The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11
RURAL DELIVERY
 HAS NEW ROUTES
Changes Made in Routes Which
 Start from Birmingham
BETTER SERVICE OBTAINED
Greatly Increased Convenience ana Much Saving, Both to the Public and to the Department, Will
 Follow the New Schedule.

disbursing office for all the rural free delivery routes in Alabama, Postmaster J. W. Hughes has been advised of the establishment of twenty-five additional routes and the appointment of twenty five additional carriers. This makes total of ITO routes that have been estab- lished since 1900, the year in which the first rural free delivery route was es- tablished in this state. Seven of these
 routes start from the Birmingham office. The new routes are as follows: Troy, 5; Abbeville 8; Luverne, 2; Midland City, 2; Goshen 2; Bridgeport. 1; LaFayette, l; Montgomery, l; Vernon, 1; Ozark, Z;
 Horse Creek, 1; Mobile, 1; Smiths Sta tion, l; Phoenix, |; Columbia, l.
 Some changes have been made in the
 various routes. Following is the new
 official schedule for the routes beginning In Birmingham:
 Route No. 1-Out Eighth avenue to 1 Owenton college, miles; north to East
 Thomas 1A miles; south and southwest. via Fincher's and Edmond school to A. | Burgins place, s-s miles; southeast and
 east via Vinesville and Burfords to l Powderly, 2ss miles; north through streets of Powderly and retrace S-S miles; | northeast and north via Dupres to Hamiltons, near old fair grounds,
 miles; west to Edmond school and re- l trace to Hamilton's, 2A miles; east and l northeast, via Owenton station and pr. Smiths to postoffice, 4% miles. Length 1 of route, 20 3-S miles, area 10 square miles, | dwellings BIO, population 400.
 | Route No. 2-Southwest through Ely ton and West End to Powderly, 519 miles; south, southwest and southeast, through
 Wares Gap to Bedding, 3A miles; north | east, via Smith station and Ishkooda, to l Covington postoffice (Grace's), 3h miles; | north, via Spaulding mines to intersec- tion with Tuscaloosa road at Munger l place. near Elyton, 2h miles; northeast, retracing. through Elyton to postoffice, | 2Is miles. Length of route, 1873 miles. area 15 square miles, dwellings 225, popu- | lation 1000
 Route No 3-Southeast, southwest and | southerly via Taylor's store and Walkers | Gap to Oak Grove church, AZ miles;
 southwest and southerly via Holcombe
 Hill, Draper's and Oxmoor, to Chambers 1 place on Shade mountain, miles; south
 west along Shades mountain to Towers l place and retrace to Chambers place. l miles; northeast to intersection with the 1 Columbiana road, miles; northwest to l Oak Grove church, 1 5-S miles; northeast | to Rosedale. 2 miles; north and north | west, through Rosedale and Parton's | Gap to postoffice, 3h miles. Length of l route. 235s miles; area 19 square miles;
 dwellings, 10O population, 1000.
 i Route No 4-Southeast and south; out Twentieth street and Parton'sa Gap.
 through Rosedale to intersection with
 Montevallo road 32s miles; northwest on 1 Montevallo road to Waddell, IA miles;
 southeast to reservoir 2h miles; southeast l Ttn ton m | southeast via w. H. Dukes to ROCKY l Ridge church, 5H miles; northwest, north 1 and northeast to reservoir. AZ miles;
 northwest via waddell through Browns 1 Gap to postoffce, 5ss miles. Length l 25 miles; area. 19 square miles; dwellings, 1 222; population. HOO
 | Route No 5-Northeast out Fifth ave- nue through North Avondale to Lind | says conservatory 3a4 miles; east through Woodlawn and Gate City to Red Gap, miles: northeast on Trussville road to w. R. Bass, 3h miles; retrace to James VIII son S, 25a miles, southwest through ron dale to Chastine place, SIS miles, soutn-
 west to R. N. McDanieps. 11s miles nortn-
 east to N. O. Doziers place. ss mile; re- trace to Hardy Chapel and southwest to W N. Moseley's place. 1A miles; retrace northeast to J. I. w. Pools, 12 mile; north to R. N. McDaniers, $ mile; northwest through Irondale Gap to postoffice 3&
 miles. Length, 25 miles; area, l7 square
 miles; dwellings. 3SO; population, HOO.
 Route No. 6-North to North Birming- ham furnace, 21a miles; northeast on Ien- nessee road via Barton school, Platt and
 Dolcito to Katona quarry, bss miles; northwest to Springdale church, s mile; south to Tennessee road at Dolcito lss
 miles; retrace on Tennessee road to Bar
 ton school, 11k miles; southeast via old
 Enon church to new Enon church, las miles; southwest via Vanderbilt furnace
 to postoffice. Length, 17h miles; area, lS square miles; dwellings, 1SO; population SO0
 Route No. 7.-Northwest north, nortn-
 east and north on Stours road via Mary Lee to Jugtown road on Mitchell place, lols miles: southwest on Jugtown road 10 Arkadelphia road near Upper Coalburg, sM miles; south on Philadelphia road
 through Upper Coalburg to McCarty dis
 tillery. b1a miles, east, south and south east on Philadelphia road to postonice' IA miles. Length. 2311 miles; area, 2l square miles; dwellings. 2sO; population, 1Ooo
 Postmaster Hughes suggests that IL Will be A great saving to the merchants Of Bir- mingham and also to the postal author ities if the former will preserve this list for use in making out-of-town shipments.