The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-08-29
NON.ARRIVAL OF THE TELE-
GRAPH.
WHO rs TO BLAME :?

Some months ago we heard loud com
Aplaints from our subscribers who receive
their papers through the Paris and
Brighton Post Offices that they often did
not receive their papers till the Tuesday
following Thursday, the day of pub
LEGATION, and sometimes not at all. But
from inquiries made by us and orders
given by the Postmaster General about
that time, we had thought that the TELE-
graph reached its destination in due time.
But on Tuesday of this week, Mr.. E. D.
Dunning of Paris called to pay for his
paper and stop 1t, alleging as a reason
that it did not arrive on time, when the
other papers arrived, and sometimes did
not arrive at ALL Wetold Mr.. Dunning
that for over four months the TELEGRAPH
had been mailed for Paris and Brighton
with all our mail going North on Thurs
day morning in season for the first mail,
with one exception, which was Thursday
the 22d inst, which failure was caused by
inability to get a break Of the press ma
chinery repaired in season to get the pa
pers away by the 10 o'clock mail. Mr..
Dunning said that the TELEGRAPH for
Paris would, time and again, within that
time lie over at Union Grove unless car
ried by private conveyance to Paris
Paris and Brighton are SO situated that
they have but two mails a week, and if
the mail for those offices does not leave
Racine on Friday morning it does not
reach them till the next Tuesday. Know
ing the necessity for getting the Paris
and Brighton mail away on Thursday
morning we said to new foreman, who
took charge of this office on the 10Th o!
April, that the rule must be to get the
papers printed in time to get the Northern
mail away by the morning mail. And
from that time to the present there has
been but one failure, which was on the
22d. inst. and for that the foreman was
blameless.
One of two things is certain. There is
either complaint without cause, or there
is fault with the Post Office Department
We know there is no reason, bnt neglect
of duty, why the TELEGRAPH should not
reach Paris and Brighton by their mails
on Friday. And our present purpose is
to find out where the neglect is, where
the blame should rest, for the purpose of
having it removed. And we would ask
our subscribers who receive their papers
through those offices. whenever they fail
to receive them on Friday, to notify US.
They as we'll as we shsuld know why they
do not receive their papers on time. And
we would ask all our subscribers, as we'll
as those of Paris and Brighton, who do
not receive their papers on time, to join
US In ascertaining the cause-in order to
have it removed. And we would ask all
Post Masters to aid us in efforts to secure
the prompt arrival of the TELEGRAPH at
their Offices. Complaints have gone TO
the Post Master General, without our
knowledge till after their occurrence, for
depredations committed on the TELE-
GRAPH by those in the employment of the
Department, but whether justly or unjust
we know not If it should be established
that the TELEGRAPH fails to reach the
offices to which it is directed on time
and sometimes fails to reach them at all
we shall be constrained to bring the facts
to the notice of the Post Office Depart
ment and call for assistance to secure
their safe and prompt arrival at the offices
and delivery to our subscribers.
No one will forget the Republican
rally on the evening of Sept. 4th, at
Simmons Hall, to hear Hon. Charles G .