Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-07

CRITICAL INSPECTION FINISHED
Special Agent BoyIan Completes His
Three Weeks Work and Will Rec
commend Establishment OF New
Routes-city Gets Two, Albion One
and State Center One.

Special Agent John w. Boylan OF
the rural free delivery service Of the
United States postoftice department,
who has been spending three weeks in
this city. going over the various rural
free delivery routes of the county. fin
|ished his work of inspection this after
noon. Mr.. Boylan's inspection has been
La very critical one, and has been con-
fined largely to the five routes out of
this city, altho conditions in general,
existing on all the county routes, have
been taken notice of.
Mr.. Boylan found that all the routes
out of this city We're doing a good BUSH
ness. In fact some involve too much
work on the carriers, especially No. 3,
the route running north and west, thru
have been shortened little and none,
miles in length. The arrangement
will necessitate the establishment OF
two new routes, which will take in the
territory left out by The curtailment,
and considerable new territory, hereto
fore not invaded.
Route No. 1, north OF the city. will
follow the general lines as before, only
it will be little shorter. No. g run
ming south, thru Timber Creek town
ship, will be cut pretty much to pieces.
1t will still be maintained south, but
out of a portion Of its territory, and
some additional. will be made route No.
6. The additional territory is adjacent
to Haverhill, Dillon aid Ferguson.
which has heretofore been unoccupied.
No. will be altered great deal,
more, in fact, than any Il the others. A
part of the route will be given to AL
bion, State Center and eventually some
to LaMoille. No. 4, east CT the city, re-
mains practically the same, and out of
No. 5, and old No. 1, No. Will be con-
structed, together with some additional
territory north and east. where people
were left out Of the service heretofore.
New patrons, to the number OF 175.
will be served by the new arrangement
Of affairs The rearrangement OF the
rons their mail nearer home. Between
5000 and 1000 people are now being
served by the government on rural
routes in Marshall county, numbering
Twenty-Five in all, including the new
ones to be recommended. They will be
divided as follows: Marshalltown, &;
State Center, Rhodes, Gilman and AL
bion, Q; LeGrand, Liscomb, Green
Mountain, Melbourne, Haverhill, ST.
Anthony and Laurel, =. When COM
plete service is established in the coun-
tv, as it is expected it will be within a
few years, twenty-eight or thirty
routes will be established.
The Encouragement of the MARSHALL
town routes has compelled number of
slight changes in the other postoffices of
the county, LeGrand and State Center;
also at Albion. The new arrangement
and one a great deal more compact.
The Encouragement has been accom-
olished with Marshalltown as nucleus
,or a complete county service.
Special Agent Boylan found the roads
In poor condition in a good many places,
he defects being noticeably improper
grading and draining, and the failure to
ceep weeds and brush cleared away
from the sides of the roads. While in
general the county roads We're found to
,e much better out OF Marshalltown
than from any other point in the GEN.
raj part of the state, but In particu-
ar localities they are in need of atten-
ion. AS stated before a large number
IF mail boxes We're condemned on the
different routes. and they will have to
BE replaced with new ones that come
Up to specifications required by the
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