Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1908-03-01
Fight From Palisades, N. r., Nipped
in the Bud by Prompt Action
p. o. Department Rules in our
Favor. - Good Work by z. r.
Brown.

Palisade was recently in apparent
danger of losing its post office, owing
to the decided opposition of Palisades,
N. Y. That little cross roads village
got a few Pahsade letters missent there,
and at once petitioned the Post Office
Department, at Washington, to have our
name changed. The Post Office De
partment thought Palisades, N Y, put
up too good a story to be ignored, and
so Postmaster Ferdinand Stabel re-
ceived letter telling of the wall of
Palisades, N. Y, and suggesting that
we change our name to Palisade
Heights. Fortunately we have a live
wire in Palisade in the person of R. R.
Brown who, also, is in close touch with
another live wire in Washington in the
person of Henry J. Finley, leading
attorney of the Capital City. Mr.
Brown got busy as soon as he heard
the Palsade Heights suggestion and as
member of the Post Office Committee
sent Mr. Finley the following eloquent
appeal:
Palisade, n J., March Is 1908
Dear Mr.. Finley: Would it be ask
ing too much of you to get you to help
us again with our post office matter?
We are in serious trouble about it, and
| hardly know Of any way out OF 1t
except with your assistance.
Palisades, New York, has protested
against the use by us of the name Pail
SADIE 1t has been suggested that we
change Our name to Palisade Heights.
Herewith is a copy of letter, dated
the 3rd instant from the First Assls-
that Postmaster General, to Our post
master asking that he confer with the
patrons of this office and advise the De
partment at the earliest practicable date
whether there would be any serious OBJ
lection to the use Of the name sug-
gested.
After talking with the members
of the committee of the ak Payers
Association having this matter III
charge, can say that there would
be most serious objection to any
change in the name of Our post Office
Indeed. we feel that such change
would be nothing short of calamity
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
have been spent in developing, exploit
ing and advertising Palisade No pains
have been spared to make it model
suburban residential place. | send you
herewith pictures of some typical houses
and streets in Palisade. The post office
mere already serves TIC OCCUPANTS VI
between seventy and one hundred
houses like those shown in the pictures.
Notwithstanding that the office has been
established only a few months, it will
probably be found that the cancellations
here amount every day to those of Pail
sades, New York, where the office has
long been established. Our place is des-
tined to be in short time one of the
most populous of the suburban towns
around New York. This office will
therefore probably be serving several
thousand patrons in the course of
very few years
I am informed that Palisades, New
York, is hamlet, off the railroad that
there are only very few houses there;
and that in the nature of things it can
not have any material growth.
I am further informed that the num-
Der of missent letters is growing less
every day. With view to still further
removing all ground for complaint OF
this kind, we are arranging to have
every patron of this office supply himself
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