Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-07-27
RURAL DELIVERY ROUTES.
Two New Ones Established and the Old
One Extended.
Service For the People Beyond west
BrRttIeborO aud In GuIIford---Bert l..
Sargent and george Il. Houghton the


Carriers.
Postmaster d. p. Webster has received
the following official order in regard to the
establishment of the West Brattleboro and
Guilford rural delivery routes, and the ex-
tension of the route which has proved 80
satisfactory to people north and west of
the village. The extension in route No.
will take place August 1, and the new
routes will be established Aug. Is.
You are hereby authorized to extend the
Rural free delivery service from your Of
fee, TO commence on Wednesday, August
Is, 1900, with two carriers, at salary Of
| $500 per annum, each, including horse
hire.
Bert l.. Sargent and George f. Hough-
ton have been appointed carriers, and
William f. Mixer, Walter f. Bartlett and
Frank II. Laughton, substitute carriers
| Their bonds have been received and
| placed on file.
The routes TO be followed, as laid down
by Special Agent Everett b. Norton, will
be as follows, and will be known as routes
No. and No. 3:
| Route No. 2-Beginning at the West
Brattleboro station Of the Brattleboro,
Vermont, post-office, and running north
west over Main street to the limits Of West
| Brattleboro village, IL mile, and beginning
rural free delivery where the limits Of the
village end; thence from the village limits
1-2 miles, to the Richardson corner, over
the Ames Hill road; thence Ia mile south
easterly from Richardson corner TO the
brick yard corner; thence easterly from the
brick yard corner IA Of mile, to the
Hinesburg bridge; thence southwesterly
miles from Hinesburg bridge TO Wrisley's
corner; thence southeasterly from Wris-
ley's corner, over the direct Guilford Cen
tire road, 1-2 miles, crossing from Brat
tleboro into the town of Guiford, en- route;
thence northeast over the direct West
Brattleboro road, ) miles, to the West
Brattleboro station; thence northwesterly
from the West Brattleboro station, over
the Marlboro stage road, miles, TO Har-
ris corner; thence easterly from Harris
corner, over the Timson road, ! mile, to
the Dunklee corner; thence due south
from the Timson road, over the Dummers-
ton road, miles, to the West Brattleboro
station; thence in a southerly direction
| from the West Brattleboro station, , l-2
miles, on the Guilford corner road TO Gull
ford corner; thence northerly from Gull
ford corner over the West Brattleboro
road, IL miles, to the West Brattleboro
station, the place of beginning.
Length of route-29 miles area covered
-27 square miles; number of houses on
-population-573.
Carrier-Bert l.. Sargent. Substitute
carrier-W. F. Bartlett.
Route No. 3-Beginning at the post-of-
flee at Brattleboro, Vermont, and running
in southerly direction over South Main
street, by way of Fair Ground corner, and
the Old Guilford road, 2 IL miles, to the
Guilford town line; thence southerly from
| ha Eyt
village, over the Greenfield, Mass, road,
IA miles TO the Vernon road corner
thence northerly over the said Greenfield
road, from the said Vernon road corner;
retracing, without delivery, l mile, to the
said Guilford village; thence south westerly
| from Guilford village, over the Guilford
Centre road, l-2 miles, TO Guilford Cen
| tire village; thence due south, 2 miles, over
the Packers corner road to the Franklin
road; thence southwesterly, over the
| Franklin road, IA miles, to the Packers
corner road thence southeasterly "a of a
mile, TO the Franklin road, over the Pack
er's corner road thence east / l-2 miles
| from the Franklin road to the Canedy cor
ner; thence southeasterly l mile from the
| Canedy corner, over the Franklin Mills
road, to the district No = schoohouse:
thence north from the district No. school
= must, over Tue W tdLutIntAO Hollow TOAQ,
| miles, TO the Weatherhead Hollow bridge:
thence miles, northeasterly, from the
Weatherhead Hollow bridge, TO the Gull
ford village; thence northerly through
Guilford village, and across the Guilford
| town line, 2 IL miles, over the Guilford
road, Canal street and Main street, to the
post office at Brattleboro, Vermont, the
| place of beginning.
Length of route-23 IA miles; area
covered-25 square miles; population
| $50.
Carrier-George E. Houghton. Substi.
tute-Fran II. Laughton.
In connection with this service, requsi-
tlon has been made for eleven Q1) U. S.
iron collection boxes, which you will please
have the rural carriers place at the follow
ing points:
Route No. 2-1 at Richardson's corner,
l at Hale corner, l at Wilmington Four
Corners, at Harris Corner, l near E. c.
Dunklee's at Morse corner
Route No. 81 at Guilford, at Gull
ford Centre, l at Slate Rock rood corner,
at Packers corner, at Green River road
| junction, at Weatherhead Hollow bridge.
The attention of the representative in
Congress has been directed to the desir-
ability of requesting of the honorable
| iOuItn dsslsJdut postmaster general an
order disseminating the post-offices at
Guilford, Vt, and Guilford Centre, Vt.
The special agent also recommends the
revision of route No. l, which will be as
follows:
Route No. l, as ordered changed-Be-
ginning at Ware corner, on the direct Hill
road, leading from Brattleboro, VT, to
West Dummerston, Vt, at which said
Ware corner rural free delivery had pre-
viously ended, and,running northerly IA
mile from said Ware corner, to district No.
@, schoolhouse corner; thence southwest
over the West Brattleboro road, from the
district No. 9 schoolhouse corner, 1-2
miles to McVeigh's corner; thence east
from McVeigh's corner, "a mile to the
Thurber corner; thence southerly from the
Thurber corner, over the Centreville road,
1-2 miles, to Centreville, where the rural
free delivery ends; thence as before, to the
Brattleboro post-office, the place of begin
ming.
Making an addition of l-2 miles to the
existing route. Serving an estimated popu-
latlon of 70 more than before.
The revolution in Columbia has assumed
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