Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-27
MORE RURAL ROUTES.
Postmaster Lee Receives Orders
to Start Two.
WORK WILL BEGIN JANUARY 2
George w. Ellis and Sylvester M. Carr
Have Been Appointed as Carriers
and James L. Peterborough is to
be the Substitute-Details of Route.

and James L. peterborough is to
be the Substitute-Details of Route.
Authority was received from the
postoffice department at Washington,
this morning, by Postmaster A.W.Lee,
for the establishment of two more
rural delivery mail routes to be start
ed from this city. These routes will
be inaugurated Wednesday morning,
January 2, and the carriers appointed
are George w. Ellis and Sylvester M.
Carr, while James l.. Brokenborough
is appointed substitute carrier.
With these two routes in operation it
will make three delivery routes served
| from this city. One of these routes
will start from the South Side station
and the other from the main Office.
Another Route Likely.
1t is also announced that another
route is being contemplated and that
in all probability it will be in actual
operation before next summer is over.
| 1t is absolutely necessary that the
/ number of houses served on each
route is 100 or more and therefore IL
takes considerable time to lay out
route and to get it in readiness to be
| served. 1t is said one of the routes
| contained in this order has it's posts
| for mail boxes already erected, and
| that all that is necessary for the be-
| ginning of the work is the placing OF
the mail boxes; this is matter of but
few minutes work when the boxes
arrive. The posts for the
other route have not been
set as yet, but this order will
| no doubt stimulate those who are to
be served, into activity, and by the
! time it goes into effect this route will
also be properly equipped.
The routes which are effected by to-
days order, as laid out by Special
Agent John B. Jeffrey, and which will
be known as Routes No. and 3, will
be as follows:
Route No. 2.
| Commencing at the poStOffice in
| South Ottumwa, thence south to the
| southwest corner of section IL, town
| ship II, range IA, thence west about
| 5s of mile; thence southwesterly on
main road to point in north and
south center line of section Is, about
| u mile north of the south line of said
|
westerly in zig-zag course following
the main road to northwest corner OF
northeast quarter of section IS; all in
township II, range IA; thence west
passing Amador postoffice to the
southwest corner of the southeast
quarter of section 10, township II,
range Is; thence north to north line
of section 8, township II, range Isl;
. or 10,
near southwest corner of the south
to the east line of section 35, all in
office and place of beginning.
Length of route 23l!. miles; area
covered 81 equare miles, number OF
houses on route 209; population serv-
ed 1,045. Carrier, George W. Ellis.
Route No. 8.
Commencing at the postoffice in OF
ltumwa, Wapello county, Iowa; thence
north and northeasterly in a zig-zag
course following the main road to a
point near the northwest corner of
section l township ~, range IA thence
north to northwest corner of section /
township 70, range IA. and north line
lof county; thence east to northeast
corner of section 6; thence south to
lsoutheast corner of section 6: thence
least one-fourth mile; thence south on
main road thru sections s, II, 20 and
30, township 70, range IS, to the south
line of said section 30; thence west to
southwest corner of section 30, town
ship 10, range 10; thence south to
northwest corner of the southwest
quarter of southwest quarter of sec.
ton 8, township 70, range 13; thence
northwest and west to northwest cor.
Iner of section 6; thence south to
southwest corner of the northwest
quarter Of section. z; thence southerly
on main road to city limits of Ottum.
wa; thence to postoffice to place of
beginning.
4 Length of route, 25 miles; area GOV.
cred, 35 square miles; number of
houses on route, 1853; population serv.
| ed, 100. Carrier, Sylvester NJ. Carr.
Location of Boxes.
In connection with this service, re.
quisition has been made for five Unit.
ed States iron collection boxes, which
will be placed by the carriers at the
following points:
! Route 2--One box at southeast cor
ner section II, Green township, near
A. l.. Burton's.
One box at southeast. corner section
II, Adams township. range 1.
One box at the middle of north line
of section i, Adams township.
Route 3-One box at intersection oil
state road and township line road be
tween section So, Richland township
and section 81. Highland township.
One box on township line road al
intersection of road dividing KeokuR
and Wapello counties.