Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29
TRACT TO GET
CITY DELIVERY
Big Portion of South Rock Is.
land Is Taken Off of the
Rural Mail Route.
NEW CARRIERS SUPPLIED
I Postmaster Mcdonald Given Author.
ity to ReOrganize FOrce-Change
Method of Collecting.

| Authority has been given to Post
master H. A. ]. Mcdonald to rearrange
the city delivery service, and to pro-
| vide for city service in the territory in
| South Rock Island bounded by Eigh-
| teenth avenue, Seventeenth street,
| Brashar street, and Fifth street. At
the same time the Rock Island rural
| route No. 1, which serves South Rock
| the territory between the Watch Tow
| er road and Brashar street and Eigh-
teenth avenue and east to Thirty eighth
street. The rural route as rearranged
will be 1874 miles long, giving the car
rier little greater distance to cover
! than at present The route however,
will not have nearly as many families
TO serve, the thickly settled territory
| under the orders of the department
being placed under the city delivery
| service. 1t is the plan of the post
master to provide two deliveries daily
| in the tract in South Rock Island
| which now comes under his direction.
Must Meet Requirements.
The postmaster calls attention to the
| fact that in order to secure the benefit
of city service, the residents of South
Rock Island must comply with the
same requirements as residents of the
/ city. This includes the numbering of
| houses and the installation of letter
| boxes
The new regulation goes into effect
Sept. l. and the postmaster requests
that those who wish to secure the city
delivery comply with the conditions in
the time intervening. The same is true
| of the residents of the territory added
to the rural route. Those who desire
10 be given the service must comply
with the regulations for rural routes.
City Service ReOrganized.
| The orders received by Mr. Melon
aid call for complete reorganization
of the city service. He is allowed five
additional carriers in accordance with
his request. and has also been given
authority TO employ two additional Of
flee clerks.
| One of the most radical changes in
the city delivery service will be the
| Inauguration of the new method of
making collections Two men will be
assigned to this work alone. and they
will be equipped with collection wag
ons-unlike the carriers carts, in that
they will have four wheels and have a
capacity for great amount of mail
and the duty of collecting outgoing
mail from the boxes about the city
will be taken from the carriers.
The routes are to be reassigned. and
the new South Rock Island territory
will be given to one of the men who
is provided with a horse ana cart.
| Other routes will also be rearranged,
and the heaviest routes will be reduc
ed to facilitate the delivery.
| The additions to the force of carriers
will make the total number of carriers
%. The last additions TO the clerical
force. effective July l, made the office
force number 20 clerks.
Get Increases In Pay.
During the year 500 year addition
al salary has been given TO Is clerks
! and IA carriers at the Rock Island Of
fee The last additions to the force
mean that the department will add
$4750 10 the pay roll this year on this
account alone, and if these new car
riers prove efficient. their pay will be
increased next year, so that the total
will be $1,000.
The local Office has been allowed
one of the Cummins automatic cleo
trio machines, one of the latest and
newest devses for cancellation of
stamps.
Given More Room.
Postmaster Mcdonald has secured
the west half of the room now Occu-
pied by the Artista Piano company
in the State bank building, and this
will be added to the temporary quar-.
tiers, and devoted to the money order
and stamp departments. The tenn
porary quarters are now being fitted
up, and it is expected that they will
be ready for occupancy by Sept.
Word from Congressman Mckinney
this morning is that the supervising
architect expects to have the spec
ifications for the remodeling of the
postoffice building ready by Aug. o
J The architect states that the plan:
/, are ready, and the specifications are
-. about 95 per cent finished. Bids will
, be asked for as soon as they are com