San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-27
The Postmaster Replies.

SAN ANTONIO Texas, April 27th, 1892
San Antonio LIGHT:
In your daily edition of Yesterday. un-
der the head Of Short Stops" you have,
no doubt unwittingly, done the postoffice
officials an injustice, in your intimation
that they are in partnership with any
body in the quarrel now going on in the
matter of street naming and house num-
boring.
All the facts of the case, so far as the
numbering OF houses is concerned, are as
follows:
Sometime in the month Of October last,
my attention was called to the recon-
mendation Of Postoffice Inspector H. d.
Norton, that the free delivery system was
In danger of teing taken away from the
city Of Houston, on account OF not having
the streets named and houses numbered,
and he stated TO me when on inspection
of this office in the month of November,
1891, that If this city did not take imme-
date steps TO name the streets and num-
Der the houses, he would recommend the
abolition of the free delivery service here.
As a matter of course | did not desire
such recommendation to be made, and
did what | could TO have the work COM
mence. 1t is true that had a consultation
with the mayor and with a committee of
the council, and urged some prompt action
and made some suggestions as 10 the pro-
per method of establishing base lines,
from which to commence numbering, and
at the suggestion Of a Mr. Selig Deutsch-
mann, a member of the Hedemann Mfg.
Co., stated that il that firm were
given an opportunity to furnish the
mum bers, the work could be done without
expense to the city. believe even re-
commended that this firm should be en-
plOyed, but as the result proves. my
recommendation did not meet with favor
at the hands of the disposing power, who
ever that be.
Since the selection of another party
than the one l recommended, there has
been spread the report, so | am informed
by Mr.. Deutschmann, that had instruct.
ed, or would instruct, the carriers not to
deliver any mail to house not furnished
with one of the official, enameled num-
bers, and was asked as to the truth of the
report
This was rather comical, in view of the
fact that for several years past W (: had
been doing our best to deliver mail TO
houses that had no numbers or wrong
and confusing numbers, and we were only
too glad to have any kind of systematic
mum bering to help us in our dilemma. l
could hardly believe that any such re-
port would be seriously entertained by
any one, and so stated to my informant
have on every opportunity, by every
fair means known to me, urged the pro-
per naming of streets and numbering Of
houses, and had hoped that at last there
was likelihood OF the work being done
in proper manner, but it seems that
somebody is not satisfied with something,
and in your efforts to cast discredt on
your political adversaries, you have seen
fit in the manner stated, to intimate the
partnership of the Post Office Officials
with the present City Administration.
III you will do the Post Office officials
political favor. you will advocate a K
publican candidate for Mayor, and aft
he Is in the field, support him as fait
fully as will the same Post Office o
Gals. Very Respectfully.
SIM JOHNSON