The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-11-17
OR MAILS. Etas

The accommodations when WGrecelVe
from The U.itcd States Mails. are very
poor indeed, W hen compared to many
other localities which seem to be- the ia
vorite recipients Of Uncle Sans favors.
Under existing arrang oments it is al
most impossible. for US at the County
seat to correspond by mail with our peo-
pie in the. South, West or North part OF
our County and receive a reply in less
time than two weeks. The usual time
being nearer three weeks than two. This
then practically for correspondence pa
ces us as far apart as we are from the
City Of New York.
Some avoidable blunders on tie part
Of the postal department have made the
arrangements much more inconvenient
to our Citizens than they need be. The
mail which leaves our place, with nat
ter for the north part Of our county ar
riyes at Albion in Marshall County from
one to two hours after the mail leaves
tne latter place, to pass through the
North part Of our County, On to. Ninton,
in Benton County.
These being only weekly mails, the
consequence is that all tho mail matter
designed for Spring Creek, Crystal, Col
Inns Grove, Wolf Creek and Buck;ng
ham Post Offices are delayed one week
atAlbion Post Office, in Marshall Coun
". Tie time on these mail routes
should be altered SO as to form con
nection at Albio !, in order to carry the
mail matter directly through. This vii
not be done until the citizens in tho
north part Of our County, who as we'll
as ourselves arc directly interested, get
IN petition setting forth their srisve-
ances and asking, that the mail arrange
ments in our County be improved as
above suggested.
Will not our citizens in that direc
move in the matter?
Let petitions be circulated at all the
Post Offices in that part Of our County
signed By the Post Masters and others,
and then all forwarded to the Depart
ment at one time and ne believe some
thing will be effected.
The Times at iltown, favors the
establishment Of mail Route froE, &C.
dar Rapids directly to TT. DesMoines,
via. Toledo and Marshalltown.
This would be very coed route, Civ
ing US direct cut let to the people in
the western part Of our County ana the
Counties vest Of Us; something which
We do not now enjoy.
We sincerely wish our citizens would
take hold Of this enterprise the coming
winter and petition Congress to estab
fish this route.
There is another route which we think
our people need and demand above all
others. 1t is from Cedar Falls in Black
Hawk Co., via. Waterloo, Toledo & Mon
stezuma to Oskaloosa, in Mahaska coun-
ty; striking all the intermediate post Of
fees.
A petition praying for the establish
mcnt Of this route was circulated last
winter, and we believe forwarded to Con.
gress, but owing to the financial en- bar
easements Of the Postal Department,
was disregarded. We are constrained
to believe that if the same steps arc ia
kenthc present winter BY all those in
terested along tho line, they will be sucr
cessful. So
~ Will not our Pest Masters take hold
of this matter Immediately, and not
wait until mid. winter, when the atten-
Ttion Of Congress will bewholly absorbed
in what they consider more important
4 natters?a Isl.
Thisscortainly would both accommo.
date and please the people Of their re-
spective localities and along the whole
\ .lins.. n
Similar petitions should b. circulated
,sia. every County through or into which
,athe route would pass, naming every post
Office to be included in the route, and
tths5 fact that there is no othcr north and
sdsbnths lnail route for Fifty miles either