Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-01
PUT REVISED RURAL
SERVICE !. !. N. EFFECT H
CHANGES in COUNTRY MAIL
ROUTES ARE PUT IN oPER-
ALTON TODAY.
TWELVE MILES ADDED
TO ROUTES FROM CITY
Route No. I, North Of City. Now 10 an
Automobiis Route Changes Take il
sors Territory Formerly Served
From Albion, Liscomb, LsGrand,
Gilman, and state Center. ,

Changes in the rural free delivery
\ service out Of this city, and other
towns Of the county, which were or
dered by the postoffice department, be-
came effective with the delivery begun
\ this forenoon BY these CHANCES mail
9 was delivered into the country by auto
mobile out of this city for the first
time. Six of the seven routes out OF
this city have been changed to some
extent and 1913 miles have been added
to six OF the seven routes.
The mileage thus added serves terri
tory that has been served by fLdscomb,
Albion, LeGrand, Gilman and State
Center. Most of the changes insofar as
mileage is concerned. are slight on
each route. lsss
No. 4 Now Auto Route.
Route No l, a route that goes over
North Third avenue and serves terri
tory north OF the city and In the vi
cinity OF Liscomb and Albion, has been
heightened 3.5 miles and has become
an auto route. Its mileage is now
31.25 miles.
This route has been extended one
and one half miles farther north into
Liscomb township, and west two and
one-half miles to serve some territory
that was formerly served by Liscomb.
Part OF route No. has been trans-
ferred to route No. z.
Route No. out the North Center
street route has been heightened LIS
miles, and is now 2S.75 miles long. It
has been extended one and one half
miles north Of Prairieyille, west one-
half mile and north one and one half
miles to the center of section 10. Els
comb township, then east two and one
half miles, and southssix miles over the
old route. ~
Routes East and South. -
Route No. 2 has been so reversed as
to take in the east part Of route No. s.
on South Twelfth avenue, to the north
line Of Greencastle township, and takes
in territory two miles east, one mile
north, and two miles west that was q
part Of the Gilman route. The mileage
OF route No. Q has been increased from
26 to 2S.75 miles.
The changes made in route No. are
1 in Marion township. The route has
,)corner OF Section No. 80, south along
s5the east line Of the section and down
4past Quarry, instead Of retracing, and
goes past LeGrand mills. A part Of
route, F-sis,.- 5 ;sss1ssseen tTansfeIresu-to
route No. Q, and the route has been ex-
tended snorth I've and ,sthree-quarter
miles vest tvg0s miles to the Frank NJ.
( Wheslei corner. then into the city over
the Mchols0n road. The mileage of
the route has been increased from
1537 miles tn 26A7 Ynfles
Other Routes Changed.
Other Routes Changed.
Other routes changed are Nos and
6. Route No. passes thru Marietta
1t has been changed to extend north
west OF Marietta. cutting off the mile
by the w. II. H. Woodward homes and
take. the north route to the center OF
section II. Minerva township, thence
south one mile. east three and one half
miles to the Friends church, thence
south enc mile, west one mile, south
one mile, thence east into the city.
This route cuts off three families and
adds eleven. The mileage has been in
creased from 25.25 miles to 25.75 miles.
No..6 takes a part Of route No. 2 and
goes Into the northwest corner of
\ Jefrerson township west OF Ferguson.
The mileage has been increased from
a miles to 29.5 miles.
Route No. has the same mileage as
formerly. the only change being re-
arrangement Of the route in the north
ern part Of Timber Creek township.