Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-07-05
,tsrs, psvs Delivery.

Postmaster General Charles Emory
smith ,ir.rribc. the new system OF
rural fire. mail delivery rs follows:
"w- nr- now carrying the i,osioiiicc
TO the door Of Ji.UO.SD OF people
massrd In towns and cities. The task
before u. I. ,hc pos;offic- to the door
Of nl-out .i.UGSOD. scattered over l.
.p..p SQUARE miles Of territory. It's
magnitude IL not To bc undcrrs'ifnn''u.
England. France and Germany make
rural free delivery. their pc-imcn go.
ing on foot. But England contains
~ sg, ssuarc miles. France 3i.Hs..
and Germany .sss.s.sn We are nj.
r,ndy covering with rural delivery a
larger area than England. all effected
within the past two years. by 'hc
md Of the current fiscal year we shall
rrach one SIKH Of the :1.uD.ss to tr
served What hns alrcady been SUB
.,nn,iaIIy accomplished n certainly
rnnahlc Of skiold expansion.
'on the 1st Of July. is:s'. there were
9gI rural delivery routes In operation.
within the fiscal year. under an npIro'
priatinu Of SIap.0n. this number was
increased To t.oiI. ON the lei OF July.
1859 the appropriation OF S1.'Jn.u".
hccame available. and ON November
18th .,iiI routes had been located and
4
lcnr,h, covering G,.Si2 square miles.
divided among forty.four states and
territories. and serving n population
of s1l, ,52l. The number OF applica-
lions pcuiinE Mt that dale and await
ing action or under Investigation was
morn than 2lrp-ncarly enough to
Iinul,ir the existing scrvicc--nnd every
ioy bring. more. hTc close Of the
nr,snnt fiscal year will see about 400
rnuics in operation. carrying fhc mail
,nily to the doors Of not less than b.
ipNOGp residents OF the rural dis
iriCts."
To get rural delivery loo families
b,y,. 10 agree to certain conditions and
nut up suitable boxes TO receive mail.
In Colorado. six routes were cstnb-
iIshcd prior TO May /. 1900. when the
western division was organized
T.yy,nty.scycn have been established
since and petitions for eighteen are
now pending awaiting favorable
weather for their examination. Wyom.
ing has four routes III operation anu
only one application pending. The
r,rrn, mass Of applications for rural
fr,rn mail routes come from the states
,f Iowa. Kansas. Nebraska. Minnesota,
Tcxns and California. OF the LOO
rasrs Whiting 60 he passed upon, more
than LOO are In these states.
In May. 1899. the United states was
divided into four divisions with Den.
ycr ns headquarters for the western.
which takes In all the states west OF
thc Mississippi with the exception OF
Missouri and Louisiana. william Il.
Amin is the special agent In charge
with nine agents in thc field under the
direction of the department. Mr.. An
min is n well-known newspaper man
NJ the East and has had large ex-
rcriencc with men and affairs. He Is
thoroughly business like In his meth
ods of work and his division demands
crcot executive ability as II covers
more than half of the United states.
When even the isolated parts OF the
country are brought in such close con.
,oct with Washington by this rnmified
mail service the United States viii as
similatc its foreign populations even
more rapidly than 1t Is doing u now,
making the inhabitants from Maine to
california kin in many senses OF the
ycrd