, 1900-10-20
RURAL
FREE DELIVERY WILL BEGIN. AS
PROMISED ON NO.
MEMBER I.
Postmaster BeItz Receives His Letter
of Observation-Disclosures Of Carrier
and Substitute-Details Of the
Route and the Plan Of Collecting
and Delivering Mail.

Preparations are now practically
completed for the establishment OF
rural free delivery from Laramie on
the first day of ovember. The post
office department has acted with
promptness and the people living along
the route proposed have reasOn to be
pleased with the energy of Postmaster
Beltz and of Senator Warren i'll get
ting this valuable service in operation
Rural free delivery is one of the ad.
vanced theories in which the present
republican administration has distin.
guished itself from past administra.
tions. That the postofiice is for the
benefit of all the people is the prinCi,
pie upon which the postofice depart,
ment has been conducted; and wher,
ever the conditions have been at all
favorable the service has been extend
ed into the country districts.
The population reached by this new
route is not up to the requirements
laid down for the establishment of cur
al delivery routes but in consideration
Of the fact that two fourth class post
offices, which were about to be created.
will now be dispensed with, the de
partment is able to establish this
route without great loss.
Postmaster Beltz has just received
a letter of instructions covering the
details of the new service. 1t is from
j.. J. Hooley, acting first assistant post,
master general, and is, in part, as fol.
lows:
Details Of Route.
You are hereby authorized to es,
tablish rural free delivery from your
Office to commence Thursday. Novem
Der /, 1900. with one carrier at a sal
airy of $500 per annum. including horse
hire. Harry S. Sureson has been ap
pointed carrier and Andrew II. Cordi
ner substitute carrier. The bonds
have been received and placed on file
The route to be followed. as laid
down by Special Agent H. A. Clark
will be as follows:
Route No. l..
First half. Notwithstanding
at the p%ostofice at Laramie, said
county and state, the carrier will &C
thence north three-fourths of a mile;
thence west to the northwest Corner of
Georges farm. three miles: thence in
a %southerly direction to the state uni
versity experiment station. one and
one-half miles: thence southwest tC
Palow's property. sever miles; thence
west to the northwest corner OF
Krout's ranch. five and o%ne-fourth
miles; thence southwest to the north
west corner of Prior's place. one and
three-fourths miles; thence south tc
the northeast corner of Pops farm
one mile; thence south to the north enc
of the Leroy road, three miles; thence
south to the Leroy bridge. II mile
Second Half.
Second half. tri-weekly-In Il north
easterly direction to the southwest
corner ofBrush's place. -four miles;
thence south to the Hardman ranch
five miles; thence southeast tt
Sand creek school house, three miles
fhapra in "a ortbaaStarl dir,ctinn II
site of old Fort Sanders military post
twelve and three-fourths miles; thence
north to the place of beginning. tire,
miles.
Area covered 121 square miles
number of houses visited on route. so
population. 400.
In connection with this service re
QUESTION has been made for three Uni
ted States iron collection boxes which
you will have rural carrier place a
the following points: One box at Hut
ton Grove school, one box at a poin
opposite Mansfield school. one box a
Sand creek school house.
The carrier is to traverse the frs
half of the route, stopping over nigh
in the vicinity of Leroy bridge; thel
continuing the second half of the routt
the next day and returning to Lara
ME. This will make a ~tri-weekly ser
vice"
The Regulations.
Among other instructions given il
this letter are these:
ut is particularly desired by the de
partment that the boxes put up By the
patrons Of free rural delivery shall be
OF such a character as to be secure
not only from the weather but from
malicious and mischievous depreda