Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1919 — THREE MAIL ROUTES WILL BE DISCONTINUED. [ARTICLE]

THREE MAIL ROUTES WILL BE DISCONTINUED.

Suspension of three of tlje motor mail routes operating out of the Indianapolis postofllee was ordered today by a telegram received fwn the fourth assistant poetmsater-gen-eral at the office of Robert E. Springsteen, postmaster. The order is effective immediately, and the routes suspended are those from Indianapolis to Marion, Kokomo and Lafayette. This leave* as the only mall routes operating out of Indianapolis those to Bedford and Greensburg which, respectively, are the connecting links In the Indianapolis and Louisville and the indianai>olls and Cincinnati route*. No reason for the suspension was given In the telegram. Several months ago, however, postoffice Inspectors who toad bevti over motor mall routes in this and other states are known to have made reports adverse to the continuation of the service.— lndianapolis News,