The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-11
MAILS BY COACH AND RAIL.
THE ON IND THE VIEW ~ THE UNIT
ED STATES POST OEFItE
Col. Reside, "Extrn Biily" smith. Tom
Ewing, Daniel Webster, aud col. Tom
SCOTS Fnthcr-Peter Cooper's Locomotive.

son # James leesidc tho first " the heavy
! mail contractors in the United States. says that
from 1927 80 ioIG he carried passengers and
the mails between Philadclphin and Baltimorr.
! during the season Of navigation. M follows:
From Philadelphia To- Newcastle Del 10y steam
boat. From Newcastle in coarhcs across the
( peninsula. sixteen miles. To- Frcuchtown. and
then 10 Baltimore 10y steamboat.
4 In the winter. when navigation was closed
two stage lines were run from Philadelphia To-
/ Baltimore. The time between philadcluhIn
/ aud Baltimore hy the Wilmington line was
usually twenty-four hours. but when the
roads were very bad sixty hours we're fire.
puently consumed. By tho river route the
usual TINA was eleven hours. Ahou, 1922 or
1880 the Newcastle and Frcnrhiown Railroad
WIS built. The ears used ON this line were sim
uly the Troy coa.h bodies swung ON straps and
elliptic springs. and placed on trucks and
drawn hv horses driven tandem. This was OH.
81 til" first railroads in thu United States on
which steam WINS u~"d. The road WIS torn iIl
TN 1900. after the completion Of tn" PHILADELPHIA
wilmington. and Baltimore Railroad.
In 1923. Col. R'c4idc Logan To- carry the mails
between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. There
were two lines owned hv lee-idc Slavmaknr 4
Co.; one carr, ng the letter mail, called "The
uvud Intent; Ill" other. carrying the newspa-
per mail. Was known as The TELEGRAPH"
r,iirn,gi ,"od ln,"ni ran by the way Of
tIaph, m The wa, 81 Columbia. YORK.
Geityshnrs. Chamnorshurs Bciiord. and
,ir,"n-uurg. t. Pittsburgh The Good
Intent made the run from pniludslnhit
L. Pittsburgh in - hours while The Telr.
Ei Tslnh ~ Consumed ~ h"urs. III 1884 the speed
81 thrr 'rSrnph lin" was brought ~ to that uf
III" Nn"i lh|ni. for which uddtionni pnv
Ym,nnui,,lns to sdi2"" year wa given h{ 81"
c"l.bfntrd contrnyrr~, over extra nllnWnuro-
anu W, whoi" Super was investigated hy "a
committee ol which Tom Ewing tnrn | uiied
states senator from ohio. WIS Chairman. Al
~ -hmr nm. the speed of the ), uthern mails
Wa IN .'reAs"'i. and eN-Gov William Smith Of
'lr.lnla; th.n mail contractor MANAGING the
urIhcipnl lines south. received extra allow
s A. a,Sg Il WIS L. This way that he obtained
Known u the present generation. The allow
nnMcr mads for ,.Xpeilting the service between
wac th'h e9ns il"red gross extravaganza. and il
Wa argued TINT the people west of the noun
..".ns could AFFORD To wait twenty. hours LONGER
p'r ih,ir Easisrn newspapers. Nowadays. Inc
Post once Department thinks polling ~
eprhH'nr siwwV year To- give q few siras-
Weir mails six hours earlier The line from
Ms-lli. 70 san Diego. which was let four years
n-o i"rs3 900 per annum, at u rate Of speed
which lid not require the Single horse that car
rec the mail 60 travel oui ~ y -iuW wAiN. his
since boon Increased ~ s383uU "A year; and
SUI ia" speed can search, hs called fa.f walk
Iom Ewing. who started the Investigations IN
1855 WAS violent opponent ~ Gen. Jack
states Bank rs his son Tom. nuW a member OF
ohsress. j. bitter in his opposition t. the ma
tinnH banks. In one ~ his speeches Ewing
senior. IN speaking 81 the rum AMI misery
nrvusht upon III" country 10y Gen. JackSon's
Ss,nnr rnnn9NlnG ne drno-Iis from tue United
States Bank and its bran hes said that III" turn
lih"s IN Onto were growing ~ with grass. aud
mar the canal Wis - solitude. He was ever after
ware, SHOWN AZ Tom Solitude Ewiag. One day
Dan Webster. who had been out drinking with
party 81 irients, entered thr Old senate cham
Der. aud seeing Ewing sitting apart. looking
very slum. stepped IN front + hiii aud quoted
Alexander selkrk
wheh 'as,. have zen in Ii, iaet'
The roads between philalclphia and Pitts
bqrfh-br Old Pennsrlyaniq pix. and the
Telegraph lines ran. were LONG famous Tor the
excellent roadside inns ~ which the travellers
these roads will recall with Pleasure the names
o' feamers, at siding HUI p.nisons. At H.
