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Daily New Dominion
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia
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Rural free delivery to expand rapidly using star route carriers as postmen, starting with an experiment in South Carolina on July 1st. Bids only 12% higher than old plan; system involves roadside mailboxes. If successful, contracts for northeast in September, southwest next year, and nationwide.
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Star Route Carriers to be Used in Rural Mail Delivery—Experiment Proving Successful.
Rural free delivery is likely to be extended much faster than was expected. An experiment in utilizing star route carriers as delivery postmen will begin July 1st in South Carolina. The bids of the star route carriers on the delivery basis were only 12 per cent higher than on the old plan. The new system compels each carrier to distribute his mail as he goes along, putting it in any private mail box that has been placed at the side of the road in such a position that the carrier can reach it without dismounting from his wagon. If it works well, as now seems certain, contracts will be advertised next September for a similar system all over the northeast and the next year over the southwest, and so on until it is in vogue all over the country.
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South Carolina
Event Date
July 1st
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experiment proving successful; bids 12% higher than old plan; plans for nationwide expansion if it works well.
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Experiment utilizing star route carriers as delivery postmen to begin July 1st in South Carolina. Carriers to distribute mail into roadside private boxes without dismounting. Contracts to be advertised next September for northeast, next year for southwest, and eventually nationwide.