Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-13
RURAL CARRIERS
FINISH COUNTING
TWO MONTHS EJACULATION
SHOWS STEADY GROWTH IN
COUNTRY MAIL.
NINE TONS HANDLED
Complete Set Of Figures Giving Num-
Der of Pieces and Weights on ALL
Routes Has Been Prepared
by Local Men.

During the two months from Ocoto-
Der l to December 1 there were over
111,000 pieces of mail weighing nearly
nine tons taken out from the Ottumwa
postoffice and distributed to the pat
rons of the office who live along the
routes of the nine rural carriers. Dur
ing this same period there were over
$4,000 pieces mail collected by the
carriers on the rural routes and
brought to the local Office for distri-
button to all parts of the world. The
postage on these nearly 125,000 letters,
newspapers and packages amounted to
$1,104.77.
Keep Accurate Count.
At the beginning of October each Of
the rural carriers of the Ottumwa post
Office as well as the carriers on rural
routes all over the country started a
two months count. A rapid growth
Of the rural mail business is shown in
this most recent inventory.
1t was required that each carrier
should keep an accurate account Of
the number of pieces and a correct
weight schedule of the different
classes of mail. This applied to both
the mail taken out from the local Of
fee and distributed to the patrons on
the routes and also to the mail col
lected by the carrier during the day
and returned to the Office in the after
noon. The total amount of postage
that was used, the amount used on
parcel post matter, and the amount
used on articles originating on the
routes and to be delivered in Ottumwa
or on the routes also had to be re-
ported by each carrier day by day dur
ing this period of two months.
During the month of October the
carrier on route No. 2 reported the
largest number of pieces delivered and
during November he also ranked at the
top of the list. Carrier of route No. 8
had the least number of pieces during
October while in November the least
number of pieces was carried by the
carrier of route No. 7. In the collect
ing of the mail on the routes during
October the carrier of route No. rank
cd at the top of the list and also car
rIed away first honors in November.
The bottom place is given to the car
rier of route No. during October and
for the following month it is given to
the same carrier.
The difference is explained by the
fact that all of the routes are not ex-
actly the same in length and are not
equal in the number of distributing
and collecting centers.
Figures Show Increase. i
AS sign Of the increase in the rural
delivery business of the post Office de-
partment a comparison has been made
with a similar report which was pre-
pared during last June. At that time
the total number of pieces of mail de-
livered on all nine routes leading out
Of Ottumwa was 46953, and during o.
tober it numbered 81, ISL and during
November 54,542. In June the total
number of pieces that were collected
figured 6,106 while the October list was
1924 and for the last month it was
6,164.
Record Of Delivery.
The record of each carrier in all
classes of mail delivered during the
two months including the number Of
pieces and their weight, follows: