Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-05-19
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MARTTNsBURG. NAY 10, 1881.
TOWN MEETING.


10th day oil May, 1881, IN pursuance of pub
&c notice, 10 take Into consideration the mast
proper and etisctual steps for obtaining for
4 me citlzens OF tins county, the ADVANTAGE .f
] better mail and stage accommodation tban
y iSey do at present or have lately e,ioyed-
Isaac ,. Latlca, Esq. was called TO the Chair
oFetary.
Alter some remarks from Messrs. Edmuna
&. uuatsr ana =. J. Faulkner. explanatory
Of The object and purposes Of the nIeeting-
I'm notion OF MIR. Hunter, il was resolved,
hat committee of three be appointed 10
3 praft a memorial to the Pest Master Gene
q al to be submitted to, and approved by,
AIS meeting, setting forth the nconyenencles
& inder which the citizens Of the town of Mar
Il lnsburg and county OF Berkeley have sufiar-
81 IN consequence ofthe recent arrangements
EFoi ths mail, praying that he will take some
skpS 10 re0ress the same, whereupen Messrs.
n Edmund r Hunter, Charles James Faulk
ser, aud Semans Garard were Appointed.
The Committee having retired few min
a'es returned and submitted the following
alenoriai' winch was unanimously approved:
The COMMITTEE appointed by public
n seetlhg % The citizens Of the town of Mar
'insbufg and county Of Berkeley, Virginia.
respectfully submit the following statement
"a w WV soi AudsteF OtneId al
n Recent circumstances have apurised the
siuzens oi Narlinsburg and the county Of
berkeley, that changes have been made IN
5 the mail arrangements of this place. ,olur;.
Gus an'i UNJUST TO them; not required by ,ha
gust claims oil others, and with little or no bs
nett Pabhc or private, except, possibly to the
4 mail contractors. The Committee .liude tn
me arrangements by which the route from
hoonsboro' by the way of Ssafpsburg, Sbep
herdsown. .Hariiasbtug, DarkesyiIl.. aud
h Mil Creek, to Winchester. has been ah,J.
iShed, and two routes, VIZ from Foepsho,o,
va. Shsrpsburg, Saepherdstown. zee Fowp.
| Msddie"ay aud Bruce town. to Winchester.
ana from oherherdstown BY -Uolfiptnrg
Il DafkesVhie, ana hiiil Creek, to W chichester.
have oeen substituted in its place; the fast Of
these oetnS understood to be four horse
u stage route, and the other viz: thai by Mar
tasburg, according to information derived
Il from Mr. Humerckhouse, zone or.ihc cen.
tractors,) two horse ssase-route for c,,t,
EsisM months IN The year
~ The inconvenencies aud vexatious of this
arrangement to the citizens Of AialiiAsburg
are great, and the committee are sure can
net Dc re NEEDED by any vigilance which Tie
Post Master GENERAL can use for tie purpose
The route by Maf,inshurg beng reduced TO
tbe state of By or cross a.sd ~ g are ircorent-
" annoyed by getting our Casters mails from
w ashington, Baltimore, &C., by tbe way Of
ttirshester, and our Winchester mails by
The way oil Shepherdstown. besides being de-
Prived Oh the just advantages, as it regards
stage acconm0da ions, TO which we consiier
ourselves justly. entitled
Martinsburg is the County town Of Berke-
ley, and contains a population of between
1900 and 100, by the recent census The
mad rom this place 10 ouanshoro IA weekly
horse mail to Williams port, Mid. excepted1
10y which The town and county communicate
VIA The rest OF the Union, North, South,
East and West, excepting that portion OF
western Virginia with which eui comna,lni.
eaton is through Winchester, anu the Post
Ofice here, we should presume, contributes
more to the revenue of the General Post Of
nee, than all the ether past oificts between
Manchester and Boonsboro' together.
come 1--WE years ago, the lost Master &C.
neral with special view to the reasonable
accommodation of Mar;insburg and The coun-
| y Of berkeley, established a continuous
route from Booasboro' by Sharpshurg, Shep-
herdstown, Martinsburg, Darkesyil!e, and
Mill Creek to Nincliesterth. ee times week
by stages, and for two or three years thcreai-
| tier, we we're IN the enjoyment Of ali the adj
lvantases we desired. good four horse
siege Was regularly run upon the route, and
not an Instance occurred, we believe, during
mat ume, oil any failure or lrreguarlty IN the
ARRIVAL or departure Of our mails At length,
haweNer, some two years ago, The c, ntractor
: Withdrew bis four horse stage, placed it upon
tse road from Shepherdstown by tho wav of
i!eetown, Middleway, s. Brucetown, to Win
chester. and substituted upon the Martins
burg route between Shepherdstown s. Win
chester, an old, uncomfortable and unsafe
Two horse hack carriage. Even this was dis
continued from about the month of October,
'S-3, 10 April, 80, and during the same Pc
ND Ia '3o-'Sl During these periods our
mails were carried on horse back, and gene
rally with SO little care and attention, that
'hey were frequently received greatly defac
"a ~ wet. and occasionally FAILED AL
II TOGETHER.
These vexations were borne with for long
Tine from an ndisposition 10 complain, and
le hope that the evil would be relnsdled, at
Ws letting Of the new csatracts last fall, per-
eafIne as we did in the advertisement OF the
GENERAL pest-O Office that tie continuous route
rom Boonsboro' by the way Of MartinsbuIg,
vas preserved.
. i Under the former arrangement, we mean
Na' by which there was stage route. three
umes q week, from Frederek:own, by way
OIL Harper's Ferry, Charlestomn, Middieway
4 and Brncetswn, to Winchester, < like route
4 lhr6e times week from Boonsboro' by
2horpsburg, Shepherdstown, Marhnsburg,
OafkesyiHe and Mill Greek, 10 Winchester
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