The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-04-11
Value Of the Fast Mail Service.

Hon. Gardner c., Hubbard, Of Massachr
sets, one of the three commissioners an.
pointed to examine into the transportation
OF mails by railroad companies, has made &
report to Congress. The Commission Ina.
Travelled all over Che United States and Ter.
ritories, with d view to collecting irforma
I ton as to the mail service. and the facts EN-.
! braced in The report will be Of great value
to tile Postofffce Department. Til estimat.
ling the great benefits OF the Fast Mali Ser
vice, the following facts are given, which
show the value of time iii an secSnomical
point of view and the Savings to Business
men in the rapid transitof tile evidences of
business transactions We quote from the
| Washington correspondent 81 the New York
| Timee of the ISL 20 blljatis aaH ssssi
'"sThe time saved by these mails in the
Transmission of correspondence between the
Southwestern, Western, and Northwestern
States, and the Eastern cities was over "a
hours, making the difference Of one day
interest on all Eastern refaittances.i intel
ligent business men in Galveston estimated
tie amount OF exchanges Between that city
and New York at s50, oo0,ooo. III Houston
it was placed at 49,, 900, GOO; little Rock,
$50, 900 COO; Nashville, s75.ooo0OO; Den
yer, $2o,ooe,000: San Francisco, ~s15e, 600
600; Toledo, 1886, ,oOOE;s Glfcago,dseOO-
100000. The ANIMAL saving tSdthesei cities
alone, assuming the average rate u interest
to be per cent, would amount 10 nearly
$500, 900, and if we assume $500, 0e00 as the
entire amount OF interesttannuallya saved, it
would be low estimate. Maiy merchants
estimated the benefits they received from
the shortening of time between the sending
and filling orders for goods as greater even
than the saving Of interest, Tor tIioush the
telegraph is largely used in a certain class
OF transactions yet the great balk Of mer-
camille orders, where not given BY the' pur-
chaser in person, are sent by mail. gsso
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A SUIT FOR MILLIONS. 7TT The. New York
World OF the 3lst, has the followingssi
Mrs. Eliza Millar, Of this citys Yesterday
placed in the hands of Mr. Rufus Andrews.
a claim against the Baltimore and Ohio Rail,
road and other corporations for 1l9, 000acres
OF land, situated in Kentuckyiand Virginia.
The history Of the case is as follows: In the
early part Of the war of 1912 John Young,
wealthy cracker baker, accumulatedla large
fortune by supplying the navy. investing his
gains in the wild lands Of Virginia, Ken
lucky and Ohio. From recent surveys made
by ]. Wise Norton, Of Philadelphia, it ap.
pears that among the lands purchased by
Mr.. Young are the following tracts:s. Two
hundred acres in Kanawha county, hayiEga
frontage on the Kanawha river,J through
which the Chesapeake and Ohio. Railroad
runs; 400 acres in Rich Valley, Washington
county, near the celebrated salt works and
plaster banks of that locality; 1900 acres in
Lewis county, w. Va, near the county seat
OF Weston, through which the. Washington
and Ohio railroad runs; 2,65S acres in, Wei
eel county, w. Va, on Fishing Greek; 900
acres in Richie county. near the Parkers.
burg branch OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, in the very valuable oil region; $3.50
acres patented in Harrison county on Hughes
river. A valuable tract OF 1873 acres on Mai
len Spring. a fork of Church river. An i'm.
neEsely valuable tract of $4,000 acres in
Scott county, having a five mile frontage on
Eagle Creek, and $4,000 acres. that lie in
Owen, Scott and Grant, counties, in, imme-
late proximity to the Kentucky Central
Railroad. Numerous other large and. small
bodies not yet definitely located will be sur.
yeyed in due time. The survevors meet
With much difficulty jig pushing these inn
nense claims, owing 10 the numerous record
offices, having been, destroyed during the
var, and many new counties thai have been
established since the date Of the patents.
Mrs. Milar consulted Mr.. Charles o. Conner
~ this claim who gave q favorable opinion
md estimated the property as being worth
$50, 900, 900, as il lies in rich ore and coal
producing country. -,