Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-29

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which made the southern terminus
of the route New Tacoma, and ser
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With July LIST Of ih,t year. January
9Th, 1875, in response to the unani-
nous petition Of our citizens, and
the indeiatigable exertions Of our
Delegate to Congress, Judge Nc
Fadden, the route was extended to
Olympia, the schedule being the
same as established before the new
contract went into effect, viz: To
leave Olympia on Mondays and
Thursdays at 4A.M., and to arrive
Wednesdays and Saturdays by 8 P.
II. The mails, however, as had been
the custom, were delivered 80 that
the steamer left in advance of SEIZED
nle time. As tho Office closed al
$50 P. n. their appeared to he no
aecessity for the detention of the
mails in the Office until the next
morning. This discretionary powe,
WAS sanasioaed by the Department,
% will bs seen by the following let
WAssns4ox. B. c., oct. is, 1875.
ekE 4 1pGtsr 10 been received from B. A. Starr
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in sAsaNee o(scheduai time, say 8 r. II. In ordel
!cagH11ee ~ % which tho tides now subjecI
-Xoaee. thalaesre hereby authorized to delive,
IL 011b1o1h0 soid Starr ct r. =. provided, that
~ 80 ~ .srzAngement, the present and propel
4st he ehsnge viii be satisfactory to the business
interests Of that 'ection. Respectfully A.
Pm. Olympia, ". T.
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time we have no means of determin.
ing, rs there is no date to t he docu
ment) the following petition wal
presented to Postmaster Burr:
Al. BURR. ESQ.,. p. N. Olympia. W. T.:
We, the undersigned, residing In Olympia n
ms
3o'clock r. II.
(This document bears the sigma
lures Of e. P. Ferry and SO other pc
4itioners.r
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satisfied, the Department was salts
fed. Nobody dreamed of inter
lering with the new schedule, and
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