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Show Residents of t ho territory sur-rounding sur-rounding Jit. Pleasant are taking steps at. the present time to secure rural delivery mail service. There is every probability that the move will be successfully culminated, as an investigation has shown that all the conditions required by the postal pos-tal service before the rural service is inaugurated can be met here. A sufficient number of families within a certain radius of territory is the only requirement. This it is certain cer-tain can be found in one direction out of Mt. Pleasant, if not in two. Richard Brown, a prominent resident res-ident of the Round Hills, and John Shelly, also active in the directing of the affairs of the settlement mentioned men-tioned are taking the initiative in the matter. They are quite encouraged encour-aged over developments so far and expect to take up the work again this week aud push it to a satisfactory conclusion. The one route which the gentlemen gentle-men named are working for starts north along depot street, takes in the families just north of the city limits, goes on north to Birch creek and turns east to the Round Hills, including all the families in both settlements set-tlements on the list of patrons to be served, and continues south along the foot of the east mountains, to the group of families near the W. D Candland ranch. The route could be extended on south and west until it reached an end at the very place it started, if 'that was found necessary, or a second sec-ond route could be established there, whichever was deemed best, and providing pro-viding the requirements of the service ser-vice could be met by the latter system. sys-tem. It is understood thre are at least 4Jl fifty families along the route men- tioned above and terminating at the Candland ranch. That would prob-i:. prob-i:. ably satisfy the postal authorities, i; providing the route does not exceed k fifteen miles in length. It is known, i:i however, that the route that meets I with greatest favor by those who are in authority is one of about twenty-four miles in length, and gives ser-m ser-m vice to at least , one hundred fami-lies. fami-lies. It is- estimated that the com-jil com-jil plete route around the city, as outlined out-lined above, would give those requirements. re-quirements. One petition has already been sent in by the movers in the matter but it was technically incorrect and was returned for correction. Another will be drawn up and signed and sent in as soon as possible and it is hoped and expected it will receive consideration consider-ation that is favorable and that an inspctor will be sent here to check up on the route and give a final decision de-cision as to whether or not the route can be established. No information has been received receiv-ed here as yet concerning the dispo- sition made of the petition from residents res-idents of Oak Creek and Milburn to those places from Fairview, although it was checked several weeks ago by an inspector. |