Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-16
MANCHESTER MAILS.
THE DELAY IN ESTABLISHING THE
FREE DELIVERY SYSTEM.
THERE IS 4 HITCH SOMEWHERE.
SUGGESTION That IL May he Due to
u Local Tangle of Some Sort
washinston Personal and Postal
Notes.
Notes.

WASHINGTON, d. c., September b.
Special. )-There is some hitch in the mat
ter of establishing the free mail delivery
system in Manchester. What IL is could
not be ascertained this morning when
called at the Post Office Department,
owing to the absence Of First-Assistant
Postmaster-G General Heath. Superintend-
charge OF all such matters. and Is a
strong friend Of the enterprising and
thrifty little city on the south side OF the
James. says everything is ready. supplies
have been ordered, and all arrangements
are complete to put the system in opera
ton, but there is something about which
he knows nothing that postpones the
matter temporarily. There is some sort
OF understanding now that the free-de-
livery system will be established in Man
chester on the LIST of January next, but
why not Immediately can't be found out.
Congressman Lamb has visited the de-
partment frequently, and has had inter-
view after interview with all the officials
concerned. and he has been promised
again and again that the matter would
be looked into, and no doubt 1t has been,
but that there is a hitch somewhere is
evident, and until IL is discovered and re-
moved the matter will remain in abey-
ance.
POSSIBLY A LOCAL TROUBLE.
1t was suggested In another quarter
that perhaps there is some difficulty about
site, but whether a site for an
Office, or sites for letter-boxes, could not
be conjectured. The last time Con-
gresham Lamb called upon First As
sistant-Postmaster-Ge General Heath in re-
gard to the matter. the latter said he
would have to consult Fourth Assistant
Postmaster-General Bristow before any
action could be taken. 1t appears
that Mr.. Bristow has charge of all the
post-office inspectors, and, no doubt, the
subject OF free delivery for Manchester
in some shape. is In the hands OF one Of
the inspectors for report. Perhaps,
when this report is made, some light will
be thrown upon the unnecessary delay
In establishing the system. There is Il
strong suspicion that some bcal trouble
Is at the bottom of the whole difficulty.
Since the recent borrowing accounts
from Alaska. Klondicitis is on the wane.
PERSONAL.
Mr. and Mrs. Il. II. Cloves, OF Rich
mond, who have been taking an outing
at Atlantic City and visiting relatives at
Bellefonte, Pa, are again In the city,
stopping at the Metropolitan, with Mana
ger Teller.
Mrs. Louis Powell and daughter. Of
Leesburg. Va; w T. Slower, Of DAN
vile, Va. c. w. Freeland. Of Fort Mon
roe, Va, and w. w. Chamblin. of Lees
burg. Va, are at the Metropolitan.
w. A. Gathright. Virginia; w. L.
Stevens and wife. Norfolk, Va; f. p.
and Miss b. Smith, Virginia; II. A.
Coffee. Virginia-The Jefferson.
w. L. Paul, Richmond. Ya.-The EN-
rich.
Mrs. Anderson, North Carolina: W. T..
Luck. c. T. Brown, Richmond, Va.-The
st. James.
II. Adams and wife, Rlchmond-The
Howard House.
POSTAL.
Among the fourth-class po4tmasters
appointed to-day are the following: l.. f..
Sterrett, vice j. c. Deaton, removed. at
China Grove. Rowan county, ". c.; j. c..
Mathes. vice Il. f.. Smith, resigned, at
East Durham, Durham county, n. C.;
J. l.. Dolby. vice j. II. Wood, removed,
at Jackson Hill, Davidson county. n. c.;
A. NJ. Gembery, vice j. l.. Casteed, re-
moved. at Rocky Point, Pender county,
n c.: j. L. Calls, vice W. f.. Fitchett,
removed. at Fitchett's, Mathews county,
Va: NJ. T.. Richardson. vice Il. >. Oldheld,
resigned. at Oldfield, Charles City county.
Va.
Postmasters commissioned to-day:
George r. Kennedy. Ramseur, N. c.