Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-02-10

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W. in your last weeks paper saws an
outrageous wrong has been committed
upon the citizens OF Casiine. by the
Govenmen mt. changing the mail route
from Bucksport to Ca,tinc - i, will run
through Penob,cot and accommodate II.
with daily mail.
W. il willing ho -ay-, that the citizens
Of Penobscot shall have daily mail but
not via Buckspori and Castin-.
His generosity exceeds ARENAS
Wards patriotism. Artema. would
sacrifice all his wifc's relation. and even
his own cousins if necessary to save the
Union, but could not 20 himself Will
W. inform u. how 10 get daily mail
except by the route now established.
Does he know how we have got our mail
very much OF il in times past?
We have sent TO \. Castine Tor il at
our own expense. What il this grea,
Inconvenience that the citizens OF Cas-
tine are subject TO by this change? The
Western mail arrives at Castine at , l-2
O'Clock in the afternoon, the new route
is but l-2 miles farther which cannot
make their mail but about one hour
later. Now is II outrageous tor the
citizens OF Castine to wait one hour for
their mail while We have now 10 wait
three and four daysI Letters mAiled in
Boston Monday reach Us Friday via
Ellsworth. nearly all Of our mail matter
comes through Ellsworth. Ii our mail
comes via Castinc it lays in the Office
there from one TO three DAYS. W. says
Brooksville. Sedgwick aud Deer Isle
will suifer by the change.
lfW. will examine the roads running
through Brooksville and Sedywick he
will find other changes will soon be
made that will give Sedgwick and
Brooksville their mail BY a connection
At Penobscot village which will lie a
great convenience to them and no in
convenience to Castine. Their mail will
be one or two hours earlier than now,
and save crossing the Bagaduce river at
Limeburncr's Ferry.
The IL miles from n. Cas,ine to Or.
land where W. says the people have
been wholly dependent on the stage for
mail facilities, has not Post Office or 4
store. The people get their mail from
\. Castine and Orland. When the
change is made the larger part of the
inhabitants will get their mail At points
nearer than they do now.
The new route, from N. Ca.tine to
Orland. a distance Of I4l-2 miles, is
through the village Of Penobscot, and
the part Of Penobscot that W. saws will
be accommodated is the whole town.
On the route there are six Stores and
two Post Offices.
W. boasts ofthe receipts Of the Castine
and n. Castine Offices. Three fourths
of the mail matter at N. Castine Office
is for the citizens OF Penobscot. The
larger part of the mail Of the citizens in
PenObscOt is sent from other Offices.
Bucksport Is as far from US by mail, as
Boston from Castine. We cannot write
to Bucksport or Orland and get an an
swer in one week.
Why should not the receipts ofN
Castine and Castine be much more than
Penobscot and N. Penobscot under the
past arrangements Of the mail?
There are more weekly papers maya
zines and miscellaneous reading matter
taken BY the citizens of Penobscot than
Castine, and if W. will examine the
facts he will find it 90.
II Aurora was larger than Bangor and
had no other mail facilities it would be
an act Of justice that the Ellsworth mail
should pass through there on its way to
Bangor IL there was no other wsy for
them to get their mail.
The petition was signed BY some Of
the leading men Of Castine approved BY
every Postmaster on the route from
Bucksport to North Castine, Castine
sent her Postmastsr and surveyed the
route and We suppose made report Of
~ same. 1t 10 very unfriendly for our