Evening journal., 1902-01-22
CONCERNING
RURAL DELIVERY
Agent Smith Finishes Kent
County Work
Rules Are Issued to Carriers and Ser
vice Soon Will be in
Operation
special to the Evening journal.


Dover, Jan. 22.--Special Agent Smith,
of the rural mail denvery Tor nent
county, has about fzished his plans
for the delivery of the mails over uhe
forty-two routes, which viii interlace
the county from Maryland TO the Della
ware bay, and from Duck Greek to
Mispillion.
Mr.. Smith has gone over the routes
twice since he has returned to his
desk The route which runs north from
FELTON, as a centre is twenty-five miles
long His list of Instructions to the
carriers is Of Importance, and is as fol-
lows:
Carriers will collect mail from all
Government boxes ON route; also from
private boxes displaying a signal
Pension letters registered letters
end special delivery letters must be de-
livered to the addressee. or at his
house
Report to postmaster dangerous CON
dition of roads and bridges. If a road
or bridge is impossible, omit it from
the route until proper repairs are
made.
The carrier his substitute. the post
master or a bonded employe OF the
Postoffice Department must carry the
mail every day in the year, Sundays
alone excepted.
Mail will not be delivered or collect
ed by carriers except to and from ap-
proved boxes properly placed, on posts
by the roadside, and Immediately ac-
cessible to the carrier without dis
mounting.
The following are the names of the
: carriers;
Dover-No 1, David H. Hancock. to
2 Lebanon and Hammock; No. 2, Enoch
l Moore, Postles' Corner, White Oak
e end Cowgill No. 3, John w.
: Smith, Little Greek; No. A. William r.
= Cole. Leipsic: No 5, William M. Geh
L Imam, CarsOn's Corner, PeareOns and
Davis Corners; No. 6, Edgar Y.
/. Ware, Hazlettville.
y Cheswold-No. 1, Byron l. Creadick,
a Boffeckers Mill and Leipsic; No. 2,
q Miers D. Casson, Paradise, Dinahs
n and Moore's Corners.
Smyrna-No. 1, Charles p. Archer
lServerson and RObinsons; No. 2,
n William H. Carr, Florence and White
I Hall Neck; No 3, Walter McClarey,
. north Of Smyrna into. New Castle
= county.
i Clayton-No. /, Walter Ford, Friend
lship and Delaney's; No. 3 William +.
4
I<enton-No. J., Edward NJ Remley.
Downs Chapel: No. 2. Benjamin n.
~ Graham, Seven Hickories and Lock-
4. wood.
,el Wyoming-NO /. Edward w Evans
an Almshouse and Westville; No. @
re- Thomas X Hairgrove, WillowgrOve.
No. 8, William c. Burke. Woodside
oeland Startrill No 4, Claude M. Hins-
e-lley. Camden Station; No. 5. George F.
co Davidson, Magnolia and Rising Sum-
: No. 6. Thomas Fl. Joseph, Barker
.r- Landing and Little Heaven.
no Felton-No. 1, Thomas r. Murray
Canterbury, Viola and Plymouth; No
an 3. John c. George, FELTON, TO Fred
as erica; No. g. John w. Goodwin, Jr.
r Rices and Laws; No. A, ]. Edward
A. Melvin, Sandtown; No. 5. Harry Lynch
10 lHollandsville and Edwardsville; No
IN 6, James w. Grier Frederica; No. Z
AS Willis Patterson. Bowers and Little
la Heaven.
ge Milford-No 1, J. Harry Lynch
in Tub Mill and Thompsonville; No. 2
belJay ]. F0ulk. POstles and Webb
Hal i anding road; No. 3, George Manlove
me iChurdhhill and Rays Mill.
or Carriers have not been assigned 70
Harrington. Pennington, Hartley an
la Marydel.
al On the establishment Of this servic
nv the railawy mail clerk will make up
an pouch of mail directly for Camden an
ar one directly for Frederica.
mol Camden will have three deliverie
Of daily Frederica, Magnolia Risin
Sum Little Greek and Leipsic wi
tile have two deliveries daily. All Othe
are portions of the county will have onl
enc delivery each day.
Villages or other points wher
postoffices are discontinued an
u numerous other important point
will have an early delivery an
nrs later dispatch of mails. Governmer
WIS collections boxes, such as are used
an cities will be placed at the expens
of the Government
The protest uttered by the Camde
- and Frederica citizens was over the
~ desire to have pouch Of mail made u
by the railroad postal clerk and sent j.
~ tact to those towns which was accon
'll plished after special effort and arrangl
-er ments had been made by Mr. Smit
pc The Camden and Frederica people no
re-" ere as we'll pleased as they possib
ing lcould be. and far better than they al
cult with the present system.
lco- Special Agent Smith feels high
lie lgratiied with the work. and thinl
one that all will be satisfactory In evei
ien- way
for