The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1868-01-03
MT. PLEASANT MAIL SERVICE,

MT. PLEASANT MAIL SERVICE.
FORMERLY there was Post Office at
Mordansville (Miller's old stand) and
at Wellversville beyond, in Mount
Pleasant township. When Scranton
became Representative in Congress for
this District, the occasion was seized to
remove the Mordunsville Office to Bear
| Run on Little Fishing Creek, and to Sc
cure the appointment of Il Republican
Post Master We believe p. John was
instrumental in having this done. Sub
sequently the mail has been carried by
the Little Fishing Creek route to Mill
| Vile, instead of being carried over the
| ridge rs before, and for some years the
Welliversvillc Office was (somewhat ir-
regularly served by branch mail from
Bear Run (Mordansville.) Upon appli-
cation however year or two since for a
new office at Eyer's Grove, one was cs-
tablished at that place, and the Welli-
versville Office was discontinued. So that
now there are two offices on the Little
| Fishing Creek route and none upon the
hill route, and the carriage Of the mail
is exclusively upon the former.
In consequence of these changes the
people on the hill route, both at old
| Mordansvillc and at WelliVersville, are
subjected to inconvenince and disposed
to make complaint. They insist upon
two arguments against the present ar.
rangement: First, that greater mum.
ber of persons would be accommodated
at the old offices than at the new ones;
and Second, that the lawful mail route
is over the ridge by old MordansvillC
and not along the creek. We believe We
state their case fully and clearly, and il
has force and is entitled to fair consider.
alton.
But the question is one of difficulty,
especially in view of what has taken
place. 1t is not possible TO have the
mail carried upon both routes, and from
the nature Of the country hardly posi-
bic for the regular mail TO cross from
one route to the other so as toservcan Of
flee upon each. Besides, it would be
difficult to obtain an order of the Post
Office Department for u draach cross
mail in the case Of such small offices
where the revenue derived from serving
them would not cover the expense in
| Cured. 1t is plain then that one route
must be selected to the exclusion of the
other, and if the hill route be restored
both the present offices on the creek
| must be abolished: a measure which
seems harsh to those interested in them.
In justice to the people of Eyer's
Grove it is to be mentioned, that in ap-
plying for their Office they did not pro-
pose to have the office at Welliversville
discontinued. Its discontipuance was
entirely the act of the Post Office De-
partment. Inasmuch as the mail was
carried regularly by Eyer's Grove, it
was reasonable that they should have
an Office there; for its establishment
would be without expense to the De.
partment while at would greatly accom-
modate them.
The true source of trouble is perhap:
to be found in the old Scranton-Dr.
John change of the Mordansville office
That change led to all the existing com.
plications, and it is now more difficult
to determine what ought to be done
than it was before any action was taken
| The question of a6ohshing the Offices or
the creek is very different one from
that Of creating them, and much more
difficult of decision. Fer they accom-
modate citizens of Henlock and Madi
sonas well as Mount Pleasant, who would
feel more aggrieved at having them ta
ken away than they would have felt Al
any refusal to establish them originally
But we shall not now pronounce ar
opinion upon this question of route ant
offices. We mean only to state the fact,
and indicate the difficulties which sur
round its decision.