Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-01-10
EuSiic Meetin:~-The Great Northern and
SOuther Mail

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On Friday last. Sd instant, an adourDR
meeting OF the citizens Of Wilmington. val
held at the Masonic Hall, to receive the remit
OF the committee appointed at meeting hill
on the 18Th December, 1914, for the purvOy
OF ascertaining the reasons which induced t,I
Po~,-Master General to change the rou,edI
the Great Northern and Southern Mail. D.
Jas. F. McRee presided as chairman. and Ju
r. Bro" as secretary. We copy the follow.
ing from the last Chronicle:
The undersigned. committee apnointedh
The meeting of citizens on the 18th uE. III
communicate viii, The Rail Road aulhoitrs
ana TO ascertain the fcts which have lpdaI
the diScnntlnuance of the Great Mail BY hi
way OF the Wilmington s. ssalrigh Rail Roll
beg leave to '@.'5
REPORT:
That they have applied to the PresidpmdE
the Rail Road COMPANY. and been pul in ps
session of the correspordence hetwet,ni him
self and the Post Office Department, auddI
the facts connected " it'll the suhiec,. so htaI
they are revealed.
The conclusion which results from owir
VestIgaton is, that the whole difficulty has
grown ont OF conviction on the part of The
Company that they have not been treated wild
fV'n-handed Justice, but have been dpnd
n'th SUFFICIENT time and sufficient compens
Hon: Sufficient time to perform with pune
'4ality and free of fines, and complaints b'
onerous service of their long and varied i@
y '57 miles, and sufficient pay to compens''
mem Tor the acear and tear consequent upl
ne night service and the rapid speed requln6
}! them. These we find have been for yeaa
ne matters In dispute, and though the payFS
materially increased some IL months ago."
!! oid not meet either the bid or the eypeca'
IONS OF the Company, who considered them
elves justly entitled 20 an allowance CON-
nensurate TO that granted to other ComPanH'
or similar service.
The most important point of diferencsh
10 opinion OF your committee, between !"
.atd Road Company and the Post Mas@
'eneral, is, that the Post Master General perl
sts IN asserting that he has an existing coz
act with the Company to carry the mail "
'o;ouo per annum, whilst on the other hanA
. : nall TOAD Company deny the exIstfoG
any such contract, and your committee D"
lie facts to be as follows: '.'
At the letting of the mail contract in lSis
e Company proposed to carry the mall
lug 900 per annum, and to have SO hours q
g South, and 80 hours going Moth, WhE'
as declined by the Post Master Geusn,,
u subsequently an agreement was madss
'5'OoO per annum, with the provision =
oerstandIng on the part of the Comps
at they would be allowed the time require
them In their first proposal, which h ,rr
ars they might reasonably have expec'sas
tain. but they were disappointed. and ~
st Master General required them to !"
III the service under less advantage
aedoie than they had ever done. and OO \.
creased penalties for failures; whereuPon :"
'mpany in l643 refused to confirm the ~ y.
ct under the terms insisted upon BY
st Master General, and have ever SD.
IN transporting the Mail for the accoDT
ion of the public. at the nominal raIs
nPensation of $4,000, without one w." va
or refusal on the part of the X
ster General, until within month o. -
sks past, and with the understanding y,
lr part ALI the time, of which they had p'4