Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1915 — 710 Routes Added to Mail Service. [ARTICLE]

710 Routes Added to Mail Service.

Establishment of 710 new rural mail delivery routes to serve 82,390 families and the extension of existing service so as to reach 5,460 additional families has been announced by Postmaster General Burleson. Nearly all the routes will go into operation June 15th and postmasters have been informed to employ necessary temporary carriers pending the selection of permanent men through civil service examinations. The extension of the service was made possibel by the reduction of operating expenses.