New-York tribune., 1875-09-14
THE FAST MAIL TRAINS.
A START MADE ON THE PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD.
DEPARTURE OF THR LIMITED MAIL on THK PENN


DEPARTURE OF THB LIMITED MAIL on THK PENN
sYLvANIA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF NEWS
PAPERS.
IFRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THR TRIBUNE.l
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13-The first OF the
limited mail and newspaper express trains OF the Penn
syvania Railroad arrived here at 7:1O a. m to-day, on
it's way westward The train left the Jersey City depot
445 a. m consisting Of a locomotive and threo cars.
The first Of the cars was the baggagecar which con-
tanned 2509O copies OF daily newspapers published In
NewYork fOc distribution Philadelphia and interme
diate places Besides these there $500 copies for
tho West Following this the postalcar, and
behind this was car containing several New-Iork Jour
nasts, Samuel Carpenter the General Eastern Agent OF
tho road. and George W Barker the Division Supern-
tendert The postscar Is OF peculiar form Of constrrc
ton, and will be with tender. The tender will
he simple express arranged for merely carrying
through mails. The postal car proper Is OF ordinary
width hut longer than usual having length OF 60 feet
II is built OF white pnewood and painted white INSIDE
and out. Internally the is divided into three com
partments The first Of these contains 915 pigeon holes
each Of them representing station. shelf surround
ing the holes Ia used for the purpose OF sorting the let
Leterdrops. with their aperres to the outside Of
the car, in this compartment and may he used by
persons Just the ordinary drops The next COM
pagtlnent Of the is fitted up with boxes and
hooks for the reception OF mail-bags and news
papers destined for way stations Behind this and
in the last compartment, are number OF
boxes arranged in rows. One sde OF these boxes
Is open, while the opposite side Is closed by door on
hinges From hooks in these boxes the m:.ibass ere
suspended and the newspapers fast ~ sorted are
thrown through the boxes into Tie bags, each OF when
represents st tiOn. Four Of tn Sc postal cars win
tcnders VIII DO put the hne At present. however,
only three built and these were constructed wlihh
- days after notice received b! the railroad officials
prepare the The well heat ii ar iShco
and have the rec ntly-nvoncd appliances for Keeping
sparks of FIRE from the locomotive, and for catching
mrl'-baCs at stations. dc.
There is % ii;tie history connected with tie dis
patch OF tho train yesterday, which reveals al the
rivalry % different rO'Gs short time as0 Post
mastc.-Gencrll Jewell made arrangements for send
ing an early morning mail train over the New
York Central Railroad. and connecting roads, TO Chicago
Citizens Of Louis applied to the Fost-Oice De-
pa.tmont for d mail train similar TO tnat or Chleagp
TIE Pcnnsyyanl RGilrOHd Offered to iuh a fast iHal
train aid Icwsl laper tram TO Cincinnati ana st. Louis
Tie PostO1ico authorities accented the offer. and re-
qucsted Company to have its ready by sept T.
This gave Tie Company only - days in which to build
tlc The work accomplished hy the PIE cn'ch
time; but tie Post Oncc authorities, on being informed
That NewYoi Central Railroad ears were mol ready
declined to send any mail matter until Thursday
next. Tho Pcnn>ylyaDia RAILROAD Company was h"'
willing to wait Until tho NcW-iork Crnifai
Railroad should be ready. and accordingly sent ont it,
who also said tha; the Pcmsy yvana Railroad C"pH"h'
intended to prove that they could conpce with and cq!
the time made by trains 81 the Newl0rs Cent? Kali
road.
The first delivery OF newspapers by the train to-d"'
was made a Newark Sd, at 500 m. 1he train pro
ce.drd Rapidly hrOugh NCwJoTscy, travelling at The ate
of about miles per hour AMI stopping no place ult
il reached philadelphia The pIpcS were distributed at
the various stations between Newark and i)s place with
out stopping the train Here at Philadelphia the parry
has been joined by several journalists OF this city accom-
PANEL by ID. NJ Boyd tac General Passenger Agent o.;
the railroad