cros-ing OF the Juni@ta: Mcndeli'- at l.igoni.r
AMI HawSe's. AT Groen-hWre. The llul,Nllmr
81 Louie i"urtr.n miles west of chambers
lays famous stopping rlac. for Wagon. The
man named BurkInlder Tbar' ,y','. ,,,.,
the best butt chains. n" iron u-,i being mann
in'iure1 from ores uuS uuf oi OHya rluuhiuin
The lnhs black snake WIN whirn ,Nerv
t. thi, day IN Western rrnnsyAaulA thi. s.. ~; "A
Mhip IS called the Louiou whip. Amun named
SOFT Kept thr wagon stand. or tavern. ~ Lou.
9on. ne VIZ. NE iaih"rot Thomas \. SCOT. Oh"
IRE id"nt 81 the Prnn"JlvHuia Railroad JOHN
l.. Isttslut ~ speaking or ihlS. SAYS.
knew Tom Scott well when h. lived >;
LONDON. MAJOR Jim Patton. long STATE Collector
OF Tolls 4! Columbia. Pa. married his sister
three clerk, in Patton. ofnel- Iionry illusion.
r"m SOFT. ant James + BnrA., Aitci lAe
fennsyNania Eailroad was built. Huston Lee
came general freight sgent ~ liat r"ad. mi
Is now President Of the Emrlr" Fast Freight
Linz. Scott remained ON tho publ W, re uftv |
th~ PENNSYLVANIA Railroad W. ,ou rl.i-i n. !
ent OF tlir Westcrn DIVISION. Sui-eansn,y Ia.
pe'ame G"neral Superintendent of toe road. /
then Vice Pro- ideut and j. now Pres d.nt /
lanes /. Black Keeps tavern At tolumbla, |
Upon the completion II Tie STATE railroad H. !
C"lnmhia. and the railroad between La ,,-'rr /
sshi hnrristurg. the q 3od ,Int'n' line st.ri'l |
luhlbia, About this time the canal Wa- finished /
10 H2lldnysburg. and an inclined plane railroad |
connecting the eastern and western division, /
q The Pom, ylvania, canal. PWket lines were |
hurgn and William Calder OF Harrisburg.
These boats ran through in i"nr day, !
end half and were patronizej chieh, |
freight line was also placed On the canal |
by David Leach and Jane, oConnrl 4 c..
Mrr; drawn our .i N" rphal am placed On
trucks and carried across Ga" m9untaihs .. the
Inclined plane road ,n'C"hn"ll Is now prcsi-
From 1929 to 1896 the mail between Baltimore
snd washington Was carried by stockton !
Line. Col. Reeside WINS Interested in the Blue
Line Of stages. managed by Gaor.,r Bruzhoovor
long the landlord Of the famous old Fountain
Inn in Baltimore, which stood where the Car.
lpllion now IL. Enrh pf tl.'.- liur- ran three
rnn ll". u iHy. lcnNins hoth ruls at 4. NJ. .
T. VI amt p, VI. II u-ualS required "isli
hours to make the run between buitM0rr and
Wash ing,on. bat John +. keeside -iAs that be-
has frequently known stage io he uut from
fourteen 10 nftcon hours N lad wcuiner
On the iii of july. 1895. SAYS Mr. Kecside
- ti" corner ston" ~ the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad was laid with grand cr.elnoHy
Charles Carroll II Carroton. tn last ,nrNiyr
: gner Of the Declaration oI lninpcndourr.
then nearly four SCORE wears and ten. WAs the
g. ntral lgure on this occasion. and he struck
I. Eave and applied the squnf. Ia the stlur
I her" WAS grund procession. First. the Ma
sous, an banners and music; then the trnons
win anvlls ringing, with typ setting. with waits
m"Ging. with labor Of all Kinds in fun opera
q ION. and with banners and music. Then came !
the good ship the Constitution. with the sails |
all set, with streamers floating and win guns
run out, as i 10 war against the world THAI
would a-sai the sacred instrument 81 which II
was the emblem
~ 1890 The road had been omulptnd 40
Elcous ILLS, double track havin. boon put
down to that point The rails wrr" striI,t 81
iron laid on stones st liz" curhstoncs The
q - were tho ld-iashionrd Troy coach swung
~ straps and elliptic springs on trucks. ,lrrN-