Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-07-02
STAR ROUTE BOX DELIVERY.
HAVE THEIR NAIL DELIVERED
IN BOXES. ~.

PATRONS OF STAR ROUTE MAY
HAVE THEIR MAIL DELIVERED
IN BOXES. ~,
Any person living on or. ear the
route and not within the corporate
limits of any town or within so rods
of any post office who desires his
mail deposited at a given point IN the
line Of the route by the carrier may
provide and erect a suitable box Or
crane on the roadside, located an
such manner al to be reached Is. con-
~veniently as practicable by the ar
rier without, dismounting from the
vehicle or horse, and such person shall
file with the postmaster 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) a re-
quest in writing for the delivery of
his mail to the carrier for deposit at
the designated point, at the risk of the
addressee. The small bag or satchel
above described, as we'll as the box
or crane, must be provided by the per-
son for whose use it is intended with
out expense to the department,
1t shall be the duty of the postpas-
ter at every such post Office, upon a
written order from any person living
IN OF 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 de-
be so delivered unless expressly re-
quested by the addressee in his writ
ten order. No mail matter so deliv-
cred ito the carrier shall be carried
past another post office on the route
before being deposited into a mail box
or hung on a al or post.
The carrier on the route will be re-
quired to receive from any postmaster
on the route any mail matter or pri-
waite mail satchel that may be en-
trusted 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 adj
dresses.
The mail carriers must be of good
character and of sufficient intelligence
to properly handle and deposit the
mail along the route.
g The department does not prescribe
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 aft
ford ample protection 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 unlocking the
box. The box OF crane should be so,
located on the roadside that the car
rier can deposit the mail without leav-
ing 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 receive
any mail matter presented to him if
properly prepaid by stamps, and de-
liver the same for mailing at the next
post office at which he arrives, but
that no fees shall be allowed him
therefor.
The box delivery above described is
required by the contracts effective
July !, 1902, on all the star routes
with but few exceptions) in Arkan-
sas, Louisiana, Texas. Indian Terri
tory, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska,
South Dakota, North Dakota, Mon
tana, Wyoming, Colorado. New Next
co. Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Washing
ton, Oregon, Nevada, California, Alas
ka and Hawaii.
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