The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-09-08
Mails and Post Routes.

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country, We believe. has this department been
made s=ltsustainjng except in England, where,
from The small extent Of country and dense poPu-
latyn, the Pos. Office Department Rot only sup
ports itself but i a source Of profit 70 the Nation.
Referring to it. tie Pal Nal Gazette says
There : 70 eaaea O. tie paaac .er'.e. .lch t-eTs P.ee
county. l. lec4- 67sOs+s-9 letters passed ,nr-Csa a. poet,
teas a. increase ofl7.CoOUoO over uv previous year; sad in
:.e sane p~rsi the numbers q to.s p4-.ss and uessIsp-Ts
~iica ~er- Transmitted rrs- % over 55CVocto, or 100000
more ;tAa n leOO- Us ilcr-4s= ~ss m,re tie1 pr,I-THr1-;e
% he sr.E;hJ PPoi-H.u I'D u-..F.t@.a- Z Ie-ses through
continues g expand TIE speculative mana q recent year
has -:I-. 10 the reyell, q - Pos; utc-. IN Consequence %
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nearly ou=-iaur;a O ,l-.- can't fr,m :A= w-.i kad"
If well conducted this branch Of the public
service in every country Will not only increase
in revenue, but in its adaptation 10 the wants
Of the people. Ii has been 50 elsewhere. it has
been 50 here to some extent. In other countries
considerable discretion Is confded 10 the head Of
this department: to conduct its affairs as public
exigencies may require. 1t was formerly more
50 here than il now Is. In . sIarsrly settled
country like this. the Postmaster General should
be vested with power to make such changes in
the mode of conducting the affairs Of the DEPART
ment as time and the changing wants Of the
people require.
There has been considerable grunbling lately
on account Of the Irregular manner in which
mails on Maui are delivered. While on that
island. some two weeks ago. we had . practical
illustration Of il. The mail bags were missent,
by having been put on board of the wrong YES
sells. THIS error, mad the local Postmasters been
empowered 10 expend such sum as was necessary
to rectify it, could have been easily remedied by
sending the missent mails 10 their proper desti-
nation. Instead Of that they were returned 10
Honolulu, and PARTIES were left to wait for let
tiers. orders and Instructions from their agents in
Honolulu for two weeks or more. As 4 result
Of this, the Honolulu papers Of August llth, 18th
and 18th all arrived IT postofhces on East Maui
on the 2Sth OF 29th, whereas each issue is due
there on the Tuesday or Wednesday following
the publication. Now this i yexa,ious, but can
easily be remcdied - first. by employing only
conn etent persons 10 see that mails are put
properly on board the packets and, secondly,
hy authorizing every postmaster to correct any
errors iii mis>ent mails. I:Ters or letters, and to
forward such 1T the expcns. of the department.
Lscal Post masters should also be allowed some
compensation. 1t is too much to ask a man TO
be constantly on the lookout fr mails and letters,
and a. a necessity, responsible for them. without
a reasonable compensation. At kalcpOlepO we
found Mr.. Halstead had to assert and distribute
the entire mails 1.-TWO large bags, and make up
separate bags for Makawao, Wailuku and Ulu-
palakua. The same has 10 be done twice a week,
and sometimes oftener-all gratuitously. how
ever. If the Postmaster General could make a
tour Of the islands, and witness the practical
working of the postal machinery, 1t would re-
suit in beneftting the public, provided he made
such changes as his observations suggest. The
Post Office Department. Of all others under the
Government, should be the most accommodating
and progressive, always seekinSSto serve to the
utmost the wants Of the people.
We have requested Postmaster Brickwood to
draw up a list of the post routes over the islands.
with the times of leaving and arriving at each
station, and are Indebted to him for the follow
ing, which may prove seryiceable to our mer-
chants and others. At present only letters are
carried in some of the overland posts but if the
rule were modified so that all newspapers IN
single wrappers should be carried likewise, it
would make the post carriers still more service
able. We suggest this change TO the Postmaster
General, and hope it will be made.
Mails on Hawaii.
HfLo AND KAwNHAE-The Mail Carrier leaves
lilo for Kawaihae every Monday morSDg. at :
o'clock. and returns to Ililo on Saturday. weather
permitting.
Uno A$p K.r-The Nail Carrier leaves Hilo
for Kan every alternate Monday sept. 10 and ~
and returns every alternate Friday.
KAr Asn KEAIAzEAEU>-Thc Mail Carrier from
Kau to Kona, leaves Waiohinu every alternate
Monday. (Scp;emler 10th, 18th. 6c-) and returns
every Thursday. weather permitting. thus con-
Meeting with tn" steamer, which arrives at he
alakeakua on Wednesday,.
KoHAlA AND WMaEA.-The Mail Carrier leaves
Kohala for Waime-. connecting with the HiIo and
Kona routes) ever. week. on Wednesday morning
at 6 o'clock.
K.w,1H.E AND Iuo-TLc Mail Carrier leaves
Kawaihae for Hio. on Thursday morning. and
arrives there On Saturday. weather permitting.
passing through Waimea. Hamakua. and the sugar
plantations.
KAw.H4E And TAurA.-The Nail Carrier for
Kona. leaves Kawaiuae ~semi-monthly on Saturday.
sept IS. 20. &c~) at 4 o'clock P ", and returns
the following week on Wednesday at about I
o'clock P. ", weather. permitting.
Nails on Maui.
LAHAINA AND East MAvL-The Mail Carrier
leaves Lahaina every Wednesday morning, be
tween six and nine o'clock. for Wailuku. Waikapu.
Friday. weather permitting.
Hasa AND ULUPH,KUA-Th Mail Carrier leaves
Hama for Capt Nakee's. on Tuesday morning OF
every alternate week sept. II. %. &c-) and re-
turns on Friday morning
Nails on Kauai.
LHuE AND H.SuEI-Tbe Mail Carrier leaves
Lihuc for Hanalei. every Monday morning, at :
O'Clock. and returns on Tuesday evening.
LrHUE. kuLo,. WArNEA AND \IH.v--The Nail
Carrier leaves Lihle for Koloa and Waimea. every
Thursday morning. AZ : % clock. and returns on
Friday evening. Letters for Milan remain at
Waimea till opportunity offers for forwarding
usually every week
Oahu Mail.
The Mail Carrier leaves Honolulu every Monday
morning. precisely at . o'clock, via the Pail and
kaneohe. and returns via Waialua on Wednesday.
weather permitting. This mail passes through
Kaneuhe. and all the villages on the Koolau side
around to Waialua. thence through Eva to Homo
lulu.
on MoLoKAL. there Is no regular mail carrier, but
the Postmaster at HG'u11i4 Is authorized To en-
rlnr cnrri.r. and 1isratrh mail. MhrnrErr nrcrs-