Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-05-17


INDEPENDENCE, FAyETrE 4 WEST UNION
MAIL RoUrH.--Sincc the establishment Of
the daily mail route between Independence
aud West Union, supercedng the trwcekly
route between Manchester and the same
point, the NJ. .. Walker Stage Company, to.
gether with certain parties in West Union.
have been making every effort TO prejudice
the people Of F.yettc County, against the
new arrangement by unscrupulous misrep,
resentations relative both TO the new route
and the contractors upon it. The following
article from the Fayctte OJsrrer, explains
the situation quite thoroughly, although it
neglects to mention that the Independence
route requires ten miles less staging than
the other, this city being the nearest point
on the Railroad to Fayette and West Union.
The present route is Of very material ad>
vantage to buchanan County, as well as to
Fayettc, and we trust no efforts of interested
individuals, will result in change. We
believe the contractors on the route, Messrs.
Edgcomb and Bronson, perform their duty
promptly and efficiently.
From the Fayette Observer
Still the mails from Dubuque "drap
their slow length along" with snail like
pace, from II to "a hours behind the old
arrangement when received via. Mancbes>
ter and Brush Creek, and behind what il
would now be if thrown back on the old
Union, Of Vest Union.
Being very anxious to satisfy our neigh
bors of the Union, and "the rest of man.
kind about this vexed Mail Question, let US
look at it just a little in the light Of facts.
And we beseech the Union to pay heed to
them the more attentively, as the warm days
are coming, by and by, when il won't be
healthy for people to seek after those things,
whose only tendency must be TO cause iris
tation aud heat in those who find them.
Now, what are the facts. BY the old
route, viz: That via Manchester, the
mails which left Dubuque .on Mondays and
Tuesdays, were received by the people of
Fayette about . O'Clock p. NJ, on Wednes-
day. The same may be said Of every other
alternate day.
Now the Dubuque Monday mail reaches
here about A o'clock T.. NJ, ON Tuesday,
making gain Of sixteen aud one half (l64)
hours over the Manchester route. The
Tuesday mail arrives here at o'clock and
thirty minutes--which is seven and one
half IA hours later. Deducting the u
hours from l64, it is readily seen that there
is nett gain by the Independence route, of
nine hours in the two days. At this rate, it
Is readily seen also that u hours are saved
10 the people for the six days Of the week.
Thus much for the Dubuque mail, but the
real worth Of the Independence mail is only
apparent when we consider that all the pos.
.al matter does not come from Dubuque, but
hat a large amount is furnished from the
direction Of Cedar Falls. This of course,
III comes through promptly every day.
But let us attend a moment to the mail
from McGregor. BY the old arrangement,
his arrived at Fayette on Tuesday, Thurs.
lay and Saturday, at O'Clock, P.M.-be-
ing just ~ hours behind the time West
Union was served. Now we are only IA
hours behind West Union, making clear
gain Of eight hours. The Union is also
pleased to iay that " the mails drag their
low length along" Thus charging that the |
present arrangement is not only bad, but |
hat there is want Of promptness and reyu
arity in carrying it. Now We confidently
believe that the service upon no route. in |
bis region, at least, is more prompt. |
y and regularly attended to, than the one
now under consideration. This is the uni>
iorm and emphatic testimony of Post Mass
ers on the road.
The Caion knows, or ought 10 know, that |
he above plain statement, in regard to the
lrrival OF mails under the old and new ar
is correct, and that the assertion |
hat they are now from IL 70 "a hours be. I
lind time, is not true. We believe further, |
hat nineteen twente.hs of the people of the
county are satisfied may, pleased with the
xis,ing arrangement. And it certainly |
loes not come with very happy grace from |
'ur friends at West Union, to denounce it, |
when they joined us in the effort to have it |
stlblished