Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-05-10
RURAL CARRIERS TAKE
. OUT 10 TONS Of MAIL
IN MONTH Of APRIL
On Routes l2S,lG9 Pieces
Are Distributed, 4,93O
Pieces Each Day

In order to secure an accurate record
of the rural delivery business, the post
office department at Washington re-
quires, during certain months, that the
rural carriers keep a complete record
of every piece of mail handled. This
record has just been turned in for the
past month by the nine rural carriers,
delivering out of Salem.
During the month of April, 2slS9I
pieces of mail was delivered by the
rural carriers, weighing 2O56S pounds.
This averages 1890 pieces for each
working day of the month.
Lyman Mcdonald, of rural route 3,
is what might be called the champion
mail carrier, or rather the man with
the hardest job of the nine carriers.
lie handled the greatest number Of
pieces in April, 1861, had the heaviest
mail, 2S75 pounds, and worked the
longest time, averaging 8 hours and
46 minutes. On top of all this, he had
some pretty bad roads to travel.
George Litchfield comes next for the
hard work, on rural route I. During
April, he handled 17,423 pieces of mail
weighing 23lS pounds. He has the dis
tinction of delivering 1853 pieces of
mail in one day, which is more than any
of the other boys did. Mr.. Litchfield
averaged 8 hours and 90 minutes a day,
against 8 hours and 27 minutes last
January.
James Albert on route ) Is carrying
more heavy mail, in proportion to the
number of pieces, than he was last
January. Mr.. Albert ranks third in
pieces delivered, 1926, and second for
the pounds carried, 27l4 for the April
business. He has the honor of having
carried the heaviest single days mail,
1859 pounds. With so much heavy mail,
he is busy on an average, hours and
20 minutes a day.
F.. L. South who travels route s,
ranks fourth when it comes to the
number of pieces carried, 1895, and
third when weight is considered, as he
delivered 2474 pounds during the month
of April. His biggest days work was
when he delivered 772 pieces and his
heaviest load during the month was the
day he carried out IA pounds.
Percy Pugh, of route Z, handled
1881 pieces, weighing 2O22 pounds.
His heaviest days work was when he
delivered l42 pounds and the greatest
number of pieces handled in any one
day was 800. Mr.. Pugh averaged Z
hours and 81 minutes on the road. The
people living on rural route were not
receiving very much heavy mail in
April.
W. Brasher on route had some
pretty bad roads to travel. Hence, he
averaged s hours and SO minutes a day
on the road, while delivering 12,949
pieces, weighing 1926 pounds. Route
6 did not receive very much heavy
mail during April, as the heaviest day IS
work was only l2j pounds.
James Remington, on route |, worked,
while delivering, on an average of 8
hours and % minutes. He delivered
1891 pieces Of mail in April, weigh
ing 2252 pounds, an average of S61a
pounds a day. His heaviest mail for
any one day was ll9 pounds and his
average time spent on the road was 8
hOurs ana ~ minutes.
o. L. Fisher on route s has the proud
distinction Of being the only carrier
with an auto. Perhaps this is the rea.
son his daily average of work was II
hours and i6 minutes. He delivered
ll,64S pieces, weighing 1868 pounds.
Considering the number of pieces,
route s gets more heavy mail than any
Of the others.
Route 9 stands ont alone in several
respects. 1t has woman carrier, Mrs.
James Remington who was substitut.
ing for j. w, Cox This route is the
easiest to handle, with but 0,949
pieces, weighing 1921 pounds for the
April record. This route received less
mail in weight as well as pieces, than
any Of the other routes.