Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1916 — FREE CITY MAIL DELIVERY [ARTICLE]

FREE CITY MAIL DELIVERY

Council at Work on Preliminaries of Street Numbering. Free mail delivery has been ordered for Monticello, to take effect October 1. Regarding the prospects for free mail delivery in Rensselaer, Postmaster Littlefield says it is up to the city to order the necessary street and house numbering and have same done before we can get free delivery here. The Democrat is informed that the city council is now at work on resolutions and ordinances for the changing of names of some of the streets and the necessary numbering of houses. There are several streets now bearing practically the same name, and this will be remedied by giving new names to some of them. For instance, there are two Washington streets, our main street and the street leading north from Weston cemetery, and one Washington avo nue. There are two Harrison streets, ets. The city is also in communication with makers or dealers in street name sighs, etc. It is the intention get all 'bis straightened out and then pass the necessary ordinances and resolutionso it would seem that free city delivery will probably be had some time early next year.