The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03
The PostaI-Car System.

WASHINGTON, Nov. ".
GEORGE s. BANGS, Superintendent Of the
Railway Postal Service, has completed MS
annual report. From this report it appears
that. at the close of the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1874, there were in operation hity-
nine lines Of railway postoffice cars, extending
over IA, ,S66 miles Of railroad, on which was
performed 81, ,925 miles of service daliy ana
u 747. .625 miles Of service annually, by io2
railway postoffice clerks. These clerks are
classified as follows: 2S3 head clerks,
S7g clerks, and ninety assistant clerks. Dy
the establishment of new lines OF railroad the
nostal facilities have been greatly increased.
During the threatened refusal Of the railroads
- carry the mails an offer of the Baltimore q
Ohio was accepted by the department. ms ~
gave daily service between Cmclnnati, -,
and Cbicago Ill.,. 80 miles. This completes
: throngh line between Washington ana Cni-
= and forms a connection between I,ic
roads ccntering at Cincinnati: InoianaponS
and Chicago. ~o;,wav most.
,fino 'l service Mr. Bangs says: The railway
,,nstoffice cars are now in operation on mus.
IF the most important connecting ana IanS una
1;,,as If railroad. giving the most dlrcct anu
nma;lohle transit to the mails between lhe
Office az origin and destination, anu ~ M tho
naarIv a perfect connection between .ae
vario;,s railroads upon which service y PET
formed by route agents ,,orbans
aThe Pennsylvania Railroad system ,leannp0 .',t,
the most extended and important IN Ine ct"n ~ =
trv for mail transportation, IS now usvu .n...S ~
- .-,ysaat eytent in the forwarding 81 LnIousn
and direct mails; but, owing 10 'hv Pot PP,ot
nostal facilities at present furnisneu y S~' -
rroaJ # cannot be utilised to any greaI ~
tant n the distribution Of mails IN I.Mne.. THE
A. this company has expressed us wniu t,sa
,,ass ~ Grant improved accommodations NY NY
,o.'oet r. he derived would fully warrant .ic
1,ortmant 1oo in the acceptance Of the same
TTpA T,lo nacessitv Of this addition 70 the
.,nstol-car lines can best be judged by the
tn1l"winr statement Of the bulk OF mails
,,ass;no between the East and West: New
York City originates fifty five to sixty tons oi
mail matter daily, as shown by InelI oMcia, on. =
statement. Forty five to fifty tons oa TINS lis -
forwarded on the trunk lines iea1Ing - .nc
W. West and Southwest. Three OF these lines
~ MeSD ponnsvlvania Railroad, New York & Erie
p";lr,ad and New York Central u Hudson
R;vcr Railroad-cary daily over their wnole
io,, 9TH nm average of 9S 600 pounds OF mall,
md as the bulk Of this mail is deposited In the
"t,sces at the latest hour possible to make the
ea.;,.s vnS" cr arrives on connecting trains, IL
ILa' at' ia distributed in transit, taxing the
unasent accommodations to the utmost, es-
t,ac;ellv a the Erie Railroad is the only one
,,.,on which the department have sucn &C
cpmmodations as are required. Inc propIIe.y
,s asfahlishing fast and exclusive mali. TAU Z.
Ho,ween New York and Chicago has been ois'
c1ssed for some time and there appears q ,ss pc
q crowing necessity for the same, tnis Is..,
"a be under the control q tns oePss''peA'