The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-10-26


So far as regards their delivery at st. Paul,
seem sadly to need ordering. We get them in
all sorts Of ways. Old and the proper time
dates come together, and it is a very annoying
thing, to Us especially, to find in the same mail
papers which should have reached US at differ
ent periods The same is the case, frequently,
with the letter mail. 1t disorders business, and
too frequently produces pinch where none
should exist.
We are told, on many hands, that we must
look to the Chicago Office as the origin of the
mischief We dislike to make complaints, but
at this season of the year, our business commu-
nifty, especially, demands direct transmission
of the mail st. Paul cannot wait upon the
the caprices, the sloth, or the negligence of the
Postmaster at Chicago. or of any other Post
master between that point and here. She is of
consequence enough, without any Boosting, to
be considered with respectful regard even by
the Postmaster General himself, without bring
ing into the account, at all, the subordinates of
the Department at Chicago or Dubuque. We
have right, here to be tired of this paltering
with the due and proper service of the mail
We have right to complain, because our in
terests are made the plaything of lazy Or irate
Postmasters. We have right to think that
when contract for the delivery of United
States mails has been made, that no private
quarrels, no local prejudices should interfere to
prevent its accomplishment. We have right
to feel confident that when letter is mailed, no
matter what it contains, it will reach its desti-
nation We have right to expect that when
letter or paper is duly mailed at the East for
this place, that it will reach here in contract
time, all reasonable hindrances excepted
What we have right to is not accorded to
US. Not only st. Paul, but all points above
Dubuque have been made sport Of it would
seem. Things have been regulated to suit the
Post Odices-hot those to subserve whose inter-
ests the Post Offices were established. Private
interests have been damaged to an alarming ex-
tent, and our people, though patient and of long
suffering, can scarcely endure this state of things
any more. .-- .........
Six years ago, it was the habit of business
men to entrust their correspondence to those
whom they knew were going east. They were
afraid to bury it in the United States Mail
There was some reason then for the failure on
the part Of the Post Office to deliver in due
time, owing to the strictness of Departmental
regulations, and the insuf6ciency and irregularty
OF the means of transportation but now there
is none, not even as regards the winter service
and it is somewhat hard to find that, with every
preparation made according to law for a proper
mail delivery, St Paul is nearly as much in the
receipt Of transient and uncertain mail as she
was Eve years ago.
We do not desire to include in this the Packet
Company, which We believe brings every mail
offered, The deficiency lies beyond; and if the
Postmaster General could only be prevailed
upon to turn his eyes toward Chicago, and give
his attention to the condition Of things there,
we think there would be q different state of
things to follow. .... ...'r
There is need, and strong need, of reform
in our mail service, and we hope that those who
have the interests of Saint Paul at heart will
endeavor to make her need known at Washing
ton, and at headquarters, too. There is no use
Of stopping short of that