The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-12-05
RURAL MAIL ROUTES.
Growth of Local Service In
dicated by Reports.

The success of the rural mail de-
livery routes that run from this city
is attested by the growth Of the
service in each case, and the popular
ity of the Oskaloosa routes is but the
same story that 10 told by almost
every route that has been established.
The people are not slow in seeing the
advantage to be gained by the daily
delivery of their mail at the doors
and they are making daily use of it.
The farmer receives more mail than
he did under the old system of cal
ling at an Office in city or town and
he also sends more mail. This makes
an increase in the amount of mail
handled in the post office. The story
is most convincing as told by the
figures of the reports of the several
carriers running out of Oskaloosa.
The growth of the service is aston
ishing to say the least.
Fritz Haber bad the first route
known as route that was established
in the city. The route was estab-
lished August Is, 1899, and has been
giving increased service from month
to month ever since as the following
figures of the pieces of mail delivered
and collected for mailing will show.
September the first full month after
the establishment of the route is
taken through the three years:
1899 1900 1901
Delivered 43O5 1869 1859
Collected 1862 929 1862
1t will be seen that the amount of
mail collected was more than doubled
in the course of twelve months and
that the increase has been steady for
the third year. Mr.. Habers's route
has been one of the heaviest from the
city and at the same time splendid
results have been achieved. Mr..
Haber will take route No. on the
first day of December, vice Percy
Pugh resigned. The route that is now
carried by Fritz will be managed by
his son, George Haber, who has been
assisting the father in the service.
Rural routes No. 2 and show the
same increase in the amount of mat
ter delivered and carried that has
been experienced upon route No. 1.
The routes were established twelve
months ago and while they have not
doubled as was the case in the first
route they show healthy increase.
John Falls is the carrier for route
No. 2. During the month ofathe es-
Enlistment of the route he delivered
1854 pieces and collected COB. The
month of October this year sho VS.
54S6 pieces delivered and 687 collected
Route No. 8 has had a number of
carriers since it was established but
it shows the same healthy increase in
the amount of mail handled that is
seen in the other routes. In the
month of October this year the de-
livery amounted to 1872 pieces and
the collections were APO.
There is no doubt as to the pop
ularity of the rural mail system as
established by Uncle Sam and the
popularity of it is growing daily.
Several additional routes from the
city of Oskaloosa are being planned
for and are being worked up by the
the farmers who would be boneftted
by the service. 1t is probable that
before another twelve months passes
that the service may be extended to
accommodate those now seeking the
establishment of routes
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Toledo County and State aforesaid. and
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Frank j. Cheney.
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presence, this 9th day of December. A. D.,
1896.
(sEAL) Notary Public.
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