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Show Cost of Rural Free Delivery. In 1897, when tho rural service was startod on probation, $10,000 wns doomed sufficient for Us trial. During Dur-ing tho fiscal year thnt ended Juno 30. 1904. noarlv $13,000,000 was ex pended -for rural freo delivery. For tho fiscal year upon which wo havo now onterod $2O,81C,C00 hns been appropriated ap-propriated for tho contlnuanco nnd extension ex-tension of tho rural mall sorvlce. There wcro 24.5GC rural routes In ox-Istenco ox-Istenco at tho ond of tho fiscal year on Juno 30 last, 9,440 no wroutes having hav-ing been put into operation during tho fiscal year. On Oct. 1, 1901, thcro wero 27,135 routes established, nnd tho ervlce wns being extended at tho rnto of about 800 routes a month. World's Work. |