Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-08-17
CAPT. BOWER LIMITED POOR MAIL FACILITIES OUT OF SIGHT OF LAND
ArundeliteS Complain OF Postal
Service Between Annapolis
And ArundeI.0n- The Bay
SEEMS POOR ECONOMY
The Government Psnns Wise Ard Pound
Foolish Ss0uId Have Pural Route

Fooiish-S SsOuld Have Rural Route
II this advanced age. where the
rural free delivery system covers
al country districts far and near. con.
tigu0us 70 towns q any size ard i'm
pcrtance. the distribution 'of nal
routes throughout the country Is
spread out over the nap ike a spl-
der's web.
Today the business ua1 ard pro
fessional man ear his himself % the
back woods, a. Il were. for vacation.
miles and miles from t0wr. and -
ceive his nail - his very door post
Or the opening % bis shack or tent.
to such Al unlimited extent nas the
mall route spread itself Indeed. il IS
difficult for 3 brain worker. unless
he 80 % sea- . get out Of the reach
of bis mail. try as he may
This Is sll very well, but when =
vacstioner does 20 where he can re
c. i've mai and despatch s. ae, he
wants il dyae in the best = lssible
manner, and with the best -ilities
that the all service Of Un,,e Sam
affords. This, however. Is OF the
case with tie residents az 4rundel-
oa-the-Bay the service OF which
between Annapolis and that place i
the poorest possible. For instance, .
gentleman at Arundel had a telegram
mailed him in the Annapolis post
Office on Sunday afternoon. which VS.
not delivered until Tuesday morning
az ! ! O'Clock at Arundel.
The message, an important one.
would have been delivered over the
telephone Sunday but the line be-
tween Annapolis and Arundel-on the
Bay was ont OF commission. There is
no good reason why a message mailed
on Sunday in Annapolis should not
be delivered by mail OF Monday
morning at Arundel. This is only one
OF tie many instances of poor mail
facilities between the tgo places. At
Arundel-on-the-Bay business and pro-
fessional men OF high standing have
their summer homes. Men who are
connected in q business way with the
highest authorities in the United
States: men who have correspon-
dence with the President himself
live at Arundel-on-the-Bay, and it Is
OF the most vital Importance that
the mail facilities are the very best.
That they are not, goes without
saying The Government is niggard-
ly when il chooses to be. and the
Federal authorities in order 10 save
. few cents and give any kind Of
mail service to Arundelites adver-
tised for bids 20 carry the mail TO
and from Arundel-on-the-Ba daily.
There were several proposals the
contract being, Of course. awarded
TO the lowest bidder, man feeble
in health. who. il is understood, does
not live on the route. as required by
the law and postal regulations, and
man too poor to keep horse able
bodied enough to carry the mail twice
daily. The mail carrier between An
nspolis and Arundel-on-th Bay gets
the small fee OF S12O per day. aud
is obliged TO make four trips Of six
miles each daily. He comes in for the
mornings mail there is only one de-
livery there daily taking the morn
ing's mail from Annapolis postoffice
IN time for delivery ar Arundel at
u a. IL - GGA AGys GlA4 a. NOON on
Sundays. He leaves az .. n, or
thereabouts, in time to meet the out
going afternoon mail at $50 or
80 from Annapolis, but oftentimes.
because his horse gives out. and he is
obliged 70 turn il out 70 grass. and
walk the rest Of the way. or foot
il" the entire distance. the mail
does not reach this postofice in time
70 leave the same evening, but is held
over until next day.
The postoffice authorities at Wash
ington don { seem TO care who deliv-
ers the mail al Arundel-on-the-Ba Bay,
Just so be Is bonded and furnishes
the required bond, and does the ser
vice At the least possible cost. Il is
hoped next year 10 have better mail
service at Arundel, and 3 fight will
be made for the rural free delivery
there. One gentleman engaged in
newspaper work in Washington,
whose summer home is at Arundel-on-
the-Bsy. Is obliged TO hire man and
keep horse ready TO saddle 81 any
moment 10 despatch his important
mail matter, copy" etc, because
OF the faulty mail facilities. which
the Department has been importuned
10 improve. but has so far unheede6
the ir1orruning