Show 9 0 9 o Free Delivery q qt g t j 7 1 t May Be Obtained io q oo 0 o i A LARGE number n of or the rural corn com j A J of the state are interest interested I ed In the establishment of oC free ee rural t delivery elvery routes and many of them theta have applied to t representatives representatives in congress to aid them in se securing securing securing curing this improvement in their mail mal facilities tacit s To answer all ai queries quere and th des ired work Senator Kearns has bah had d mailed to those Inter Interested Interested interested ested the circular issued Issue by the post postmaster postmaster master maste general telling what steps are necessary to secure the establishment of routes According to this circular in order to t obtain rural free delivery it is necessary sary saT to present a petition pett n addressed to the first assistant postmaster gen general general general eral rural free freO delivery division This petition petton should be signed only by heads of families and should mention menton the number in each family over oer 16 years of age It I should hould set forth the nature of the country where Is de desired desired desired sired whether densely or sparsely sparely pop populated populated populated the principal occupations of the people the character of the roads and the distance which under existing con conditions conditions each person eron has to travel to receive his mail mai and should be PC accompanied accompanied accompanied by a map or plat Indicating the route or routes proposed The petition petton should read something like this To the First Firt Assistant Postmaster Gen General oral eral Washington n D H C The undersigned heads of families residing In county state of re respectfully ask that the rural free de delivery delver delivery livery lver service servie be extended e to them the delivery delvery to start from fr m county state stat or such other point as the officers of the department may deem best adapted for the service A map or rough rugh sketch of the proposed route is herewith Your peti petitioners petitioners et are mostly here state occupations occupations tons such as farmers farers truck gardeners dairymen cattle catte raisers rIser or whatever the chief occupation of the people may maybe maybe maybe be The roads over the proposed route arc are state whether pike graveled gaveled or otherwise There are no creeks and the roads are passable at all seasons of the year We agree to conform to the official regulations regla tons governing the service serice and to erect boxes which have been ap approved approved proved pro d by the department department for the re reception reception of our mail mal Name of head of ot family Number in family over oer 16 years of age Distance In miles mies from nearest post postoffice office I This petition petton when properly signed should be sent to the representative in congress or to one of oC the senators with wih a request that he indorse there thereon on his recommendation of the th service asked and forward the petition to the department Conditions of the Service Serce It I must be borne In mind that the the intention of congress in authorizing the free delivery delver of oC mails mais in rural districts district was not to grant a suburban delivery to cities cites included in the free delivery service serice nor to establish a village viage free Cree delivery The purpose of the rural Tural free delivery delver system is to give postal facilities to those who have none to o carry the mails mals dally daily dai to 0 remote com corn communities the residents of df f which would otherwise have to travel from two to twelve miles mies to receive their letters and newspapers The roads must be good This is an essential prerequisite to any investigation invest gation No route can be established est under ordinary circumstances that is less than from twenty to miles mies which less than in length or r serves s 10 families The route should s be so arranged that the carrier will wi not be required to travel over the same ground gound twice on the same day Those desiring the delivery delvery must hereafter h reafer be prepared to put up at i their own expense appropriate and se secure secure I cure boxes in accordance with the orders of or the department Designated Boxes The postmaster general general has has designated designated the following named boxes as asco co substantially with the re ye requirements reQuirements laid down by Y a commission appointed ap by him for that purpose 1 IThe The Postal Improvement com corn box of Norristown Pa 2 The Bates Hawley postal signal sigal box of oC Joliet Jolet Ills Ils 3 The Henry rural free delivery delvery box manufactured by the American Metal company of Indianapolis Ind lad 4 The Century Post box of Adrian Mich 5 The Bond Steel Post box of or Adrian Mich 6 The Century rural mall mail box of Detroit Detroit Mich 7 The Corbin Cabinet Lock com corn box b of New Britain Conn 8 The C G Folsom box of South Bend Ind md 9 The P B Englar box of at Taney Taneytown Taneytown town toun Md 10 The John H Forney Forey Enterprise box of ot Burlington Ia la 11 The Kelly Ken Foundry Machine tachine com box of ot Goshen Ind md 12 The W Yo W V box of York road Md Nd lId 13 The Beaver Beav r Manufacturing com corn box of Beaver Pa 14 The George A Wirt box of Greensburg Ind md Before service will wi be established it i will be necessary for the thc patrons to tomake make selection from this list of ap approved approved proved boxes and to agree to equip the route with wih them While le the depart department department department ment desires It does not require that the boxes on each route route shall be of uniform construction The prices of oC these boxes range from Cl 1 un UD to ij a lucle hule 1 1 over 55 3 Including locks ck When a rural free delivery route nas ens been bean equipped with boxes of the above named description the department will wi consider these boxes as entitled to the protection of QC the United Unite States stat statutes statutes statutes utes which provide severe penalties for fOl willful or malicious Injury to or Inter Interference Interference interference ference with the contents of any re receptacles receptacles for the United States malls mails mais established by the authority of tt the postmaster general I Delivery Delver by Rural Carriers Carier Rural carriers are not required to deliver mail mai to houses standing back from Crom the main road except In the case of registered mall mail mal special delivery and pension letters leters The patrons are ex expected expected expected to meet the department half halfway hal halfway I way oy rW affording the carriers every over eve facility for the performance e of their duties by keeping the roads clear after heavy snowfalls and using their in influence Influence fluence to maintain the condition of the roads rods In all al weather up to the standard required by the department department Rural carriers are arc forbidden forb to act as agents salesmen or solicitors for express companies letterbox manu manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers wholesale houses corpora corporations corporations tons or firms or to engage In any an business or avocation which would in interfere interfere interfere with wih the t e proper performance of their official dunes They may act as news agents agent sell sel newspapers or pe periodicals te on their own account or ac accept accept accept and collect