New-York tribune., 1876-12-19
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
cRTpPLNG TIE FAST MAIL.


,r,,,xp, ,,SpD ACTION OF THs PENNSYLVANIA
pAuRoAD CoMPANY-THR MAILS REQUIRED TO
pp DyIJyFREp AN HOUR EARLIER THAN EX-
PRESS MATTER.
Ry the action of the officials of the Penn
syyana Railroad Company after all arrangements nau
been perfected for practical renewal OF the fast man
trains the public failed to derive any beneht from lhe
new system which was put in operation yesterday
Under the agreement made by MI VAIL General supor1
tepdept Of the Railway Mail Service with the Pennsy
yania Company postal to be attached 10 tne
Limited mail train, leaving Jersey City at 400 III
This is the same hour at which the fast mails were
sent out before their withdrawal last SUMMER
and it was naturally expected that the Puon'
aud the PostOfiee wOuld derive the same ao-
,ontapes "a upder the old plan. Several letters
and kilograms passed between r. O. jackson, ouerlh-
tendeut of the Railway Mail Service and f. Woicou
Jackson snperntendr Of the NewJersey DIVISION OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad Co pany, IN regard 10 the
trains 70 which postal were to be attached ana
distinct understanding reached by which the train
known ON the railroad schedules the "Llmited Mail
No gu was designated for the fast mail service. Az
tbc PosOee arrangements had been completed for tho
dispatch of the mails TO Jersoy CIT on what Is known as
the train boat" which would mako it necessary 10 sehu
the mail wagons from the Office about o'clock Han an
hour had been the time allowed for malls 10
raeh Jersey City from the Office for the past 10 years.
and the calculations the POstOice officials had been
made accordingly.
on Saturday for the first time Mail superintendent
jackson was given notice by Railroad superntenhehb
jackson that mail matter for what he called the Boston
express" (neaning the limited mai) must leave New
York for jersey City on the O'clock boat the postal
car had to be taken from the depot at $3.50 O'Clock IN
order to insure connection with the Boston tram Inc
mail superintendent at once teiegraphcd TO supernehd
ent jackson 10 Jersey City that Chc order requiring hS
70 be sent from the POstOce at early an hour de-
rrye the public of nearly all the benefits intended by
the attachment of the postal to the early in ana
asked TO have the order modified He requested tat the
time bo liked at O'clock 35 minutes before the depart
nre of the train and stated that no Oter afihgenehS
,,ouId give satisfaction TO the public Mr.. Jacksons
attempt 10 secure interview on Sunday WIN
Esilroad Superintendent Jackson was not sueeesS'u'
the latter pleading imperative engagement elsewhere
Falling to g the order modified Mr. jackson yesterday
gave notice to the leading newspaper publishers OF MS
failure 20 carry the schedule previously announced
In nceordance with the acton of the railroad company
the mails were sent TO Jersey CITY on Sunday morning
by the o'clock boat They placed on the postal
car which was switched back and forth and haned from
the depot to the crossing at Newark-ave bail mh'e
away. At 4:15 q. the Adams Express wagons leIt
NewYOrk for Jersey City, and their packages were put
upou the same train that carried the mails which elt
New-York an hour and quarter before The time be-
tween the sending ont the mails and the arrival OF the
oxpress wagons is of great value TO the POstOmce ana
10 the public and the same faeiliues extended oy
the railroads POstoce business as TO the express
companies the amount OF mali attef seht OuS "O "'
nearly doubled.
Although tho arrangements for better facilities In the
way OF railway service were made directly between the
PostOice Department at Washington and the railroad
eOnpanies Postmaster James had taken keen interest
in them and Immediately upon being informed OF the
action of the Pennsylvania Railroad officials sent the
following telegram to the ePostmGster-General:
DEC 49, 1876.
TIE Hon JAMES n TY1gRR Postmaster General Wash
The % General Superintendent New-York Division, Ponn
svlvana Railroad insists nail for 4:25 a. m train D
delivered in Jersey ity Dy a. M BOAT anu ~ fcy
fo rotegts from supeTntendent Railway Mail Service,
tfeQaDhs as fOllOws "The arrangements ch9Se ol
bouT M running the postal were made fron fli-
of $50 wns given to Mr.. Vail the hour at which
tine mails should DO at Jersey City. we cannot
cannot arIaBgDinents" III the PenHS1 wanna
RairUad adhere to Their position the morning papeIo
viii I've deprived all benUt of fast mail, ana the press
this morning denOmee plan idiOtic, and imply
~ VIZ Il. L. JAMES, Postmaster.
As in making the contract and in all the preliminary
negotiations time had been specified by the Pennsy
vana Railroad Company for the delivery Of mails ON the
train Mr. Vail General Superintendent OF the Railway
Mail Service who arrived in the city from washington
YESTERDAY directed that mails for tho 435 a. ln train be
sent TO Jers City the a. boat portion OF the
nails this morning viii be made up and dispatched at an
earlier hour later mails Will not be ont from The
Office until about O'Clock. Mr. James and SUpernend-
ent Vail expressed confidence that an understanding
would soon be reached by which the apparently absurd
order Of the railroad company would be revoked so that
the public would enjoy the full benefit OF the fast mail
The other arrangements for additional mail tacllties
recently perfected by Mr. Vail have gone int eject ana
are found 10 work well.