Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-07-09

SRI :-1h attention OF this Department has been
called 10 = C0mmnDieaon from the President Of
the Raleigh and CASTOR Rail Road, = published in
the Semi Weekly Raleigh Regsterp of June 25. 1853,
IN efeTenee 10 carrying The United States Mail.
M. Branch says :. Until 9Th November last. the
:. Cars on this road had been running in connex ion
: with The Express, on the New Orleans route. On
:. that day, an order made for TO change the
" schedule and run at night. In letter 10 my prede
= cessor in Office, dated llth November, even few
"days delay was peremptorily refused.''
For more than eight years, the Schedule on the
Raleigh and CASTOR Rail Road involved night SER
vice, and no change applied for until December
1851. Then it was represented 10 be important to
reduce the service to ri-weekIy, for the purpose of
exPediting the Reconstruction of the road and the
following schedule was accordingly ordered. viz:
Leave Raleigh every Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day at 6 A. M.
Arrive at CASTOR same days by 6 pm.
Leave Castor. every Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day at A. M.
Arrive at Raleigh same days by IL P. NJ.
On the Oath May. 1852, you reported, that the
progress of the Railroad such, that by leaving
Raleigh at A. M, mails would be delivered 10 the
Express line between Petersburg and Weldon, from
and after LIST June, (Which commenced running LIST
March, 1889
Such running was thus actually commenced,
three times oeek without any formal order from the
Departnent-the whole service on the route being
tnen regarded as only of a temporary character
scarcely subject TO the usual rules-and variable
according to the state of the Railroad No further
action on the subieet taken until 9th September
1882, when letter received from you, with the
information that daily service would be resumed on
the 18th of that month, and that the Railroad Com
pany wished connect - with the train leaving Pc
tersburg at 81 A. M You were Immediately an.
swered. that such schedule would delay the more
important mails, including especially the Baltimore
and Washington newspapers.
Under the date Of 18th September, 1852, G.. w.
Mordecai, then President of Railroad Company, for.
mally proposed to perform daily service It was or
dered accordingly, Goth September. at the old
pay of 500 per mile; and 2Ist September, Mr..
Mordecai was written to as follows. viz:
g. schedule of departures and arrivals will be
arranged, connecting with the morning line from
" w ashingiou City, (and evening line from Peters
g burg, Va) to leave CASTOR, say III P. NJ, and
- reach Raleigh by A. M. The ronnexion propos-
- ed by you, with the Express line going South,
g cannot be sanctioned. except temporarily, under
- the circumstances mentioned by you, in order to
facilitate the completion of the Railroad, and with
" the distinct understanding that it is be changed
at the earliest day. 1t is i'll adapted to the arranoe-
6 ments of the Department. but may perhaps be al
- lowable until the Railroad is completed, unless
I" that period is too long deferred, in which case an
- earlier change may be required"
MI. mordecai requested delay of d" few weeks"
and no schedule was therefore ordered until 5th No
vember, 1859. On the 9th November, he enquired,
by telegraph, whether the schedule of 5th was to 90
into operation Immediately, and affirmative an
swer was made by letter of lIth November. Hav
Ing had nearly 1cseks delay, he asked no more
and he will scarcely in the statement Of Mr.
Branch, that :" even few days. delay was peremp-
torIly refused by the Department.
MIR. Branch, however, asked and obtained sus-
pension OF the schedule, Goth November, and
after allowing full time TO enable him to show cause
why 1t should not be enforced, he was, on the 2Ist
December informed that the interests of the service
required - the running the Raleigh and CASTOR
Railroad TO be in connection with regular night
line between Petersburg Va, and Weldon. N. C.,
that the mails may leave Washington Civ one
IS morning and be delivered in Raleigh the next
50 morning, say in "a hours or Iess''
On oath December, Mr.. Branch proposed run
ming two daily trains, at 1927 $1,000 per mile. |
This the Postmaster General could not allow con.
sisently with the laws and regulations of the De.
partment, but he decided allow 25 per cent addi
onal pay, under sec l9, Act l845, in consideration
OF the night service required by the schedule of 5ih
November. Mr.. Branch was so informed on IIth
January. 1853, and on 18th January he assented to
those terms.
On 5th February he again applied for a day
schedule, and although before informed of the rea-
sons which prevented compliance with his wishes, |
he was again addressed and furnished with those
reasons In fui hoping to convince him of their suf
hcIency. They may be summed up as follows:
The Railroad Company propose connections with
me local mall llnes-running six times week.
The effect would be, to delay the afternoon mails
from New York and the morning mails from Bat-
more and W Washington Isl hours. That is, instead
of reaching Raj leigh by II. NJ, they would be de-
layed until 81 P. NJ, which, being TOO late for de-
livery the actual difference the citizens would be
"a hours. The Express mail being run on Sun
day, the connections at Weldon that day, would
be With the Seaboard and Roanoke Road alone The
mail brought from Raleigh for points this side of
Weldon, would remain there until IL P. NJ, 90
hours,) and there would be- no mails TO take away
Ito Raiegh) at 81 P. M, except those brought
from Norfolk. at p. NJ, and those from Petersburg
and Wilmington of the preceding night 10 P. M,
(after delay of some II hours.) On Monday af-
Lernoon, the Cars for Raleigh would convey no mails
from points this side of Richmond, except those
leaving Washington Sunday morning-there being
no Sunday evening mail from Washington to the
South Mails leaving Washington fine DAYS in the
week, al P M, would go through wlhou; deteu-
lion on the way, and reach Raleigh by 81 P. M
next day. Those leaving Saturday evening would
not reach there until Monday evening.
MI Branch says, in reference 10 the mail IS from
Baltimore TO whose papers we Look for our current
news, and that from Washington City, for which
nine tenths of our citizens look with eager
6 ness, the Express is the better Connection
The fact is, that the morning papers from those
cities would be delivered in Raleigh by Railroad on
The evening of the second day-I5 hours later than
BY the schedule of the Department, and would not
probably be delivered subscribers until the morn
ing of the third day. This delay was understood :
rom The beginning, and OF first suspected in Novem
Der last, as intimated by Mr.. Branch, and it mns
always be considered a formidable objection to his
schedule, even though the Department were assured,
hat the people interested, would hereafter, he
says they have not heretofore, made the discovery.
" So much for the Northern mail. How is it with
he Southern mail 90 MIR. b. says, s. the boats be-
ween Wilmington and Charleston run but once day
md that TN connection aUith the Express
During the summer, or in good weather, such con-
1ectlon is usually made, but in winter and stormy