New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-16

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The Postmaster General and his Collisions
with Railroads.
The Eaion has an Editorial reply TO the com
plants against the General Post Office of misma1-
agernent with reference to the Great Nail between
this CITY and Washington. Of which many failures
have recently occurred. Complaint hnviug been
made of,his especially by writer in the Express
the Union says
Seeing complaints Of the delays and irregularities OF
the New York nals-irs: in the Virginia papers then
in those of Western eunsy lyania, and again N the
Ohio and more Western journals we made inquiries at
the General Post Office, and learnt that they nad one
common origin in the failures Of the hew-Jersey Fe!!
train to arrive Philadelphia in time to connect with
tho train for Baltimore Il 70 be considered mat
the Postmaster General should have withheld or sup
pressed this information We publ 'cd 'Thh We hsce4
,s,.cd md Ia Mr. Johnson taken 20 task for II,
wei i,n0r aid scores Us lie is first lrraigrcd for
what be said in his annual report to Congress
II appears that, ali the great hroad and Steamboat
lines in Is necessary on OF not stopping at the
p1st-oiiiccs 10 overhaul mails 20 nave travelling P0st
fnnaers called mail agents and these most needed
nj the larges: places Eew-Yors and Philadelphia for
instance Tor the purpose OF receiving letters written
after tho mail Is closed but before il depart at hurry
ing time OF the day The department has these travel
from Boston 10 Sew1 ork from BuifIO
hy Abans TO New.york the Southern towns by Rich,
uiond mud Washington 10 Philadelphia from the West
by Baltimore Philadelphia Bat there is none between
Philadelphia and Hew.York. why Are they not
needed Certainly More so than any other route
in the United states but tho railroad company refuses
TO convey them This the Postmaster General believed
In bn The main cause why the los postage system did
no: Operate more successfully in increasing the number
az aii,ble letters az those great Offices it fur
p.hed cause for continuing the private expresses tina;
sugged letters through out o.: the mail IN violation OF
law In his report Congress upon THE subject the
Postmaster General states the above fact In the Tx
press article il called iasehood and yet the VII
Ter immediately eats his own words by saying IN the
same article the company refused, aud very properly
refused 10 allow a mail agent for wi ON they were re-
snonshe 10 20 over their unless the appointment
OF such agent given 10 them. Promising that the
company il not responsible for fe travelling postmaster
ana in the OF things cannot be more than Tor tue
ocnI oagter AZ the ends the intermediate points
of their route and that ech idea was ever entertain
ed hy Railroad Companies or by the department We
bcr tn cnl public attention the claim here set up An
United states officer created and acting for the and
benefit OF the people and paid by the Government out
of the public moneys must receive his appointment
from the New.Jersey Railroad Company Can the
spirit OF monopoly 90 farther If they have the
appointment, the travelling posmasters those OF local
pos,masterS would follow matter OF course
But they sag farther in the Express referring 10 the
Postmaster Generals report 10 Congress, the Post |
master General also that the company receive the
rnaxmum rate allowed By law. This is also ntrge.-
They only paid az second class routes although ne mas
mower TO pay them much he does many routes 10
The South" The postage act of ls4j divides
railroads into three classes and authorizes the Post
master General TO give the frsclass the rate
allowed by law 10 the second. not exceeding 500
pcr mile per annum and the third. not exceeding
$50 per mile per aunum. and the preexisng law, see
act OF Ianusry 25 1899 limits the Postmaster General
TO $500 per mile per for the conveyance OF one
or more daily mails The New.l ork and NewBruns |
wick company receive for thrtyslx miles SHES per
annuln being 1927 40 per mile per annum The New
Rrunswick and Philadelphia company, with which the
difficulties in question exist receive for fifty three miles
S2Os7s per urdnum being 1898 92l00 per mile per
NUM- much higher rate OF pay than any other railroad
in the United States receives (See Congressional Doc.
uments OF last session, Appendix TO No u The excess
over $500 mile can be explained but IL is unnecessary
in this article AS 20 getting as much as many roads
Solth there is not single road South OF Washington
that receives $500 mile The allegations Of the EX.
prcss TO their compensation ana It's beng only tie
pay of second class routes well merit cpithe which
declining the the example set we deem II as unuecessa
ry il is unmannCrly 10 use.
The Express gives reason why the rail car does
not arrive MT Philadelphia in time TO connect with the
Baltimore train at 10 p NJ He does not acgc that the
speed is too great or the road that il is impossible
that accidents have occurred; but abuses the Post
master General for not requiring more speed between
Philadelphia and Baltimore whore cannot be obtained
and where the dispatch now Is greater considering the
state OF the road and other difficulties than through New
Icreey He deuounccs the Postmaster General Tor the
arrangements that require arrival az Philadelphia by 10
O'clock p NJ when such were the preeSisng arrange
men,s of the Company required by its general business
and interests and voluntarily adopted and successfully
performed for the SIN months preceding the last but
the increased expedition sn less than IS given on seve
al other roads receiving less compensation the Post
master General cannot grant an additional allowance
for because the Department now pays for the use OF the
road ell that the law will permit Mr. johnson refuses
the extra allowance; and now what nave we witnessed
in the inst ,hrtyivc forty daysi One day the con
nccton made nj Philadelphia the next day il is bro
ken and the mails flung into confusion over two
thirds OF the Union.
In saving that the Postmaster General will not apply
corrective and has not complained 10 the compa
ny. the Express is evidently speaking wiihou! the
promptcr And when il censures the Postmaster Gen
oral Tor not ordering the mail through from Boston 10
Washington in ;wenyour hours. L iorees that ii is
defending and us,ifyine the principal railroad on the
line for refusing enough 10 get through in
forty hours. Why not perform what is now required,
instead Of Wanting how much more could be done II
we had different man fer Postmaster General Are
to understand FROM the Express that the company
aspres 10 the appointment OF this officer well the
travelling pos,,uasegs and makes that condition be-
lore they viii comply with his arrangements
We irtst thai the rejecting and moderate in the
Company will see the folly of the defence up for
them, and OF the il marks out that they Will
leave the powers of the Government 20 be exercised by
those 10 whom they delegated; and abandon their
claim 10 q compensation condemned as eNravasant by
the general OF the nation expressed III its laws
The people entitled 10 mail between their TWO
greatest cities by the most expeditions facilities and 10
he carried according law and doub, entertained
OF their sovereign ability accomplish IL constitution
ally and eectnaly, too in time, by other means .han
those of the present companies should they refuse their
agency.
We think the Postmaster General entirely right
in refusing additional compensation in this case or
TO have the choice OF his agent dictated by Rail
road company, bat mistaken in requiring The New
Jersey railroad carry the afternoon Mails hence
to Philsdelphs in season to connect with the Bait
more train at 10 2. NJ That it can generally be
done is true, but untaihng punctuality caunot be
expected where time is calculated SO closely as
that. Consider those by night, for example, Ii
the Baltimore Road viii make as gooi time as the
New,Jersey II P NJ is early enough toleave Phil
adelphis.
= The Wings OF wYoNISa CO, have nom.
mated ARDEN woopRuEE for Assembly, ABRAHAM
SMITH for SHERIFF and ABEL WEBSTER FOR Clerk
They VIII elect them by large majority
IThe Wings ofNiassss County have uouains-
ted BENZ CARPENTER OF Lockpors and CHRISTIE
PIER H. SKryL of Har,land for Assembly They
sre new bu, strong men and their election is certain
r. The WhiSs OF OSrASIo Co have poraina