Evening journal., 1912-03-22
MONTROSE
ASKS FOR
MATLSERVICE
Sends Petition to Wilmington
Requesting Re-EStabliSh-
ment Of Delivery
SAY OTHER WAGONS
GET OVER THE Roads

Residents of Montrose are far from
being in a pleasant frame of mind
over the order promulgated yesterday
disseminating the mail delivery SER
vice i'm the village, because Of the bad
condition of the roads through the
village. The mail was not delivered
this morning, although Mrs. John Nj.
Donoho. the rural carrier. went over
the remainder of her route from the
Edge Moor post Office. While the roads
through Montrose are in bad shape at
present. because of the weather con-
ditions. it is expected they will be in
good condition within a week or two
and il is likely that the mail service
will be resumed at the expiration of
the thirty days allotted by Assistant
Postmaster General =. V. DeGraw, in
which TO have the roads improved, un-
der penalty Of the service being with
6rawn permanently.
Thirty-fve families. and about l25
persons. are affected by the order or
Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw
stopping the rural service for Mon
trose The order was based upon
complaints about the road conditions,
made by Mrs. Donoho the mail car
rier. to Postmaster Wingate at Edge
Moor who brought the matter TO the
attention of the post Office authorizes
at Washington.
Residents of Montrose last night
and today signed a petition asking
Assistant Postmaster General DeGraW
10 reconsider his order 20 discontinue
the MOntrose service.
1a.s..n Df0
really every person affected by the
order. and it reads as follows:
"Montrose, Del, March p, 1872.
"P. V. DeGraw,
Fourth Assistant Postmaster-Geh-
eral, Washington, d. c.
"Sir: We. the undersigned resi-
dents of Route No. l, Rural DeilV-
erv Nontrose. Brandywine hundred,
New Castle county Delaware, do pc
tition YOU to reconsider your oroei
Inv which our mail delivery service
was discontinued on this date, for the
following reasons:
4. That there is no controversy
between the Montrose Land Company
and ourselves.
"2. They are under no obligations
TO keep the roads in repair;
80. That delivery wagons, milk
wagons. a forty-siX hundred pound
coal oil wagon and many other wag-
ions deliver their loads to the resi-
dents of Montrose. II is not impos-
sible for Mrs. DonohO 20 deliver the
mail TO us if she so desires.
1--WE did not wish tho service in
the first place, but through her ac-
tivity we were placed upon the route
and the plan we had for sub-post-
office had to be abandoned
The residents of MontrOse admit
that the roads there are very muddy
at present, but they point out that
Mrs DonOho has light wagon and
has been getting over the route up to
the present. They also point out that
heavy oil delivery wagons and de-
livery wagons Of coal dealers, grOcers
haundries, etc, use the Montrose
roads. The coal wagons arc from
the yard of John NJ. DOnohO, husband
.of the mail carrier. During the biz.
zard Mr.. Donoho rode horseback and
delivered the mail at Montrose, and he
supplies most of the coal used by the
residents Of the village.
The residents of Montrose do no
claim that their roads are lik,
macadam highways, but admit tha
they are far from that However
they contend that they are at theii
worst now because of the weather
conditions. and they expect the roads
to improve i'm a short time. Before
the rural delivery service was es
tablished the residents of Montrose
tried to have postal sub-statlol
established there.