New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-10-27
RURAL ROUTES ARE
]. GREATLY CHANGED
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT DE-
CIDEs ON RIGID ECONOMY
IN THE FORCE.
ADDS MILES TO LENGTH OF
EACH ROUTE AND ELIMI-
MATES OTHERS.

Sweeping changes are to be made in
the rural mail routes running in and out
of Brown and Nicollet counties. In an
effort to reduce expenses in the pos
tai department, rural routes in all parts
of the country are being rearranged with
the idea Of cutting down the number of
carriers. Forty federal inspectors are
now at work in Washington, their plan
being to eliminate certain routes and
absorb them by frightening others.
Postmaster Pfaender received notice
Saturday of the changes which will 60
into effect from the New Ulm offices.
Postmaster Pfaender announces the
following changes for the Brown County
carriers. Route No. 2, now q miles
long will be 30.75 miles and will take
care Of part Of the present Route z
patrons, those living south Of Clear
Lake and on the road between Sigel
and Cottonwood towns.
Route No. has had 3.5 miles added
to it. The same rural patrons will be
served as heretofore with the addition
of the Front and Valley Street patrons
from Center to Eighth Street South who
are now served by Route No.6.
Route No. z now containing 28.5
miles will be heightened to 1912 miles
and will be reversed in order, taking in
addition some Of the patrons on Route
No. out of Hanska. The return will
be thru Searles.
Route No. 5 which serves the people
living in the vicinity Of Cambria and
thru Searles and Cottonwood as yet has
been left unchanged.
& Changes 10 Sc nade in Nicollet County
that will effect the New Ulm routes will
alsobe many. In nearly every instance
the routes have been made longer by
two to five miles, and this results in
general in the cutting out Of one route
for every seven or eight routess So
far as is known none of the New Ulm
routes will be cut out but the lengthen-
ing will operate to lessen the number
from other post-of6ces in the territory
served. -
Route No. out of New Ulm which
serves Nicollet County patrons win
be changed from 25.7 miles to 3O.5
miles in length. It will take in a part
of the present route No. 6 and the car
rier will return to New Ulm by way of
Herman Albrecht's and the Fritsche
hill.
Route No. 8 will be heightened from
26.7 miles to 30.3 miles and will also
absorb part of Rt. 6. 1t will proceed
from New Ulm to Klossner and extend
few miles east of that place and return
to New Ulm over its old route with
the difference that the order Of service
will be reversed, those now getting
their mail first being the last to serve.
Route No. will be increased from
27.7 miles to 29.7 miles. It will leave
the city over the line that the present
Route now enters and will serve q
part Of that route, going along the
Fort road thru Rossner and after serv-
ing part of CORTLAND Route No. /
patrons will return to New Ulm over
the lower CORTLAND bridge.
The St. Peter Herald says an order
to go into effect Nov. 10th has been re-
ceived at the st. Peter Office. Under it
Route 6, former Traverse Route /, is
discontinued, and the greater part Of it
will be given to Carrier Gus Shogren Of
Route 8, and Carrier Louis Haney Of
Route 2. The latter will no longer
make the loop into Oshawa township,
which will be given to Carrier Chas. M.
Anderson Of Route 1.
Route out of st. Peter has not been
changed, but probably will be later.
Carrier w. O. Layton of Route 4, loses
part of his old route, which is added to
Route out of Ottawa. Route 2 from
Cleveland, is eliminated, and most Of it
will be given to Carrier Layton. He will
make daily visit to the Cleveland post
Office and get mail for patrons now served
on Cleveland Route 2.
Route A. Of Nicollet is abolished, and in
future will be made part Of Routes 5 and
out of Mankato. sss.s
The general effect Of the new order will
be 70 lengthen the routes Of the rural
carriers out Of st. Peter an average Of
about eight miles. It adds materially
to their work and naturally the change
= not popular with them. There are
indications that the service will be left
I in . somewhat chaotic state, and protests