Telecom And Telephone List of Job Titles & Descriptions

Clerk, Route Job Description - Sorts and routes telegrams received by pickup and delivery section of telegraph office: Folds and places messages in envelopes for delivery. Receives requests for message pickup within area served by telegraph office. Routes messages to customers within city via private telegraph wire or telephone, and to customers in distant cities via telegraphic-typewriter or Morse telegraphy. Reads maps to sort messages and pick-up requests into routes. Dispatches Telegram Messenger (tel. & tel.). Receives and records remittances returned for messages picked up. Reads messages for errors.
Clerk, Route Dot Code: 235.562-010