Show new mail route a probability all iron and washington county people will rejoice to know eliat there is now a very good chinco for tho es of direct mail connections between iron and washington counties by the letting of a contract between Kanar ravillo in iron to toquerville in washington county last friday afternoon J S roberts assistant superintendent of alie ly mail service with headquarters at sin francisco arrived in cedar city and friday evening met with the commercial bluh and talked over the matter of mail service bo iron and washington counties the visit of mr roberts hero at this time was in response to petitions forwarded to the department by alie residents of the section of country interested to hive such a route established As a result of alie meeting mr roberts left saturday morning on a tour of inspection of the route suggested in alie petitions pros U T jones being delegated to accompany the visitor their itinerary included Ka narra bellevue Belle vuc leeds and toquerville with the ranches and resulted in convincing the inspector that alie route was needed and also that and toquerville were the proper junction point another factor which figures very prominently in the matter of the establishment of gutc id the boi curing of reasonable bids for the performing of the service and this was practically disposed of by the promise of a number of reliable persons along the route that they would submit bids with the knowledge that alie bids reasonable in order to ire accepted on his return to cedar city mr roberts gave strong assurance that the route would be advertised and that he had no doubt that it would be in operation by july arst if nde sooner the severing of alie mail connections between the two counties b the change of tho route to run via modems from saint george lias lccy a very great inconvenience 10 the people of this of country and everybody will rejoice that connection is to be iron county record |