The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-02

reduction or service, OF slail IL De IeSuLattu
by the wants of the people? The commits
sion cannot say which will be adopted by
| Congress, but they must present to Congress
the two phases OF the case, and ask them
which shall be adopted; and they can say
| to Congress: II you prefer either course,
such and such result will follow.
WHAT THE SOUTH HAS TO SAY.
It's for the representatives OF the people
lot the South mainly to say what plan shall be
adopted, because they have received less OF
| the General Government and had therefore
the right to demand more. Allowing that
you will do as most people do-prefer that
course which is to your interest-you will
ask for the increased service. The next
thing is to inquire how the railroads shall
be compensated for the service they per-
form.
RAILROAD TROUBLES.
MIR. Hubbard then referred to the un-
equal payments made to railways for SER.
vice, and expressed the opinion that there
ought to be reformation in that respect,
and payments fixed on more equitable
basis, and that the railways be allowed to
appeal to board OF arbiters or supervisors.
That was their present view. They had
been surprised at the great liberallty and
frankness with which they had been met
some railroads confessing that they re-
ceived fully as much as they did for
other public service. They thought, too,
that the Postmaster-General ought to
have increased authority rs to railroads for
carrying mails, so that he might remedy
evils that now existed, as in cases where
railroads refused to carry mails for the COM
pensation allowed.
THE SOUTHERN ROUTES.
| Mr.. Hubbard enumerated the four routes
| from New York to New Orleans-viZ. BY
way OF Petersburg to Louisville: second,
from New York to Washington. thence to
| Lynchburg over the Kennesaw route to
Montgomery third, the Piedmont route;
fourth, the coast-inc-Montgomery being
the centering point of the four lines-thence
on common road to New Orleans. The
Richmond and Danville line have for nearly
two years been obliged to delay their trains
at Atlanta between three and four hours be-
cause they could not get them further south,
having to wait until those other trains on
| longer lines had reached the common point
OF Montgomery.
Thus the entire mails must wait three or
four hours until Louisville had brought her
passengers down to Montgomery. The COM
mission strived to obviate that delay, and
had seen the manager OF every railroad from
New York to New Orleans, and had been
partially successful in their efforts. An eN-
perimental arrangement has been made with
General Tyler to take the mails from Mont
gomerY at such an hour as to deliver them
at New Orleans at $50, saving an entire
| days time. He hoped that General Tyler
would be sustained by Richmond and the
South.
STAR SERVICE.
| He spoke next Of the value OF postal cars
and of the star service. BY star service is
meant Transmission OF mails on land by any
other means than rail. In this he said the
South is Iamentably deficient, while other
sections have more than their share.
THE REPORT.
When our report is made to Congress,
said MIR. Hubbard, the question is, Shall it
be dead-letter? Shall things 60 on as for
! the past few years, limiting the service and
retrenching the expenses, or will you say
that the mail service of the country shall be
extended to meet the wants OF the country
1t is for you, gentlemen-it Is for the repre-
sentatives OF the South in Congress-to say
which Of these two. plans shall be adopted.
REUNION.
We desire to do our part towards bring
ing again that era of good feeling and fel-
lowship which should prevail throughout
the land.
We are greatly encouraged in this work
because we have Postmaster-General who
knows the wants OF the South better than
any northern man could know them. AS q
Republican am glad and proud that we
have in our Cabinet such Democrat to re-
present this important Department of the
Government.
Remarks Of Postmaster-General Key.
Postmaster-General David NJ. Key, in
response to the call of Mayor Darlington,
said : My friends, am very happy to greet
on this occasion so many OF the citizens
of the old Commonwealth OF Virginia.
cannot, however, undertake to make you i
speech. That is no part Of my business on
this trip. am the guest OF the commission
merely, and I am going along with them to
see what they may discover and assist them
If possible in ascertaining what may best be
done for the benefit Of the postal service in
the southern States.
I know how zealously they have been Ia
boring in furtherance Of this object. Twas
surprised when received the invitation to
accompany them on this tour, and l was
also surprised when they frankly informed
me that the postal service in the South was
sadly defective, and therefore wanted me to
see for myself its deficiencies.
was obliged to them for this opportu-
nifty; but it is for them to enlghten the
meeting. have friend here, an old DEM
ocrat, from the city OF Philadelphia MIR.
Fox], who will entertain you, and do it
we'll.
Other Speeches.
EX-Mayor Fox, of Philadelphia, said that
before he came on this trip he wondered a
little how Mr.. Key came to be called into
the Cabinet, but since then he was not at
all surprised. Mr.. Key, he declared, was
very smart. (Laughter.] The audience had
seen how adroit the Postmaster-General
was tonight in shifting the responsibility
from himself on others. [Laughter.] The
ladies as well as The gentlemen had an in
terest in the postal service, and they had a
right to have the assurance that wnen they
mailed letter it should be sacredly kept
from the eyes Of the forty-6ve million
American people and strike the right gen
| tleman sure rs a rifle-shot.
He spoke of their trip South, the recep-
| tion they had met with, and the wants OF the
service, and alluded pleasantly to how we'll
herself. He was for seeing that all parts OF the
country were well served and justice done
all, and believed that the perfection Of the
mail service would be one Of the greatest
adjuncts of the Government, and largely
contribute to the happiness Of the people.
Mr.. Fox believed that we were returning to
first principles. The primitive days Of the
Republic were full OF happiness and COM
fort, and he thanked God that we were
again drifting that way. The great object
OF this commission is, he said, to obtain in