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Carriers Ask Aid
Of Postal Customers
The Postmaster of Washington, Va. today appealed to postal customers on rural routes to help their rural carriers make mail deliveries during bad winter weather. The Washington, Va. post office has one rural route, covering the area of Harris Hollow, Gid Brown Hollow, Long Mt. into Flint Hill and across Fodder Stack Road. The Postmaster said that at the same time he hopes all authorities concerned with rural routes where snow and other bad weather hampers the carriers will continue to cooperate to help the mailmen get through. The Postmaster listed these points of particular concern: 1. Approaches to rural mail boxes must be kept open by customers. 2. Obstructions to delivery of mail on rural routes should be removed or minimized to the fullest extent possible. Where rural boxes pose a problem, the carrier may leave form 4056, “Your Mailbox Needs Attention,” a notice to keep box approaches clear by promptly removing all obstructions, including snow, which may make mail deliv- | ery difficult or impossible, j Unless approaches areclear-| ed, it may be necessary to! temporarily withhold delivery ! of mail, the Postmaster point j ed out. Rural carriers are not re- | quired to perform service on ! foot when ro^ds cannot be tra veled with the vehicles normally used, but they are expected to make every rea- \ sonable effort to serve as; many of their patrons as possi-j ble without physical exertion or added financial cost, he explained.
If excessive detours are' necessary to effect delivery of mail, customers should temporarily relocate their boxes on the new line of travel, arrange to receive their mail through other patrons’ boxes, or make other arrangements for their mail until travel on the roads affected can be resumed.
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