The New York herald., 1875-08-30
THE FAST MAIL TRAIN.

Steps are being taken at the headquarters OF tho
postal service, both in Washington and New York, for
the early introduction of such changes in the ranspor
taton of the mails will revoutonze the system.
These changes includeA fast mail along the shores OF
the lakes to the West 1t will from New York to
CHICAGO N TwESrY-sIx HOURS
gain Of twelve hours the present rate OF speed.
Distribution will be done chiefly on the News
papers will be taken by the bundle and folded dis
tributed route
Relays of clerks will be stationed along the line
The new arrangements with the companies entail ex-
tru expense They will into operation on the 1st
of October
The following is a description Of
THE TRAIN
II will be composed of four cars, which now being
rapidly constructed The first will be nfty feet
length 1t will contain 1000 pgeonho for the dstri
button Of the letter mall and boxes sufficient for 100
separations OF newspaper mail In this will be
safe compartment for registered valuable natter aud
Office for the chief clerk in charge of the train The
entire letter distribution for the line will be In this
The second car will be sixty feet long 1t will be man.
aged for the distribution OF through newspaper mail and
for storage II Is estimated that between New YORK and
Chicago
TWENTY TONS OF MAIL
will be assorted and distributed in this car The third
car will be fifty long and will be devoted to unds
tribucd mails The fourth car will be forty eight feet
long and will be used when necessary for heavy mails
The train will be white, and will be called ''rhe New
York Central and Lake Shore Railroad Post 0nce
The train will arrive in
BUFFALo IN ELEVEN HOURS,
at Cleveland in iteen at Toledo in eighteen and al
Chicago in twenty-sx, stated above IL will leave
and take mail at every station II viii stop only ioi
wood and water and at the junction OF railroads II
will neither carry passengers nor express, nor win
do any business but carry the mails II will carry
letters newspapers packages and newsdealers packs
IL will connect with every post Office line between New
York and Buffalo. Al Albany II will pick up all the
mail from New England The time table will be so ar.
ranged that the fast mail will with the latest
New England trains. II will leave the mail Of the
morning at nearly
KyERY TOWN AND HAMLET
In New York before sundown At Buffalo II will over
take the train leaving New York the Erie road the
previous evening, and will receive from II the West
the mails of Northern Pennsylvania Southwest New
York and the tributary country. Al Cleveland II will
connect with trains which will deliver the mails The
country fed rom Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis
early In the morning The mail will arrive Ia Louisville
In time TO connect with all parts of the South giving
the South the advantage of ali the time gained North OF
the Ohio River. II will arrive In indianapolis at sx
NJ, at Lafayette and Logansport at halrpas seven,
connecting there with trains for all parts of Indiana and
the adjoining portions of Illinois At Toledo II will
MAILS
for the Wabash country, for Southern Indiana, noh
and Missouri and also for Michigan and the North.
The tram will arrive at Chicago In time for early out
going, will reach Milwaukee at noon, and Dubuque,
Clinton Rock Island, Davenport keokuk, burlington,
Quincy and Hannibal before sundown. The mail viii
be at Omaha the morning Of the second day nom
New York. and in the afternoon at Kansas City, 81
Paul and Minneapolis and will make direct Pacific Coaae
connections Returning this train Will leave Chiea0e
late In tho evening. amer all trains are IN,