Chapter V 



SERVICING THE HOME 



MANY TYPES of services are available to 

 the country home owner, including rural 

 mail delivery, the telephone and electricity. 

 Rural mail delivery in particular is so common 

 that, on practically every highway, mail service 

 is secured by the placing of a mail box along the 

 highway at the entrance to the residence. 

 Telephone service is available along practically 

 all the main-traveled highways and on a majority 

 of the other types of roads. Where the lines 

 are not already installed, extensions may be 

 obtained to new locations, and this is facilitated 

 when more than one residence is to be served 

 by the same line. The majority of families 

 accustomed to city conveniences will want to 

 have electricity available so as to use electric 

 lights and the labor-saving devices that are 

 operated by electric power. With the expansion 

 that has taken place in the development of rural 

 electric lines in recent years, there is not a great 

 deal of difficulty in getting a location which 



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