The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01
THREE RURAL ROUTES
1x0B MAIL A---iERY IN 1GoNT, 0oMERY COUNTY. '
Government VIII Establisa System on esvsnty-fivs Nilss of Coun- tY 1oads-Ready in
 Thres 1cnths.

w. B. Brannon, Special agent of the Rural Free MaM Delivery Service oi the government, has recommended three routes of about twenty-five miles each in Montgomery County. This means that the routes will be established and that within the next three months mails will De delivered free to farmers living on these routes.
 Each of the routes will be in charge of carrier and MT. Brannon, who has been will begin holding examinations today of applicants for these places. There are sixty-seven of these applicants. If Mir. Rrannon completes the examinations to- work in Montgomery County having been completed.
 Route No. 1 selected by Mir. Srannon will 70 out the Mobile road as far as the residence of pr. Mclean. which is at the ten-mlle post; thence 1t will go through plantation roads about three miles strik- Ing the Norman bridge road near Snow doun and returning to Montgomery. This route will be twenty-three miles. M. Houghton accompanied MT. Brannon m Route No. ?. over which free delivery system will be established. leaves the city by way of the Hayneville road and goes as far as Haigler's store, ten miles through the Hall plantation to the Selma road which 1t strikes at the place or William Cook, ten milss from the city. and returns by the Selma road to the Montgomery postothce. This route was shown Mir. Brannon yesterday by Hon. Warren 8. Reese, United States District Attorney.
 CHisens living on the foregoing routes filed a formal petition with the Free De-
 livery asscfss ses s gems living on the two Wetumpka roads took up the matter with the department at Washington and succeeded In getung an inspection of that route without the Route No. win leave the city by way of the Lower Wetumpka road and VIII run to the State Farm, eight miles Ifom Montgomery: thence by way Of planta- ton road to Madison Park on the Upper Wetumpka. road and return to Monteom- cry by this road. This route will cover about twenty-one miles through a thickiy 1 inhabited section of the county. Tnls route was shown Mir. Brannon by Jonn C | Carter. route. He will be paid a yearly salary o' | S60O and must make $JO0 bond ana TUT l nish vehicle and horse or mule Ioi | delivery of the mails, He must also nain' i,, ness. but the substitute cannot serv' l without special order from Washingtot | and under no circumstances can the con | tract be sub-let by the carrier.
 | There are StXty-SeVen appiHhhts ioi e.,. | three places, one of them being negr' woman. The examination of applicants l will begin at 7:3o this morning in tn' | United States Court room at the Federa building. The applicants will merely stane | an examination in reading and writihe | The appointments will be announce' from Washington and will not be mad | by Mir Brannon. .,,
 It is expected that the system on .h
 three routes will be ready for operatfol by July i. Tn the meantime 1t VIII p necessary for persons living along m
 routes to purchase rural tree deliver. boxes into which their mail will be place
 by the carriers These boxes are not sup
 piled by the government. They are mex | nensiye, however. and the governmsn
 has designated fourteen different sty,e
 which may be used It is said that tn
 usual method Is for citizens hving ai l along the routes to annoint commute
 to nurchase boxes of course pubD
 boxes will he established at public place
 such as school houses or cross roads
 While Mir Brannon did not disenss m
 work with newspaper men tt is saio th' hes was greatly impressed with the goo
 roads of Montgomerv County and the ap
 narent prosperous condition cf tr@ peo . ple He Is reported to have said iLis, tii
 Government would establish addtiohs frae delivery routes in this county 1T ap
 piication Is made for them.