The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-13
ASK COUNCILS FOR
SYSTEM OF STREETS

A Thousand Carbondale Residents
Are Being Disseminated Against
in the Way of Mail Service-Time
for Councils to Name Streets and
Number Houses.
After many cndeavorS to hush ii by
promising that councils would take
some action. The Tribune is forced to
heed the cry of several hundred resi-
dents of Carbondalc who are suffering
from rank discrimination in the mat
ter Of mail service.
It's an old story to The Tribunc's
readers. the fact that fully Il thousand
persons are deprived of free mail de-
livery each day solely because councils
Will not provide system of streets.
This system of streets ComprehendS the
naming of streets, which are at present
unnamed. and Il system of numbering
houses that will smack of something
like intelligence. The system (D in
vogue now is what "Chuck' Connors
would call Il panic" An example of
this long-standing joke is on the West
Side, where the name Scott street
means anything or nothing. Whatever
may mean I, lane or Il blind alley or it
nay mean the roadway from the top
If the hill to the city limits over Crys-
al Lake way. You can take your
'hoicc 0r YOU can make one.
Whatever may he said of this primi
tive condition, il is certainly IL curious
one, but il is one which councils can
correct. The prosaic spirit of early
days seems to r.lle councils in this mat
ter. however. and il is for this reason
that The Tribune takes up the Cudgcl
at this time in behalf OF the thousand
or more iong-Suffering residents in the
, bundatf section and on the East Side
who are as much entitled to free deliv-
cry service as those in the central city.
bat who are denied this privilege be
cause councils refuse to concern Them
selves about the matter Nothing can
be done with the postal department un-
til next July but if the agitation be
started now, 1t may achieve the hoped
FOR results by that time. Taking as Il
rriterion the interest thus far taken in
the project by councils, it would be
prudent to begin the agitation. the APP
pealinG would be better, right now, and
keep hanmoring ut 1t until the justice
sf the cause of those who are being
Disseminated against will fairly force
side the indifference of councils.
by way of explanation. it may he
aid that Carbondalc is entitled to
another mail carrier---a mounted one.
t has been entitled to this much for
couple of years. The receipts of
the office have earned this concession
long ago but the postal department re-
fuses Ia make the appropriation until
such time as the unused streets are
named and the unnumbered houses are
numbered. II there was anything like
an approach to an intelligent street
system the department might stretch a
point and allow the appropriation for
an additional carrier, but with the
present condition, one street name do
ing service for a half dozen streets
ana the same number to be found on Il
half dozen houses in the one block it
would he ridiculous to press the re-
quest for another carrier.
LII might be news, not very acceptable
peMs, Ia councils 10 learn that a mail
ear,irr Is not supposed to deliver mail
NJ u house that has no number. In
fact, he is forbidden to do So The pos
tai laws are very explicit on this point
and state clearly that no mail Is to be
delivered where there il no house NUM-
her or where there is 40 street name
Perhaps this hint will be effective in
moving councils to action. The hope
is that il viii and soon.