Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-01-25
MAIL MATTERS.
The Union of yesterday morning s

Inc mon OF yesterday morning say
"Hon. W. A. Carter, U. S. Overland Mail
Agent, arrived in this city Friday eSenlhs'
from the East. He is on an inspecting toeI,
and will remain in Virginia few oass' 10,
the purpose of ascertaining what GnaIlses !"
is necessary to make in our man "'i 10 &
,,euts- for the benefit of the citizens OF inc
5ro..;,,r,.. tbrrsf,rr we may reasonably en-
Meet nm Improvement soon after Mr.. Carter 5
rnnort reaches headquarters, for the necessity
is very apparcn, TO all.
We understand that system prevails
ON the Overland Mail Route, to which Mr..
Iartcr's attention is demanded. We learn
that the mails for the way stations are put
in the same bags with the through mail !;
rntailing the necessity of an overhauhng
Of the entire mail, at Reese River, Salt
lake, and other stations on the route.
Independently of the delay consequent
upon this assortment of the mails, We
learn that a large amount Of newspaper
mail never reaches its destination, but Is
opened and stolen on the way. For the
transportation and delivery Of ncwSpa-
pers, the Government is paid its own
price, as much so as for that OF letters !;
and Government in turn pays the mail
contractors price sufficient for the faith
full ful6lmcnt of their contracts. 1t is but
n short time since one of our Virginia
contemporaries contained complaint, that
one of the news-venders of that town had
not received his packages of Eastern pa
pers for months, and had suffered pecuni-
arv loss to the amount of hundreds Of
dollars thereon. Another point demand
ING attention and amendment, is the time
EMPLOYED in the transmission of the mail.
The writer of this article, whose letters
are received from New York, has yet to
receive one less than thirty days old.
Mails are left scattered along the several
way stations, to be picked up, and kicked
along, from station to station, Mt such
times As lesser number of passengers
makes room for the mail-bags. If Mr..
Carter will give some attention to the
strengthening up Of matters along the
route, and see that postmasters and mail
contractors perform those duties for which
they are too well paid, he will earn the
gratitude of this people, and the green
backs which Uncle Sam pays for his
services.
p. S.-Since writing the foregoing, the
Reese River ReceiWe has come to hand, in
which is an article upon the subject in
question. Speaking of Mr.. Carter, it
says:
"On his return from California he will
proceed immediately to Washington, and
while there he saws that he will recommend
TO the Post Office Department several I'M
portant changes in the postal affairs of this
rnu,e. Among others he viii urge the car
ryinV of u special sack for this place, going
both east and west. so that hereafteru in that
event, there would be no danger of 90 mail
being carried beyoud its destination rs is
now frequently the case, and detained sew
,.ral DAYS, If not weeks. He will also recon-
mend the enclosing of the "boots" of the
coaches with network of chains, so that
the mail-bags cannot be so easily stolen.
The Judge expresses an intention of doing
everything in his power to better our mail
facilities, and by so doing he will certainly
eutitle himself to the heartfelt thanks Of the
people of the Pacific coast"
Bully for him, if he only makes the
rifle.