, 1870-11-21
THE POSTAL SERVICE.

why sh- MotBk AAse De1uYedZThe
s.rn~rs.l s'o~t DFfAcr Not in FnulI-
Explanation bs tho sostnsh&t..r
a-t:aters. l Il hs, T. Asbrsnd Companies
Lea sts~ as.sE~ IL" 9trr.
The following 1eltrr Ia rts7anss to COM
plAint from tho New fosk' tbstroer, with ro- !
gard to delay u tho tsAu=1nasi,n ot the tn4ils,
vii appear in that paper this xe4k:
To tie Edttof Qfthe .stx }e1k 0bst.srr,
DkAR SIR: Mr.. tresuetl's atteutsuu was direct
Of ts1egnltr1sT 10 ihe transmission Of the paper
Ftcoctprtrc5 OF tla oAn time, and knst
" the heads ol the different turraus Ia hta De- |
Eattment, Ia the prepa14tlon Of the Postmasser
Generals annual report, the notice OF. It
With he Hshett ~ take his necc.saril5' hetn de-
fet1es1. He noE !eqnests me to mrits 70 you on
cass. so th.t you may see tust the responsibility
for tho delays complained Of does MT IN fRrueas
rest with tne P;sl ou1ce D.partment. The Poas-
been Indifferent IN the reasonable expectations,
not 10 SAT rsGhA, Of the presa snd tbs public IN
thls matter, and have Etrs,atenty aad zsaloasly
IT'S proxmatr cause OF them has been the failure
OF Inc 1'ennsJlsan!a Central Railroad Company 70
as IT. ~ as fq@ or as %es 1s
Northwest which src transported 70 that point By
he New Jersey Gen1.l nd r. eoqnessisae, q
4 SIS 2 IT,, eon3ss'nS e WIN g =:
en,a e eass Mss snsfa Ss Tas
Department nas special iscai agent a Harris.
burg to attend to the transfer OF malls to and
sssnt sss ,nas from @ June % 3csossi
20, Inclusive, u the present Year, the paper mat
n5n, it'll II Tsen ne g a It: 95sr a.
by rrason Of tbs failure Of the Allentown line
ca cause % Tic Pennsylvania Central com-
pany had not roo1n iort Ia their bsggage.ear On
the connecting t1a!n. Ihs otnosts of sa!a latter
partnenl and through visits Of agents specially
for ssst os ana b aTs S
piren assurances that rue mails should be car
ned thioaan without detention. Mr. cassatt
tral, IL reply to q Letter from ms On IL,
subject, wrote, under date Of July II, 1870
as ioliowa:" W. are doing az We car to over
come the difficulty; hut the trouble IL, tnst stest
block-nails al Aastlsburg connect With our fast
est train West. On wh!eh We cannot hsnl NOR
hsn Gss s 5 a az e' w
that the biocI-matls hare occasionally to lie ore
for The ne1, train THIS has, however, not oc
% be a5le 10 taSe Il On resu,aiiI hefcaiter, i
baxgage-cars On this run" As the deteuuons gen
! Thursdays, the days Of The week when shls ma
was the heaviest, 10 order TO facilitate lta Iniu
rs e. q u Ss
3 99th Of July last, to lessen the qnsnt1ty OF ma
!. sent by this route on these Asya to the avctag
y | buffalo, makbR about the sane to Chicago. Tn
: arrangement, heweEer, fa.led 70 cure The ev1
q eiutt our agents reports show mat HOT AZ Rust
ia stsnces of faiure to farward tu whole or in pal
IA l these paper mails from Harrisburg on titne-ou
fTa enS rftten ea siaes - through default ot Fennsy1
le MA Central to take them on Taia COMPANY la
celyip9 the maximum eompsnsaasen az a1loxed
ID ID ma many ~ oiner issdins railroad eonl
y \. ! s;:s s;s:i I'll. 6epsrtnens for ne !
be compensation allowed "a inahequa:e- The act
~ March : 1s4s Section ls stah 7ss}. ts tee u
he | governing the acti1n OF the Postmaster Gene
~ | n Tho matter Of compensation, aud, as y1u v
n | obaefye, tirects 3 classification Of the ai!N
ho mali service on the ssss!s ot w5ixnt, speed. q
ho o importance Of malls Al tae lime teese tnro5
uc mails for the West were placed on this route G
lg- rennssivanla central wns 1900 peE mile for
ar. lis rnte va incresacd On Jny i. 1sss, 10 $50
ra- 1ni1c, and on January 1870, was Still further
~ creased u $sso ner mfle, the aximum PAY all
mt transported on this road between rhllade1rhia
liz P1t,s6urgh W.. IN Arst. lse:. 1a.'ss Po1nds
aaed p te se
insdequscy of theif compcnaaston for mai
nsniee. and Recommended q Eevt1ion and +,
justrnent thereof, but no action wa1 taken
the subject at ths 1ass session. Tats s; bEef T.
aon \ convince you that whoevar OF Whatever
- - blame sor these failures, the Post once
My tEcI1 has not failed to Use ali tue ro
and authority. conferred on him BY LAW
meet, on the one hand, tho reasonable
lid, ! maud Of the public for tho regular and pro
lres transmission OF this important mail to tts des
re- ton, and the other, the claim Of tbs comnsn!
compensation adequate 70 the st1vlce PeIIosl
| In conclusion, MI. CrcsWcl1 further requeats
rs to saY that should you vtnt Washington, be n
be pleased to have you call on him, 80 tnat ne
ody gire you more detatlet, statement of ne u ise
bo the case. ycrJ respectfully, 5eur obsdlent ser
two ..a,..,,, pn,t,es ~ ~ a,ep ~ 3sane, La
posr 0rr,c.f DErAHJXENr, Washington, No