Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1904 — Route Number Four Inspected, [ARTICLE]

Route Number Four Inspected,

Still one other Rural Free Delivery Route out of Rensselaer, is now practically a sura thing. F. M. Dice, the old time rural route inspector was heie Thursday, and went ever proposed Route No. 4, and pronounced it good. The route is the one south and south east of town, and has heretofore been mentioned. It -leavfs toWn on the road past Joseph Sparlings and ihe W. M. Hoover farms, and also passes the Marion and -Joe Adams places, and thence over in the neighborhood formerly snppli ed by the defuanut Sharon postoffice. It also passes the Slaughter school house. It is mainly in Marion township, but also takes in part of Milroy, and possibly grazes the uortboast edge of Jordan. The furthest point reached is Qleen City school house, in Milroy. -On the return trip it comes in past the O’Meara school house, and the Jim Welsh place, re entering t iwn for the present over the road past Mrs. Drakes, but will, when the bridge approaches are made, come in over the new road, north from the old fair grounds, -and by the Alt Padgett and Jud Perkins ooruers. The route ia 25 miles long, passes 109 houses Hud will probably be established and in eolation by July Ist.