Chapter III

_Departmental Operations--General and Detailed Descriptions and Cost
of Service_

History of Rural Free Delivery 24
Rural Delivery Defined 25
The Struggle for Rural Delivery 25
The Advantages of Rural Delivery 26
Rural Delivery as Viewed by President McKinley 27
First County Rural Delivery 27
Country-Wide Extension, Rural Delivery 28
How Rural Delivery Enhances the Value of Farm Land 28
Per Capita Cost, in Rural Delivery 29
Some Necessary Conditions, Rural Delivery 31
Annual Cost per Patron by States and Pieces Handled 31
Population and Extension, Rural Service 32
Motor Vehicle Routes, Rural Delivery 32
Village Delivery 34
City Delivery 35
Star Routes 35
Postal Savings 35
Money Order System 36
Stamp Books 36
Postal Cards 37
Division of Stamps 37
Classification 37
Purchasing Agent 38
Dead Letter Office 38
Mail Locks 39
Mail Pouches 39
Post Office Supplies 41
Special Delivery 42
Foreign Mail Service 42
Topography Branch 43
Division of Post Office Service 44
American Postal System 45
Considerate Treatment of Newspaper Mail 45