March 9, 1887
The following letter was received at the postoffice yesterday: Postoffice
Department, Office of the First Assistant Postmaster-General, Free
Delivery Division, Washington, C.C, March 2, 1887. Sir – The inspector
in his report on the subject of establishing the free delivery system
in your city, says that the streets are not lighted, the names of the
streets are not put up at intersections, and the houses are not
numbered. He states that an ordinance has been passed by your city
council directing all these things to be done. After the completion of
this work you will please promptly notify this office, as no action
will be taken to establish the service until the city is properly
lighted, streets named and houses numbered. Very respectfully, K.E. Stevenson First Ass’t P.M. Gen’l. P.M., El Paso, Texas There
is no mistaking this language. It means that our city fathers must
reconsider their section of last Friday night, else we get no free
delivery. The city council decided last Friday night that the city
cannot yet afford the expense of lighting the streets. The lowest bid
it had received was from the Gas company, which offered twenty-five
lamps for $100 per month. If we cannot afford electricity or gas, give
us kerosene, naphtha, or even tallow dips. Let us comply with Uncle
Sam’s polite hint in some way.
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