The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-16
MAIL CARRIER THOMAS HALLoRAN IN HIS AUTOMOBILE.

fee than any other carrier In 1896
Haynes died and f. p. Nolan was ap-
pointed and acted as carrier for ten
years.
I The year 1890 under the adminlstra-
ton OF Postmaster Martin. was made
/ memorable hy Inc establishment Of
J the free delivery service. Three car
riers. Thomas ]. Halloran, d. Il. Hay
mes and c. H. Wakefield were appoint-
ed Since that time birth Haynes aud
! Wakefield have died and Halloran
alone remains of the original carriers
/ The early history of the Bennington
! postoffice is in reality the history for
supremacy between the present viii
/ lagos of Bennington and Bennington
Center Early in the forties "Algiers'
as this village was then called, was a
thriving settlement and its situation
and abundant water power made 1t
plain to the dwellers on the hill that
it was destined to outgrow their viii
lage. AS soon as the lower village at
tempted to take from the older town
the county buildings and postoihce,
the unpleasant feeling between the
towns became manifest.
On January IA. 1874, this village
threw off its Algerian" condition and
officially took the name of East Ben.
nington by the establishment OF
postoffice here with General Henry
r Crimson as postmaster. In May 1916
/ the authorities at Washington caused
the East Bennington postotFce To be
discontinued, claiming that 1t was not
properly situated.
During me next year the accommo-
dating postmaster, ]. c. Haswell at
Bennington Center, DESTROYS of serv-
| ing the r,lJority of HIS people moved
the ,iostoffice to this village on TIM
bers. using several yoke of oxen as
motive power. The building was plac-
ed on the site it now occupies. II was
the occasion of great rejoicing in this
Village and the people turned out to eel
& rate their victory The hill dwell
ers were eiea'ly incensed at thu ac.
ton OF their postmaster and at once
sent a committee, David Robinson,
John s. Johnson and b. ,iamin F.
Fay. to washington. Tle visit re-
suited in the removal of the station
to the old town. ]. C tIaswell was
besides postmaster, publisher of the
Vermont Gazette, but soon after the
removal of the postotiice, The authori-
ties in Washington thought that the
good Of the service demanded his re
moval from the position and accord
ingly Hengy Nellogg was appointed IN
his place.
IL Jpi.cl'y 1913. petma1put POST
Office was es ahlished IN this village.
named East Bennington and ]. G. Has
well vas appointed as postmaster On
April u, 1S49 a new Office called Ben
nlngtSa was established aod Horace
7. Wnits cpm;lissiJnef posinaste
The second rennington l sti1asser
was Truman Huling whose appoin.-
mers bore tbs date of Apr'l 20, 1898.
Under Mr.. liuling the Office was kept
in the adams olCck. aLt'r' OF Alalh
and South streets. JohL X. 'iaies Vas
iappointed April Z, 1857. He moved
the office to the building nearly OPP
posite the Methodist church on Nam
street. The fourth incumbent was
James 1. c. Cook who was appointed
april 9, 1861 and reappointed March
2. 1867 and February Is, 1871 MT.
Cook kept the Office near the present
Adams block, as did his successors,
until 1882, at which time 1t was NOV
ed to the library building on Main
street. Later the business men IN the
section of Main and South streets IN
duced a removal to their vicinity MI
Cook was succeeded by Thomas j. Til
fany whose first appointment was
made April 20, 1872 and who was re-
appointed January II, 1876 and Febru'
ary 2. 1880. On March 26, 1884 Thorn
as A. Hutchins, superseded Mr.. Tit
fany and held office until January 10,
1886. when Herbert H. Martin was APP
pointed to the position.