The Democratic advocate., 1899-12-16
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Three More POstofficeS-on-WheelS to Start
Next WedneSday-AlS0 Twenty-Six
Letter Carriers

A revolution in rural mails will be inaugu-
rated on December 20 in Carroll. Three
more Postoffices- on Wheels will be started
! from Westminster, and twenty-six letter car
riers will receive mail from them at various
points, as given below, exchange mail matter
| and deliver mail matter to the wagons. The
mail wagons will cover about 10S miles daily,
except Sunday, and wagons and carriers to-
| gether will cover 575 of the 500 miles of coun-
| ty roads. BY the new system of delivering
and collecting mails over 5000 families will be
served daily.
The system necesSitates abolishiug sixty
| three postofices in the county, and after next
| Wednesday the only ones left will be those
Immediately on the several railroads travers-
ing the county. All star-routes will be abol
ished also. The compensation of the post
masters at the offices to be abolished is s., 200
per year, and star-route contractors received
So, 100. The new system will cost Sl4, 500
year, but more postoffces are to be abolished,
and the Pcstoffice Department believes the
free delivery in q short time will cost no more
than the old system, while the people will be
benefited by daily service. The only Office of
considerable importance to be abolished is at
Manchester. That town will have free de
livery of mail at Q. 10 a. m. and II. 80 and $50
p. m. and mail will be collected from mail
boxes at 6.45 and $50 a. IN. and $50 p. m.
George C. Fitze will be postal clerk on
Wagon A, the one now in service; Horace u.
Reese, who has been on Wagon A will take
Wagon d; Frank $. Grumbiue will be on
Wagon c, and Atlee Wampler on Wagon B.
LETTER CARRIERS.
Following are the names of the letter car
riers appointed No. l Wm. II. Brown, ,
Richard Kane, II. r. Matthias, Fred. \.
Hook, David H. Geimau. ChaS. +. 1Iug-
ling. George l.. Lescalleei, 5 John Albert
Brown, 9 Marion A. Poole, 10 ). l.. Grove.
IL John Allen, u Bailey z. Duderer, l8
Philetus r. Haight, IA Calvin Reese Netcalt,
I5 Jere ]. Garner. I6 Robert W. Gait. IL FL
mer l.. Eyler. is James A. Reed, l9 Chas.
G. Brown, 20 John A. YinglIng. p Joshua
b. Shriver. ~ John 5. Wentz, 3 Chas. !. II.
Ganter. "A Chas T. Roystou, - George T.
SchaefTer, % John W. f. Burgoon.
The new system Is the ouigro~h OF the
postal wagon system conceived and planned
bv Mr. Edwin w Shriyer, OF Westminster,
who began work on planning postal wagon
about eighteen months ago. he mapped out
4 route. drew plan Of wagon aud laid the
scheme before the Postoffice Department Il
vas al once decided to try the system. The
wagon was started last April. and Mr. Shriver
himself was the postal clerk. The Postciiice
Department was so pleased with the system,
Mr.. Shriver waS taken on the wagon ana ~ ..
structed to devise plans for an extension OF
the service to cover the county. lie worked
out the system that Is TO be put into operation
next week. aud known as the Shrlver System
Of Free Rural Delivery, aud Il 1t proves as
satisfactory to the Department As Was the hrst
PoStoaioe on Wheels, !, viii be gradually ex
tended TO the whole couasry.
Below will be found the routes Of wagons
and carriers aud some other details % the
new mail system |, would be well inT eur
readers to Gu, out the Instructions and keep
them for fatare reference.