, 1875-09-18

fGGtUl VI - II II
stand At a distributing caqo II 4 train gong ..
10 miles All honr around sharp corners. nnl
do tho aame work In tho sarno timo AZ
o o,cr tho Now York Central and lu,,I,;.; Lax?
practical fact In connection With tho choice Of
lines. II waa anhmfsted u Tom Scott At tho
between him and The Post -Oif,co ON
cala in August, and lie admitted It's persi'cncy.
OTHER ngAHnSH.
Tho following principal rcaeuna further io1u-
enced thn poet-,ffies Department ~ sss csso,cc
af the Now York Central and Lako Shore ~ tho
lins for tho principal fast train: Tho Depart.
make % cod connee.ons aes ]" ind.pa. ioss. rtt.
nnois. md Michigan. 1t desired to reach
necst',ns throax,, ''t 0hso. sousheTn N0 1nai.na-
ss eh aas and II tho m oG . ssr 5s ~, sAis, ss
achednls bet"ccn .sow York and Cleveland Vas |
to securo thcae foutl,crn and Southwestern con-
nrcstona. Tho timetable wAs arranged cspc.
show TIM. tho time from Cleveland vest to Chi
cago II cnnsltoEAbly lcaa than from Now York to
t;oveland Tie Department nIao wished to ar
Tvo o. Albany to make complete connection With
tho New England StateH. Ey striving 1t Albany
ut o'clock In the morning
TIE tSTiEE :;Kw ENGLAND NAn
of the preceding day Iron, tie tarilcat polnt var
dovn Ias: to slnrsla's Vineyard is collected and
starsed on its war tn tho Mississippi i:ive7.
Tile l'oat-Uf}tce authorities have sought tn !
make It nndofHtood that tho fast naif-trau wan !
not entab!ihhea to benefit tho Two c,tiea of New
York aud Chicago or any other two ct!ca cxcln- |
rivey. 1t Ia verv evident. au o Practical fact, |
that 10 rnu train between New York and Chi
caro- In twantr.fnnr lloura will not Ha:etiallv al
vance or delay tho mails in either city over traip
running oil tho rtehen: schedule. Chicago n,d
New York arc not far enough apart u caase any
appreciable difference from such All arrangement
In either avent tho mails conveyed in twenty -four
hours betwcon these two tsrn,inA! roin.A must
arnvo at o,'a end Or the otlscr at.cr hufinos*
houra. For practica3 pnrpones, iot,crs arriving
By tho fast train cannot reach business honseB
great deal earlier than thcy would II they cano
by tho regular train. Tho gain upon letters dis-
tributcd by carriers yesterday morning from the
taat train wao. however. quite arproc'able.
THE CLEnE3 or THE CHICAGO orrIEE
designated 10 prepare the local mail for diat,bu-
tion by letter carriers boarded tho irain 1t FL
cott and had ail the Chicago city mail classified
BY s:stons , hnd ID s,trs.. estner dis'rtcss Ind
| rival Of the train IN this city At c:25 ye.ter-
dny uo1ping. Theso pouchea wero Immediately
| takon to tte Bub-hta.!oha and distributed to Tho
lottes-casncra, who had delivered oil tho 1ottess
by half-paat g. Under tho former arrangement
| none OF thcso lot!ers would have been diatrlbus-
cd before 10 O'Clock. while most Of them won1d
| not hayo reached their destination bcfore II
o'clock.
The purross Of the Post 0nco Department In
the establishment Of this train
II MICH MORE COMPREHENSIVE
| than wont1 be A deairo to promote the mail IA
clli.ies ot any TWO commc1caal cities which
%f Pe + o s'e eafy 3fyes u o o'a'iD Dcpslt si ths
is. tha. tho following arc the aeclionS more i1a
| ma'.,atoly benefited By tho northern tram ::
| Tho New England and other Eastern Statcs 1u-
diana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin,. Miunosols.
| loWa, Eurtheru Missouri and tho States aud
| TerrtorieB weAt OF the Missouri River, und tho
eptirc Pacific Coat. The ends Of tho earth and
tho islands Of tho Eea arc also not forgotten,
for tho establishment Of thus train lessoua the
| Iiatx 1Ln}r Nav fc+1t f3rrw Eefr,, IL,
from one to two dsvs. Tho gail supplied By
Tho States and sections mentioned Was great
enough 10 cnube tho Department to purchase the
faa. train and the ras-c:asa facilities afforded b.
