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


Road. s1Pp|I southern Geolg IA, and paris =
florida1tt 80 |5r daily line Of steam.SOlt
between Ssrannsh q .Iesion. A4efs
fhs road IIeIA 01 Macon kstyied Maco,
for which Sis SCI a|Is sksS va wS Ss ,llg int
roads, Branch sIsts %. cannot be coniec, olef
His last Two daily lines a, SIsE
per mile. the Post aslef General constraiped 70
line s and hewas Informed that the night sebedOue
must be continued at 81 25 per mile !, othervVis "
Department would be conpe ted O. seek sons es sle
mode OF eonveyance foF Tue ncipal mails deslinsdI
10 Raleigh and points ond wing iedpc,;eeo
of pay the Railroad to SIS per tnie for the nun
mails. that is, those for the country befsoeen Bo,;
and GGsf1ilor Weldon alSne, The answer 10 nc nc
proposition was, that the Railroad Company wouIS
take the entire mail. in connection with the Express
at 500 per mile, but would nos have the fes6ous
bility and trouble of any of for less than
that sum- e e
The withdrawal from the Railroad Of the la,c..
and more important poronof lhd mails, nect ssasiI
involves change of Classification, under he Ian
from the second to the third class and chanue -
pay from l0Oto $50 per mile. lnthis matte1 iS !,
Post Master General has no discfelion $50 NJ
mile is the maximum allowable by law for conv ~
ing such mails as those in question. Mr. BrancG
insists on 800 mile, upon the ground that lSa
Seaboard and Roanoke Road is paid at iba, ;a' o
for conveying . nothing but way mail" The cases
are however not parallel, as Portsmouth and NorfoL
are dependent on that road for athe Southern mails
and II is also road which, in case Of any difcn,
on the present great route between Washington ,nS
Weldon, may be used. as has been done heretofo,o
for conveying the great Northern and Southern mail
1t has been classed with the Raleigh and Gas,oD
Railroad and paid 800 per mile for day scbednIs
On the latter road night schedule is necessary re-
reasons not applicable to the former and accordinolv
the Department has paid 25 per cent. additional
which Is all that the law allows. But, as ALREADY
stated, il all the mail belonging to the route is MY
conveyed on it, the classification is necessarily cbang
ed.
After being compelled to seek some other routa f.,
the larger portion oflhe mail. the Post Master Gen.
eral could not reasonably eexpecied to continue The
full compensation of 500 mile,s evenif he had thu
power to do so, under the laws This, however. il
what the Railroad Company demand. They viii
perform no service for less than 500 per miIe The
Department has never supposed. or nmated that the
mail that is TO go West of can be expedited
l6 II hours if by from w ilson instead
of by Railroad in connexio1sTiih the Express line
All that has been claimed is The praclicably Of
conveying to Raleigh by 8 or p. M, The priuci
pal mails (inc'udng Baltimore and Washington Ds
pers) which under thedaY schednle prop osed for The
Railroad, would not be due tElefenRtil 81 PAf..too
late for delivery that nighf, being the same mails
which might be conveyed TO Raleigh by 6 AN
provided the Railroad Company would conform TO
the schedule of the Department.
1t has not been supposed that the stages for the
West coulu be made to leave Raleigh before the ar
rival of the cars, and consequent the import.
ant mails for that sections, which Heretofore Left Raj
egh at A. NJ, will besdelayed there at least 10
hours. Whether the people5of the w estern portion
of North Carolina will econeni with this, remains
to be seen.
1t is the exclusive duty Of The Post Master Gener.
al under the law to classify all mails. be conveyed
by Railroad, and he have motive to act other.
wise than with perfect impariialiiy and strict re.
gard to the best interests of the public service.
When Railroad Company refuses to acquiesce in
MS decision (and to this he has given bis most
serious consideraton) he is required by law to make
other provision for conveying the mail.
This he will do in the case of the Raleigh and
Castor Railroad, and although the service may not
now be in all respects satisfactory, yetlhe period is
probably not far distant, when the whole mail for
Raleigh and beyond may be better provided forthan
is now contemplated by the Department
Very respectfully,
Your obedent servant
JAMES. CAMPBEIL,szs
Post Master General.
WILLIAM WHITE. ESQ. P. NJ. RALEIGH. n. C.