Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-29
THE RURAL MAIL DELIVERY
Routes in Salt Lake County Where Mail is
Carried to Homes,
on Dec. 10 New and Invaluable Com
venicnce VIII be Extended In the
Way of Postal Facilities.

Rural free delivery Of mail has be-
come a fixture in Utah. All the recon-
mendatIons Of Postmaster Thomas TO
the department have been accepted and
favorably acted upon, The two old dis
tricts which were established at Murray
and Sandy have bsen abolished and In
their place five new districts have been
found covering the more ground.
December 10 has been set as the day
on which the new order Of things will
begin, and fully 10000 people living In
Salt Lake county alone will have a
daily service. The districts win be COW
cred once a day,
The following are the five routes as
mapped out by the department.
Route No L., Murray Beginning at
Murray postofiice. thence north along
State road to junction VI road No "a.
southeast along "a to junction Of road
No. 4, north along road No. 4 TO june
ton OF road No. 70, east along 10 TO road
No. 2, south along No to road No. So
east along So TO road No 1, north along
/ TO road 81, east along "a 20 road s.
north along IS to junction with road So,
southwest along SO TO road No 75, west
along 70 to road No 2, north along road
to road IS, west and south TO post
Office Total length Of route, eighteen
miles. Vincent Shurtlln, messenger
Route No. 2, Murray Beginning at
the postofIice thence north along State
road 20 road 81, east one mile, north
one mile. east One-third mile, south one
mile. east one-third mile, north one
mile east one-third mile, south one
and half miles, east and north along
road No 6S 10 road No. g.. cast one-halt
mile, south along road No. 6s TO road
81, west along road 81 one and a third
miles, north to road 50, west along road
81 to state road. south 10 postoiilce.
Total length OF route, twenty miles.
II. f. Stevenson, messenger.
Route No. L. Sandy-Beginnng at the
Sandy postofiice. thence north 10 West
Jordan, west TO highway No. 10, along
highway 10 TO highway 70, along 10 20
highway 10, along 10 TO 66, west along
66 to Redwood line II, south along Red
wood line II TO highway 80. east one
half mile north along highway 10 10
highway 81, east one mile, south one
half mile, east one-half mile, south
and east TO postofiice. Total length OF
route, twenty-five miles.
Route No. ., Sandy-Beginning at the
Sandy postofice, thence south TO high
way No 50. west along road 81 70 Red
wood road, south along Redwood road
TO highway No. lQ7, east along road
No. l07 to State road, north along State
road 70 postoffice. Total length of route
eighteen miles Isaac Harrison, mes
senger.
Route No. 3. sandy-Beginnin al the
Sandy postoflice, south along state
road to highway No. 80, east along y.
one mile, north along highway No.
one mile. east one-half mile. north one
mile along highway No. 40, east one
| half mile, north along highway Nc.
10 highway No. So west to highway No
4 north to highway No, IS west "a
State road, south along state road e
/ highway No. Sc. east 70 highway No. 4
south 70 highway No, 81, west 70 state
road. south to postotilce. Total length
| Of route, seventeen miles.