, 1875-07-28
a FAST CONTINENTAL MAIL,
The ldEftHfnR.Er:aiM !HIcfxvcCn New
H0rlk and E1llCn%O.

st~ l'ort Tribune. July a.
Ihe prcHcnt administration Of tho Post -OfIico
Department promises 10 loayo behind II nh en-
vlai,lo reputation for sincere, honest mid untlf-
ing efforts to improve tho postal service. Tl!eso
efforts aro by ITO nseang confined to Gov. Jewell,
thonGh thoy owe much OF thcr recent aucccsa
to tis earnest cooperation aud encouragement
Mon like Mr.. bangs inside Of tho Department,
and men Ike our Postmaster Jamcs
outside Of It, lnyo shovn liz how easy
II is to do good work and to nlake substantial
progress unoo nll their predecessors hnvo done,
il oflcials will only contiuo themselves 10 thcs
tllstcB. and loyotn ali their time aud attention to
improving tho Herylce, insteah uf running prima-
riea hr 4csoatnng for tho strulght ticket Wo will
not cllutnorate all tho advantages VIC owu to this
sort Of oilicoTa. Wo desire at this time only to
congratulate cur leaders ,Ipun anotlcr project
of tho Uopartmon which, though upt vet
perfected. IL far enough advanced to deserve
the mails.
Tho principal mail route of tho country now
md for years past has run along the shores OF
lnnttor sont from Naw York Koos by that nav.
The rostmasteE General LAS, therefore. naturu.-
" Boected that route for fast nail.train to tho
West. They arc now engaged in organizing and
e1lppinR stch trim, and 1t iH expected that It
vii! begin TO run By tho 1st Of October. 1t will
make the distance frun Now York to Chicago in
not more than tweuty-six hours. asll tAoy hopo
to reuco tho sitne 10 twcnly-four. This will
DO grcat advantage to all the county be-
tween hero and Chicago but will bo Of attEl
groater bena1lt to tho States weHt OF Chica-
90, as 1t will giyo them u gain Of twelvo
hours over tho present mail md expross trains.
Thsn will bo for the great Northwestern conntry
equal to tlle annihilation of 80 por cent OF Iii,
distance which separates its people from their
correspondents in Now York aud tho East The
Importance OF this gain is too evident tu dwell
a<1fS "a
wayB. Tho amount OF mail matter to bo carried
BY this train Will 6o enot1nonB. There will bo four
large nontal cars of improved construction, capn-
bio Of carrying thrty-tve tons of matter, atti 1t
to bo carried will reach fortY-llve tons before
tho expiration Of Blk months. Tho g,oa,-
or part Of tue work of distribution will
DO dono on tho cars. NcwHpnpers will bo
taken i'll by the buntllo and folded and distribute
cd en- rontc. 1t will requiresa large and welt
drilled force to accomplish this, and it ia hollovo,l
tho necessary persons cAn DO found sb,ong tue
presont employees Of tho Department along thu
toad. They number at present 100. who are tit''
remnant Of over 900 who havo. been appointed
AMI thoroughly tested. or collrso 1t would bo
impossible for any sp,tau of clerks to be IN
duty a!onR the wllo!o route. bi1 llouEs VI work,
such aB they would bc required to do, would nlf-
tcIontly tax tic eueTSlca u any man. AelayH OF
clorkh vii! therefore 10 stationed ut syracuse,
buffalo, and Toledo.
Tho tltat question which will arise in reading
Of this enterprise will 10 whether Its evident atl-
yauta.ses will 10 ouough 10 compensate for the
additional c1nense Of this Tremendously rapil
eetvico. Il Will harpr,so MI but tue Initiated to
loarn that 1t will not cost one cent additional OF
penso. The railroads hayo met tho Government
III tho most genasoua spirit. ~ nothing has tho
recent inanagenlens OF tho Department been
marc adnirnblo than in its succaAs III 10 cuuceu-
trasing tho transmission of mil nlatter along
great thorougllfaros that tlso e1peuso OF
it grows comparatively loAA ~ 'iss vol
ume incroases. TLiH in ono Ut tho principal
recom'aondattons Of tue plan Ill question.
i provides Tor tue car1iugo mud distribution Of
this vRst maAs Of correspondence and Informs
tiou, 1t speed far outatrtpping that of any or
liuary storm. at Oil expense bolov tIat OF geul-
ing 1t by tue ordinary and slower channels. Tho
tirangera may attack 1t as q new scheme of
lleartlcbs monopollos; but it will do them good
in spite of themselves and tnko no moncy ont Of
thc,s pockets. OF it's OBJECTS upon tho journal
lam Of New York aud the West Il IL yot too eAry
to speak. It il useless to deny tha! it will hayo
como oifoc.-but all will be to ttn advantage ct
tho teal..lg public and conauco, az all things
may be said TO do, to tho survival Of tho lttcst.