Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-10
.RE-ARRANc e NUMBERS

RE-ARRAMclMG NUMBERS .
City st Work Contributing It's. Share
Towards Free Mail Delivery @.>s.
Street Signs Coming. t. .,.' 4: e
The city is at work complying with
the requirements for free: mail de-
livery service and it is expected that
the street signs will be here by the
18th of this month. Street Commits.
sioner Bonde has been busy at work
looking up the house numbering and
where the old numbers can be used it
will not be necessary for the property
owners to substitute new ones. twill
be necessary however for the figures
to be in such shape that they can be
plainly read by the mail carriers so
as not to Inconvenience them in their
work. The Philadelphia system OF
numbering has been adopted and will
be complied with in every particular,
as it has been found to be the most
satisfactory and is the one which is
in use in all the large cities.
The territory to be covered by the
carriers will extend as far north in
the First ward as Park avenue and as
far west as 18th street. In the Second
ward it will extend south to Rice ave-
nue. and west to 18th street. Delivery
will be made in the Third ward as far
as Bertha street and north to the over
head railroad bridge. This will take
in the Great Northern Offices The
limit in the Fourth ward will be Olena
avenue on the south and Jefferson
street east. Sperry's addition to
Willmar will not be included in the
city delivery, but it is probable that
arrangements will be made for a re-
ceptacle for mail to be placed near
the bridge. This we understand will
be optional with the residents of that
portion of the city.
The city is divided into three carrier
districts. The first district takes in
the First ward and all of that part OF
the Second ward within the following
boundary line: South to Becker ave-
nue. along Twelfth street, then east to
Eleventh., south to a little beyond
Trott avenue, east beyond Tenth street,
back to Litchfeld avenue, east to
Sixth, then north to Pacific avenue and
on to Seventh street. The second dis
trict comprises the rest of the territory
to be covered in the Second ward, the
boundary line on the east being Fourth
street, which street is included in this
district. The boundary line on the
south is as follows: From Tenth
street along Trott avenue to Sixth
street, then to Monongalia, then to
Seventh, taking in part of blocks 80
and 81, back to Sixth and down to
Kandiyohi avenue, east to Fifth, then
a little beyond Rice avenue, back to
Kandiyohi avenue and on to Fourth
street. The third carrier district takes
in the Third and Fourth wards or
those portions of them within the
following boundary line: From Fourth
street along Kandiyohi avenue to
First street, then to Augusta avenue,
then along Jefferson street to Olena
avenue, back to Augusta avenue,
then to First street, along First street
to Trott avenue, to Jessie street, to
Minnesota avenue, to Mason street,
back to Trott avenue, to Maud street,
to Becker avenue, to Bertha street,
then to Litchfeld avenue, and extends
as far as the Great Northern Offices
near the railway tracks. Going back
on Litchfield avenue to First street the
line extends across to Pacific avenue,
then terminates at Fourth street.
In all there will be 81 street letter
boxes in the city, which will be To-
Gated at the following points:
Corner of Nelson avenue and Olaf
street, Gorton and Thirteenth, Ella
and Ninth, Gorton and Tenth, Camp
bell and Eighth, Litchfeld and Tenth,
Pacific and Seventh, Becker and
Eighth, Pacific and Fifth, Becker and
Fifth, Monongalia and Fifth, Pacific
and Fourth, Benson and Fourth, Trott
and Fourth, Pacific and Third, Litch.
field and Third, Minnesota and Third,
Becker and First, Monongalia and
First, Becker and Mason, and near
the Great Northern Offices.
There are many details yet to
arrange before the service can be in.
augurated and until the city has fully
compiled with all the requirements
the postal department will. be unable
to complete it's work preliminary to
the establishment of the free delivery.
Swedish Lutheran Young People.
The Swedish Lutheran Young PEG.
ple's Society will meet in the base.
ment of the Bethel church next Friday
evening, beginning at eight o'clock
The subject for the literary program
will be J. O. w allin, the Swedish poe
and psalmist, and will consist of thu
following numbers:
S SsR's%ssio sS'g geui: iof; 41ast
.........:.... .Linnea Bergstron
F6redrag, "Johan Olof Wallin,''.
...... 49,: ........ Samuel Nelson