Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-03-18

PosTAL CARs BETWEEN NEW YORK
ASD MoNTREAI.-Our readers are aware
that movements are ln progress looking
To the establishment of "A system of postal
cars between New York ard Montreal, by
the way of BuTi.ngt0i. The matter is
one OF considerable importance 20 this
community. Th- po-t.l cer Is post
Off &c on wheels Whenever such cars are
put Oh to ihi, route. tie distribution Of
mail ~ alter coming tnis way. which now
takes pla1.. in the New York and Albany
post-ufiice.. zill be done ON the car Let
ters from Wellington and points south 81
New York winch NOW must le IN New
York, till they can 5e sortsd and put IN a
bag for this place, viii then be sorted ON
the ear while IL L. oB lts way North; and
50 for other mail matter iaE other Offices,
instead Of going a. now 20 distributing
Office, il Will b. distributed on the car,
with "A gain Of from twelve TO twenty
/ four hours in tbe lime Of delivery. Oh
course, but one line of postal cars
can be expected T. be run between New
York and Montreal, and II II unques-
/ tionably of great importance that they be
put on the most direct route. What the
mail service between here and New York
has been for many years past, our citi-
zens know very wei, and they know why
it has been 50 irregular and dilatory. The
trouble is there Is not aud cannot be. any
sure connection between the Hudson
River railroad and the roads above Troy.
The Hudson River road and the New
York Central are controlled by one inter
.at They are run together. Th. Hud-
.ou River railroad regards only ir- west
60, connection, and when they oonfict, hs
,bev ..f,.sr, do. with it, Northern connec-
tions. tl.s latter must give way. Ii the
| Western tsaiDs are in at Albany. the
Hudson Ris1s trains will not wait for the
trains from ;As north. The frequency OF
break of connection and consequent de-
tention of mail mater as well az Of pas
seneers. has grown worse and worse as
time has gone on; and we confess we
sAould have very little hope of any
Improvement, even under the pos
tsl car system, if it wers TO DE es-
tabi.shed only by that route. But 5or.
tsnu xxsIy a direct route i- socp t- be opened
a txae North and South through
line-by way Of the Harlem road and
Beuninxton. with 10 eastern or western
connections 70 embarrass II, and over
which the cara yi.l be run without change
from New York 20 Montreal. Ii will be
possible over that line TO receive early In
the evening, letters aud papers leaving
New York in the morning. sid TO return
answers mailed the same night which VIII
de iyerec in n Y. in the morning- With
che postal car system added, over tbis
poute. we shall have nothing to ask for in
tAs way Of mail facilities, between here
ana New York while for Troy and the
West they will be ss good ss they have
ben. or a they can be expected TO be,
under any arrangement. Ii seems too
clsar for argument. that the intsrests OF
ths coonanity, independent Of all SYM
pathies or favor for lpe route over an
49,. require that the postal cars be
.leced o. ths psv through line BY way OF
Is Harlem road nor can We doubt thss
the Post Onace Department, If disPossd 70
incrsass the postal facilities bstwesn Nsw
York and Nontrssl, viii put the cars on
the route over which alone there can D.
any certainty Of ooansctiona-Fr~fss.