The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-30
WILL IMPROVE
MAIL SERVICE
City Carrier Routes Have
Been Re-Arranged.
THREE MORE P0STMEN
Changes to Go Into Effect
Next Week.
MORE POSTMEN

Two new aColuOnal Carriers anu one
collector have been allowed by the postal
department for this city. and they Will
begin work Monday As that is a holiday,
the carriers VIII go out on their routes
for the first time on Tuesday. All of the
carriers routes with the exception of
route number 1, have been changed be-
cause of the new carriers, and some have
been considerably shortened.
This will result in much better mail
service to the people of this city No
section will get more frequent service
than heretofore, but the carriers will be
able to cover their routes more thorough
ly. In the past on days when the mail
has been unusually heavy, some of the
carriers have not been able TO get over
their routes in eight hours, and as the
law does not allow them TO work any
longer than that some people have gone
without their mail for a day. This has
frequently been the case In the holiday
season.
These facts were brought to the atten-
ton of the postoffice department, with the
result that additional carriers were al
lowed. Efforts will later be made to still
further increase the efficiency of the
service.
The con ector will devote all his time to
collecting the mail in the business dis
trict and the carriers in that section
will no longer do so. This viii give the
carriers more time to devote to the de-
livery of the mails
Tho rOf1tac fheU will he after Mon
day are as follows:
No. Between Main street and the
Arkansas river and between Douglas ave-
nue. and First street; also the west side
OF North Main street to Murdoch avenue
No. has been curtailed by taking off
one block on the north end, between
Ninth and Tenth streets, west of Main
street; otherwise il will be as at present.
No. 2-South side of Douglas avenue,
from the Arkansas river to Santa Fe
avenue and one block south to William
street.
No. North side of Douglas avenue.
west of Main street to the bridge, and all
of Douglas avenue west of the bridge to
Seneca street; also one block north and
south of the avenue on the West Side.
No. 5-All of the West Side not provided
for in route No. l.
No. 6-The north side of Douglas ave-
nue.. from Main street to Santa Fe avenue
and one block north.
No. THE east side of Main street from
Douglas avenue 10 the court house, and
one block east OF Main street.
No. s-All the territory north of First
! street to Pine street and between Main
street and Santa Fe avenue, with the
exception of that heretofore provided for.
No. s-An the territory south of Kellogg
street, east of Main street to Santa Fe
avenue, and south of Gilbert street, west
of Main street to the river, and as far
south as Levy street.
No. 10-Between Thirteenth and Twenty
second streets. west of Santa Fe avenue.
including the packing houses and stock
yards.
No. 11-East of Fifth avenue and west
of Hydraulic avenue, and between Muir
deck avenue and Douglas avenue, with
the exception of the land south of Math-
ewsons reserve. The excepted territory
will be covered by walking carrier.
No. 12-North of Pine street to Eleventh
street and between Main street and Santa
Fe avenue
! kellogg street. and between Fifth avenue
and Hydraulic avenue.
No. 14-North Of Murdoch avenue and
between Santa Fe avenue and Fair
mount. and also College Hill
No. 1.-the wholesale district on Fifth
avenue.
No. 16-Scuth of William street to Gill
bert street, and between Lawrence avenue
and the river.
| No. 17-North Of Eleventh street to
Thirteenth street, and between Santa Fe
avenue and The river, including also the
west side Of Main street to Ninth street.
! No. 1s-The territory east OF Lawrence
avenue TO Santa Fe avenue, and between
| William and Gilbert streets.
No. 19-Collector in the business dis
trict.