Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1918 — CARRIERS SUFFER HARDSHIPS [ARTICLE]

CARRIERS SUFFER HARDSHIPS

Make Following Request of Patrons for Assistance. '“The season is again at hand when the carrier is forced to endure all sorts of hardships in delivering your mail. Especially when snow banks have to be bucked Is his work doubly hard. The carrier is paid to deliver your mail, not to work the roads, tad if you expect your .mall promptly each day at the regular time just see that the approach to your mail box is kept open so that the carrier can easily drive up alongside it and deposit the mail. If there are any had drifts on the road along your land see that they are removed, and if your neighbor has not opened his road see that he does. Patrons of the route have something else to do besides sit by the stove and cuss the carrier when the snow comes—they must see that the roads are open. We want the patrons to report to us any inattention on the part of the carrier and we will promptly take the matter up with the proper authorities, but we want it distinctly understood that the fahlt is not all with the carrier. You simply .must see that the road is open each amd every day If you expect to receive your mail promptly. This matter comes up for consideration, every winter in this office and we take this means of notifying you that we want the matter settled so that it will not be necessary to rejiort aJny neglect to the department. By all means don’t leave pennies in the box for the carrier to fish out with fingers that are already nearly frozen. Assist the carrier all you can and then if he does not give you service we will find out why.”