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Scan 6
Newark City Directory 1864-5, 1864
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1TO OUR PATRONS.
3The delay that has occurred in the publication of the Directory of Newark for the current year, seems to demand a word of explanation from its proprietors, in deference to their patrons and in justice to themselves. Hitherto—in former years—it has been the practice to commence the canvass for names before the first day of April in every year. But as this day, by immemorial usage, has been appropriated in this community to the annual "moving" of a large proportion of its population, the canvass made prior to it was always necessarily liable to material errors and imperfections; numerous instances occurring of removals (uncontemplated at the time of the first canvass) after the canvassers had made their returns. To remedy this capital error—and to ensure the correctness which is so desirable a feature—the present proprietors of the Directory determined to make the entire canvass this year after the annual moving had been completed and our citizens had become settled in their new habitations. This has been carried out, generally, and has resulted in enabling us to present to our friends and patrons a Directory for the present year more closely approximating, we believe, to the real state of facts—both as regards fullness and accuracy—than most of its predecessors.
5It is due to candor to say, however, that although the tardiness of the publication of the Directory this year is due mainly to the above mentioned reason—which we trust will be approved as satisfactory—it has been also in some measure owing to the embarrassment affecting all branches of business, and the consequent difficulty of securing competent assistants for the canvass of the city. In several instances, owing to this prevalent difficulty, we were obliged to engage persons inexperienced in this particular calling; and although they were intelligent and reliable, and have performed the work entrusted to them with honesty and pains-taking accuracy, they were necessarily unable to expedite it with the rapidity of more accustomed hands. The experience of the present year, however, will stand them in good stead for the future; and we feel warranted in making the pledge, that with our
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