Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-05-02
WOULD NOT
CLOSE OFFICE
Collections from East Valley
Were to Be Deposited Here,
= Says Mr.. RauIstOn, and
Office Retained.

The Sequachee post Office will be re-
tained, so says Hon. John I. Raulston,
postmaster at Whitwell on whom the
burden of the charge that the postoffice
was to be discontinued here has rested,
and who keenly feels his position.
A News reporter called on him at
Whitwell Monday and in reply to ques-
tions Mr.. Raulston said:
II have never contemplated remov-
ing or putting out of business the post
Office in your town. In the first place
it is railroad postoffice, and it is not
the custom of the Postoffice Depart
ment to discontinue railroad post
offices, much less to discontinue one
established as railroad postoffice prior
to Whitwell
SAT our visit to Sequachee the in
spector was very agreeably surprised
at the cancellations made and said the
town showed much more business than
was apparent. He seemed pleased
with it.
In laying off the rural route No. 9
planned some changes were made in
Rural Route No. 1, and route was
made as follows: To leave Whitwell
and go to Looney's Creek, and turn
South over various routes until the
Lasater Spring is reached east of Sc
quachee, thence to go nortn west tC
Sequachee and there deposit all the
mail matter collected, giving the post
master there the cancellation. Ther
the carrier was to return to Whitwel
via Victoria, leaving and collecting
mail.
Mr.. Raulston showed the reporter {
letter from the department showing th'
two routes and the exact wording o
the part relating to the Sequachet
| Postoffice is as follows: ''Thence n
w. to Seq P o. where carrier will
deposit all collections and receive iron
the Sequatchie Office any mail for de
4 livery" ..ll t
Mr.. Raulston also showed the re
porter another letter from the Post
Office Department showing that the Ru
raj Route was not to be established un
til June II, 1907. The card receives
by the postmaster here stated that tn
Office would be closed May 10, 1907
and Mr. Raulston greatly wondere
that the people of Sequachee though
him foolish enough to attempt to de
prive them of mail accommodation
during the interval, or for one mont
and two days. He said, however, tina
as the burden of the expense of main
tanning the route was on the Whitwe
Office that he was going to apply to th
P. o. Department to have the rout
changed so as to make the employmer
of additional help unnecessary.
1t has been suggested by some ths
the order received here to discontinu
the Postoffice was intended for Sc
quatchie College in Sequatchie Count
as rural route is said to be establish
ed there. When this place was foun(
ed in July, 1890, the company wa
styled the Sequachee Valley Coal
Iron Co., and inside that company fC
the management and development {
l the town a company was formed
known as the Sequachee Town an
Improvement Co., and the officers
both companies were identical. In S
lecting the name particular pains we
5 taken to have the name separate al
distinct from Sequatchie County, an
the Cherokee word, 'Sequachee,
/ selected, which was used by the Pos
office Department several years, wht
some parties not interested in Il
place, got it changed to Sequatchi
If it turns out to be intended for S
, uuatchie College it shows conclusive
{ that the people who interfered wit
the spelling of the name did the pc
t pie of the place a wrong, both th'
and now, in creating confusion
names.