The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-07
THE HERALD's POSTAL SERVICE.

THE LEAD OF THE HERALD-JoURNALIsAI
TAXING THE INITIATIVE IN ALL WORKS OF
PROGRESS.
From the Courier des Etats- Unls. August 81
For the past Two years, or, perhaps, mere
scarcely week has passed in which the HERALD
has not published one, oitener two, and some
times more articles upon the necessity OF giving
the city or New YORK more rapid means OF travel
ling than that OF the horse cars. which has be-
come inadequate for transporting the immense
throng OF human beings that come and go the
whole length OF Manhattan Island each night and
morning The HERALD was compelled to keep
hammering on the same anvil; but It's abors have
nearly come to end aud II Will not be long
before the citizen Will be able to travel the whole
distance between the Battery and Harlem IN less
time than 1t now takes to 90 from the City ball
TO Madison square
But this is only chlld's play to the HERALD,
which is the Guzman OF journalism. 1t acKnowl-
edges no obstacles in effect, and that which it
has obtained IN principle for the city OF New YORK
IL nas elsewhere put in practise grander
scale. 1t has procured special train with which
1T supply its subscribers with the rapidlty OF
lightning-thls is to say, at the rate of sixty miles
an hour along tue whole line between Ann street
and Niagara.
The HERALD has made faster time than could
have been made through the air. 1t Is doubtless
a great thing TO furnish the news TO the immense
crowds OF business men who migrate on Satur-
cay to country villages watering places and
pleasure resorts almost as soon as they have left
their residences in Fifth avenue, Yorkville or
Washington Heights; but the HERALD train enter
prise not only reaches points along this direct
route, 1t is felt at the extreme limit OF the Far
West by connecting with all the lines that con-
verge on the points 1t runs through, and by gain
ING at least twenty -four hOurs IN advance OF the
ordinary channels OF communication.
Again, the HERALD achieves double object. 1t
distances ali It's competitors and thereby secures
great advantage for Itself; 1t proves that IL can
take the initiative activity and enterprise, and
gives an example which should De beneficial TO the
interests OF everybody. WHAT the HERALD has
done, indeed everybody may DO; and as every
body a name, and as this name is sometimes
"the government" IL follows that the government
Is ma uraliy induced TO enter Into the path so
bravely opened by this journal And that is what
it is preparing tosdo at this moment. The Pos
ONCE Department Is studying the question with
view OF improving the mail service.
The next 'lightning train" Of the HERALD.
which Will start, AS mere tolore, rom the Grand
Central depot, on sunday morning, at half-past
two o'clock, Will carry the Postmaster OF New
YORK and the superintendent Of the Railroad
Postal Service, who Will examine the conditions
under winch the HERALD service is performed
with the view of applying them to the regular
transmission OF letters. Taxing as basis the reg
lar re quirements, 1t Is thought that travelling
ONCE Tor distributing and receiving carr, such
they run on the trunk lines Of France, England
and other European countries, would be able,
during the run from New York to Chicago to re-
ceive sort and deliver twenty tons OF correspond
ence TO the various points. The train would
rive at Buffalo in eleven hours, at Cleveland IN
fifteen, at Toledo IN eighteen and at Chicago IN
twenty-six. At Abany.it would arrive ana con-
meet with mail trains loo New England, at Buffalo
with those for he West AT Louisville II would
arrive In time to reach all that section south OF
the OHIO, and at Chicago 1t would connect
with Milwaukee and AL States west OF there
1t would touch at Omaha on the morning OF the
second day after leaving New York; in the after
noon of the same day at Kansas City and st. Paul,
where they would meet all the branch lines run
ming toward the Pacific coast. san Francisco
would thus be- so far as the postal service Is con-
cerned, as near to New York as Philadelphla was
200 years ago.
The course OF progress Is here seen, and in con-
graduating the Post once Department for enter
ing INTO the race the HERALD is specially to be
congratulated Tor having opened the way. This
Will not be the least laurel in the crown OF the
journal which has already contributed so mucn to
extend the sphere OF action of the press and to
widen IT'S legitimate influence over the develop
ment OF public prosperity.