1t. 1t is tito purpose OF tho rostmaHter.Ge1,-
cra to extend like facilities to nlt great scctous
Of tho country Is fast as tho Departmnnt can
find railroads to take tho mail with tho cat,di-
tionB III to epsod and upon tho talno terms.
NoAE TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION or TIRE srE-
| CtAL AEHEF.1S
accruinE from this train is this:
II takes mp At Albany connection from Bos'
ton, which ler7cs that city between 10 aud T.
o'clock tho preceding evening, to which has been
added the collections Of mil from NJ, points be-
twecn Boston aud Albany, md brsnch roada
connecting with tue boston 4 Abanr 1soad.
Tho train glsea oil Of Now York
til 3 o'clock in the afternoon. It roaches Cleye-
land at y. M. connecting with Cincinnati and
ali points Soath and Southwest. Il strives ut
Toledo Mt II o'clock at night. and naa4cs con-
|
through Indiana and Southern Illinois and
airiyea at Ut. Louta In tiu,o for au af!ernoou
delivery tho next day nftcr leaving New York. II
also counccts at Toledo with tho train from
Detroit, arriving there early the next morning.
while it cooucctB with all points in Michigan by
tho rcgrlat trains Tho object in to have
tho train nrrire in Chicago to make connection
with every train ont OF that ctr In tho morning
and 10 srtiye at tho Mississippi RIror, At Kanaa:
; City and Umaha. In time to make connections
With tho southern trains for the Territories anG
the Pacific Coast. This connection at tho torn
inal points Of tho Pacific Railroads in itself gam
an cns1o day, as but ono mail train leaves to
tho Pacific coast ovbr thesa roads daily and tha
departs now oeforo the hEn7al OF tho Eastorl
, 1nass, 80 that the latter a.n now obliged to Il
! at the Missouri River for twenty-fout houEB.
+ 4 roGE FCGngsTIoH.
, II Tho train shoulu learo Now York at night
III laa been suggested by thoae who claim thu
| tho choice OF tho morning honr aaa dictateti Il
connections in tue Wes. would 10 yery dif1escn.
4 great many Of tho valuable connections Wcs
would ba lost, and tho gain which is u.aao b
extra ecd would bc Of listlo benefit TO tho tel
. ritory immediately contiguous to tue lind Q
: night tho mails for OHIO and i small portion {
, Indiana would be dhivered during daslgl
next day. But tho advantage would t
very ttfo over tho present time, ~ tho dlstane
i Is not suticleently great to make very na1kc
! | difference. The nnaila which should leave No
. York IN fast train At night would arriva In It
. different parts Of Indiana, Michigan, Ilsinoi
s and Wisconsin at night, and would not bo delis
0 orcd in Chicago until tho noxt morning after 4
: rival, which Wonld be the morning Of tho sccou
day aflor leaving New York. pv thus comput
tIou It will 10 seen TINT tho difference OF ha
= day in starting from New 70,
d makes tho difference Of an enttro blls
q ness DAY In tho delivery Of lette
- iu Chicago. Tho mail which should como BY Il
o fast train from Nav York leaving 1t night won
It be delivered In Iowa, Minnesota, aud Nilsson
during tue hscond day after leaving that city. b
tho mail for sli ponta west OF tho iIssouri Xiv.
If would not be delivered or forwn1ilod until II
d third day, which is tho case under tho prcsei
i tine and system. The gain With tho night mai
II train from Naw York rould not be vo1y, goo
= ~ tho Now England trains would Oh
" contain tho mails which lett Boston ear
e in the morning, and which closed In d.
K erout parts Of New England tho preylo
It night. This would be 4 loss TO Now England
ID tho entire night previous TO the starting of Il
d train from Nav York under the present arraog