Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1900 — Rural Delivery Oct. 15th. [ARTICLE]

Rural Delivery Oct. 15th.

The free rural delivery mail route, heretofore fully described in this paper, will not get started quite as early in the month as was expected, but Postmaster Meyer has now received official notice that it will bpgin operations on Monday, October 15th. As before stated, every family living on or conveniently near the route, can receive and send their mail, by putting up a box, to conform with the requirements of the postoffice department. ■ - - - -..■ The three collection boxes, heretofore mentioned, will be located as follows: One at the Wallace Nichols (Cosey Palace) school house: one at Pullins' mile east of the Pullins or Stackhouse bridge and one at Bowling Green school house. Anyone, whether a regular patron or not, can deposit their letters in these boxes. The length of the route is 24 miles, area covered 33 square miles houses on route 125, population 553. The carrier is prov ided with cancelling stampsand cancels the postage on letters he collects. In case he collects letters for persons on the route, he will deliver them as soon as he comes to their box. Drop letter postage on the route is 2 cents. The carriers are to >carry with them, for sale to the patrons, postal cards, stamped envelopes and also money order blanks. In this connection The Republican would suggest to its many subscribers who lives along the route, that if they, desire their i papers sent by the R? D to send i us early notification of the fact, so ■ that we can begin.when, the route begins.