Bisbee daily review., 1902-07-10
STAR ROUTE BOX DELIVERY.

Notice IS hereby given 10 the public that the contracts in effect July |. 1902. for the performance of mail ser vice on the star routes in the states and territories hereinafter named pro vide that, ID addition to carrying the mails to the various post offices, the carrier will be required to deliver mail into alt boxes and hang small bags or satchels containing mail on cranes or posts that may be erected along the lipo of the route, under the follow ing regulations Of the Depart nlentI
 Any person living pn or near the route and not wihtin the corporate limits 4f any town Or within S0 rods of any post office, who desires his mail deposited st a given point on the line of the route by the carrier may pro vide and erect suitable box or crane on the toadside. located ip such mar ner as ito be reached as conveniently as practicable by the carrier without dismounting from the vehicle or the horse. and such person shall file with the postmaster at the post office 10 whic-- his mail is addressed (which shall be one Of the two postofhces on the route on either side Of and next to the; box or cranel a request in writ ing for the dehvery of his mail to the carrier for deposit at the designated point, Ri the risk of the addressee. The small Dag or satchel above described, as well as the box or crane, must be provided by the person for whose use il is intended without expense to the Department 4,,. TT
 It shah be the duty of the postmas- ter at every such post office, upon a written order from any person on or near the route, to deliver 10 the mail carrier for that route any mail matter placing in the respectve satchels, where such are used, the mail for the persons to whom such satchels belong with instructions as D the proper mail box or crane at which said mail matter shall be deposited; but regis tered mail shall not be 50 delivered unless expressly requested by the ad- dressee in his written order. No mail matter so delivered to the carrier shall be carried past another post ofice on the route before deposited into a mail box or hung on a crane or post
 The carrier on the route will be re- quired to receive from any postmaster 
 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 10 and deposit it into the proper mail box or hang il on the proper mail crane placed on the line of the route for this pur- pose; such service by the carrier to be without charge to the addressee.
 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 or box or satch- el to be used for this service, but the person providing either should see that it is of such a character as to afford ample protection 10 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 boxes, but there is no ob- jection to his doing so il .t does not interfere with his making the schedule time. The law provides that every carrier of the mail shall receive any mail matter presented to him if proper y prepaid by stamps, and deliver the same for mailing at the next post once at which he arrives, but that no fees shall be allowed him therefor a.l
 The box sdsl1vesv s1oUs sidescribed js required by the contracu e6ectave July l, 1902, on all the star routes (wsth but feW ezceptioDs) fp Arkansas,