The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-02-23
POSTMASTER SHANNON WRITES
INTERESTINGLY.

The new Nashville city directory is
now being compiled by the publishers.
It's accuracy depends largely upon the
cooperation Of the public. Postmaster
Shannon stated yesterday that in
view Of the fact that the city directory
plays such an important part in the
delivery of mail matter reaching the
Nashville Post Office incorrectly or in
sufficiently addressed, all firms, indi-
viduals, and agencies doing business
in this city should see that the pub
fishers or the Nashville Post Office be
given all names and addresses by
which patrons may receive mail.
Every year a new directory is pub
lished and many names are omitted,
thereby rendering it impossible for
the postoffice to deliver the mail
In this connection, attention is in
vited to position taken by the FIRST
Assistant Postmaster General, rela-
tive to such mail, which is as follows:
Your active cooperation is request
ed in an effort to relieve the postal
service of the burden imposed by the
growing evil of incompletely and i'm
properly addressed mail.
The delivery of letters, especially
in the large cities, is frequently deley-
ed and oftentimes impossible by the
omission Of an important part of the
address-such as the street number,
or room number when addressed to
an office building. Not infrequently
the name of the street is omitted, only
the name of the Post Office and State
being given. Another sourse of
trouble is the practice of giving an
address at the intersection of two
streets without giving the location
of the corner, for in some large cities
number of carriers routes may ter
inmate at that point or it may be
the dividing line between the respec-
tive territories of the main post Of
flee and station or between two
stations, and in the absence of the no.
tation IN. E." IN. w." ETC., the dis
tributors are unable to determine to
which carrier the mail should be
thrown.
The increasing carelessness on the
part of the public in addressing their
mail Is no doubt aided and allotted
by the practice Of the Department in
supplying sufficient addresses, and
also by the exploitation in news
papers of the ability Of some clerks
to decipher "freak" addresses.
Postmasters should advise their
patrons that complete and accurate
addresses are essential to prompt
mail delivery, and that they should
cooperate with the Department to
the extent of seeing that mail orig
mated by them bears a street num-
Der or room number in the case of
an office building in addition to the
name Of the city and State. Atten-
ton should also be invited to the fact
that they can be of material as
sistance in the education of the gen.
eral public with respect to this re-
quirement by having all stationery
intended for transmission in the mails
printed with their complete street or
office address.
1t will be seen from the above how
essential it is for patrons to see that
the necessary information is given
to the publishers. If the Post Office
is notified within the next 80 days,
such names will be furnished the pub,
fishers, and this will insure any mail
being delivered that arrives at the
Nashville Post Office improperly or
insufficiently addressed.
Mr.. Shannon further states that if
any one is in doubt as to whether
their name or firm would appear in