The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-12
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Mail Carriers Must Deliver Mail in
Boxes Along the Route.

Mail Carriers Must Deliver Mail in
Boxes Along the Route.
The mail carrier on star routes
now is a travelling postofice. He
must deliver mail in boxes, or hang
it in satche1s, on cranes or posts es-
tab1ished by residents along the
route. The government has issued
strict rules on the subject. Every
star route contract let in Oregon,
taking effect this month, comes I'm
der the regulation. The depart
ment rules On the subject, are as
follows:
"Any person living on or near the
route and not within the corporate
limits of any town or within 80
rods of any postofice, 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 road
side, located 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 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 deliv-
cry of his mail to the carrier for
deposit at the designated point, at
the risk of the addressee. The
small bag OF satche1 above describ-
ed, as well as the box Or crane,
must be provided by the person for
whose use it is intendsd without
expense to the department.
It shall be the duty of the post
master at every such postof6ce,
upon a written order from any per-
son 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 de-
1ivered unless expressly requested
by the addressee in his written or
der. No mail matter so delivered
to the carrier shall be carried past
another postoffice on the route be-
fore being deposited into 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 mat
ter or private mail satche1 that may
be entrusted to him outside 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 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 intelli-
gence to properly handle and de-
posit the mail along the route.
The department does not pre-
scribe any particular design of box
Or satche1 to be used for this .serv-
ice, but the person providing either
should see that it is of such char
acter as to afford ample protection
to his fnail. If there is lock at
tached, a key is not to be held
by the carrier, as he is expect
ed todeposit the mail without the
necessity of unlocking the box.
The box or crane should be so To-
Gated on the roadside that the car
rier can deposit the mail without
leaving his vehicle or horse, and
yet not where it will obstruct the
public travel.
The carrier is not required to
collect mail from the boxes, but
here is no objection to his doing
20 if it does not interfere with his
the schedule time. The
aw provides that every carrier of
he mail shall receive any mail mat
er presented to him if properly
prepaid by stamps, and deliver the
ame for mailing at the next post
,hce at which he arrives, but no
ees shall be allowed him therefor
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