Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-11-11
rFrou. III T.ickm0nG CompHcr N0rcmj,r L.

The Ms1..-On Thursday last, a Committee on Ls-
half of the Baitimore and Washington Rail- Dad, the
contractors The Steamboat and stage line ire III wash
inutou city To Fredericksburg, the President OF 'is%
Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail- rad Ccia
nauv and the President Of the Petersburg AMI NolEc
Railroad Company, assembled at WasIIngcn II: IN ccu
nl;oncc With an invitation Of the Postmaster Gene ri
Tor the purpose OF making arrangement for the &c
pular transportation OF the mails.
:. The Baltimore and Washington Company was willing
TO delay the departure of the from each place 80
onr as ght be necessary to assert the r all, not eI
cccdjnr an hour and hall and to encoune the addIl
una rtn in the night which this delay would &C Cd
sion SO rs take the great ma! with the trar@,
nrov;,e5 the Postmaster General would pay fo- the
vice q: tie rate Of l4 900 per ltappeared that
besides what agreed to be paid tor The express m'i
the department paying for the other mails he
,weef Baltimore and Washington, al the rate of ST.,
avear The Postmaster General Declined however. to-
pay The Rail Road Company more than Sls'0 mile 0r
S. U00 year;-anl no arrangement was made. fhc'
maj; will he brought in carts from Baltimore to Wash
inetun and instead OF arriving with the PASSENGERS at
past in the evening" will norcach Washington, till N
the morning. Allowing reasonable time tor rs sorting the
mails at Washington it will be four Or five o'clock III
lie morning belre it can depart souti', and therefore
cannot arrive here till The evening From the Sota:a
the mail and vel will come 10 IcEhtd together, asd
po OIL together US far as Washington. 3he time Of
rivinr in Richmond from tie South wiki DC about !slt
past three and The vii probably leGQ" re so s5''n
as the mail he assorted 10 reach Washing 20r
i'm time for the five clock train of To BaltImrG,
and carry passengers through lrom Richmor 10 Ba9 t-
moro in day. During tie night the A!ai will ovsr-
take the pasSrrmc1s at Baltimore and Tie mail and tai
vel will 80 together from Baltimore to ii,ilad aiphia
IL is much hc regretted, that a?cangcI lent las
been made with the Baltimore and Washington Conn Al
n.y. If such an arrangement had been nade, the All
and travel would have been together in coming Soull
| from Washington as well going No:tlt from Rica-
mont As il is, passengers leaving Washington upon
the arrival Of the afternoon from Bnnore will he
in Richmond and Petersburg in advance Of the mail
Bu, tie mail and travel VIII go together South from the
Termination of;the Petersburg and Roanoke rail road
The hour for the Express Mail suited the BatricsE
and Washington Company 50 badly, thatGt declined COZ
iractnr Tor this service. Between Rirhmond and Ere
dercksburr the hour was half .Pasl in the morrn ing
from the former and midnight from tic stter. Being
uncomfortable hours, and the line not suited 10 the Nra
ern and Southern travel, there won'd o. course haze
been very few passengers by it. AND the compensation
agreed TO be paid the present contractas would nt
probably have paid the Gift Bat the Com oany
would nevertheless have undertaken the service. il the
Postmaster General had been willing 10 make the Rful
road Company the same compensaienIeT this serves
that lie has agreed pay others He offers TO pay $'@a
mile per annnu which YVES considerably less than he IS
now paying. and the service was decNneG ahe Express
Mail will be carried on horseback from Baltimore 20 e
,ersbu-o On the Petersburg and Roanoke Rairoad-
the hours for the Express Mail are the same as those
of the great maitland the two mails s7EN ttere go by
the same lire.
H. See the article from the RichmoHa'Csmper, res
peciiur the Mails We believe there Will be but one
line between Rich:nond and Washington, which will ar
rive here about the same time every day-s2 NJ. The
Washington Railroad CO. come to terms, affects The
mail ana travelling facilities very injuriousy, and we
can out nope that something may yetirdsce them 10
| agree.-FrcscrickSJure .qreac