Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-10-01
The New Fast Malls.

Tle first of the new fast mail trains be-
tween New York and Chicago left the
Grand Central Depot, New York at 4:15
last Thursday morning, and reached Chi
cago the next morning at ESQ., five minutes
ahead of time. The $50 miles from New
York TO Albany was made in three hours
and twenty minutes, and west of Albany
an even greater speed was attained, the
rate on favorable portions of the line being
fully mile minute. The train consisted
of three postal cars bull. expressly for this
service, and palace car for invited guests.
The New York Times in speaking, on
Thursday, of what this new enterprise is
expected 10 accomplish, said The Fast
Mail will leave and take on matter at ev-
cry station. With the exception of Albany,
Utica, Syracuse, Palmyra, Rochester, Ba-
tavia, Buffalo, Dunkirk, Erie, Cleveland,
Sandusky, Toledo, Elkhart, and La Porte,
1t will stop nowhere during the 900 miles,
except for wood and water, and at juno
tlons. At Albany it will pick up the New
England mail, amounting perhaps to 49,
900 pounds in weight; at Buffalo it will
oveItake the mails which left New York
last evening, also the mails of Northern
Pennsylvania, Southwest New York, and
the tributary country; at Cleveland 1t con-
meets with trains which deliver mails to
the country fed Dy Columbus, Indianapo-
lis, and Cincinnati at Toledo mails will
be dropped for Southern Indiana, Illinois,
and Missouri, and for Michigan and part
of Canada. The train is not gotten up in
the interest of newspapers, all reports TO
the contrary Notwithstanding. The amount
in weight OF newspapers for sale on board
when the fast mail reaches Rochester will
perhaps not exceed 5000 pounds The en-
tire weight of the mail matter which will
ha hanAtQA alnnO tho will IN
nearly thirty tons. The officials of the
post ofiice department have met with much
opposition in their efforts To establish this
new branch of the mail service. AT first
Col. Scott of the Pennsylvania Central re-
fused his aid and it was not until he heard
that Commodore Vanderbilt had promised
the Government his assistance that Col.
Scott changed his mind. 1t was then
agreed that the first fast mail trains, both
over the Northern and Southern routes,
should leave New York on the morning OF
Sept. 10. Wishing, however, 10 beat his
rival, President Scott arranged TO have a
fast train leave before the dale ed, and
last Monday started "limited maiP' over
his road. This, however, was not an occa-
sion Of regret TO the Post ONCE Depart
ment, for Gov. Jewell would be only too
delighted II every President in the coun-
try grew spunky and plunged his postal
cars through space at lightning speed. In
his opinion the faster the speed the better
the deed. By means of this action of Col.
Scott, a fast mail Is also secured to 81.
Louis, aud fierce rivalry between this
city and Chicago, in the matter of postal
facilities, may be expected. A fast line to
the South Is also announced. by which the
morning mail from New York will reach
Washington at noon in season for the OPEN
ing OF the sessions of Congress. 1t is OFF,
cially announced that this system OF fast
trains will not increase the cost of the pos