Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01
RURAL DELIVERY.
TWO New Routes Have Been RecOm-
mended This Week.

one Embraces west BraItIebor0 his
tricis and the other GuiIford---Wiil
Probably BE Established by July L.
No OppOsitlOn to the Movement.
Important changes in She postal service
In the districts rural to the BrattlebOrO
carrier district have been recommended to
the post.oflice department this week by +.
p. Norton, special agent 0f the rural de-
livery system Mr.. Norton came TO Brat
tleboro in response TO petitions from Post
master Webster of Brattleboro and John
f. Gale of Guilford asking for the estab-
lishment of rural delivery routes in West
Brattleboro and Guilford respectively. On
Monday he was taken over the proposed
route in Guilford by Postmaster Webster
and Mr.. Gale and on Tuesday he and
Postmaster Webster went over the proposed
West Brattleboro route.
Mr. Norton said he never saw more ad-
vantageous locations for free rural delivery
routes than those proposed for West Brat
tleboro and Guilford, and he decided at
once to recommend favorable action upon
the petitions, requesting that the routes be
established by July of the present year.
He will also recommend the extension Of
the present rural delivery route by from
ther Dustin district and the McV eigh neigh
borhood, embracing Il CT u more families.
The proposed West Brattleboro route in
cludes two separate districts, one of about
eight miles and the other of about -
miles making a total OF u miles. The
shorter route extends from West Brattle-
boro village northerly past the Pettee stock
farm to Charles Harris's, thence easterly
to the Calvin Harris place and back past
the DR.. Pettee place 10 West Brattleboro
village. The longer route extends from
the village westerly along the Jacksonville
road about one mile, thence past Capt.
Gleasons to the brick yard, thence back
by the Marlboro south road, past the
Gould place, to the Jacksonville road again.
Thence it runs southerly half mile where
it again leaves the Jacksonville road and
passes the w. II. Alexander, w. H. Eddy
and Henry Akley places, coming back to
the main road at L. Wrisley's. Thence 1t
continues along the main road and after
passing the Cutting and Eastwood places
turns southeasterly past the Gilbert Nc
Clure and G. E. Morse places in Guilford,
thence northerly past Ransom Alleys,
John Nesbitt's and Charles Miners to
West Brattleboro.
1t proposed to have the carrier take the
tleboro so as TO take the irst afternoon
mail, which by that time will have arrived.
He will leave the Bratteboro Office about
o'clock and return probably between 6
and clock. The route will be known
as the Brattleboro Rural Delivery No. ?.
The Guilford free delivery route, to be
known as the Brattleboro Rural Delivery
No. $, if established, will start from the
BrattleborO post-otiice, going thence TO the
village of Guiiford, thence south on the
Greenfield road TO the Vernon road corner,
near the Brown farm, thence back to Gull
ford village, retracing about a mile, thence
on the Guilford Centre road TO the Wealth
erhead Hollow bridge, thence through the
Hollow and South Hollow to district No.
schoolhouse, thence by way of d. D.
Franklin's TO Guilford Centre, and back
through East Guilford to Brattleboro.
The route is about % miles long, covers
| about % square miles and accommodates
| no less than $50 families. Il covers prac-
tically the whole town of Guilford except
the west side, two square miles on the
south side where the people are served
from the Bernardston and Jeyden offices,
| and a small district on the north side of
the town in the Akley neighborhood, which
will be served by the new rural delivery
route No. ?.
People living in neighborhoods adjacent
! 10 those reached by the rural delivery car
riers will erect boxes in places TO be desig
| mated hereafter. In Gu!lfeyd patrons will
have ample opportunity TO answer letters
delivered by the carrier on his outward trip
and have them brought to the Bratteboro
office by the carrier on his return trip the
| same day. The carriers will also serve
their patrons al their doors with STAMPS,
and all post-otfice supplies, including the
registry of letters,
The movement for the establishment of
the Guilford mail delivery route originated
with the people of the South Hollow"
who have never had proper mail accommo.
| dations. At their request John K. Gale
drew the petition, and prepared the neces-
sary papers, including a map of the dis
trict. The circulation of this petition be.
gan about the first of April, and it was
generally signed by the people interested,
including those in the villages of Guilford
and Guilford Centre. The petition and
accompanying papers were sent to Wash
ington about three weeks ago.
The change for the Guiford people
would be a radical one, since it would
probably do away with the post-offices in
Guilford and Gailford Centre, giving the
people free delivery six days in the week in
their place, but the change is in line with
modern methods and development in the
postal service. Special Agent Norton is
enthusiastic over the feasibility of both
these proposed new routes. He says he
has rarely visited any section of country so
admirably situated for this service. He
will make favorable report on both, urg-
emily recommending the establishment Of
the routes, and he entertains no doubt of
favorable action.
Mr.. Norton also praises warmly the way
in which the matter was presented to the
department at Washington. The map sub
mitted by Postmaster Webster of the West
BrattlebOrO route showed the rural delivery
officials at Washington the exact situation
at glance, and the same was true of Mr..
Gales Guilford map. Ny. Gales whole
presentation, he said, was one of the
clearest and best he had ever seen in such
| a case.
DR.. Webster has been especially anx-
lous to secure the establishment of the
| West Brattleboro route, and when in Wash
.ngton last week he secured promise that
the case should be taken up and a special
agent sent to investigate at once. He will
/ also be glad to see the Guilford route es-
tablishea if it meets the approval of the
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