c lect subscriptions for the same When Wen carriers news newspapers newspapers papers or periodicals by express or by other means outside the malls J to be besold besold sold sod or delivered on their routes they as news agents will wi be required require to pay postage on such matter mater at the second class cass rate of ot postage 1 cent per pound except In the case ase of county papers which are mailed free tree to subscribers residing in the county In which they are ar published This order is not intended to prohibit carriers from fron performing private com corn I for Co the accommodation of ot me te ll I patrons on their routes rute so long ong as a their doing so does not interfere with the regular and prompt performance of 01 their duties I How Eow Service Serce is Established Upon receipt of a petition favorably endorsed by a representative in con congress congress I gress grass the department refers refer the papers pape to o the special agent aget in charge of oC the I division which includes the state In which the petition originates He as assigns a assigns signs a special s cIal agent to t visit the te lo location loCation I cation caton indicated to lay la out a route 01 or 0 routes and to select rural carriers to be appointed by the department In such sueh suc cases the advice of o th tho the represent representative representative I In congress is sought as regards the carriers carrier to be appointed and in re cc res respect s Sport to other postal service which may may have have to be discontinued on the thc establishment of oC rural free trpe delivery The special agent is not authorized to o name a time when rural free de tie delvery livery ivery lvery wilt will wil be established on the route rute recommended by him That rests with wll the department in Washington WashIngton In considering petitions pet lons for establishment extension tension e or changes special agents are ar instructed to use all aU care to take Into account routes already established or petitioned for with wih a aview aview view to permanent systematic service serice covering the area arca involved involve The aim of the department Is to serve the people with wih the promptest and most mos efficient postal lostal service not to build up or to tea tear ear down any one service at the ex cx expense expense pense or for tor the benefit of another How Kow Carriers Are Paid Paid Rural carriers give bond in the sum of wih with ith two sureties suretes Each bond requires a revenue stamp to tobe tobe I Ibe be affixed a thereto Carriers are paid by warrants arrants is issued Issued issued sued directly by the treasury depart department department I ment meat upon certificates forwarded by the he postmaster Their rate of pay pa is fixed by the department and includes horse lorse hire but not necessary toll or ferriage for which a separate account must be rendered The maximum rate of pay as at present established is per pel annum for a full ful route of approximately approximately miles mies or per annum for each five fe miles mies traveled on shorter routes One or more substitute carriers should be provided in connection with wih each service established who must give lve bonds In the same sum as the cog rog regular ular carrier and who alone are permit ted ed to carry the mails mais in the absence or disability of ot the regular carrier carrierI I All Al rural carriers are under the gen general 1 1 eral oral control of the postmaster from I whose office the service ts Is I p and it is his duty to report any dere upon their part and to require them to strictly follow the routes laid out for them The Th postmaster how however however however ever Is not authorized to make either cither removals or appointments of carriers These are directed from the depart department department meat ment ment I Inasmuch as many rural routes sup supplant suPplant supplant plant star str route service serIce and supply by b locked pouches which of flees fees have heretofore h had a dally daily daly ser service service vice Sundays alone excepted the or ders of the department require that each rural carrier shall sal go over his route every day of the year public holidays included and Sundays alone excepted save when sick or on leate leave of absence granted by the department His failure so to do will wm result In a de demand demand demand mand for his resignation and the pro promotion promotion motion moton of ot the substitute If I fitted The policy of subletting rural carriers work at ot convenience will wil not be pre When a substitute performs tre service In the absence of a regular car carrier carrier rier ncr he will wm receive the full tul pay of the carrier Postage Stamps and Money Noney Orders Rural carriers are required to take with wih them on their trips for the ac accommodation accommodation of their patrons a suf supply of stamps stamped en and postal cards Postmasters may if they choose give credit I credi to the carrier for stamp supplies to the extent of five dollars 5 to be accounted for each day da the carriers bond being re responsible responsible responsible If I the carriers find findan findan an unstamped letter in a collection box and ad the requisite amount of money mone moneo also o deposited they are instructed to t affix the necessary stamp They are a empowered to register letters or pack packages packages ages and to deliver delver the same giving and taking receipt In forms provided They Tey are also authorized to accept money for money orders giving their receipt and if the patrons of the delivery delvery desire to make the carrier carrer their agent for this purpose the car carrier cr rier ncr may the orders when Is Issued Issued issued sued In addressed envelopes confided to his charge and mail mal them without returning the orders to the sender Rates Bates of Postage The establishment of rural free de tie livery at any does change In any particular the rate of postage on any my class of mall mail mal matter mater received or delivered from that office except that the rate on drop letters does not apply appl when such letters leters lette s are collected or delivered by rural carriers Drop leters letters so collected or delivered must be prepaid at the rate of 2 cents for Cor each ounce or fraction thereof Note It should be understood that copies of publications newspapers and periodicals one copy cop to each actual subscriber residing within the county where the same are printed In whole or in part and pub published published are entitled to be delivered free of postage whether called caled for at the postoffice or delivered by rural carrier carrer See section Postal Laws and Reg Regulations Regulations Cancellation of Stamps Rural carriers are arc required to cancel them themA the stamps on all al letters leters collected by A carrier should bring into the office from which he be starts start all al mail mai collect collected ed on his route excepting of course letters leter that are arc addressed to patrons of his route which can cn be delivered before he lie returns to the office The only exception to t this rule Is in inthe inthe inthe the case where a more prompt dispatch can be made by depositing the collections collections ton at an intermediate office which must not be done except by order order of this office In such cases eases the postmaster at the Intermediate office is entitled to the te cancellations on letters actually de do deposited posited in his l office o for f r dispatch |