The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-25
FREE MAIL DELIVERY
WILL SOON BE MADE TO THE CoUN-
Try FROM SAVANNAH.
SPECIAL AGENT T. P. CALHOUN
is HERE TO ARRANGE FOR THE
RURAL DELIVERY SERVICE.

One Route About Agreed Upon In
Iudes ThunderboIt, College, Cattle
Park, BOnabeIIa, Sandhy, Isle of
Hope, Shipyard, Bethesda, Beau
lieu, Montgomery, the County
Farm and White BIun-Mr. CAL
houn Went Over This Route Yes
terday-Others TO BE Established.
Carriers to Receive $50 n Month.
Mail Boxes to BE Placed Along the
Routes-Carriers VIII Transact n
POstOffice Business.
Rural free delivery is soon to be
established in Chatham county. Mr..
t. P. Calhoun, special agent for the
postoffice department, is in Savannah to
make a personal inspection and to lay
the plans for the operation of the free
delivery in the rural districts.
Mr.. Calhoun. accompanied by Mr..
W. F. Brown, county engineer, made
a trip over one of the proposed routes
yesterday. In fact. the route he fol-
lowed is the only one that, thus far,
Thunderbolt. College. Cattle Park, Bon
abella, Sandfy, Isle of Hope, Shipyard
Bethesda, Bieulieu, Montgomery, the
county farm and White Bluff.
1t has not yet been decided whether
the delivery will be out the Thunder
bolt shell road or Dale avenue, though
it is believed that it will be via the
former, as it is the more populous
highway, and the rural free delivery is
designed for the benefit of those country
communities that are most thickly pop
ulated.
To Advertise for Carriers.
Advertisement will at once be made
by Mr.. Calhoun for carriers. One will
be employed for every route that will
be established. The salary will be $50
month, which is not great, when it
is considered that the carrier must
furnish his own conveyance. 1t is US
ually the case that the men securing
these positions have small farms, to
which they can devote a part of their
time A route is ordinarily about
twenty-five miles long, and the rate
of speed required is four miles an
hour. A whole day, therefore, is not
consumed.
Examina tions of the applicants for
the positions as carriers will be held.
Carriers must be possessed of intelli-
gence, as they will, in a way, be cir
culating postoffices. While they will
not leave the highways, they will find
boxes along the route. Each resident
may have a box, which will be pro-
tected from rif1ing by the postal laws.
There are fourteen styles of these
boxes, the cheapest of which can be
bought for $1.25. There is an attach
ment that will show when the box has
contents.
Boxes Along the Route.
These boxes will be placed along the
route. The resident to whom one be-
longs may leave money in it, with a
note to the cashier who will leave
stamps, envelopes or postal cards for
him. The use of the boxes will pre-
vent the necessity for the carriers los
ing time by visiting the houses, which,
as rule, set back from the highway
Other routes will be considered by
Mr.. Calhoun. One will probably be
established to reach Pooler, Woodville
and Monteith, following the Augusta
and the Louisville roads.
The demang for the rural free delivery
is great. 1t is said that there are H.
900 applications on file in Washington
for the establishment of the service.
1t is recognized that the rural free
delivery is a great convenience, and it
promises the advantage to the govern
ment of the adjustment of many of
the lowest class post Offices
The Morning News has made
especial effort to gain rural
free delivery for Chatham county.
having secured the signatures of the
heads of families along the prospective
routes. Such signatures are necessary
for the applications.
One delivery day will be made, the
carriers leaving the city at o'clock
in the morning. There will be no Sun
day deliveries.