The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-29
A RURAL DELIVERY
Five Routes to be Established
in This County.
The Routes as Made Out by Postal Official
Upon Recommendation Of Mr..
ktWaier.

AS noted in yesterdays paper Congress
man Atwater is DESTROYS of having the
rural free delivery experiment tried in
his district.
He has made recommendations to this
effect to the Postoffice Department at
Washington, and the Department has sent
a special agent, Mr.. w. c. Lattimer, here
to make survey of the proposed routes
and report back to the authorities at
Washington.
Three routes are to be established from
the office here, one from Garner, one
from Morrisville probably, and one from
Smithfeld
The routes. as nearly as possible, make
circuit of twenty-five miles. 1t must
not be more than thirty miles. The car
rier receives mail each morning for the
people who live on or near his route and
rides over his circuit The people living
in the neighborhood of the road ira
versed by him put up boxes along the
highway and their mail is deposited in
their respective boxes. At intervals
along the circuit the Government puts
up good iron boxes to receive mail and
the carrier collects the mail from these
boxes.
The routes proposed from this city are
as follows. starting always from the post
office here
Route No T. North by Peace Institute
and Pilot Mills to Dr. Lewis farm; thence
to Whitaker's mill, then north on the
Newlight road to Brassfield store; thence
out by Bayleaf church and Veto postoffice
to the Falls road at ID. Aliens; thence
on the Falls road to the old Nose Allen
place on to the Justice school house on
the Raleigh and Falls road at f. A.
Aliens. Thence back to Raleigh Q1
miles) on the Louisburg road.
Route No. 2. East on the new Pool
road to Bethlehem church, thence south
to Mial road, and eastward on to Shot
we'll. From Shotwell in a northwest di-
rection on the Smithfeld road to the
Tarboro road, and on the Tarboro road to
Raleigh.
Route No. g. South on Fayetteville road
to McCullers postoffice; thence west on
McCuller's road to Ellington road; on
Ellington road to old Penny mill (now
Yates) thence north to Holly Strings
road and on that road to Avents Ferry
road, thence northeast to the city.
The Garner route proposed is as fol-
lows: South to Gulley's mill, thence to
Lemay back by Leachburg and on to Gar
ner.
Onlynone of these routes has as yet
been gone over by Mr.. Lattimer-that is
Route No 1. He was very much pleased
with it, He says the roads of this coun-
ty. so far as he has been able to OBJ
serve, are very good and the country
thiclIly populated He thinks Mr. At
water will have no trouble in getting all
the routes he wants The other routes
will be inspected before he leaves for
Smithfield, where he will establish one
route From there he goes to oxford.
OF course tie above routes are subject
to change until permanently fixed by the
government.
The carriers for the routes in this dis
trict will be appointed by Mr. Atwater,
Congressman of the district He must
furnish his own conveyance and horse and
make the route every day. The pay is
$500 year.
Only one appointment SO far has been
made, that is Will Allen, son of Mr.. w.
G. Allen. who will be assigned to the
Falls route
Congressman Atwater and his very eff
ficient secretary, Mr.. Long, are now in
the city assisting Mr. Lattimer in every
way possible in the establishment of the
routes.