, 1902-06-30

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Notice is hereby given to the public
that the contracts in effect July | 1902,
for the performance OF wall service on
the star routes in the states and terri
tories hereinafter 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
that may be erected along the line of
the route. under the following regula-
tons of the department:
Any person living OIL Or lear the
route and not within, teh corporate
limits Of any town or within so rods
of any ~pOstoftice, who desires his mail
deposited at "a given point on the line
of the route by the carrier may pro-
vide and erect a suitable box or crane
on the roadside. lOcatedin such nan
her 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 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) a request in writing for the de-
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post at the designated point. at the
risk of the a~ddreSSee. The small bag
or satchel above described. as well as
the box or crane, must be provided by
the person for whose use it is intended
without expense to the department.
1t shall be the duty of the postmaster
at every such post office, upon a 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 sat
Chels 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 de
livered unless expressly requested by
the addressee in his written order.
No mail matter so delivered to the
carrier shall be carried past another
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 re-
quired to receive from any post master
on the route any mail matter or pri-
vate mail satchel that may be entrust-
ed 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 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
to be used for this service. but the
person providing either should see
that it is Of such character as to af-
ford ample protection to his mail II
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 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 COL
lect mail from the boxes, but there is
no objection to his doing so if it does
not interfere with his making the sche-
dule time. The law provides that
every carrier Of the mail shall receive
any mail matter presented to him II
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 1, 1902 on all the star routes
with but few exceptions) in Arkansas.
Louisiana, Texas. Indian Territory.
Oklahoma, Kansas. Nebraska. South
Dakota. North Dakota, Montana. Wyo-
ming, Colorado. New Mexico, Arizona.
Utah, Idaho. Washington. Oregon.
Nevada, California. Alaska and Hawaii.
VS.. SHALLENBERGER,
Second Assistant Postmaster General.