Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 11, Number 3, DeMotte, Jasper County, 5 December 1940 — Builders Should Consider Mailman [ARTICLE]

Builders Should Consider Mailman

Builders should consider not only the mailman but the future occupant of the home as well when they place mail slots in front doors. Postmas ters are not required to deliver bnail to any residence where certain slotlocation requirements have not been met. The United States Official Postal Guide has this to say about the location of letter and mail slots “Patrons of the city or village de livery service must provide mail re ceptacles, A receptacle may be either a suitable box or slot cut in the front door. If slots are provided. they must be 8 t?y l inches in size and placed not less than 30 inches from the finished floor line.”