Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1918 — WILL HAVE FREE MAIL DELIVERY SEPTEMBER FIRST [ARTICLE]

WILL HAVE FREE MAIL DELIVERY SEPTEMBER FIRST

Rensselaer is to have fee mail delivery at last. Postmaster Littlefield has received notice from the Post Office Department that free mail delivery will be established in Rensselear September first. Two carriers and one, substitute will be appointed. They will be required to pass civil service examination for the positions. Two deliveries will be made each day, Cullen street will be the dividing line for the carriers, one taking all west and.the other all east of the street. Two carriers will find they have their hands full in covering these routes and it will probably ibe found that it will require more carriers to properly cover the town. The Republican requires six carrier boys to cover the town and it takes them from one to two hours each to make their deliveries and the majority of the boys use bicycles and they do not have to call at as many hoiises as a mail carrier would necessarily have to do. A mail carrier would have more hours in which to cover the ground, however, and if the substitute is appointed a regular carrier it may be possible for the three to Cover the routes. Those who prefer can still have their mail left at the post office which would enable those doing so to get their mail at an earlier hour and it is likely that those in business will prefer to still get their mail in that way.