Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-10
Rural Free Mail Delivery.

augurated at Alma on Wednesday, Au-
gust 10, 1900. on Routes No. and 8,
described as follows:
NUMBER 2.
Beginning at postoffice, in the town
OF Alma, said county and state: Run
ming thence in village to village limits
to south. west corner section 26, / mile /;
thence north to southwest corner Sec
ton %, l mile thence west TO center OF
south line of section %, y mile; thence
north to center of south line of section
10, miles; thence east TO the southwest
corner section IL, y mile; thence north
to the northwest corner section 2, 2
miles thence west 10 the northwest
corner section 4, 2 miles; thence south
to the southwest corner section 1, l
mile; thence west TO the southwest
corner section 2, miles; thence south
to center Of west line Of section IA, l19
miles; thence west TO center of west
line of section 10, mile; thence south
TO the southwest corner section 10, lla
mile thence east TO the center Of south
line section II, A miles; thence south
to center of south line section 90 mile;
thence east to the southwest corner Sec
ton %, > miles thence south to city
limits of Alma, mile; thence in city
limits to postoflice, point of beginning,
y mile.
Length of route, 25la miles; area
covered, fl square miles; number of
houses on route, $50; population, $40.
Two u. s. iron collection boxes will
be placed at the following points
One at school house, southwest corner
section 6; one at southeast corner section
IA.
Virgil NJ. Wilson has been appointed
carrier and Henry Wise substitute
carrier.
NUMBER 3.
Beginning at the postoffice in Alma.
said county and state; go thence south
TO village limits, p mile; thence south
to southwest corner section 3, p mile;
thence west to southwest corner section
4, mile; thence south to angling road,
near southwest corner section l6, 2
miles; thence southwest on angling road
to southwest corner section 20, ! mile;
thence south to southwest corner section
30, / mile; thence west to southwest
corner section 80, l mile; thence south
to southwest corner section 81, mile
thence west to southwest corner section
Sc, mile; thence south to southwest
corner Of northwest quarter OF south
east quarter of section 2, q mile; thence
west to southwest corner Of northwest
quarter of the southeast quarter Of Sec
tion 3, mile; thence south to center OF
south line of section 10, l \. mile; thence
east to center of south line Of section Z.
miles thence north TO center Of north
line of section 6, 2 miles thence east to
southwest corner section "a, 2 miles;
thence north to southwest corner section
Is, 3 miles thence east to southwest
corner section IA, / mile; thence north
TO village limits of Alma. 2It miles
thence in village limits to postoffice, y
mile.
Length Of route, 26 miles; area COW
cred, 40 square miles number of houses
on route, 1888; population served $40.
Two u. 8. iron collection boxes will
be placed at the following points:
One at southwest corner section Z,
Newark township; one at southwest
corner section "a
Seth A. Tubbs has been appointed
carrier and Howard Willard substitute
carrier.
The mail will leave Alma every day
except Sunday and legal holidays on
Route No. 2 at 900 q. m. en- Route No.
at 10 100 a. m. standard time.
Mail will be delivered to every family
on or adjacent TO the above routes free of
cost, no matter if you live two miles or
more off the routes, provided only that a
suitable box to receive mail is put DIRECT
LY on THE ABOVE ROUTES in place that
can be CONVENIENTLY reached by the
carrier without alighting from his buggy
No mail will be delivered unless a suit
able box is provided as above. Such a
box should be of galvanized iron eigh.
teen inches long, seven inches high and
water tight, with an iron bar bolted on
the under side of the lid at the bottom
to keep the lid from blowing up.
The top of the post upon which the
mail box stands should be four feet from
the level ground upon which the carrier
buggy stands when he is putting the
mail into the box. An inch board the
same size of the box should be nailed
upon the post, TO which the box should |
be securely fastened. Leave shoulder
of the post to run up on the back side OF
the box, TO which it may be fastened.
1t will be noticed that each carrier has
a daily drive of twenty.six miles 70
make This renders it absolutely neces |
sary that tho carriar ob.lI No. - l.