Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
START OF RURAL DELIVERY
Ennsuusl spsieh, Tscunssh Man,
Put IL in Eject
FIRST ROUTES FROM THAT CITY
Example Of Switrerland Followed
Untn 81 Has Become One of
ReeoEnfEed American
InEtftutions.

TrAeEar4 81 AA-L l=
lfosra-s a-5 hiEh-ha-6s5 riece q pollti-z,
|cA3csne-y. t1s rutll free delivery service
has grown fu tvelve vssrs 70 q pc5-t 81
most beyond cc-4rebension- This o.
|vs1cr-nsu- or rather evcluro-. CT The
Crlted States mail service hA6 its IL
csPtio- in z f--lcrn hope Rural delivery
q nails ts now the most Important sz-
I ts-Eirs and fsr-resching division C1 TIE
Pustcff1cs departments activity.
Twelve years age free delivery q
nails was c-nfI-e5 within ths corporate
limits Of cities and towns Rural de-
livery has extended Cncls sans useful
ness over upwards of 4hPo0 routes con
4 stituI-g a network in ru-a1 co-uu-i1lss
from ocean 10 ocean AID giving nu-s thar
Z l-tt1.r1o families practically TIE sane
mail facilities enjoyed By residents q
I metropolitan cities -hs distance trav-
I erse5 by ru-sl carriers each Is about
I equal 70 forty times the cir-a1lfsrs1cs Of
/ ths globe. The average fast train run-
Ming night and cay would require more
thz1 q years time % traverse the dis
! tElcs and 4 q man should u1ds-rsks 70
Z inspect each route going over une each
day. Including Holidays. bit resting On
Sundays. re would be over 1s5 years o.
The sut
Sebrasknn the Pioneer.
! Tie cornerstone of this gigantic service
vas laid hy Enamel SPEECH who win
Mrs. Spsirh, Is here visiting his 5auEh-
Ter. Mrs p L Sah1-- Al SO North Lin
coin avenue L has been his privilege
20 watch TIE structure grow from his
4 handiWo-k 70 al enterprise for which the
I last annual sGproprisfiu1 was q fraction
over 81. -.bea. GEO. or about 5. DrO. 900 more
-hz1 the appropristion for al city de-
[ livery. Charles Campbell q this city. q
f brakeman On the Burlingtu1- was one of
the carriers chosen fer tie first set Of
routes
The f-Ts- appruP-iztion f1r r=1-zI delivery
WAS made early IL 1885 and was Elloa
Nobody Fl the PoF-u1flcs deps---1s-r
seemed 10 know sust Ehst il was fa- o-
how 70 proceed 70 spend it TIE money
remained U-to1-he5 uut1 the latter par
q the following year. Mr.. Speech vLs then
auditor q the free delivery service. Late
I IN The sumner q lsE Postmaster General
wilson talked u NJ. speich relative Il the
aEp-uTriH-l1r- vuuchszffuE The i5ea 1har il
would be hazardous 70 undertake free d.
livery q ulsls In rural communities. To
4 provide anything IKE complete delivery II
rural sections Postmaster General Wilson
oeclarec. would bankrupt The E0vsrrEs1t
Example of Switzerland.
a = knew that IN Switzerland nv native
country said Mr.. speich IL speaking q
I the tnci5e-t the othsr dzv. mails ware
T delivered over ths craEs and -nou-tsia tops
O the Alps and that the service was sue
oessful / Gould see 10 reason why rural
free delivery should not bs successful IN
This country I volunteered 10 establish
one OF more ruu1ss c7lr Of Tecumssh, John
SCI county. ny hone town, as a. eKpsri-
nsnl. and NJ Wilson agreed 70 The plan
i W=at 20 Teru-seh early In October.
intending 70 lay out three rou-es- whue :
VS. On ny way from washinEz0- ths plan
was reported in The Nebraska newspapers
and when ! arrived AZ Teoumseh f5lIsd
the democrats q the town very indignant
. They thought my mission was Cne q pol-
F ties TIE rep16llcsus. who also thouE1,
TIE plan was one Terminated II the interest,"
. q Mckinley. then q csn6ldE-e for presi-
. dent were enthusiastic. bur The Bryan ne1
. crposed ne bitterly. one q ny best
. friends. & 6c-ocra- sad 70 ne. This is
nothing but & - Marx Hanna scheme 70
wiz this county for NcEtnlsy- You cant
f best Bryan here by any such tzcucs You
can't buu6uze rs. you can't hribs Is. y0u
cant by rs
Five Republican Carriers.
+ s'-Ais opposition Was serious aisaqpoiut-
rlsuI 10 ne. for had q great deal q prl5e
. IN The undertaking 10 start tAs free delivery
syre-n from ny home town Because q the
feeling thgt ths scheme uas one o. politics
! proposed an a--zngeuent which Ezs en-
t-rely satisfactory. ! tod them we would
establish the routes The day Etts- the presi-
dental eisc1ion ! had been Authorized 10
law Euraa9a7E.1 an
thor5ry AID planned 1--WE 7 told them Il
Bryan vas elected We WoEl6 appoint demo
cratic carriers for al Eve routes. v1lle Il
Mckinley Was elected We would appoint
republican carriers Each SIDE Was conf
dent q success and they promptly agreed
70 -h5 plE- TIE nurzi1sE after the sl=c-
ri11, When We knew Mckinley lad be~l
elected I've repuhlll-an boys started ouI OF
A. many routes TIE service vas ssusfac-
tory from the s-zr- No nsnos- O. Con
Eress Eould think for a Uiu-Is ncE ui
opposing ruTsl free delivery. The 1rsi
zppr1Esr5zglun FOR TINS service wEs a. -
significant g-ll15 and tA-s rsrlEire5 unused
for nearly -E0 years II 1sg-, after o1l
. eEps r.nent 81 Iecu1seE. c11grsss aFTro-
prlz-=6 S4Jt5 and SINCE then Ire service
has grown 70 s3ch an extent that the las,
sFpr1Irizu1a mace was =. -.s'a.o,a-
Self-SUPP0rt Hoped For.
O1Vl-uz-y rural free G5Lv5-v g heavy
drain O. The treasury bul NJ ST=lcL p-e-
diets that within five years The puE-A- serv-
ice E-L bs entirely s=lt-s1srziulng- Nol
does lbs preLlcti1- seen too optimistic. ful
-ls dspzr-usLr'E d5lciHuey last gssr Eai
Only approximately slH.lsLlJl
M. Epsl-l WEs connected VIII me Past
ufflce department twenty-five years Es
resigned IE0 years ago and turned ms Al
Ier-i0r 70 me real estate business i- lhi
national czpl-E- where he las sE-sls-vi
lu-sresls be EeEr % Washington trCu
Iecumssl, Wlicz IS s-iI his legal r=s idsDn5
Nr. Spelch mar7sls a. the WCndsrful de
veloEmsE- q Ne-rEslzs s-ncs ls 1irEr cans
20 IRE E-E-s- He Las seen Nebraska a. JWi
sEr-enes-l1s q darkness Ea1 gioun- al.
ne o-lsr q b1lu-ifll prosperity 70 uut
. Eh1 -Uz-ezbzrE Lhs tine whel farmer
could no. rsiss enough gran 20 feed -lsl
chickens Ihs present greEI and i8crszs-ll
Prod1c.iuz is DuIh--g sk1rl O. marvellous
CsrzeH sohsl=EzhiF IsT SsSsS- a.
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