The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-11-01
THE CHANGES IN
RURAL ROUTES
Ringoes to be the "Mecca" For Car
riers From Lambertville and
Stockton Postoffices.
ONE OF THEM NAMES REASONS


isn't contemplated in the mail SER
vice of this section, and now it's the
rural routes which will be altared
today. Additional mileage will
be added to the local routes, the
one passing through Ringoes and out
toward Wertsville.
Raven Rock will lose its rural
route, which will be transferred to
Stockton, covering practically the
same territory as at present, except
ing that the carriers trip will be re-
versed. This will give Stockton
three rural routes, one of which will
be carried down the Neshanic Valley
and through Ringoes to the foot of
Mount Airy hill, and back. This
will put some people, within sight of
Ringoes postoffice, either upon the
Lambertville or Stockton routes.
both of which postoffices are from
six to eight miles away.
One of the two rural routes out
OF Ringoes will be discontinued, and
the remaining one will go up within
mile of Pennington, and around
toward Three Bridges, and is sched-
uled to leave the Ringoes postoffice
before the morning mails arrive, so
that the patrons will receive daily
papers one day late.
The route from Three Bridges
will be moved to Pennington and
come down nearly to Ringoes and
partly across the Sourland Noun
tain. toward HopeweIl
Ringoes will be especially we'll ia
vored with rural routes passing
through or near the village, but
what effect it will have upon the
postoffice there is problematical.
Several of the rural carriers in
this county either have or are about
to resign their positions owing to the
increased milage that many of them
will have to make under the change
in their routes.
1t will take some time for the pa
irons to adjust themselves to the
changes, and correct their addresses
and in the meantime the carriers
will stop at the postoffices from
which the mail has been changed to
pick up such matter, but it will of
ten mean day or two late in the
delivery of what may be important
matter
The following statement, pertain
ing to the rural route situation, is of
more than passing interest:
About IL years ago, after taking
a competitive examination under
Republican administration, | was
appointed a Rural Mail Carrier.
The fairness of the examination was
attested by the fact that at that
time was under age, consequently
my voting was not taken into con-
sideration. Recently | was selected
by the Rural Carriers of New Jersey
as their sole representative at their
National Convention held at Kansas
City, Mo. Before going word was
received of the changes in the rural
service and of such a nature that
was very Unsatisfactory to my pa
irons.
At their request | went to Wash
ington, d. c., to represent them, to
have the service left as it was,
went to see a Democratic United
States Senator was told that it
was almost impossible to have any,
thing done, for in a political way
the P. 0. Department was in such a
bad shape that they we're tempted
at times to change their politics and
become Republican.
From there | went to a National
Convention and found that through
out the United States changes that
had already taken place had aroused
the whole country in protest, and
that this dissatisfaction was among
the patrons, regardless of politics,
and the Democrats of the South
were more bitter than the Demo-
Gratis of the North, because, as Sen
ator Hardwick, of Georgia, said, in
a public speech, his people had be-
come so dissatisfied with the poor
service and he had waited upon the