, 1865-04-02
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,,,,, w.,eaAtss sE k.tEx I! S!r:n 81, 1865.
It. Is more than a wed4Hxye owe have had
an Eastern mai. ind sppll.t' Laughing
,ha We esst for aae 1d aeeai q
the milwaukee and 4nt s,Paul Railway
Company" Thanks t&et a. delcctabie aud
suIg e9 a esis si 1 S
rest Of mankind. E,nceforth, let no one
speak Of Minnesota aud the fur Northwest
gene; ally, except as at.pendency Of the soul-
less corporation whG1 Us trying to get TO
Saint Paul, and can't: .A4ich pretcnds to got
to LaCrosse, and don't which contracts to
r ri ,, the No5thwestenttlble. nnd then cheats
II wath IN euruniefy nal rrEno norselessncss that
ought to make even ia Railway Company
mantle lis brszcn click with q blush Of
sEamc.
j.. A community must be either stupidity pa
ttcnt OF patiently stuIN Ii it will endure sush
stupendous fraud as his without au earnest
protest, and denandnpon the Post OH e
Depa1 tn,eht that It slall vigorously enforce
I'LL the pains and pcn4fties In such cases made
and provided. II ,tl. Company's road is 60
Wretclsdly csnstructd tlat it Ii at the mer-
cy Of every annu1J # shct, 1t Is big b time the
public we're made aware Of It; for in that
case It Is too frail lining for prudent Persons
to risk LIFE and limb oa, whether In iaif or loqt
weather. u
Mr.. Editor, woul1 not tc unreasonable.
The loss nr delay OF mail O. two at i sea-
son Ike theIprrstnt can be patiently endured.
But when corporl1tal like that with which
We are dealing, coolls stacks up the m ails as
they sn:cessiTely srri;e at n = int only tatrLy
OF iurty miles trO1u TIN: at which it has agreed
10 deliver them punc;u,lly and regularly, for
an entire tersl., or n,rc, without an effort to
get them through. ttrhearance ceases to be
virtue. And this Is not ali; for Ne have, up
to the present writing, no intimati3n as ~
when tEis shameful dead lock III our business
intercourse with IT,: outside world IS to be
brtkeu.
Twill not attempt TO describe the sutfesincs
OF tue poor passcnsys, including women aud
children. who purchase tickets IN good faith
to points beyond the llna Of this road, and
&c: who afc empt'eu opt Of the cars beyond
La Crosse, and left to help themselves as best
outrageous cSturtinns by :he people to whose
teLdvr c,cieB they arc committed. I trust
some one will speak out, who can speak TX.
petlmentally, upau this subject. My object
in this t1ou, is 10 draw th: atten-
lion OF The ; Post 4tlice Department 10 til }
be taught lesson which 1t will not hereafter
forget. 1t appears That passengers are able
to get through By private conveyance. This
being the case, It is difficult to aeo why this
Company has MT made some effort To
forward til: mails in similar
munner, rather thau to set at dctIanc.
the business interests Of tens Of thousand
Of people wlose good will 1t eught to have
the e.nse TO pTop:tiate and not 10 alitu,t..
venture to commit this letter to the guar
dianship Of The mall bag, without thu slight.
est intimatiun a. to when 1t will reach YOU.
L. may be werk it may he month. Il
depends upon the milwaukee,. te-Ho,c1ey-
Railway Company. In the meAuttme, let Us
bestcch the Northwestern to hurry M the
extension in this direction. Let som:tl:pc
&c aons anu aa . sIssa' ,t; , 70 fe1.eve Us from
our interests Ind pur sense OF justice.
T. S.-Sinrt The ahoy.; was written the Ex.
press Company has delivered the Tg1BCSc IA
the c5th inc'>iye. fut the mills asc st;ll
piled up sout Ten or twelve mills cast Of La
Crosse