The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01
Rural Carriers Have Had
Heavy Business.
Carried Nearly Thirty Thousand
Pieces of Mail in March.
GATE is COMPLETED.
Garfield Park Entrance Is a
Beautiful One.
Other improvements Will Be
Made at the Park.


According to the report of A. E. !
Robinson, postmaster at Station A,
during the month of March the four
rural carriers have carried from the
office 2S,298 pieces of mail, or an aver |
age of a fraction over 1914 pieces for
each route. and have collected for
the same period 4,432 pieces, or an
average of 1,1O3 pieces. The report
was made out from the figures of the
carriers who have been counting the
mail carried and collected each day
last month in accordance with the or
ders from the United States postoffice
department. This counting will be
continued for three months. At the
end of three months carriers of routes
which have 5000 pieces or over will
win
The four routes from Station A
range from about twenty-four to
twenty-six miles, The number of
pieces delivered and collected on the
routes and the carriers are as follows:
Route No. 3, northeast of Topeka,
delivered 1878, collected 723. Joseph
Reedy, carrier: route No. 4, north of
Topeka, delivered 6,298, collected 8S1,
Jacob Brown, carrier; route No. 5,
north of Topeka, delivered 1903, col
1ected 1882; John May, carrier: route
No. 6. west of Topeka, delivered S,S19,
collected LAS, Jess Hamilton, carrier.
A North Topeka man who occupies
q room next to the young lady of the
taTnily describes the process of her
being called in the morning as follows:
About a. m, her mother comes to
the foot of the stairs and calls:
Mary, oh Mary"
There is no answer, but after a five
minute Interval the mother comes and
calls again: :+ Mary Mar ~ Mae-ree' It's
s'Uhu-a-aa- wha-at?" responds
the stsl half-slumbering girl. Get
right up now this minute. Now don't
you go to sleep again." says her
Another of intervals of silence fol-
lows and then her mother rushes to
the foot of the stairs with business
like tread.
right down now. I called you twice
already. Don't stay another minute.
DO you hear me, Mar-ree?"
ssYe-ah yes'' comes the reply.
Then comes rustic and a creaking,
q thump on the floor and Mary is up.
The three brick and concrete piers
at the Evylin street entrance to Gar
field park have been completed and
the iron swinging gates have been
hung on them. The larger gate, de-
signed for buggies and teams, is about
thirty feet wide and eight feet in
height. The smaller gate, for pedes-
trians is about six feet wide and of
lie painted and lights will be placed on
top Of two Of the piers.
other improvements will be made in
the park. The ground adjacent to the
dixie which enters the park at the
northwest corner and runs southeast
through the ground, will be graded to
a gentle slope to the top of the dixie
and planted with bluegrass. 1t is ex-
pected that this will be done next
week.
At the suggestion of Councilman w.
M. Van Ness, the ground enclosed by
the street railroad loop will be planted
with bluegrass and cannas will be
planted in the center.
Bids are being advertised for con-
tracing work on the proposed dikes of
the Kaw valley drainage district. The
bids will be opened April TO- This in
dicates that the work on the embank-
ments and other flood protection meas
ures will begin on little after that
date v; r. Parkhurst, engineer for
the North Topeka drainage board. is
of the opinion that with 100 teams and
100 men, the bikes of that district can
be finished within about sixty work.
ing days.
a very pleasant surprise party was
given Tuesday evening in honor of c.
p. Drbin at his home at 1885 Kansas
) avenues Mr.. Urbin Joined the navy
about two years ago and has been
home on furlough. He left for New
Orleans to join the navy Wednesday
morning. Those present at the social
aMair were: Miss Lizzie Kottmann,
Miss Laura Koehler, Miss Mary Kott-
mann, Miss Esther Nahrung Miss
Mary Diehl, Miss Anna Kottmann.
Miss Bertha Kern, Miss Anna Roth
enEerger, Miss Ruby Nahrung. Miss
Mary Geiser, Miss Mollie Ward, Miss
Garnett Brill. Miss Minnie Nahrung
Miss Bessie Brill, Miss Cara Nahrung'
Mrs. w. Geiser and Mrs. B. p. Miller
7fr Frank Dreyer, Mr.. Will Burroyv'
Mr.. Geo. Griffith. Mr.. Karl Kottmann'
Mulirhill, Mr.. Clyde Shore. Mr.. Fred
Kottmann, Mr.. Ed McGeeney, Mr.. Silas
Ogee. Mr.. Rob Link, Mr. Chas. Ketch-
UNI, Mr.. Bert Miller, Mr.. Will Geiser