The Brunswick news., 1909-07-27


tract for carrying the mail, and told
me to see him, and if the company
would agree to build a small indC-
pendent office and equip it with nee
! sary fixtures, which could not be
done by the department on account
of there being neither appropriation
nor legal warrant for the expenditure
and | so wrote him, he would recon
mend that the station be established,
otherwise it could not be done. The
agreement having been readily made
by the Transit company to build and
, furnish the fixtures such as desks,
counter and screen except safe and
lock boxes, the result was the prompt
/ establishment of the station. givin.;
excellent postal facilities which can
not fail to prove of lasting and gr:at
benefit in helping build up St. Simors
| both as summer and winter e
sort, as the station is in operation
the year around.
| Rural route No from the st
, Simons Mills postoffice, covering the
I greater part of the settled portion of
! the island, was transferred a. tie
same time to the Brunswick od'cr,
as rural route No. 2. with St Sinuns
rural station as the beginning o.
i head office of the route.
| st. Simons rural station is re 'lly
full city station, or branch pest
office, in every respect except ~ the
name, and the facilities FOR the trans
action of postal business, such as
, the issue of money orders, reg. .ra-
! ton of letters, delivery of registered
ana ordinary mail, cashing Of money
orders, sale of stamps, etc, are OK
actly the same as those at the Bruins
wick office.
"Any resident of the island from
the beach to Frederick, or the In
dustrial School site, may lmy a
money orGer or register a lettec by
meeting the rural carrier, or receive
registered letter, cash a money Or
der or buy stamps, without going to-
| the station.
Under department instructions all
mail addressed in one of the various
ways that it is received in Bruins
wick, such as st Simons island st
Simons Pier Ocean Pier, st. ST.
i mons, Ca, 'R. F. D. No. 2, Bruins
wick, Ca etc, as well as when cor
rectly addressed st Simons Rural
Station. Brunswick, Ga, or st. ST.
/, mons Rural Station, r. F. D., No. 2,
Brunswick, Ga, is sent to ST. Simon's
rural station for delivery either at
the station or on the rural route,
only such mail as is directly ad-
dressed st. Smons Mills Ca being
sent to that pOstofIice. | will appre-
ciate your calling the attention of the
public to the correct form of address
when intended for st. Simons Rural
Station or the rural route emanating
from it, as many people, especially
residetns of Brunswick, continue to
address their mail TO ST. Simons
Mills, Ga, when intended to be de-
| livered by the station or rural car
rier, thus causing it to be sent nee
| essarily, to ST. Simons Mills postoffice
and somewhat delayed.
"It is a mystery to me why people
all over Georgia and other states,
except many in Brunswick, have
caught on to the correct address, and
when on st. Simons, patronize the
station, while there are, right now
dozens of Brunswick business mcr
who are having the mail for their
families on the island put in their
lock boxes in the Brunswick postof-
fee and carry it down on the night
boat, when letters addressed to their
wives and daughters could be sent
to st. Simons rural station either on
the a. m. or the 2.30 p. m. dis
patches, according to the time of ar
rival in Brunswick. A special deliv
cry letter can be mailed as late as
$50 a. m. or 2 p. m. in the Bruins
wick postoffice and be delivered by
messenger at any point at the beach
within one mile of the station inside
of two hours after mailing.
Il recently found several cases Of
people from the interior who were
staying on st. Simons who were hav-
ing their mail addressed in care OF
acduaintances in Brunswick, who re-
ceived 1t through postoffice box or by
letter carrier, took it down to the
steamer and hired some small boy
aboard to- carry the mail over and
deliver it to some one at the pier
who would finally get it, perhaps, to|
the addressees. Apparently these
Brunswick people were not aware OF
the fact that there is branch Of the
Brunswick pestoffice at the pier, or
any kind of postal facilities