Remarkable Expansion of the Free Postal Delivery System in Norwood-This Day In Norwood History-October 4, 1901

COVERING THE TOWN.

Arrangements went into effect Tuesday last by which Norwood’s free delivery system is much improved and expanded. The U. S. government has allowed this town one more carrier than heretofore and has allowed the post office to have one of its carriers mounted, that is, provided with a horse and carriage. The fortunate or unfortunate carrier who has a long journey by carriage instead of a shorter but less comfortable one on foot is Roy F. Fairbanks, whose new route relieves Letter Carrier Reardon considerably in some portions of his Pleasant Street route and also shortens Carrier Sullivan’s route a little, beside* giving almost the remotest outskirts of the town a free delivery system. Sumner Street and the Hawes neighborhood are not touched, but the brick schoolhouse district and Rock Hill and vicinity are.

This carriage route begins at Chapel Street along Walpole, extending along Wilson Street practically to the Walpole line. It then returns along Walpole Street to Davis Avenue. Beginning anew at the subway near Dean Street, it passes along Washington Street to the East Walpole line, Mylod Street, Rockhill Avenue and other intersecting streets are covered. When Mr. Fairbanks completed his journey to the East Walpole line he takes in Water Street and passing over to the Brick school neighborhood worlds Pleasant street to Cross street. Two trips a clay are made over this long route.

By having this mounted carrier not only is the town almost entirely covered by the free delivery, but the labor of another carrier is made available for very practical service, and the post office is able to give three free deliveries a day to people in the business portion. Carrier Reardon covers the territory from the post office to Railroad Avenue, including Washington and Market streets, three times a day. Carrier Bacon, the new carrier, also makes three deliveries, taking in the territory on Washington Street from the post office to the Norwood Press. Thus this third, or businessmen’s delivery takes in the business portion of town from the Norwood Press to Sanborn’s, store.

Carrier Reardon still has a pretty long route on two deliveries, taking in Pleasant Street in the direction of Neponset Street; but the longest pedestrian route is still that of Carrier Everett, who, beginning at Cottage and Washington streets, takes in the whole northeast section of the town.
Like Carrier Everett Carrier Sullivan has a two-delivory-a-day route, lying practically between Walpole, Guild, and Chapel streets. Carrier Bacon has a route through streets intersecting the territory between Guild and Cottage streets.

The three deliveries a day is already proving very popular with the businessmen, who are beginning to give up their boxes. The work entailed upon the post office is, on the whole, increased rather than diminished, but Postmaster Wallace believes that the public is getting an exceptionally fine service.

(All articles originally published in the Norwood Messenger)