, 1876-09-27
TIE FAST MAIL.
Second Days Proceedings Of the
investigating Commission.
Post. .0G1ce Officials and Business Men
Concur in Favor Of Rapid
Transit.

Trnnsit
-
c, n,..,, 1ba Ahror,,
Tho Delays Caused through u'c A"rosa'
ton of tho Lightning sor''e''
Tho rs.t.u.,, Commission held It. second
session yesterday, commencing their inycst!ga.
tlons at 10 o'clock In sho morning. WILL MI s''
members present.
MI. c. 8. souiHEs,
Assistant Postmaster, was tst questioned ~ s 10
..,.. 1Vso, hc cntcrcf, ,,,,o,, tic work there
years. Wnen NJ eh'crea , ttna u tas,o nn,s r,,,n1
wcro only W clorks' Inc oh",e 1"sec ~" '...
tlero h woro m no carriers, hut tllero were 1000
hoxca. Now there was fatr corps OF carriers
~ e,,r an hoxca. I1o considered tho carrier
a.a ot ;ha ~ o,s ccontca for tbo e,artmont.
Still, 1t was not sc'f-sustainlng, and could only
,,o made 40 by increasing the force. Tho
Nav T Enrluui mali camo mostly by
uo nleaenh r, o,u.n" ,,,. I'm @ .s,,a' ~. tn.t
mail by tho FL. Wayne HoRd. when inc fast
mail was running tic morning mail got hero at
GAS q. n., and was behind only on four oeca-
s,.s. A, rrrarnt Tim rnnfts xnra oftnn latn
e,ons. ~ x,H ~ thc III Iotn sorcrc s,o,ns. il,r
nT s,,cs s,,nn|,,e OF tho fass ms, delivery by
Ky ne n.ri"rsi tri,, ,yos oIwnv. IL l,o tlrn1nI
Cd Cd unon. Now It wis Imrd work to grt It out
~ ~ n ..eoni I'm. and n,.rh oitrnc- Ind 10 liz
~ wor y ,,nfiI tc thri1 trim. Only ANAL pprkton
~ t,c tI,rourl, mails was llayIcd in ti.e office
az aa t"i ia1." ,art Of ilIo wur was done iu liz
%ostat rhrs finder Tic fnst.,uaIl crstcm thrco
inun % %antl bow were sent down to Eikhar. each
,norI''''s ,noH =, H., oo' cara. w m fi,at whsu
Il nrriycl l,ero It was nll ready
T., otI,cr raiin,otjs' At ,rnsent nortton Of tho
Wcstn,, n1ni1 wns listr}htteI hofore tha East-
ern ] n'aii rot | in, Tc mai going East was about
G,Ssnlfa are. non o t'o o, mai mail eoe Into tic oeo
ioi;sscp aJ "nI o,rocIs ia ti,e aftcrnoon Dy
H. init mali. businessmen Ind until Z oclnclt
make p isT !ssl ad ths @ eixs e.: "a ,ap s,,nptisa
b:l5 bNI H. soJ m. and md arrivc ii Nov Yorl about ii
ulort iii =. u. and liz business cn received
ssfs to 'a; atp t. TO- snswss c @ Hsns ts 'as
,ns.i tl,nn tic Through Eastcrn mail.
'asi, H. s Tmhiard s 1 asked WV iarge amount Of
nancy should bc pad for !; fast tllrou1ll mail.
&C. a S wea s s NohWcst a 6 Gnder to
.sca s IL. a hsa 70 e ovsF Wesd &
hours. hours The mails to aud from Now York Wcro
ti,nrrforo nnite yaiuaGie,
IN nnswar t., sono. inautrtcs from hir. Fox in
rcrrr.i to tho carrcrs' department, htr. s1uircs
tat nr ah than for The Increased
"vnnmsn ;fhn ntnnl1nt of postage collected on
oipai nail nattcr foS tho ncrioi otwecn Ja,i,la-
~ md ncccnlber, lS75, wps Sja6l0.2o, and from
JnMorv Su ~ nmT hD. 1S1{i IL was only a51 l84 So
II" tIn;,eft % thfs a NJ practical oyilcncc that tho
f,st ~ lnu%Sna mnl nad t'l'' o'~''>"' o''@1 '''
INV '''''A Uni NIL MORRIS '. u'onArr,
Superintendent Of Mails, was called. 1Ic said
work in tl,o Office, Dy tho fast mail the bulk Of
tbn fnuil was distributed On tic care, AT pres
ent @ Il % catnc Into tho utllec, c,whcre ii was handled.
nt,oo ~ =" II! E Eit,str,m,toj' Thn prcscnt delays
aiso OCCURRED before The fast mall was put
on on. TIero arc at present three malls per dny
To- Now York by Til Fort Wayne routc---nt d.
S. So.ti,mrrn n tcre was one Tor New York City at
a.dn ~ ,n,. and fur The State Of New York at
IN ~ =. pnna ' ~. IN. From New York there wcro
row only two malls BY tho Fort Wayne
the Halt!,nnrc. & Ollo an,l tho Michigan South
cr,,, NJ iottcrs wcrc Delayed to 20 out on tho
iast mail. Tic public hcI lts owl m9il tqI t!,o
~rr .scd 1 IN order to 20 out Dy tic fast mail.
MSsS 1ador iSSa in' n fast u,n Snly local null camo
~ drop IN the bucket, compared
~ ,,nnts in ti,n Most md Northwest, This I'm
,ct'en ~ ns,n,,nt ~ ri o1tsiJs mail now had 10 hc
, hnn3IcI in tiIc etilco: under tho inst mall, It
,xaa hau;, Il In IN ti,o cnrs. In tic massng Of
n,o;ts mncr the tmst mail no road WIS deprived
its' '.h.ro ~ ,nnii. rim nmhii. uscI TO hold
thrr ~ Ia rarrcsnonIisnco uut tic time for tho fist
mali, nrefcrrur to kccp It over wlilo Ia order
tIs to Insuro t it's rastl tra.lstn sslon.
rnoM THE BOARD or TRADE.
r rArca.rs nmn,scy. Mel nrcn, aud Wright, Of thu
n1n,1s n9 ,rsat'n an,c in and Sycro ureorled a,
. in,crvttx. n"v ~ Thev were ali examined d.
| Tim snil1a time. AIR. HUnseY snDkU o.
0 IL ,,r"nt i,rnrfta lin fust mil 1iul
I, rnnddIc.i nn sl,e business men of Chtcago. The,
,snT ~ .ct thcir lcttors at n, M; tow, the,
,1ii mt ert ton, at tNcr Offices Til IL: 80 D. NJ:
r;rht II the hurry Of business hours. Mr.
1Hr1E,,t "a nbsnrveI lint wl,cn tho fast mail wa
w. S"s1ucss men could got Their lettcrs In th
,,,n'Ii nithtnri, tiSy wcrS written between aut
n o;c}ark. Gorresroutlenco l,ad TO bo done aitc
'e ,,esc intrrc4t m Tho sum Of cxclnugc be
It t,rsn ny }hr West and lbo East. Ms. Wright sui
0 ia hus;ncss Of tic Board Wns eauul to iii tln
Il n,c am IN tho .ity outside Of tLo Hoard. ii,
If Hum Humscy G, sui sald that tho mails now, close