Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-09-11
verm o tiers at WASHINGTON.


Free Press says: Vermonters are hav-
ing pretty large share in the postoffice
investigation and are carrying off some
of the honors. One of them, Erwin
Thorp, acting superintendent of free
delivery, expects soon to take little
vacation up to his old home. Every
afternoon, along about three o'clock,
Mr.. Thorp comes up to the office of
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow, with big bundle of papers
under his arm. He has the decision in
most cases affecting free delivery in
cities but takes the papers before Mr..
Bristow for final review.
Mr. Thorp has been very efficient
man here. He is on the rolls as post
office inspector and was formerly in
charge of the inspectors division in New
York city, till he was called here to
help ferret out the grafters. Mr.. Bris-
tow has full confidence in him and ap-
preciates his usefulness around the
department. Years ago Mr.. Thorp was
a newspaper man in Vermont. At one
time he lived at Middlebury, and was
its efficient postmaster.
Assistant Attorney General c. H.
Robb, another of the Vermonters taking
a prominent part in the investigation. is
a very busy man. He is after a CRATER
or two of prominence and almost any
day the indictment may be presented
Mr.. Robb has been of great assistance to
District Attorney Youngs in Brooklyn
and has given some valuable suggestions
about the indictments pending there.
1t is well-known that Mr.. Robb was
recently called over to Oyster Bay to
consult with the president about legal
aspects of pending prosecutions, this
was done at the suggestion of the post
office department, as Acting Attorney
General McReynolds, who went to Oyster
Bay at the same time, was not familiar
with the postal cases.
The generosity with which Vermont
has been treated in the matter of new
rural delivery routes since July is quite
remarkable Although the appropria-
lions for such service has been Limited
the state has been igiven over 90 new
routes during the last six weeks, all of
which will be in operation within a
couple of weeks, with possibly one OF
or two exceptions. Here is a list OF
these new routes for Vermont:
Pasumpsic, Caledonia county; West
Glover, Orleans county; Chester Depot
Windsor county; North Troy, Orlean.
county. Cavendish, Windsor county
two routes); Hyde Park, Lamoillt
county, two routes; West Concord
Essex county; East Wallingford, Rut
land county. In all these towns rura
free delivery has been established fol
the first time. while the following towns
new rural free delivery routes has beer
established in addition to other routes al
ready existing:
Chester, Windsor county, route 8
Faixfax, Franklin county, route 3
johnson, Lamoille county, route 3; st
boro, West Brattleboro station, Wind
nam NOuhty, AOueS Ouiicii N6S
Lamoille county, route g. Montpelier
WashingtonacOunty, route 4; andI Fair
fax, Franklin county, route 2.
In connection with the rural free de
livery service in Vermont large fore
of carriers are now employed and TIN
appointments of these carriers Otter
number a score or more each month
During the last six weeks there hav
been SO of these appointments, one hal
of them as carriers and the other half a
substitutes.
The comptroller of the currency ha
approved of the Chemical Nationa
bank, of New York, as reserv
agent for the First National bank of Or
well; also of the National Commercial
bank of Albany, as reserve agent TO
the Howard National bank, of Burling
ton; also of the National Commerce.
bank of Albany, as reserve agent 70
the first National bank of Bristol.
Fowler S. Ford of Lower Cabot ha
been granted patent on a greenhouse
! George F. Kibling of Norwich, a paten
on lantern holder for vehicles and
patent on a lantern holder and protector
and James Hartness of Springfield ha
been granted patent on metal work
ing machine.