The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-09
Oar Increased Mail Facilities.

City last Saturday, and
We are gratifed to be able to an
nounee that he has secured from the
Postofice Department the assurance
of important improvements in the
mail facilities of this city and the
adjoining regions in Indiana and
Kentucky.
First in Importance is the estab-
lishme1t of Daily Mail from Evans
Vile to the South, via the Evansville.
Henderson & Nashville Railroad.
The building of this road makes q
daily mail a necessity to the business
and commerce of the people along the |
route in Kentucky and to the mer-
chants Of Evansville. Petitions from
the leading citizens Of Henderson and
letters from public men Of Kentucky
were sent to Postmaster FOSTER,
which, added to the petition of prom
inent citizens Of Evansville, endorsed
by Gov. BAKER, Judge NIBLAoK and
Senators MORTON and PRATT, repre-
resented the wants of this mail in
such strong light that the Postmaster
General stated that arrangements
would at once be made with the e.,
H. & N. Railroad to establish daily
mail between Evansville and Madi-
sonville; and that it would be extend
ed South as fast as the road was COM
pleted und regular trains running. 1t
will require some time to effect the
necessary arrangement with the Rail-
road Company, but it win not be a
great while before We may expect reg
ular daily mail communication with
Kentucky by this route.
The want Of a daily mail on the
Ohio River by the Louisville and
Evansville Packet Line has for sew
eral years been felt, and repeated APP
plicatious to the Department have
been made, but heretofore they have
proved unsuccessful. The business
of the route has for some time past
been sufficient to sustain regular
daily packets, and the same reason
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| applies to the up-river line 70 Louis
vile. 1t is not SO important to
Evansville, but is greatly needed by
the cities and towns along the route,
and will also be q great convenience
to the business Of Louisville, New
Albany and Evansville. In response
to the petitions and letters from citi-
Gems and public men, presented by
Col. Foster. the Department has or
dered an additional mail by the third
packet of the Company, thrs afording
daily mail between Kvansvi,o and
Louisville Sundays sxcepted). It
will go into effect on tho 10th of this
month.
1t is expected that arrangements
viii soon be made so that we will
have a close mail connection with
New Harmony Eve days in the week,
in place of two. as now, with the hope
that when the new contracts go into
effect in July next daily mail may
be established. There is also pros
pect of increasing the other land mail
routes leading out of this city at that
time. Under the new contracts a
mail route will be established be-
tween Hazelton and Petersburgh,
which will bring US into nearer COM
munication with Pike County.
A great scarcity of Money Order
Offices exists in the adjoining regions
of Kentucky; in the twenty counties
having the most intimate trade rela-
lions with Evansville, there are now
only five or six of such offices, where
as in Indiana and Illinois, adjoining,
a Money Order Office exists in every
county. and in some instances two
offices. AS consequence the people
Of those counties in Kentucky are
without the great convenience afford
ed by this safe and cheap system Of
money transmission, it being an
especial hardship as there are no
bank facilities In any of the counties
referred to. The attention of Hon. @.
| F. MACDONALD, the eficiant Superin-
tendent of the Money Order Office,
being called to the existing want in
Kentucky by Col. FOSTER, he very
promptly decided to make the follow
ing Post Offices Money Order Offices
jacksonville, Hopkins County; Green
vile, Muhlenburg County; Calhoun,
Mclean County; Hartford, Ohio
County; Morganfeld and Casey
vile, Union County; Smith
land, Livingston County; Eddy
vile, Lyon County; and Cadiz,
Trigg County. The establishment oil
Money Order Offices at these towns
will not only be a great convenience
to the people Of the counties, but also
to the merchants of Evansville, whose
customers can thereby be enabled to
make their remittanees. It may, how
ever, be several months before the
system is put into operation at these
Offices, as lists of Money Order Office:
are made up only twice year.
In procuring these increased mai
facilities, Col. FOSTER was warmly
seconded by Hon. w. E. NIBLAcK
Member of Congress from this Dis
2 trict, personally calling upon the
authorities; and by his services h
has placed the citizens of this cit,
) and the adjoining sections In Indian.
and Kentucky under special obliga
tions to him, and given additional evi
, denee of his attention to the wants O.
: his constituents.