§ MR. H. T. DAVENPORTasked the Postmaster General, Whether orders have been given to the Letter-carriers in some districts to provide themselves with a horse and cart, to enable them to carry parcels; and, if so, whether any money is to be found by the Government for the purchase of these vehicles?
§ MR. FAWCETTSir, when it has been necessary to convert a walking into a mounted service, the practice has always been for the letter-carrier to provide the horse and cart, the Department making him a weekly allowance. That practice it is intended to continue when the parcels post is in operation. In those cases, and they very seldom occur, where it is found that a letter-carrier is unable or unwilling to provide a horse and cart, care is always taken to find him some employment elsewhere.