Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28
PLACED AT THEIR DOORS.
Rural Free Delivery viii Place Mail at the
Doors Of $50 Farme of the Surrounding
Country Every Morning.


Country Every Morning.
| Colonel Henry Casson. special agent
of the postoffice department for the in
vestigation of the experiments in ruraI
free delivery, was in Viroqua, Wednes-
day and Thursday last, looking over the
three routes which Representative Bah
cock has recommended to the DEPART
ment to be established here. Mr.. Cas-
son, Postmaster Goodell and others went
over the territory and found what they
consider three very desirable routes
which Will supply population of APP
proximately two thousand people, and
Col. Casson will recommend the estab-
llshment OF the service to take effect
July 10th. The routes established cover
an area of % square miles and will re-
qulre about 63 miles travel daily on the
three. The extreme point from the vi
roqua postoffice Is about seven miles on
an air line. 1t is aimed tc keep these
routes as much ON ridge territory as
possible. They are about as follows:
Route No. 1.--Viroqua TO o. H. Nat
wick's corner in the town of jefferson;
south on Nottingham ridge to Allen
Frederlckson's, continuing south to the
farm OF j. ID. Cade, on the Bad AK: east
across Dach ridge to John Gorslines,
town of Franklin; south to Black River
road, following same to Viroqua This
route has about 1870 families accessible
to it. Geo. S. Taylor has been assigned
as the carrier.
Route No. 2.-North one mile TO
Rusks corner, thence east past asylum
and county farm to E. Powells corner,
thence north o1e-half mile to VIM Sill
baugh's residence, thence east three
miles 20 Nj. V. DeGarmo's farm, north
one mile, thence west past Asbury
church t. west side of VIM. Bowman's
farm; north to Seas branch and stone
school house; west to a point on Black
River road south of the Goodell farm,
thence south to city. This viii accom-
modate about 140 families. Ak. Bort
will be messenger.
Route No. 3.-Southeast part r. B.
Morrisons farm to Brookville, following
valley to a point where the highway
leads east to Lake farm thence east to
Lake corners, thence east in northerly |
direction to Welsh school house, thence |
west to residence of Seth McClurg and |
north to Bishop branch, and east to !
church, thence north in Hudson valley. |
following main road to Virogua. Henry |
Stout will be messenger and the route |
will supply about 1880 families.
Ii the department approves of Mr.. |
Casson's recommendation and the service |
Is established, carriers will leave Viro- |
qua after the arrival of the morning
train, delivering the mail to each of the |
farmers who may desire it, and gather
ing the return mail, returning to the |
postoffice in time for the outgoing train
in the evening. In addition to supply
ing mail to the farmers, carriers will sell |
postage stamps and will be permitted to
carry packages, express and passengers
II they so desire. Farmers will be re-
quired to place their mail boxes at the
road in a convenient place for the car
rier to deposit their mail. No regula-
ton box is prescribed by the department.;
each farmer can suit his own taste about
the style of mail box. but it is especially
desired that they all be rain proof and
that they be marked 'J. S. Mail, with
the name of the party also ON the box
Free delivery service was first estab-
lished in Wisconsin as an experiment at
Sun Prairie about two years since. and
has worked very successfully. Under
its operation nearly every farmer on the
route can read his morning newspaper
at the noon hour, can take advantage of
the weather predictions for the day and
can also inform himself as to the markets
So far in Wisconsin routes have been
recommended at West Salem Marshall,
Columbus and Viroqua but none of
these are as yet in operation, except Sun
Prairie About rs routes are established
and running in Indiana and about % in
Iowa. The service, however, is COM
paratively new as to the Northwestern
states
The farmers of Vernon county who
are to receive this service are pleased
with the prospect of having their mails
brought to them daily and if the expert
ment proves successful undoubtedly
other routes will be petitioned for in the
near future.
Col CassOn says the free rural system
provides farmers this service at less
cost to the government proportionately
than does the carrier system in cities
The former costs 5000 for serving about
900 people, while it costs $40G for 500
ON the rural plan Mr.. Cas-
son thinks this will eventually be ex-
tended and have the effect of wiping out
many of the stage routes.
Geo. w. Hall, A. L. Russell and Bert
Dustin have been designated as alter
mates for these rontes.