The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-02-05
Postal Irregularities and Disarrange.
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MEExE, Manitowoc Co.,

MEEHE, Manitowoc Co.,
January Goth, 1874.
To the Edito, of the Pilot:
DEAR SIR As our Imperial Congress
is at present engaged in discussing the post
al appropriation bill, and the Topping of of
expenses in that very essential department.,
and while some cf tbs members Of that
august body are opposed to having any
more new routes opeLed, and sthers are 10
favor of disseminating those which are at
present opeG, bat do not new nearly o,
quite prove a source of profit it may not
be out OF place to assert that the delivery
of letters and newspapers is one of the
very few things to which citizen has a
chance to realize any tangible return for
the taxes -~hich he pays.
All may not know what she department
OF the Interior means, or any ol5e, Of the
intricate governmental tamifcatiors, and
may be unable to see tie use of lavish ad-
vanc, ments Of muLey for war, naval, and
other contingent expenses, but when his let
ter or newspaper reaches him through the
mails be knows that service is done him
| by the government.
He has just IA good a right to experience
that knowledge if be lives away cat upon
the frontier, where civilization is just com
msDcing tie tug with the wilderness, as
though be rs.iicd in those polite commu-
mites where literature and politics Do most
abound.
If the postal appropriation ought TO be
reduced, and nobody doubts il, there !. over
| $500 900, (six m;lior, five hurdred thou
sandy paid lie annual salaries to Posimnst-
ers, when half the sum would furnish as
good men for the Office and save deal of
wrsngling and disputing.
There are plenty of other just such NOR
bid swelling. and excrescences in this de-
partment which need the pruning knife,
but, in the name of civilization and ad-
vaccement, do not refuse The lone pioneer
the gladsome sight of the mailbag.
We, Mr.. Editor, living here in this town
Of Meeme, lisg., peaceful citizens, suffer
gr.evously under priyatloas of this last
named kind, and have borne our wrongs
with an amazing degree of patience, until
shat amiahle quality has ceased to be n
virtue. We haye to complain loudly of the
total irregnlarity to which we have been in
ured for come considerable time past, in
the carriage and delivery of the mails in
this district but to whom shall we com
PLAIN in order to make our complaints effec-
tive?
This is the question for a solution Of
h!cf, / seek from your superior knowledge
Owing 20 our new railroad from Miwau-
kee to Mnnitowoc , we have at present two
parallel lines of munication, at least,
from Sheboygau, each carrying the mail
backward and forward daily, one BIZ stage,
and the other by railroad /; and nocwith-
standing this increased facility of comnu-
nicat0n, the extraordinary fact remains,
that lstrer posted in Milwaukee for the
town Of Meemc, will no, reach it's destira-
ton sooner than period Of seven or eight
days, or even r?ore.
AS case in point friend of mine
dad <. Milwaukee on the I'm. or this
mouth, aaa on the Gay Of his demise, a
letter 70 that effect was addressed to me
stating that the funeral would take place on
the 2lst, inst, and requesting my presence
thereat, bat THAI melancholy plensure Of
paving nv last tribute Of respect to my de-
I =, |
the letter Oil n2t reach here until the 25:h
inst.
This is BY no means an e1ceptiona! case.
4 gentleman, who resides here in my neigh
borhood, has a son living in Milwaukee,
The son addressed letter CT importance
lately to his father, and ,he letter did not
come into the fathers possession sooner
than period of ten days.
The Nanitcwoc PLoT, which is publish
ed and poated cn every Thursday, seldom
or never rcachc, the LANDS of its various
sui scrbers In l!Iis section before the follow
ing Mon3ay-verY rarely on the following
Saturday thus could enumerate va.
rious other instances.
In consequence of the dissatisfaction
arising from this irrcgularity Of mails, |
have ceased reluctantly to be subscriber
to journals which | highly appreciated.
If the Postmaster be demonstrated with,
he will eel you that the Inconvenience j.
owing to "MrouM mails An absurd
practice, on the part of Postmasters to nv
thinking For instance, if letter should
be posted in Msnitowoc for Shehoygan, on
the theory of the through mSil" it should
be transported to the end OF that Through
mail even if that end were New York,
and returned again from .here to Sheboy
gan for delivery.
Who is it that does not see the absurditv
and Inconvenience Ct this practice: Instead
# having tue mail bags duly assorted and
specially made up for each special Post
Office to which they belong.
Perhaps memorial addressed to cur
Gruugsr Governor on this subject might
serve to call his attention to the nature and
Importance Of our plant, and suggest a
remedy for the evil
In conclusion, deem the elevation OF
our present. Governor to the gubernasorial
chair matter of congratuietiDn for our
State, fer we can discern already in the
just ce aud enlightenment cf his views, an
abiding hope that he will bring to the full
fiilment of his high office that int City and
dignity which ought to characterize it.
DENIS TIERNEY.
Personals.
Hon Jos Villas Pres of the Lake Shor