Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-09-21
SHOULD BE REMEDIED.

Falls Creek is a new postoiiice, The name
is Victor and John Reed the i. NJ, Now the
next thing Is TO change the mail route from
Sandy Valley and Brockwayyille to Falls
Creek and Brockwayyille-DuBois Courier.
Here we have another double-headed
Postofice. The "oldcst inhabitantn knows
where Falls Creek is but where is "VictorYn
This double-headed way Of naming postofices
and railway stations in our county is ON out
rage. To illustrate: Several ear loads of per-
sons leave Tyrone for transportation over the
Tyrone & Clearfeld Railroad When the
conductor calls out "osceola all passengers
for Houtzdale, Ramey, Puseyville, Glen
Hope and Janes$ille change cars" The train
passes on, and finally the conductor calls out,
"Wallaceton,n and next "Bigler" This may
be all right in the sight of persons in the
vicinity, but II is fraud upon the strangers
who pass over the road and are governed by
the remarks of the conductor who, after q
lapse of time, may wish to address letter to
some one at "Osccolap as proclaimed by the
conductor "Osceola' is an old postoflice in
Bradford county, near the New York State
line, where letters generally go to when ad-
dressed, "Osceola, Pnn If the word "Millsn
is added by the writer, his letter may then
find the owner in due course Of the mail.
We now go back TO "osceolaH and start up
the branch railroad "IIoutzdale ~ exclaims
the conductor All right station and post
Office named alike and the stranger compre-
hends the situation Next we have "Ramey,n
ditto then we hear "Puseyville ~ That's an
old name, but the Postoilice address is MA
dera' The train is now about moving and
the conductor or brakeman announces that
the next station is GAINESVILLE" 4" the postofice
address of which has been Smiths Mills"
for over fifty years. We are now at the
terminus of that branch road. Is II possible
to make it more crooked in a postoflce or
railroad sense
Now we come back to Osceola mills and
take the train for Clearheld In a short time
we cross the Centre and Clearfeld county
lnt ~ Ntll ~ lht Muonillun AiNth NlhAt
times, when the conductor calls out "Blue
Ball ~ the postoflice address of which is
"West Decatur The stranger fooled again,
because his friend told him he resided ut
'Blue Ball" We then pass through Wallace
ton all right, station and postofice the same,
and the conductor soon calls ont "Bigler r
The stranger hears that also, and having be
come acquainted with lumberman or per
sonal friend during his journey, he, in after
years, recollects the remark of the conductor
and directs a letter to "Bigler, Pa' That
letter will turn up in Adams county, if the
pOstoilice clerks are obedient to orders, and
the party addressed would not receive ii
until it had gone through the dead letter
Office at Washington. How convenient such
business transactions are. The name of the
postofice at that place is "Williamsgrove.'
Again The borough of Newburg in Chest
township is a corporation, yet the postoffce
is called "Hurdn Now we have that old
visible landmark, Falls Creek situated on
the Low Grade Railroad, changed to Victor
Why not give us Falls Creek which is marked
on the ground Our chief objection is, that
the railroad men and the postoiiices impose
too much geography upon us for business
purposes