Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-02-05
SATURDAY. MORNING, TED. 5, 1870.
The Mails Again.

"So far we have said little or nothing upon
the subject, though several of our cotempora.
ries have expressed their sentiments very free
~ and tho STANDARD has criticised the change
very severely. As for US we have been wait
ing to observe the workings Of the new system,
and now, without hesitation. pronounce the
change beneficial to the great mass of the peo-
pie of the Sound although in some instances
1t may be announcement to the newspapers of
tits place. While a scm-wcckly mail con-
tinuas, as now, to be carried upon the Sound
Il enables the residents Of the ports along the
shores ofthe Sound, and also the settlers in
the interior, who get their mails at these ports
TO be In direct communication with Oregon
and the east, as their mail matter lies in the
postofice here only over night, instead of
thirty-six hours as was formerly the case.
This is no small item to the business commu-
nifty, especially"
The above quotation is taken from a
leading article in the last number of the
Agc. We are at loss to conjecture how
4. The editor Of that paper, gentleman of
mature years and experience, should have
fallen into SO glarins an error in the con-
ception of his article, which is based upon
the single idea that the "change enables
residents of ports along the shores of the
Sound, and also settlers in the interior"
to be " in direct communication with Ore
gon and the East" There is not parti-
Gle of truth in such an assumption, as will
! be seen by an examination of the schedule.
The mails received here on Wednesdays
bring the same dates which under the old
schedule arrived here on Tuesdays, aud
could not go down the Sound until Thurs
day morning, in either instance. And the
mails received on Sunday bring the same
dates heretofore received on Saturday,
which cannot 80 down the Sound till Mon
day, in either case. 1t amounts simply to
allowing the mails to crawl along the read
at snail-like speed, instead of remaining in
the post-ofice here few hours longer.
Nor does the Ages assumption apply to
the mails going South. Letters aud pa
pers which leave here on Tuesday, Thurs.
day and Saturday, reach Portland at pre-
'cisely the same day and hour they did
when the mails left on Monday, Wedncs-
day and Friday. They are day longer in
making the journey, is the only difference
An answer to letter written to Portland
could under the old time be obtained in
four days; it now requires six. But this
hardship to our people appears to have
escaped the attention of the :: Fat Contrib
utor" Of the dye in his imagined benefits
to other localities.
The new schedule breaks connection
with the Pierce and Mason county mails.
/ but this consideration does not appear to
hare fitted across the imagination Of the
writer in the Age, when he alludes to g d.
rect communication with Oregon and the
Hast" The Pierce county mail leaves on
the mornings Of the days the Portland
mail 10 due in the evening, and arrives half
= day behind time to connect with the
mails going south. The Mason county
mil lssvss Saturday evening, just twenty
1oar-hosrs before the Saturday nights
mail under tho old schedule is now re-
ceived. So our contempory's argument
has - Foundation to rest upon. His edi-
toiiai blunderbuss simply vent off at half:
eock, and he owes It to himself and his
sssders 70 repair the old thing before it is
ss.ie brought into action.
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