The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-19
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SomeInteresting F acts
About Rural Free
Delivery

Washington, o. c., Dec. 1s.-Coun
try postofices in Kansas and Missouri
are beginning to give way to rural
free delivery routes. In Oklahoma,
the rural route system has not yet
taken sufficient root to drive many
fourth class offices out of existence.
While new country offices are still
being established in Kansas and Mis-
souri,, the number doesn't equal the
discontinuances by any means. Ac-
cording to the annual report Of Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General ]. L.
Bristow, just issued, there were 80
country offices established and 76 dis
continued in Kansas during the past
year; and 10 established and 157 dis
continued in Missouri during the
same period In the Indian territory
there were So offices established and
only 21 discontinued. In Oklahoma
1Os were established and IS discon-
tinned The rural route service is
in it's infancy in Oklahoma and the
Indian territory hasn't q single rural
route. This explains the Increase in
small postoffices in those two terri
tories
Kansas has 7s6 routes, Missouri has
73 and Oklahoma 21 During the past
year the total number Of pieces of
mail delivered by rural carriers was:
Kansas. 1s,564,792; Missouri, 14,7s5,-
744; Oklahoma 49S,763 OF the Kan
sas deliveries 1S.1O7OO7 we're news
papers. 1898 1872 we're letters; Missou-
ri, s,926,55O papers and 2,599,39S let
ters; Oklahoma. S17,662 papers, 75,-
O97 letters The rest were registered
letters, postal cards, circulars and
packages
The average number Of pieeSs 90
iivered monthly by each carrier was:
Kansas. 4.855; Missouri 1898; Okla
homa 1865. The collections were:
Kansas, J22; Missouri, 548; Oklahoma,
49T. Kansas carriers received aver
age monthly salaries OF .S49e95; Mis-.
souri,. $40 80, and Oklahsma, $50. The
government paid out iItasalaries to
rural route carriers for ttegyear: Kan
sas s441, 200; Missouri, $44Seae; Ok
lahoma. $4,000 The cost per route
per year was: Kansas, $500 As; Mis-
souri,, s59s 81; Oklahoma. 5000. Rura
carriers Cancelled stamps amounting
TO S11O,S54. IS in Kansas; s94,949 8;
in Missouri, and $2,521.5s in okla
homa
in Kansas each route has an average
of 11e houses, 537 population, 24S pa
irons and 76 boxes.
In Missouri each route has an av
erage of 125 houses, $40 population
$40 patrons and n boxes.
In Oklahoma each route has an ay
erage Of 90 houses, e44 population, 2q'
patrons and sc boxes.
Kansas has $50 petitions for ney
routes pending. Missouri $50, Okla
homa 179 and Indian territory T. In
spectors are now in the field invesr
eating conditions except in the II
dian country There no attention
being paid Whatever 70 rural delivery
Kansashas only one county-sumne
which has the county system. Mis-
souri, also has only one-Jackson-
with a county system.
Kansas has lb1 presidential office
-four first class. 30 second class an
127 third class, an increase Of 10 70
the year. Missouri has 40 presidel
tiaI onices-4 first class, so secon
and 1S4 third, an increase Of z oye
last year Oklahoma has AZ such o
fces-t first class. 10 second and
third class, an increase Of II. Th
Indian territory has 80 presidenti'
onices- no first class. A second elias
and IS third. an Increase Of 3.
Kansas has 1914 fourth class o
nees: Missouri. 2.e4s; Oklahoma. 81
and Indian territory. 629.