Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-28
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
FOR CARRIER HELD TODAY IN
FEDERAL BUILDING - SEVERAL
APPLICANTS.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT
SOME WEEKS BEFORE THE RE
SUITS OF TODAN'S ENAMINA-
TIONS CAN BE MADE KNOWN BY
POSTAL AUTHORITIES.


ions L. start the new service on that
day. aud. unless some Unforeseen and in
surmountablc obstacle should be- en-
countcrcd. the orders will be- carried out.
II j. not known yet who will be- employed
~ carrier on the route. The cAamina
ton under the civil service. for the pur
pose Of obtaining a list Of persons clici
hle 10 fill the position. and from which
list the appointment is expected Ia he
made. was held nj the customs house to
day. A il will require a month or
more. however. for the papers resulting
from tins examination 10 be- passed upon
hy the civil service commission. il i most
probable that "A temporary appointment
Will he necessary in order 10 start the
service on the date named. In the event
that the department does not make such
appointment. il will he the duty of the
postmaster t. make an appointment of
a carrier until the list can be- certified
AMI a permanent appointment made.
In order for residents along the new
route To enjoy the privilege of having
their mail delivered. il will he necessary.
Of course. for them to erect mail boxes
Of make and design approved hy the post
office department. Only steel or iron
j. permitted 10 he used for these boxes.
which must be- of certain dimensions
specified by the department. Those
makes Of rural mail boxes which are &c
ccptcd have the words approved IN the
L. :. Post Office Department." stamped
upon them. The boxes must hc marked
plainly with the name of the head Of the
family la which il belongs. They may le
either rectangular or cylindrical. Each
box must hc provided with a small metal
signal. which T. a. bc placed erect upon
the box whenever il contains mail tu hc
collected ~ the carrier. The boxes will
bc numbered within two months after
the service j. established this length of
time being allowed for the number of
patrons and their respective locations to
he thoroughly proven.
The route for the present will hc Ill
miles long and the time assigned for
making the round trip i six hours. start
ing from The post office al | y. m. and
returning at u There appears Ia hc
some question on the part Of some of the
patrons a. Ia whether these hours Will
he satisfactory. a. they might prefer Ia
have the mail i'll the morning. Others.
on the other hand. prefer "a have the
noon mail n soon ~ IL arrives. cSpcc.
tally aS the registered mail il received
IN brownsville hv the noon train. 1t re.
mains IL bc seen whether the schedule
will prove generally satisfactory ~ not.
II il should not prove -. 4 petition
signed hy Il >uffl lent number or patrons
= doubtless will result IN bringing about
a change. 81 that the mail could he de
liycred in the morning. instead of in the
afternoon.
The route a. mapped out for the new
service j. a. follows:
Starting al the post office. the carrier
viii 20 thence: Northwest on Elizabeth
and Lcvcc streets on The Boulevard Ia
Sphon's corner. - miles: east to
Brownsville aud Alice road. : miles:
north. with jog west on said road ~
Rrnwnrll corner. 80 miles: irrcgularly
w~cstcrl, and >nuthwc>tcrly ~ IIancock
corner. IL miles; south 10 Intersection
Of Military road. l. miles: northwest
and w~c>tcrl, on Military road To Villa
Nncva. | miles; ietracr ON Military road
mile: thence southeast on said road.
via II. Charles street ~ the post nffir.
l.i miles.
MI who live along this route are ~
t'tlrl 10 have their mail delivered or
coll"ric' hN carrier. IT they viii ere I
approved mail hoNr> and notify the car.
ricr that they wish their mail delivered.
The list ~ date comprises IL families
whose residences extend an the WAY
from the western edge uf town. beginning
ia the >ulWrh 81 West Brownsville. ont
~ tar ~ \opaliia. Most of the pros.
pcctiyr patrons have already erected
their mail boxes and are looking for.
ward %cagcrl, ~ the commencement NJ
The service.
List ~ patrons ~ rural route no 4
Who have pledged themselves to erect
approved mail boxes by April l..
i. l.. tottineham.
Charles E.CroWe.
llarrv n. Grove.
Bert H. Grove.
a. a. Pollard.
y. Il Compton
IA W. pierkcr.
\. y. Tandy.
l. 4. Evans.
VI. &. MYRTLE.
a. l. rroh>t.
y. H. Copeland.
W. VI Holloway.
n. Il. Holloway.
T.. 4. sheldon
II. q. Williams.
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