The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-05
Numbering OF
Houses In CITY
Declared Poor
Sipt. Myers, of Atlantic City
Gas Co., Attacks Citizens
on Negligence
CALLS TOWN CITY
OF NO ADDRESSES
Memory Of Employees of Var
ious Utilities Depended Up
on For Location of Resi-
dences, He States

no addresses" by G. o. Myers,
superintendent of the Atlantic City
Gas Company, in an open letter to
the Editor of The Pleasantville
Press. The letter was written fol.
lowing a declaration of Postmaster
Walter w. Whitman that homes in
the city were not properly
numbered.
Mr.. Whitman's statement was
made through the columns of this
paper last week following a visit
of postal inspector who declared
that the house numbering system
in the city was very poor.
Mr.. Myers declares that the local
post Office department, railroads,
and public utilities have and still
are depending on the memory of
certain of their employees in serv-
ing the people of. the city.
lie points out that the fault is
not that of the city government,
but of the people themselves. An
ordinance has passed through
Council giving every house and lot
a correct number. The fact that
many have not changed their old
number for the new, or put a mum
Der at all up, is their own fault.
Mr.. Myers letter follows:
Atlantic City Gas Company,
Atlantic City, N. J.
April |, 1927.
Mr.. Kenneth W. Goldthwaite,
Editor. The Pleasantyille Press
Pleasantyiile, n. J.
Dear SIR | wish to substantiate
the recent claim of the post office
department in your paper that
houses in Pleasatynille are not cor
rectly numbered, or it would be
probably be better stated that they
are not numbered at all.
am sure the Pleasantyille PEG
pie do appreciate that Pleasantville
Is fast growing out of the small
town class, and that it's residents
are proud of it. That being fact
it is quite necessary to adopt big
town ideas, by demanding service
entitled them by the growth of the
city.
Up until the present time the
Post Office department, Railroads,
and Public Utilities have and still
are depending on the memory of
certain of their employees in serv-
ing the people of Pleasantyille.
This system often causes delays,
and the public service corporations
receive some unjust criticisms. To
successfully maintain first class
service ii is necessary to have ac,
curate records for reference avail
able at the central office of each
ieSpccliNe company
When party calls for any
reason. the company man should
have a detail of past transactions
at the given location, regardless of
who has lived there and how long.
With the present haphazard
numbering system employed, 1t rs
necessary TO wait for your memory
man that you may get the facts
necessary to properly attend to the
wants of the customer
$ Perhaps he is familiar with all
details, possibly not at all. 1t is
then necessary to make a personal
call to ascertain the facts, and in
consequence day is lost in giving
service.
As a matter of civic pride, ii for
no other reason, and there are
many good reasons, since the city
government at Pleasantville has
allotted each twenty-five foot
space number at quite an expense
TO the tax payers, and with far.
sight for the good Of the city, each
and every property owner OF
Pleasantville should accept his duty
to his city by seeing the proper
authority at the city hall, learn
what numbers have been assigned
TO his property, and place numbers
on present buildings and on new
ones as soon as built, thereby
answering his tenants or himself.
the service that is his for the ask
ing, and the service the public ser
vice organizations are striving
under extreme difficulty to render
in the city of no addresses.
Yours truly,
C. o. MYERS.