Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-24
EXTENSION OF
MAIL SYSTEM
NOW REFUSED
Proposed Change or October
| Receives Set Back from
the Government.
MAIL BOXES THE CAUSE
U. S. Postal Inspector Yes
tsrday Finds Neglect Of
Sixty Per Cent.
IN NORTHWESTERN PART
Residents of that Section
May Be Given Until Oct.
10 to Comply.
IN NORTHWESTERN PART

Neglect Of sixty per cent. of the
residents in the northwestern section
OF the city to put up mail receiving
receptacles or cutting Sits in their
doors, has caused the government to
refuse to extend the mail delivery
there on October 1. 1t is likely that
the residents will be given until Oc-
tober / 5 in which to comply with
the governments wishes, and II they
fall to act favorably by that time,
the proposed extension, the addition
of new carriers and the Inaugural
tion Of Postmaster Tice's new deliv-
cry system. will be put off indefi-
nitely, perhaps for long period,
until agitation Is again begun by the
progressive people Of that district.
John B. Hobby, a United States
postal inspector, met Postmaster
Tice yesterday afternoon and every
bit Of the new territory, which 1t is
proposed to annex to the delivery
system, was trayersed. Each house
was viewed and the absence of mail
receptacles and Sits In doors for re-
ceiving mail was found to be the
greatest hindrance to the adoption of
the proposed system. The houses
were found to be fairly we'll num-
bered, the streets and walks seem ed
to be in fairly good shape and the
observation disclosed the fact that
everything, excepting the absence
of receptacles, is favorable. In Ba-
ker place, the postmaster says, there
is not box.
Inspector Holtby has visited this
city before. He seemed to take a
special interest in this city and wants
to grant every favor and improve
ment he can, but to pass on the ex-
tension of delivery into the north
western section as 1t now lies. he
must positively refrain from. He
told Mr.. Tice yesterday that he knew
he, Mr.. Tice, wanted the extended
delivery and that the people in that
section wanted 1t as well, but he
failed to see how 1t could be granted.
Mr.. Hobby, in high complimentary
terms, approved of Mr.. Tees pro-
posed new system of mail delivery.
Postmaster Tice says the refusal
Of the department, through its in
spector, to grant this extension,
should be an object lesson to the en-
tire city with respect to the installa-
tion of receptacles for mail. He as
serts 1t will only be question of a
short time when he will be compelled
to refuse to deliver mail to any
house in the city that has no mail re-
ceptacle or slot in the door. In that
case, mail will continae to be deliv
cred to places that have that i'm
provement, but the other mail will
be left at the post office to be called
for.
The neglect of the residents in a
part of the northwestern section of
the city to spend trife for a mail
box, Or to go to the trouble of cut
ting slit in their door, has upset
the array of plans that would i'm
prove the city's entire mail delivery
system. If the governments re-
quests are complied with, mail will,
in few weeks, be delivered up New
Brunswick avenue to Convery Place,
inclusive. 1t will be delivered on
all the side streets branching out
from that thoroughfare and will be
delivered as far west as 440 Market
street and on Sheridan. FISHERMAN and
Meade streets