Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-12
Star Route Box Delivery.

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 depart
ment:
Any person living on or near the
route and not within the corporate
limits of any town or within 80 rods of
any postoffice, who desires his mail de-
posted at a given point on the line of
the route by the carrier may provide
and erect suitable box or crane on
the roadside, located in such manner
as to be reached as conveniently as
practicable by the carrier without dis
mounting 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 the route
on either side of and next to the box
or crane1 a request in writing Tor the
delivery of his mail to the carrier for
deposit at the designated point, at the
risk of the addresse. The small bag
or satchel above described, as we'll as
the 'box or crane, must be pro-
vided by the person for whose use it is
intended without expense to the de-
partment.
1t shall be the duty of every post
master at every such postoffice, upon
a written order from any person liv-
ing on or near the route, to deliver to
the mail carrier for that route any
mail matter-placing in the respect
i've SatchelS, where such are used, the
mail for the persons to whom such
SatchelS belong-with instruction as
to the proper mail box or crane at
which said mail matter shall be de
posited; but registered mail shall not
be so delivered unless expressly re-
queSted by the addreSSee in his writ
ten order. No mail matter so deliv-
cred to the carrier shall he carried
past another postoffice on the route
before being deposited into mail box
or hung on crane or post
The carrier ON the route will be re-
quired to receive from any postmas-
ter on the route any mail matter or
private 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
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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.
The department does not prescribe
any particular design of pox or satch-
Ell 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 If
there is a lock attached to the box,
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 collect
mail from the boxes, but there is no
objection to his doing so if it does not
interfere with his making the sched-
ule 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 deliver
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 i, 1902, on all the star routes
with but with few exceptions) in Ar
kansas, Louisiana, Texas, Indian Ter
ritory, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska,
South Dakota, North Dakota, Mon
tana, Wyoming, Colorado, New MexI-
co, Arizona, Utah, idaho, Washing
ton, Oregon, Nevada, California,
Alaska, and Hawaii.
w. S. SHALLENBERGER,