The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-15

Mission township have been working for
a route ever since the Tecumseh route
was first proposed.
The route as planned will cover the
pOpulOus communities Immediately
southwest of Topeka and the greater
part of Mission township, as well the
northern part of Auburn. Its most
western point will be Bradford Miller's
place, and its most southern viii be
Liberty school house on the township
line between Auburn and Mission town
ships.
The route in detail will be as follows:
Starting from Station B near Washburn
college it will go west one and half
miles to the town site Of Seabrook. After
encircling the town by turning south
past the pOstoffice, it will go north one
mile, and then west two miles to Wanna
maker postOffice, south one and a half
miles, west three miles to Bradford
Miller's place, south five miles past
whitfield postoffice to Liberty school
house. east two miles, north four miles
to Grange Hail, east four and half
miles, north and northeast three-Quar-
tiers of a mile to QuintOn Heights post
Office, then north and west one mile to
Station B. The length of the route will
be about twenty-six miles.
It will be noticed that this route
passes four small pOstoffices in Mission
township. Whether it will cause any or
all of them to be abolished is not known,
but it is quite probable that some of
them will have to go. The allowances
of the postmasters Of these offices will
go towards paying for the rural delivery
carrier, and the patrons of the offices
will have the mail brought right to their
doors.
1t will also make a difference in the
star route from Topeka to Dover. At
present this route goes out past these
small offices and takes their mail 10
them, but when their territory is COW
cred by rural delivery this will not be
necessary. The Dover mail can here
after be sent out from Valencia, which
7 = 1.0w. to To-. a1-
In time, when the appropriation will
allow it, another rural delivery route
will be put in to cover Dover township.
thereby doing away with the necessity
for a star route altogether.
Tt is probable that the Mission route
will be the best in Shawnee county, on
account of the thickly settled communi-
ties through which it will pass. At pres
ent the Tecumseh route is said to be
not only the best in Kansas, but the
second best in the United States, in
point of the amount of mail handled.
It was impossible for Mr.. Lynn and
Judge Guthrie to count all the houses
which would be served by the Mission
route as they went over the territory,
but they estimate that there are up
wards of 300 houses within mile of
the route that can be easily served by
the carrier. This means that over 1900
people will get their mail on this route
a farmer from Silver Lake township
came in to see Mr. Lynn today about
establish hing a route running northwest
from North Topeka, but Mr.. Lynn said
it would be impossible to give Shawnee
county any more routes until the appro-
priation is increased, but it is probable
that this will be done by the next con-
gress. When rural delivery was first
talked of for Shawnee county the people
around Mission Center held a meeting
and appointed a committee to wait on
Mr. Hathaway to see about getting a
route out there, and they have agitated
the matter until they have secured the
route
1t is not known just how soon the
Mission route can be started, but the
necessary maps and the recommended
ton for the route will be sent into the
denartment tomorroW.