounting from
the vehicle or horse, and such
person shall file with the post
master at the post Office to which
his mail is addressed (Which shall
be one of the two post offices on
the route on either side of and
next to the box or crane) q re-
quest in writing for the delivery
of his mail to the carrier for de-
post at the designated point, at
the risk of the addressee. The
small bag or satchel above des-
cribed, as well as the box or
crane, must be provided by the
person for whose use it is intend
ed without expense to the depart
ment.
1t shall be the duty of the post
master at every such post office,
upon a written order from any
person living on 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
belong-with instructions 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
expressly requested by the adj
dressee in his written order. No
mail matter 80 delivered to the
carrier shall be carried past an
other post Office on the route
before being deposited into a
mail box or hung on a crane or
post.
The carrier on the route will be
required to receive from any post
master 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 to and de-
posit 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 carrier to be with
out 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 pre-
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 pro-
lection to 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 deposit the
mail without the necessity of I'M
locking the box. The box or
crane should be so located on the
roadside that the carrier can de-
post 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 doing
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 presented to him if prop
erly prepaid by stamps, and de-
> liver the same for mailing at the
. next post Office at which he
t arrives, but that no fees shall be
: allowed him therefor.
{ The box delivery above de-
scribed is required by the con
a tracts effective July /, 1902, OF
4 all the star routes with but few
: exceptions) in Arkansas, Louisi
ana, Texas, Indian Territory
n Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska
e South Dakota, North Dakota
4 Montana, Wyoming, Colorado
h New Mexico, Arizona, Utah
Idaho, Washington, Oregon
Nevada, California, Alaska ant
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