Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-05-03
Residents of Western Section
of City Demand Facilities
They Have Long Needed.
CORRESPONDENCE WITH
THE POST OFFICE DEPT.
Must Have Paved Streets
and Numbered Houses
fOEsthe Letter Carriers.

Residents of Stanford Heights and
the upper part of New Brunswick
avenue, through the Citizens Alli-
ance, which is composed of the citi-
zens of that section of the city, are
redoubling their efforts to secure
mail service and, as the Post Office
Department at Washington, d. c.,
will not order it until fiagstone side
walks are laid, houses numbered and
the names of streets posted at cor
ners, they have decided to seek the
improvements from the Board of AL
dermen
A year ago the Citizens Alliance
sent petition to the Post Ofice De-
partment for an extension of mail
service on the upper part ~ New
Brunswick avenue and the Stanford
Heights section. Postmaster Tice
said that carriers could not be sent
there until certain Improvements
were made, but the Alliance decided
to deal direct with the department at
Washington. Considerable CORE
-spondence between them and the
Post Office Department followed, the
final letter from Washington being
as follows:
"Mr. M. Momberg,
Perth Amboy, N. J.
Sir
Receipt is acknowledged of your
letter of the 4th instant relative to
the petition signed by Beatrice Bam-
Der and others for the extension of
city delivery service to include the
section in which you reside.
"In reply you are Informed that
flagstone sidewalks are considered
good, but they must be continuous In
all sections to be served before the
department can order the extension
In addition all houses must be mum
bered and the names of streets post
ed at intersections.
Respectfully,
&c. P. GRANDFIELD,
First Assistant Postmaster General
Miss Beatrice M. Bamber, superin.
tendent of the city hospital, was one
of those who signed the petition tc
he department, and letters passed
between her and the authorities a.
Washington.
Long Sought improvements.
Mr.. Momberg said this morning
that a year ago the Alliance made
application to the city council tc
have the house-numbering completed
and the Tagging of the sidewalks
from Washington street to the hospi-
tai finished, but that as yet it has not
been done. you see how necessary
the. existence of a Citizens Alliance
is, and that it is now necessary to
make demands on the city govern
ment," he said.
The Citizens Alliance has done
much for the northwestern part oi
the city, as it was largely through
their efforts that Garfield Hose Com
pany was established and a new
school secured on Neville street. AS
the alliance works with zeal they will
probably ultimately secure the de-
sired mail delivery.
City Clerk LaRoe said this morn
ing that the Board of Aldermen, sew
eral months ago, ordered New Bruins
wick avenue tagged, from Washing
ton street to the city hospital, and
that notices we're sent to the property
owners to do the work within thirty
days. Mr.. LaRoe stated that as the
contractors who lay sidewalks said
that considerable difficulty is expert
enced in laying tagging in cold
weather, the work was held over, but
that 1t would probably be completed
without further delay, as 1T was in
the hands of the street commissioner.