The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-07-02
RED RIVER LANDING T. SHREYE-
PORT MAIL.

} III Is well huOWu tacI tnaI III
|, mail on this route for the past twt
+ years, at least, has been we'll ant
, faithfully carried, more particularly
that portion of 1t from the Mouth O
the River.to this Town. We are safe
inthe assertion, that no land Route
has been better managed a.l more
pupetuai and regular, though in mic
winter for not over sixty days, the
condition Of the roads interfere great
~ with its celebrity, still the Contrac
tor, through bis substitutes, end
Agent here who gives ~it-as oil times
due attention, has managed always
to come to real schedule and close
connections. For the past six
months or more, great deal of willy
pains have been taken to transfer
this Route to the steamboats,, which
we consider as a whole impracticable
and highly injurious to all our inter.
ests, and many are the arts resorted
to in order to accomplish the ends
against This Route, which under any
and all circumstances would iDjure
US all here, and as a de,'nier resort
The authorities at Washington have
ordered such change and working
rs must throw the Route into disre-
pute, and thus the willy workers for
the pap in sight, will be the pocket
gamers and the business portion Of
the community, ia fact everybody
will be the losers and the sufferers.
That this matter may be under
stood, we present to the public the
present and changed schedule on this
Route, and assert that it is such that
it cannot be made, and is a great in.
jury to the business men along the
Route, in proof of which we will give
it:-Leave Red River Landing Sun.
days at P. NJ, arrive at Mansfield
Wednesday 8 P. NJ, "Trip No. ~,
Leave Red River Landing Wednes-
days at ) P. NJ, arrive at Mansfield
Friday at 5 P. NJ, "Trip No. ~
Leave Red River Landing Fridays at
5 P. d., arrive at Mansfield Sunday
at 8 P. NJ, "Trip No. 8. Now the
mail leaves Shreveport as follows:
Leaves Shreveport Monday 5 A. NJ,
arrives at Mansfield 3 P. NJ, aud re-
turns to Shreveport 1880 A. NJ. Tues
day, "Trip No. ~ Leaves shreve.:.
port Wednesday 5 A.. NJ, arrives at
Mansfield 8 P. NJ, and returns to
Shreveport 1870 A. NJ. Thursday,
"Trip No. ~ Leaves Shreveport
Friday 5 A. NJ, arrives at Mansfield
8 P. NJ, and returns to Shreveport.
1880 A. NJ. Saturday, "Trip No. a.)-
1t will be seen that t:ere is 'ieten
ton of one day from Sunday To Wed
nesday and one day on Sunday, as.
the, mail lays over at Mansfield on
that day, waiting for the connection
from Shreveport. But the schedule
will connect on the down trip to Red
River Landing, or if the lay-over was
made on the down trip, it could be
run through on the up trips to
Shreveport, but as for making con
nections up and down with The pre-
sent; schedule, it is., impossible. I'll
the time WAS lost on the down trip
instead Of the up trip part Of the
Route would be benefited, as the
stage could then make connection
with the down mail boats, at Red
River Landing, which would not in
jure the other part Of, the Route as
tue schedule time at Red River
Landing is too late and the mail lays
over there until the next down boat,
which consumes the time that it
takes to miss the connections at Nat
chitoches, and the mail would reach.
Red River Landing aud get to New
Orleans just as soon, wbile, Alexand-
,ria's mail will go through.