The Owosso times., 1900-08-24
THE NEW CARRIER DISTRICTS
The Way the Cify's Mail Will be Han
died Beginning Sept Ist-Lee Clarke,
the New ad Substitute.

the New ad Substitute.
Postmaster Dewey, Assistant Post
master Nettie Matlock, and the entire
force of seven carriers have been put
ting in all of their spare time for th'
last week or two studying out the mos
advisable scheme for redistricting the
city to make the best possible dis
position of the force after the addition
of the new carrier on the first Of Sep
tember. AS result a provisiona
scheme was adopted last evening and
this morning and the assignment of the
carriers to the new districts was an
nounced. BY the new arrangement
the entire city, with few possible ex
ceptions noted later on, will be provided
with two deliveries per day, while the
entire business district will be covered
five times day, unless after due trial
1t shall be found impracticable to do so,
termination of the case which OF
course is not expected. The new dis.
tricts and the times of the deliveries on
the same will be as follows as nearly as
may be determined at present:
First District-Carrier Chas. Ellis
This will be the down town bust
ness district and will embrace all of the
down town business places. going as
far south as the Lake Ice Company's
office on Washington street, taking the
Thomas store and Corey's laundry on
West Main street and all business places
as far north as Mason street and east to
the east side of Park street. The five
deliveries on this district will be made
at TOO, 500, 1:30, a. M, and 1:3O and
800 p. m.
Second District-Carrier E. II. Stan
nard.-All of the first ward from Mason
street north to the corporation line and
also the residences on the east side of
Washington street from North street as
far south as King street. Two deliv-
cries day will be given on this terri.
tory, gain of one delivery for por-
ton of the outlying part.
Third district-W. G. Eggleston Car
rier.-This district will comprise the
entire second ward except the east side
OF Washington street north of King
street, the portion of the business part
OF the city covered by Carrier No. /, and
the following streets which will be serv.
ed by the mounted carrier, No. Z:
Hickory street and Summit avenue
north of Abbott street, Abbott street,
Congress street from Abbott to King,
Elmwood street, King street east of
Dewey, Dewey street from King to
Queen, Queen street, Randolph, Bell
and Gould streets, and Oliver street
from Randolph to city limits.
Fourth District-Charles McGillvra
Carrier.-The entire third ward except
the portion of the business district COW
cred by Carriers Nos 1 and I. and the
east side of Washington street which
will be covered by No. 8. This will ex-
tend second daily delivery to some of
the outlying portion of the district
which has heretofore enjoyed but one
delivery day. and also adds to the
present carrier district all territory in
the Abrey addition east of Oakdale.
Fifth District-Ami Nelson Carrier
This district is, with few exceptions,
the same as before, when it was known
as No. 3. 1t includes all the territory
west of Washington street as far as
Chapman between the D. & M. railway
and the river, except the business places
included in districts and Z. 1t also in
cludes the three short streets, Mack,
Morris and Robbins, west of Chapman,
but takes off the Owosso Mfg. Co. g
factory and the Robbins factory as we'll
as the residence portion on Chapman
street and on Main west of Chapman.
Two deliveries day will be made to
the residence portion of this district and
five to the business portion, The mount
ed carrier taking one or more business
deliveries to the sub-station on the west
side to save the carrier on this territory
from the necessity of returning to the
office after each delivery.
Sixth District-Will ID. Priest Carrier
ALI territory south of the D. & NJ
railway between Washington and Chip.
man streets and residences on the east
side Of Washington street as we'll. Two
deliveries day will be made thruou,
this entire district, gain of one deliy.
cry to the south part of the district.
Seventh District-Chas. o. Lorino
Mounted Carrier.-This district will in
clude both business deliveries and resi-
dence deliveries and will serve the fol
lowing factories and business place.
with five deliveries day at nearly the
same hours at which Carrier No. 1 serve.
the down town business district: Copa,
q Sons, packing house; Rollin Pond
monumental works; H. b. Sturtevant
lumber yard; e. F. Dudley, cold stor.
age; Ann Arbor Ry. Office; Estey Mfg
Co., office; r. N. Parshall, City Mills
Shiawasse Boiler works; Owosso Car
riage Co., Office; Muskegon Brewins
Co. office; Frieseke Bros, brick ward
Michigan Milling Co., mill and off;ce