Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-30
FREE TX O:IIV{:5Y
CT N. :, = = ong
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KANSAS.
ON ALL CONTRACTS WHICH BE-
COME EFFECTIVE ON
JULY !.
Two Of the Routes out from Pine o'u"
vii, Have This Free BOX
Delivery.
MAY CARRY EXPRESS PACKAGES

,,,asas has free so; i a,iivcry o1
mails on all star routes where COW
trsa4s become effective July l.
,raere ere two Ioayes which go out
sr,7,7 Pine Bluff that contracts become
effective July ! and on that date the
ea,,ieYs along these routes will begin
5he delivery Of mall . residents along
4he route as provided by law. They
are the routes from Pine Bluff to
Rrooks;de. and from Pine Bluff to Plum
Bayou.
The hour fer the carrier on the Pine
Bluff and Plum >yoN ssare route has
been changed from 3 a. N. TO $50 a.
m. The mail for this route should be
mailed the night previous Or by 5:49
.. m. The carrier On this route is
permitted to carry express packages
to patrons. which should be left at the
postohice
The Graphic has an o!1icial communl-
cation from w. S. Shallenberger, sec
ond assistant postmaster general,
which is as follows:
Notice is hereby given to the pub
lie that the contracts in effect July i,
1902, for the performance Of mail ser
vice one the star routes in the states
and territories hereinafter named pro-
vide that, in addition to carrying the
mails of the various pcstoffices, the car
rier will be required % deliver mail in
to all boxes and hang small bags or
satchels containing mail on cranes or
posts that may be erected along the
line Of route, under the following regu-
lations of the departm
ANY person living Oh or near the
route and not within the corporate linn
IT'S of any town OF within so rods Of
any postoffice, who desires his mail de-
posted at given point on the line of
the route by the carrier may provide
the roadside, located in such manner
and erect a suitable box or crane on
as to be reached as conveniently as
practically by the carrier without dis
mounting from the vehicle or horse,
and such person snall file with the
postmaster at the postoffice to wh:<>7
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 for the
delivery of his mail to the carrier fo"
ho ;ny +nI tint OF No
risk of the addressee. The small bag
or satchel above described, as we'll as
the box or crane, must be provided
by the person for whose use it is in
tended without expense to the depart
ment.
cit shall be the duty of the post
master at every postoffice, upon writ
ten order from any person living on
or rear 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 he so
delivered unless expressly requested
BY the addressee in his written order.
No mali matter SO delivered to the car
rfer shall be carried past another post
Office on the route before being depos-
tied into a mail box or hung on crane
OR post.
The carrier on the route will be re-
quired to receive from any postmaster
on the route any mail matter or pri-
v'te mail carchel that may be entrust-
ed 20 him outside of the usual mali
rag. md c',all carry such mail or pri-
var" nsai! ~1tchel tc and deposit it into
the nvooer mail boz or hang it on the
porpes mail crane placed on the line
OF TIE route for this purpose; such SER