Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1914 — Towns and Villages May Get Free Mail Delivery Soon. [ARTICLE]

Towns and Villages May Get Free Mail Delivery Soon.

It was announced some time ago that an experiment was to be tried this summer of delivering and collecting mail in the small towns and villages, with a view to establishing delivery systems in all places soon. It was pointed' out that in the cities and In the country the mail is delivered and collected free of charge, while in the towns and villages persons not only have to go after their mail but pay box rent. How satisfactory mail delivery would prove in small places has always 'been conjectural, for many prefer calling for their mail because it is more prompt. In order to have two deliveries per day in a city covering as much ground as Rensselaer would require three or four carriers and would prove a mammoth expense*to the postofflce department and at the same time reduce the revenue because of the discontinuanc of box service.