National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-07-01
NEW East MAN sERrICE.


New York and Boston and the West.
The postmaster-gcucral has completed ne.
gotiatous with the New York Central & Hnd.
son River and Lake Shore & Michigan South.
ern railroads whereby the benefits derived
from the lilst m.il IN operation on those roads
in 1870 aud 1876 win be again given to the
cities of New York aud Boston and adjacent
country, as we'll as almost the whole territory
Of the west.
The great bulk ofihe mail deposited in the
New York city postOilicc AID arriving there
for distribution, as nscsrtuincd from letters
received at the po,toilicc department from
Hon. T. J.. james, postmaster Of that city, and
Hon. w. B. Thompson general superintendent
railway malt service accumulates between
the hours OF 4 and y. m. At present the
regular fast express passenger and mail train
for tho west leaves Grand Central depot At q
p m, the close for which, however. is 4:30
H. M, at which time only Il small portion Is
ready 10 he sent o.
Under the new Arrangement contaminated
by tho department, M additional fast mail
train will leave the Grand Central depot, New
York, at o p. M, aud will Ovcritke the 6 p. M
train Mt Cleveland. Ohio. This additional train
will take nearly tho entire mail of the busi-
ness day and not pass Albany, ~ Y, until
after the arrival ofthe train leaving Boston Mt
6 y. M. It will arrive In Buffalo, N. Y, in
time for the morning. delivery, at Cleveland,
for delivery that day. 1t will arrive at Chi
cngo, Ill.,, the second morning, before the open
lug of tho business day, aud In time for the
first carriers delivery. A. Cleveland aud To-
lcdo connection will he made for all southwest
crn Trains aud ut Toledo also for all trains to
Detroit aud ihoSe running into Michigan.
There will also be a eomplctt set of conuoc.
tions with all trains Oh lateral lines, so that
not only offices on tho linc itself but the re-
motest parts of the west will be benefited,
especially west of the Mississippi river
This ID practically n rest Grafton and improve
mCnt of the fast mril service, which was for
morly effected by the trains that left New
York at i;l5 II. M. The full measure OF the
benefits TO be derived from IL can only bo APP
| precitted, howevcr-hy detailed comparisons
Of the existing schedules with the facilities
under The old fast mail service aud with those
which viii be afforded under the new. Not
| only will New York be inmoasurahly benc.
| litCd, but every place OF Importance on the
entire line, FOR it is intended 10 have an cx-
change of mails at every post nice where any
| gain in time or quantity Of mails can be
effected. The whole Of New England will, by
| the connection to be uli,dc Mt Albany, partici.
pate largely IN the advantages To bc gained
ana Boston will secure u saving virtually o!
one day on all mail ioI the west deposited
| before the departure from that city Of the {
| p. IN. train, us mail leaving at that hour will
bo delivered all through central New Nurl,
and as far west Hs Buffalo by the first delivery
the following morning
In addition to tho train leaving New York
at y. III. the postmastcr-general has arranged
to have postal car leave the Grand Central
depot at 4:S5 Il. M. arriving at Albany, N. Y.
between 5 and 8 II. m. instead of at p. N. u,
at present; at Syracuse at / p. m. instead Of I
p. m, aud at Buffalo at p. IN. instead Of Il
~. Wost Of Buffalo This train will have no i'm
purtant connections, but at Albany it connects
for Saratoga aud the north. The postal car OF
this will deliver and receive mails ON an aver
age every four miles All mail for uortherl
aud central New ipk acrumulating after th,
departure of the o LIN train will So ont @.
this l:35 n. N. train and be delivered befor
the close Of the same days business.
Tie abovc'dcacrbcd arrangements will &,
| into effect next Monday, July 9Th.