Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-05-27
MAIL DIRECT To
COUNTY SEAT
Chamber of Commerce Wins
in Effort to Improve Service
to New Brunswick.

Perth Amboy is assured of direct
mail service with New Brunswick
according to a communication re-
ceived today by Postmaster Richard
White from j. f. Campbell, chief
clerk at Washington, and which has
been forwarded to John f. Bergen
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce. This action on the part of
the postoffice department follows a
request made by the Chamber OF
Commerce for improved mail SER
vice between these two cities.
For some months past mail from
New Brunswick to this city and mail
from this city to New Brunswick
has taken a day or more to reach
it's destination, this being due to
ing sorted and thrown off at Rah-
way or other points to be trans
ferred to the New Brunswick trains
had been carried through to New
! York, sorted there and then resent
| to New Brunswick.
The postoffice department. before
| taking any action in the matter,
consulted with Postmaster White.
concerning the amount of mail be-
tween the two places and other
data. This was followed by the
communication today suggesting
direct mail shipments via Railway
and South Amboy, the mail being
sent from South Amboy over the
Raritan River railroad to New
Brunswick. No action is to be taken
however, unless the suggestion of
the department meets with the ap-
proval of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Secretary Bergen today said that
the suggestion of the department for
direct mail service between the two
cities, met with the approval of the
Chamber and that he will so inform
Postmaster White so that he in turn
may notify the department. 1t is
hoped that the new service may be
started by June /.
The letter from the department
follows:
IN. Y, May 25, 1921.
POSTMASTER, Perth Amboy. N. j.
IAN analysis of the statement of
the time at which you have accumu-
lated mails at your Office for New
Brunswick, N. j., discloses that your
office has sufficient mail to warrant
a dispatch to New Brunswick which
could be forwarded in direct pouch
via. c. P. Tr. 1850 at 1914 p. NJ.
so as TO connect with at RdhWay,
N. j.. with New York and Philadel-
phia Tr. 229 and arrive at New
Brunswick at 2:14 p. NJ. Such mails
should reach New Brunswick so as
to receive delivery to addresses dur
ing business hours. If there should
be mails at your office at the time of
the departure of Tr. 800 then they
might be forwarded to that train so
as to go forward from South AM
boy and arrive at New Brunswick at
1914 p. M.
1T is suggested that both of these
possible dispatches be called to the
attention of the Secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce and that you
make known to him the fact that
mails at your. Office at P. M. need
not be considered since under the ex-
isting conditions such mails arrive
and receive delivery by the first
morning dispatch at New Brunswick.
1t is felt that both dispatches sug-
gested would care for the situation
suggested to your office.
KINDLY give this matter particu-
lar attention and consult the secre-
tary of the Chamber of Commerce,
reporting the result to this office
when the suggested service will be
inaugurated.
~. T. CAMPBELL.
"Chief Clerk"