The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-13
START MADE MONDAY.
Rural Mail Delivery and the Or
ders Relating to it.
What the Carrier will do-The Patrons
Have to Look after Their Interests
Arrangements that will be Made to
Serve Them-Boxes to be Placed In
Posftion-Other Necessary Informa-

Arrangements that will be Made to
Serve Them-Boxes to be Placed in
Position-Other Necessary Informa-
tion.
Rural Mail Delivery was start
ed from Morgantown on last Mon
day morning The instructions
were received from Washington to
that effect and the intervening days
were used to get ready for the
start. There will be but one route
at FIR t but others will follow later
when it is seen what success attends
the establishment of the first one
and VIXEN sufficient number of peo
pie can be gotten on another route
to Justify the establishment of it.
The carrier is to be George nj.
Breakiron and the substitute car
rier is w. II. Breakiron. They will
leave the post office here with in half
hour after the time at which the
morning mail from Pittsburg is due
The route which is known as
Route No. l, will be as follows:
Start not later than half an hour
after the time for the arrival of the
morning mail from Pittsburg, cross
ing the bridge, deliver to the resi-
denses of West Morgantown; thence
along the Fairmont Pike, passing
the Laurel Point postofiice, taking
there from mail for patrons west of
the office, to residents of A. c. Bar
ker on Little Indian Creek; thence
South to residence of Silas Wisman !;
thence East'to Union church; thence
North to the State Road and with it
to the postoffice at Morgantown.
Length of route, 20 miles. Area
covered "a square miles. Popula
tion served $50.
There will be three mail boxes
for the reception of mail along the
route; these will be located as fol
lows:
l. Opposite the residence of II.
L. Cox near the west end of the
Monongahela River Bridge in West
Morgantown.
2. At the store of H. N. NJ
Chips in Laurel Point.
3. At Union Church.
Patrons are notified to place suit
able boxes for the placing of their
mail by the carriers. These must
not only be secure from the weather
but they must also be secure from
all malicious and mischievous in
reference. The carrier will exam
Inc them and il they are not suita-
BILE the patrons will be notified of
this fact In case they are not fixed
within reasonable time the service
will be discontinued to the people
offending.
The carriers will receive for their
services the sum of four hundred dol
lars year and will have to furnish
their own horse and wagon if needed.
The route will be covered once day
and the carrier will have the authority
to write post Office money orders and
in fact will be regular travelling
postoffice.
People living in the territory to be
covered by this route will notify all
their correspondents and the publish
ers of the newspapers which they take
to have their addresses changed to''x
Y. H." Route Morgantown W. Va.
No matter where they are now get
ting their mail whether at Morgan
town or Laurel Point they should at
tend tn this at once The mail will
hereafter be delivered every day by
the carrier and he must have the adj
dresses on the pieces to be delivered.
The establishment Of the route is
due to the efforts of DR.. Fitch who is
postmaster at this place and it was
laid out by Mr.. A. B. Smith of the
department who was here some time
ago for that purpose. 1t will be well
come news to every one that it is to
start at once There has been consid-
cradle delay but it will not be put off
any longer.