Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-12-17
Three Rural Delivery Routes to
Begin Jan. LIST.

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Y Postmaster McClung Patton ha
r received instruction from the post
It office department for the establish
It ment on January 1st of three rura
Y free delivery routes from Lexington
e covering certain portions of Rock
n bridge,
e The establishment of these route.
S will not necessarily compel the
/ closing of the country postoffices al
g ready established. The only thing
that will cause their discontinuance
{ will be the reduction of business to
J such an extent that it will probably be
hard to secure postmasters to keep
the offices, because of the small pay
connected with them.
The carriers on these routes will
each have a mailing table in the Lex
ington pOstOffice, where they will be
required to assert the mail for their
routes. They will leave here each
morning at 10 o'clock and return in
the afternoon at 4 o'clock, thus
making daily trips over their routes
Following are the routes as laid
out by Special Agent w. A. Barr, in
his report of Aug Goth, including the
names of the carriers, the length of
routes, number of families and
population served, and location of
collection boxes:
Route No. l. Beginning at Lex
ington postoflice the carrier will
pass East Lexington, thence along
Kerr's Creek road to the Dunlap |
place, thence to ID. H. Harris. |
thence to Kerr's Creek road and
along that road to Miley's shop,
thence along Alum Spring road to
Ebenezer church, thence to s. H.
Halls place and return, thence along
Alum Spring road to Old Monmouth
church, thence to Red Hill farm,
thence along Alum Spring road to
Lexington. Length of route, 2Os
miles; houses on route, 100; population
served, 720. G.. b. Conner, carrier.
collection boxes will be
placed on this route at East Lexing-
ton, at Engleman pOstoflice, at Miley's D.;
shop on Kerr's Creek, and at Engle- |
mans store on Kerr's Creek.
Route 2. Beginning at Lexington {
postoffice, over Alum Springs road to
McKemy place, thence along Whistle ,
Creek to ]. w. Hostetter's, thence
along Sugar Creek road to Gard
Hutton's, thence along Covil gton
pike TO Collierstown, thence along
Golfers Creek road to Marmion, {
hence to COvington pike, thence to
). W. McCorkle's, thence to Alum 7
Springs road, thence TO Lexington. "
Iength of route, 21t miles; number :"
If houses on route, AS; population
eryed, 600; Carrier to be appointed. r
Collection boxes to be placed at Old
Monmouth church, at Gard Hutton's 4
'lace on Covington pike, at Golfers r
own pOstOffice and at Marmion ~
,OstOf1ice. "
Route 3. Beginning at Lexington :,
'ostoffice, along Covington pike to 9,
!. w. McCorkle's, thence along Fix ~
ollow to j. r. Tardy's, thence along T.
itch Hill road to cd Kirk patrick h
lace, thence along Toad Run to i
OILERS Creek road, thence to j. l.. -
'Otter's and return, thence along !.
'ollier'c Creek read TO Murat post -
flee, thence to Adam Swink's, -,
hence TO Lexington road, thence =
long Lexington road to Lady farm, h,
hence along old Plank road TO Lex II
lgton. Length of route, % miles;
umbar of houses on route. 155:
opulation served, 700. n. F.. Wood.
ard. carrier. Collection boxes to be q
laced at s. W. McCorkle's on Coying- v
III pike, at j. r. Tardys OH Fix -,
ollOw road, and at Painters Mill "
4 Golfers Creek road. b'