The Princeton union., 1900-09-27
R, D EST TABLISHED.

Some fof Our Farmer; Friends Will
|: Have Better Postal Facilities
Than Village People.
y Postmaster Cordiner has received
Snotice from the first assistant post
master general that the rural free
delivery routes recently petitioned for
have been established and the service
oyersthese routes will commence next
N N Mlonday morning, Oct.#.l. The credit
forthis5is due to the earnest work Of
our9Wideawake postmaster and the in
.terested citizens and to Congressman
Morris who took up the matter with
the authorities at Washington and
pushed it through 10 a successful end.
The farmers along the route are to be
congratulated. -. =. ,-.. ~ -
B There will probably be some bitches
q in s the service until the patrons get
! things hi concerning it fully familiarized
and they should improve every oppor-
tunity to read up the requirements.
The42routes established are as follows:
Route No. 1--Beginning at the post
Office in this village the carrier will go
thence, mort Invest to the town limits;
thence northwest to the NE corner of
section 2S; thence west one and one:
halt miles; thence southwest to the
Glendorado. postofice;. thence south
west to the: SW corner of section 26:
thence south to the SW corner of Sec
ton; thence west quarter of mile;
thence south half mile; thence west
to Santiago, postofice: thence back
over the ssameroad to the SW corner
Of section p: thence east to- the center
OF south line Of section S; thence south
a q arter of a mile; thence northeast
to center of; west line of section 2:
thence east through center of said Sec
tion;s thence north half mile: thence
easttto Sc corner Of section 81: thence
north three-quarters of mile: thence
eastS.to village limits; thence east to
postofice. * r..
Route No. 2. Beginning at the post
Office IN this villagethe carrier. wilEgo
thence northeast to the town limits;
thence north EAST to center Of south line.
of section 22; thence east to Sc corner
of section %: thence north to NE cor
ner of section IL; thence east one and
one-half miles: thence south to the CEN
ter of section 7. thence east and north
east to NE corner of section 8; thence
east to the NE corner of section II:
thence south to Sc corner of section
IA: thence west to the NV corner of
section l9; thence south to the Sc cor
ner of section Is: thence west half
mile; thence south through center of
section 36; thence west half mile:
thence northwest to the NV corner of
section 81: thence southwest to Prince
ton postoffice.
Route No. will be carried by G.. w.
Mcfarland and is % miles in length,
supplying mail to "a square miles.
There are 1855 houses along the line of
the route and 702 people will be &C.
commodated.
Route No. 2 will be carried by Amos
Chadbourne and is q miles in length,
supplying mail to 32 square miles.
There are l47 houses along the line of
the route and 661 people will be accom-
modated.
In connection with this service
requisition has been made for five U.
U. S. iron collection boxes which will
probably arrive in time to be used af-
ter the first trip. They will be placed
as follows: On route No. ] at school
house on section 80 and at school house
in section 8. Route No. 2 at southeast
corner of section 2, at the Karmel post
office and at the Wyanette postoffice.
The carriers will leave the Prince
ton postotfice daily except Sunday af-
ter the arrival of the morning mail
and will return with their collections
in time for the outgoing night mails.
In case either of the carriers are in
disposed their routes will be carried
by L. J. Mcfarland, who has been
appointed a substitute carrier.
It is particularly desired by the de-
partment that the boxes put up by the
patrons of the rural free delivery
routes shall be of such character as
to be secure, not only from the weather,
but from smischievous or malicious de-
predations. The U. S. mail should not
be deposited in any but a proper re-
ceptacle, properly labelled and pro-.
tected and our friends in the towns OF
Princeton, Greenbush, Wyanette, San
tiago, Blue Hill and Baldwin, con-
tiguous to these routes should see to it
that the proper boxes, bearing the