The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-12-24
Post Office Department Orders the Es-
Enlistment OF Rural Delivery all
Over Kenosha County.
THREE ROUTES FROM KENOsHA
Racine County Also Included In the Order
for Rural Delivery to Start on the
First of February.

There will be no delay IN the eStap.
lishment of rural delivery mail routes
in Keroshd county as general order
was sent out from the department at
Washington yesterday afternoon order
ing the establishment of eight routes
in the county, this being sufficient to
give every farmer in the county the
free delivery service. Three of the
routes will start from Keuosha and
will cover all the territory adjacent to
the city. Each of the routes will be
in the neighborhood of twenty-five
miles in length and each of them will
serve in the neighborhood of five
hundred people. The addition of these
eight routes will make total of twelve
routes in the county, In completing
the work of organizing the county the
Inspector has found it necessary to in
crease the work done from Bristol,
Salem andl Kenosha by adding new
carriers while the other three routes
are new ones. 1t is probable that with
the installation of these routes many
of the smaller post Offices which have
decorated the map of the county for
some time will be discontinued as the
free delivery now includes every farm
house in the county. The carriers for
the new routes have not as yet been
appointed but all of them will be nam
ed within the next ten days and they
will be ready to.start work on the first
of February.
The efforts of Congressman Cooper
to. securelfree delivery ia the First
District have been productive of re-
suits and Kenosha and Racine counties
will be thes first two counties in the
state where freeFdelivery is granted to
everyone. Racine county will have
ten routes and all of them will be
opened on February first. One or two
routes have been laid out in Walworth
county IN order to complete the service
needed for Kenosha and Racine coun-
ties a S it has been found necessary to
include portion of that county in
routes for Racine and Kenosha county
farmers. The farmers in the county
are jubilant over the prospects. The
general order from Washington affects
only the routes in Racine and Kenosha
counties. The routes ordered estab-
1ished on the first of February are as
follows:
Bristol, Kenosha"county, additional
service with one carrier; area covered,
IA square miles; population, 500.
Burlington, Racine county, with six
carriers; area covered, 100 square
miles; population, 5000.
Caledonia, Racine county, additional
service with two carriers; area COW
cred, 19 square1miles; popula tion, 800.
Corliss, Racine county, with one
carrier; area covered, IA square miles;
population, $780,
Kansasville, t..Racine county, with
two carriers; area covered, 80 square
miles; population, '1040.
Kenosha, Kenosha county, addition
al service with uthree carriers; area
covered, Al square miles; population,
1905.
Lake Beulah, aaWalworth county,
with one carrier; area covered, 20
square miles; population, 900.
Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha county,
with one carrier; area covered, 10
square miles; population, 500.
Racine, Racine county, additional
service with two carriers; area covered,
80 square miles; population, 1410.
Salem, Kenosha county, additional
service with one carrier; area covered,
IS square miles; population, 400.
Silver Lake, Kenosha county, with
one carrier; area covered, 18 square
miles; population, 500.
Somers, Kenosha county, with one
carrier; area covered, II square miles;
population, $40.
Union Grove, Racine county, addi-
tional service with two carriers; area
covered, "a square miles; population,
1885.
Waterford, Racine county, with three
carriers; area covered, "a square miles;
population, 1880.