The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-07-04

Rural mail delivery has . s. been
put in reach of all who live uL Isf,.
near the course of star route ma
carriers. Star route duties and rural
free delivery now go hand in hand,
the idea of the post Office department
being to extend the rural free deliv
cry service in simple but effectual
manner. The order went into effect
Tuesday and the plan is outlined in
the following bulletin issued by the
department:
Notice is hereby given to the pub
lie that the contracts in effect July
1, 1902, for the performance of mail
service on the star routes in the
states and territories hereinafter
named, provide that in addition to
carrying the mails to the various
post offices, the carrier will be re
quired to deliver mail into all boxes
and hang small bags or satchels con-
tanning mail on cranes or posts that
may be erected along the line of the
route under the following regula-
tions of the department:
Any person living on or near the
route and not within the corporate
limits of any town, or within 80 rods
of any post office, who desires his
mail deposited at given point on
the line of the route by the carrier,
may provide and erect a suitable box
or crane on the roadside, located in
such a manner as to be reached con-
veniently as practicable by the car
rier without dismounting from the
vehicle or horse, and such person
shall file with the postmaster at the
post Office to which his mail is ad-
dressed (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
delivery of his mail to the carrier
for deposit at the designated point
at the risk of 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 intended without expense to the
department.
1t shall be the duty of the postmas.
ter at every such post office, upon
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 respec
tive satchels, where such are used
the mail for the persons to whom
such Satchels belong-with instruc
tions as to the proper mail box OF
crane at which said mail matter shall
be deposited; but registered mai
shall not be SO delivered unless ex
pressly requested by the addressee
in his written order. No mail matter
so delivered to the carrier shall be
carried past another post office or
the route before being deposited into
mail box or hung on a crane OF
post.
The carrier on the route will be re
quired to receive from any postmas
ter on the route any mail matter OF
private mail satchel that may be in
trusted to him outside of the usua
mail bag, and shall carry such mai
matter or private mail satchel to ant
deposit it into the proper mail boz
or hang it on the proper mail crane
placed on the line of the route fol
this purpose; such service by the car
dressees.
The mail carriers must be of goo(
character and of sufficient intelli
gence to properly handle and deposit
the mail along the route.
The department does not describe
any particular design of box OF
satchel to lie used for this service
but the person providing either
should see that it is of such charac
ter as to afford ample protection tt
his mail. If there is a lock attached
to his box, a key is not to be helG
by the carrier, as he is expected tt
deposit the mail without unlocking
the box. The box or crane should be
so located on the roadside that the
carrier can deposit the mail withou
leaving his vehicle or horse and We
where it will not 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 i
does not interfere with his makins
the schedule time. The law provide,
that every carrier of the mail shall
receive any mail matter presented tt
him if properly prepaid by stamps
and deliver the same for mailing a
the next postoffice at which he ar
rives, but that no fees shall be al
lowed him therefor.