The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-05-25
TO GIVE 1T A TRIAL.
Rural Free Delivery May Be-
come General in Frederick
County-To Experiment in
Emmitsburg District

Inc great success oil Uhe hufal
Free Delivery Service, now in
practical operation in Carroll
county, has prompted Mr.. +. W.
Shriver, of Westminster, the or
iginator of the plan, as now car
ried out, to investigate the field
in Emmitsburg district, this
county, and together with Post.
master John A. Horner, OF Em-
mitshurg, spent several days re-
Gently in looking over the district,
picking out the most favorable
routes for the "postoffice on
Wheels" The result of their find.
ing is the accompanying itinerary,
which has been submitted to the
Postof1ice Department at Wash.
ington for its approval:
Route No. 1.-The carrier will
leave Emmitsburg about $50 a.
M, and will deliver mail along
the Gettysburg road as far as
Fairplay, Pa, where connection
will be made by collection box
with carrier from Gettysburg,
then return on Gettysburg road
to the road leading to Rhodes
Mill, following this road to the
mill, where a collection box will
be placed. From this point the
carrier will travel the road lead
ing past McIlheny's school house
to Eiker's shops, in Liberty Town
ship, Pa, where another collec-
ton box will be placed; thence up
the hill to the Tract road at Mr..
James Plank's. 1t is probable
that a collection box will be To-
Gated at this point. He will then
follow the Tract road to the
Tract (Zimmerman's) School
House, then making a loop, go
ing through Seabrook's woods,
and pass Mr.. +. w. Shriver's
residence, to Mr.. Lewis Krise's;
thence on that road to the Way
nesbOro pike, up the pike to Fora,
Pa, where a distressing box will
be placed. From that point the
carrier will follow the pike to En-
mitsburg; thence on the fancy
town road to Messrs. David and
Joseph OILERS and then follow
the road leading to Bollinger's
School House, where connection
will be made with carrier No. "a
from Harvey, by collection box,
and then north on the Bull Frog
road to the Littlestown road at
Mr.. James Neely's, and thence
to Emmitsburg via Littlestown
road, completing Route No. l, of
twenty-five miles.
Route No. 2.-The carrier will
leave M. st. Mary's at $50 a. m.
going to collection box at Mr..
Althoff's residence, where the
upper MechanicstOwn road inter
sects the Frederick and Emmits.
burg turnpike road, and then re-
turn by the pike to Mt. st. Mary's
College, where a collection will
be made; theuce to Emmitsburg
via pike, collecting mail along
this route for the $50 a. M, dis
patch. Carrier will then remain
in Emmitsburg until the arrival
Of the 8 a. IN. train, and after re-
ceiving all the mail matter for
that section Of the country, will
start distributing about $50 a.
M, returning over route given
above to Mt. st. Mary's, where a
station will probably be establish
ed, with all the facilities of a reg
ular postoffice; thence down the
pike to Althoff7s, following the
upper Mechanicstown road, deliv-
ering mail as far as the district
line; thence on the road leading
to Mr.. John A. PeddicOrd's on
the pike, coming up the pike as
far as the new road, near Mr..
VIM. Sweeney's residence; up
this road to the Mountain road
and will follow this road as far as
to the road leading to Mr.. Jacob
HOke's residence, following this
road to Mr.. Joseph Hopp's on the
pike, following the pike to the
tOll-gate, thence down the Crea
gerstOwn road to Motters Gross
Roads, to Mr.. w. I'll. Weaver's,
and then to Motter's Station,
where connection will be made
with Rocky Ridge delivery by
means of collection box. The
caraier will then proceed to Mt
st. Mary's via Clairvaux. Al
2.30 p. M, the carrier will again
start an his collecting trip. He
will first go to the collection box
at Mr.. Althoff7s, collect all mai
that has been deposited, and re.
turn to collection station to Mt
st. Mary's, and thence to the col
lege for collection, and retnrr
to the diminishing postoffice viz
the pike collecting all the way il
for dispatch on the 4.5O p. m
train. He will remain in EN-
mitsburg until the arrival of the
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