Arizona republican., 1903-08-27
RURAL ROUTE CHANGES
Reorganization of the Phoenix Free
 Delivery Service.

Headers cr The Republican Will re- member an article in Mondays issue setting forth the probability that the people south Of the Yuma roah and west of PhoaniX N,ould be deprived oc rural free delive~y service unless they took hasty action 10 snow to the post office department that they wanted i, and would patronize il ,o du cXtcnj iustifying it's maintenance. II was de sired by the rural delivery officials to make four Ioutes centering | Phoenix instead Of three ds at present. and when the change was made ;J would in volve redistrictirg all of them so some new territory could De taken n. That would leave the present route 2 which covers territory enough to justify a rural route with q far less number ot boxes than the rulings of the depart ment require unless more of the sci tiers secure mail boxes.
 Postmaster McCIintCcN however, was little surprised ycste: Gay at re ceiving orders changing rcu-es i. an'' :, as was proposed. but cuttiI of at the pockets that portion Of tae present route ; not embraced in the adjoining new route and leaving about @ present boxnoldeIs out in the cold. The only thing the present boxholders can do now is to get enough of their neighbors to take boxes to meet the demands of the department and then pray for the est blishn.e.lt of route 1. Under the new orders the routes ]. ? and are de- scribed as follows:
 Route No. 1-Beginning Phoenix post office. thence east to Cave creek road, !. mile: thence north to Mcdowell road,
 r mile: thence east T. mile: thence re- trace 2 mile: thence north tc Grants. : miles: thence east to McFaH's, l mile: thence south to AIcDcwen road. , miles: thence south to Tempe road. l mile. retrace i mile; thence east to Eller's. 2I. miles: thence north !. mile thence east to Mcbride. . mile: thence south to Tempe read. 112 miles; thence west 1 mile: thence south to Hensnaw road, 1 mile; thence south to Schultz.
 s mile: thence retrace T. mile: thence west 10 Central avenue. 312 miles: thence north to Phoenix postofice Length of route. 22 miles. Area. 21 square miles. Number Of houses, 12o- Population. 6C0.
 Route No. 2.-BeginIins at Phoenix p1suoftice. thence north to Indian school three miles: thence north to
 Vaughns 1e mile, thence retracc T.
 
 thence north to Gilbert, IT, miles thence east to Madison school house, mile: thence south !. miles to Ch-up- Vsth: thence east to Dr. Bdttans, . miles thence south u Spauldin8's. ] mile: thenca west 10 McFall's. miles; thence north to ChenJWeth's. l mile: thence west to Central avenue. l1a mics: thence south to NauGhn's. g. F mile: thence west to Black Canyon Icaa F mile: thence south F mi! thence west l mile: thence south to Quinr's, IF mile: thence east to Black Canyon road, l mile: thence ncrth ls mile; retiace 1s mile: south 14 mi!a 7 west 1 mile; south tc Christy road. mile: east 1 mile; south to Yuma road. l mile: thence 14 mile to postoffice. 1 Length. 241a miles: area 22 square i miles; number CT houses 115; popula-
 ton 575
 Route Nc. S.-Beg:nnirg at the post office. west io Grand avenue. b mile; thence northws s. 10 M@Iicopa canal road. 7. miles: th51.c west t0 Orme's : 6 miles: thence north to CIeene's. . miles: thence west to Rogers. 1 mile:
 thence south to AIaricopl canal road,