Evening journal., 1902-01-06
GOING OVER
DELIVERY ROUTES
Special Agent Smith at Work
in Kent
no ENDORSE APPOINTMENT s
Believes That Mail Will Not be
Delivered Under New System
Until About March
TO ENDORSE APPOINTMENTS
sneoInl 10 the EyenIne Journal.

Dover. Jan. Cat last after long
waiting and many delays and hold-ups
Kent county is to have her rural mail
delivery service established--but pos
sibly not at once Special Agent
Smith of the United States Postal
Department, who has just returned
from a long trip out in the Western
part Of the United States, where heI
has established a new route, has ar
rived in Dover and taken up his work
on the Kent county route anew, and is
comfortably ensconced in the Federal
Building Special Agent Smith about
one year ago was in Dover and spent
several months mapping the whole
county for this work, whidh was to-
have been established at that time. He
does not hesitate to talk about the SER
vice and his plans and is positive in
his determination to place the entire
service on a safe and permanent basis.
He states that the list of appointments
as published in the Evening Journal
of several weeks ago and which was
recommended by Congressman Ball,
will De adhered to.
Tho purpose is to throw all the mail
To- the second and third postofnces, and
discontinue as many of the fourth
class postoffices as is possible. This
ldetermiiation has caused protest
from towns containing fOurth-c.ass
Ipostofices. the loudest of which
are from the towns OF Cam
den and Cheswold. The former
lwial receive knockout blow
1t is to be closed as far as the delivery
of mail is concerned The Camden
people dislike the idea of having their
town become the side show Of their
near neighhoring village Of Wyoming
They think that they should have the
central delivery at their town of Cam
den and that the Wyoming people
should be The side show of Camden,
| but Special Agent Smith de-
ciares that uhe good Of the
lrural service requires that the central
station must be at Wyoming, as it is
located on the Delaware railroad line,
And further that the carriers can be
served more handily and the mail de-
liyered more quickly. and that this is
required above al things else This
plan was adopted after thorough
study of the whole course of routes
and will net now be changed
upon any consideration The
people Of Cheswold have preparedal long
lpCtition requesting the continuance
of that place as a centre for one of the
routes. which viii be presented 10
Special Agent smith, but he declares
that the course agreed upon and laid
ont before will not be changed. Thif
win leave Cheswo,d and Camden with
lout q postofhco for the delivery OF
mail Both of these places will have
} their mail delivered by the rural car
lriers at their doors.
Mr Smith stated that the service
cannot be begun before the first o
March at least. although the carrien
will be appointed al once. and thl
whole field will have TO be gone owe
again and the former plans further
matured Besides this, there will be s
great deal of other work. which vii
incur expenditures of time and thought
and preparation for it's being placeS
on "a permanent working basis Tit
b people in the outlying country dis
tricts are extremely anxious for iu
operation and are looking forward &,
it's beginning with great pleasure. Tit
/ carriers will have to be instructed
which duty viii be upon Mr.. Smith
the special agent. and not upon th
superintendent until the service is Ii
active operation. He will su
pervise their operation for
certain period OF time until he is sat
, shsd that It is in successful working
order
When the service is in working
order Kent county will have a quick
, rapid and thorough mail service per
meating every nook and corner of th
county and every person. who lives AM
O. dwells In 0he outlyiyg districts Of th
! county will have as good service an
n quick delivery az their respcctiv
p homes as the residents Of Dover.
The postoiiices authorities at Wash
! iugtou will establish under their ne'
, ruling In wilmington n postofic
4 paymaster. who viii pay tho regula
. carriers of Kent and the other couu
ties instead of their being paid direct
ly from Washington as heretofore.
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