The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-10-13
HELPS
To Understand Some OF the
Post Office Regulations.

vised that Ii will greatly facilitate
the prompt dispatch of their circu
lar and catalogue mail, If 1t be sepa
rated and tied up by states. countie
or cities.
The public is requested to place al
outgoing mail in the post Office to in
sure early dispatch.
1t Is not practicable to comply will
the requests from box holders for the
delivery of one portion of their mai
matter through box and another por
tion by carrier, etc.
Mail letters in nearest United
States Letter Box.
Do not request carriers to wait un.
til you get letters addressed OF
stamped: mail 1t in the nearest box.
Do not ask carriers to buy stamps
and leave them with you on his next
trip.
Return promptly to the carrier
any mail that has been left at your
house th1t does not belong there.
No matter how we'll known you may
be, please request your regular c1r-
respondents to address you to your
proper street aud number. Report to
the postmaster any delays in delivery
of mail.
Examine City Directory, and if
your name is not correctly entered,
with present address, notify the post
master of your correct address; If
you change your address, notify the
postmaster, giving your former ad-
dress. Do not wait day, but notify
US promptly.
The postmaster and every clerk in
this department are anxious to give
to the public a satisfactory and up.
to date service, and to that end they
ask the cooperation of every person
receiving mail from this office.
Carriers are required to deliver nc
mail matter except to the persons
addressed or to their authorized
agents (which include servants
clerks, housekeepers, janitors ard
others to whom such deliveries are
recognized as valid by the addresses,
to receive all prepaid letters, posta
cards and small packages handed
them for mailing while on theil
routes, and to collect the postag,
on any mail matter delivered by
them.
CITY CARRIERS ROUTES.
Carriers are not permitted to de
liver any mailable matter which hal
not passed through the post office, L
exhibit or give information concern
ing any mail matter to persons othe
than those addressed, or to delive
matter at unoccupied premises or OF
the street Except to persons know
by them to be authorized to receive
it and the delivery can be made with
out unreasonable delay. Carrier
are not required to deliver package
the weight or bulk of which woul,
tend to delay the delivery of letter
or other mail matter. When sucl
packages are received for delivery
notice is sent to the addresses t,
send or call for them at the pos
office.
The schedule of carriers, deliverie
| is necessarily a fixed one, and th'
trips are SO arranged as to secure th'
best possible connection with mai
arrivals (both inland and locaD, an'
with the collections from the stree
letter boxes. The routes are so serve,
as to suit, as far as possible. the con
venience of the majority of those re
siding or doing business theron; bu
simultaneous delivery to all is no
practicable, and those located on tn
more distant points of a route car
not reasonably expect deliveries a
early at those made nearer to tn
starting point.
GENERAL DELIVERY.
All mail matter bearing no stree
or box address and all mail matte
found unbelievable at its street az
dress (of which the correct addres
is not known and cannot be found
the directory, is placed in the genel
al delivery to await call. If bearin
the name and address of the sendei
with a request to return within
lspe -ified time, it is, If uncalled fol
lreturned at the expiration of ths
time; If no particular time is name
n the request, or if it bears the name
and address of the sender only, witt
lout request to return, it is returne
at the expiration of thirty days,
not previously called for. Matte
intended to be called for at the G
eral delivery should be addresse
sc neral Delivery"
BOX RENTS.
The annual rent of lock boxes
payable quarterly in advance. T.
. rates are %, so and 75c per quartz
No box may be rented for longer ?
! riod than one quarter three month
} and when rented at any period 9th
, than one of the official quartz
3. of the fiscal year (which begin on t
first day of January, April, July al
October, respectively the proportio
f ate rent for the remainder of I
/ current quarter must be paid in a
]. vance. Prompt attention should
:, given to notices placed in the box
$ requesting payment of rent, as oth'
wise the boxes must be closed, as pl
/. vided by postal regulations.
d Showers and Showers.
Mrs. A. L. Bevis entertained ps
l+y of ladies Thur.dav afternoon