The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-08-25
ASIIEEILLE'S POSTOFFICE.
PATTON AVENUE WILL. GET III,
EARLY IN SEPTEMBER.
postmaster Cannon Applies to the
Authorities for the Needed Per-
mission to Make the Change in
I-OCatiOn-TntereSti Facts.


mission to Make the Change in
A'OcaIiOn-IHterestin& Facts.
The postoffice is to be removed and
Patton avenue will get it.
At least that is what prominent Off
clal Employed in that institution inform
ed Il OrrIzEN representative last night.
When asked tor the facts concerning
the removal the gentleman said:
1T is the intention Of postmaster Can
non to remove the pOstoffice from its
present location early during the toming
month, and to that end he has already
applied to the postal authorities at
Washington for permission to make the
change site. His application was only
made a few days since, and consequently
nothing has been heard of it yet, but it is
almost certain that the necessary permis-
SION will not be withheld.
"li the permission is granted, and there
is no doubt i'll my mind concerning that
point, the postotficc will be removed
about September TO- to the new
liarknS building on Patton avenue.
And the reasons for this removal arc
easily given when it is taken into con-
Sldcration the lack of room and con-
vencnccs by which we are now handi-
capped IN our present location. There is
nothing like enough room for a speedy
ana satisfactory distribution of the
le'NE mails which we handle every day,
and III the way Of needed convenicnces
Ihcre are SIMPLY none. Again, the pro-
l'oScd new quarters are three hundred feet
nearer the court house than the present
site, aud it is Mr.. Cannon'S belief that u
greater number of people who receive
maui through the AshcvilIe office will be
benefited by the change These are only
few OF the many other reasons, and
good ones, too, that might be given for
the proposed removal of the office.
Il hear hat petitions have been sent to
Washington signed by certain citizens of
AShcvlllc asking that Mr.. Cannon's S ap-
pl1catlon Tor permission to remove the
office be retlIs d, but don't think that
these petitions will amount to much
when the change is asked and sought
by a much greater number of people.
However, do not speak authoritatiyelv
on this point and do not wish to be
quoted as having any preference in the
matter OF Iocatio beyond my own indi-
vldual comfort i'll the proper and salts
factory dischar2 Of my duties to the
postothcc department and the people
who receive their mails at this office.
And, by the way, | almost forget to
mention the fact that owing to the
crowded and cramped situation of our
present quarters free mail delivery sys-
tenn is not to be thought of, for the one
reason only that the room is totally in
sufficient for the transactionofth that most
important and difficult branch of the
postal service. As soon as the change of
location is effected application for a free
mmI delivery system in Ashevillc will be
made, and that the application will re-
celve the endorsement of the Washington
officials | am quite certain. But there
will be no free mail delivery for some
years to come ii we are compelled to re-
man III a place where even ordinary
mails are handled with great difficulty
and disadvantage all around.
"Thcrc is a slight possibility that the
office will not be removed | admit, but
the people will be the mourners at The
funeral and not ourselves. We believe the
people OF AShcville desire the most eff
clcnt postal service that can be given
them, and with this belief postmaster
Cannon is doing what he conscentiously
believes to be the right thing in asking the
department ior permission to change the
location OF the Ashcville postotficc."
The official then further said that the
new location would be handsomely AMI
conveniently fitted up, with advantages
that no other building in the city could
begin to offer, and finally closed his re-
marks with the assertion that "whcn
the change is made the postoffice will be
better managed than it has ever been be-
fore"