New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-29
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THE POSTAL CAR TROUBLE.

PROBABLE ACTION OF THE RAILROAD COMPANIES.
Mr.. Bangs, Superintendent of Railway Mail
Is still 10 the city endeavorng to effecta
harmonious settlement OF the postal car trouble. he
feels confident that the railroads will carry the malls
despite all that has been said In the matter
He says that out OF IS railroads. "mcn
move postal cars. only eight have demurred
TO the arrangements OF rates. Among these roads
are the Pennsylvania Central, NewYork Central and
Hudson Hartford and New-Haven, Boston and Albany,
Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore, and the Con-
nectcut The Erie has promised to carry It's snare OF
the mails as usual and II there should then be any DIM
Guilty with the other roads, 1t will run an increased mum
Der of and transport the 10000 pounds Oh man
matter which daily leave NewYork. AT the meeting Of
the railroad men to-day conclusion will probably
be reached.
Mr. Banes saws that a large number OF Western rail-
road men have voluntarily to this meeting for the
purpose OF dissuadng the eight companies from Will
drawing postal The present rates are o per
mile per for every 1880 pounds OF matter trans
ported The law increases the rate to 600 per mile
an advance of nearly rs per cent This sum Mr. Bangs
declared an OF IS cent on the sum when
the railroad companies employed agent TO secure Tor
them from Congress They dema nd that the rate
shall he advanced to between $500 and $500 per mle the
aggregate amount Of which would be about sOcOo,Oo
per annum.
Mr. Bangs says that New-York will soon have an ade-
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which will enable citizen In the lower part OF the city
10 write 10 person in Harlem at night and receive
reply Def IRE breakfast the following morning. THIS
be done by better division OF labor, quicker tran-
sit, and more system and discipline
reporter Of THE TRIBUNE called yesterday at the
Grand Central Depot ascertain the views OF the rail-
road officials there In regard the withdrawal OF postal
cars on the different trunk lines. Mr. Chambers, Secre
tary Of the NewYork Central and Hudson River Rail
road Company, said that convention OF the officials
of the various trunk lines would be held to-day at the
offices OF the NewHaven Railroad The convention
held at Philadelphia Thursday was only an informal
one at which no measures resolved upon. The
whole OF the difficulty, said he, Is that the
railroad companies carried the postal cars attached
10 express trains at rates about onehrd OF those oil
ordinary freight This the companies are dissatis
fed with. Some action will probably be determined
upon at the convention. The superintendent OF the
New-Haven and Hartford Railroad said that nothing
had BEEN yet, resolved The President OF one OF
the leading trunk lines stated that there 10 postal
cars on its road. These had cost the Company $4,000
The cars are carried express trains and are lighted
and warmed at the Company's expense. In addition.
four postal clerks on average carried free over
the road each day. and their fares If paid at the ofd
nary rates. would amount in year to over $1,000 in ex
cess OF what the Company is allowed under the new
Postal Service act The rate OF cents per mile under
this act does not cost Of transportation 10 say
nothing OF the expense Of warming and lighting the cars
of interest on their cost and Of their and tear
President Watson, when questioned yesterday relative
to the action OF Erie Railway Company in the mat
ter replied that he not prepared as yet to make
statement At the meeting 10 be held to-day lie will
make known his views.
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