Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-10-12

Two VIII Run into Cornwall and One to
Weybridge-Roads They VIII Cover and
Benefits to Accrue to the Farmers Along
the Lines.
The rural free delivery mail routes
from Middlebury postoflce into Wey.
bridge and Cornwall. which were laid
out last spring by Special Agent Everett
b. Norton, have at last been established
and will go into operation OH Monday
next, the 18th inst.
The Weybridge route will be known
as route No. |. Louis II. Stalker is the
carrier. He will leave the postofiice here
at 10 a. IN. and is due to arrive back at 3
p. IN. The ground to be covered l. as
follows: From the postoffice down Sey
mour street to the paper-mlll bridge,
after crossing which he will begin to de-
! liver mail; thence southwest to the
| Blanchard place; thence northwest to
the Victor Wright place; thence north
to the Cotton place; thence southwest
to the Monument church; thence north
west to the John Child corner; thence
west to the John Wales corner; thence
northwest to the G.. f. Child place :;
thence northwest to +. S. Wright's !;
thence south along the east side of Snake
mountain to the foot of Burneau hill !;
thence northwest to the Hall place !;
thence southwest TO G.. p. Cranes {;
thence east past the Randall and Vail
corners to the James creamery; thence
southeast to the Mack place; thence east
to the James school house; thence north
to the Monument church, and thence by
the direct road back to the Middlebury
office. The length of the route is frac-
tion more than p miles, the area covered
is % square miles, the number of houses
on the route is lis and the population
served is something more than 400.
| The Cornwall route, to be known as
No. ,. will have two carriers, Albert +.
and Harry X. Goodrich of Whiting.
They are to leave the Middlebury post
Office with their mails at 3 80 p. m. One
of them will 90 direct to Cornwall post
office, beginning the delivery of mail at
point about mile from the Middleburv
office he will proceed from Cornwall
postoffce south to the corner in Whiting
near Judge IIubbard's residence and go
thence west TO the Stickney corner. He
will then return to Mddlebury, collect
ing mail as he comes. The other carrier
will go from Middlebury west on the
Bridport road, beginning delivery after
crossing the town line, To the Fair
bridge; thence south to the DpLong cor
ner; thence east to the postoflice at West
Cornwall; thence south TO the Stickney
corner. He will return over the same
route. collecting but not delivering. The
length of the routes covered by the two
carriers is - miles; area covered. ~
square miles: houses on routes. 1876:
population served. $50. The so called
"star." or stage. service between West
Cornwall and Middlebury will be discon-
tnued at the end of this week and the
pouches to and from the offices at Corn
wall and West Cornwall will be taken
out and brought back by the rural car
riers. The instructions are that these
carriers shall return to Mlddlehury at
night, after having made their deliveries,
but an effort is being made to have the
time OF their return changed 10 morning.
thus giving people along the routes the
evenings in which to answer their cOrre
spondence.
The carriers on all the routes will not
only deliver and collect mail matter, but
will sell stamps of the ordinary denomi-
nations, postal cards and stamped enve-
lopes and will register letters and give
receipts therefor-in short, they will do
all the business done bv postotfices eX
cept selling money orders. They are
permitted to carry passengers and pack
ages, do errands, take subscriptions for
newspapers and magazines and do any
other business which will not interfere
with the performance of their duties as
carriers. The postotfice department eX-
poets patrons of the route TO provide
suitable weather-proof mail boxes so
placed on posts by the roadside in front
of their residences that mail may be put
in and taken from them by the carrier
without dismounting. A number of such
boxes, well constructed of metal. are on
the market and may be had at from -
cents to 50 each. Those along the routes
who wish their mail delivered by the
carriers will need to change their post
Office address TO Middlebury, If that is
not now it. Postmaster Skiif has pro-
vided blanks for enclosure with letters
to give notice of such change of address
and also blanks to be sent to publishers
of newspapers and magazines requesting
them to make the necessary change.
Copies of these blanks may be had on
application. and the sooner they are
made use of the better.
The following regulations respecting
the business of rural delivery routes. re-
Gently promulgated by Postmaster-Gen-
eral smith, are of interest in this connec-
ton:
First. That on and after Aug. !, 1900, the
"drop letter" or one cent rate of postage Will
not apply within rural free delivery limits
The two cent per ounce rate will be exacted
within such delivery upon all first class mat
ter tXceDt postal cards.
second. That the introduction of rural free
delivery Will not increase or otherwise
modify the present rate OF postage on second
class matter.
Third. That rural free delivery carrier.
will not bring to the postoflice mail matter
collected by them, which may be delivered