Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-01-21
STAGE cslspaey.

from Monroe daily at IL o'clock p. III. &C.
cofding to schedule time, but in fact arrive
here from Shreveport from IL at night to
in the morning, and from Monroe from
l at night 10 in the morning. Every
/ thing in connection with this stage line
| has been in u disord-r-d condition now
for SON. mouths There IL something or
somebody somewhere along the line, or at
one or both ends Of IT, that is working
wrong. There il no certainty about get
| ting through on this line should one start,
for the mail comes in occasionally on
horse. back, aud the driver reports that he
started with load Of passengers bH the
stage broke and they are now back some
miles Whiting for q chance Ia come on to
| Homer This i. indeed very unpleasant
| to travellers. aud ia not speaking very well
I of those who have received their money
with a promise to put thru through on a
comfortable hack I, is too late for the
| passenger. when he finds himself halfway
/ his jourury'- cad, tn say that he will not
patrunize this Involvement line Of stages,
| for tho conpany's agent has his money
| IN advance and lie simply makes ont the
! very best that he tan under the circun-
stances. Six or ten dollars is too small .
sum to attempt Ia get back from "a whole
stage company Who draw their thousands
quarterly from the L. :. Government, for
failure to comply with a contract. And
hence matters 60 on thus, the passengers,
or some Of them, do u little grumhling
along the line, hut this effects not the
stubborn cheek Of L. = Mail contractor,
for he gets his money all the same. Now,
We have noticed these matters for some
time aud think that il is an Outrage npnm
| the travelling public and should not Ice
/ INDUCED in any longer. Again. this stage
company adrrrt-rs and proposes tn carry
small packages and certain articles of
goods aud charge, We wouii say. rca>ona-
bly, high for So doing. This Hnuld hr aud i,
quite MI advantage to the public along the
line when the company comply promptly
with their promises To deliver these nrtl-
cle- of goods. But when the agents. ~
they frequently do, receive these articles
and the pay for forwarding them. under
TART promise il not an expressed onr, that
they shall he sent directly through wtl-
ont delay, aud then suffer them 70 I've put
of at some intermediate Office and there
kept over for days and days aud often
until the party to whom they are directed
becomes uneasy and even cxs-pcratrd,
| aud begins to write and send letters Of
inquiry; We say, when this il the case, II
pntS on an appearance more after the
nature Of an annoyance than an advant-
age or benefit. And in this. a. in the other.
the company gets its money just az though
! it had fully complied with every obhga-
| ton. 1t is not unircqurnily the case here
/ in our town to hear parties inquiring after
| packages the invoice of which they have
received several DAYS before. hy which
| they had been notified that their friends
or merchant in Shreveport had shipped
the goods hy stage line. Packages fire.
| qucntly take from four to six days to come
/ from Shreveport here. Who should bear
| the blame Of all this We cannot tell. hut
one thing certain great wrong has been
aud is being pcrpctratcd upon our citizens
aud We think it our duty not to pass il by
uunoticed
The roads are not and have not been 80
bad this winter as they were the most of
last winter, and We hope that they may
not be. For We remember that last Niu-
ter while the roads were so very bad that
for good long while there were no stages
or hacks on the road from here to Vienna:
hut the agents at Shreveport and Monroe
would receive the par aud hill the pas
scngrrs aud start them on, thus tacitlv
saying "the way is open and happy trip
| for you;" aud when the passenger arrived
here or at Vienna be learned for the first
time that the hack would nun no further
| lie consequently lay here paying his bills
/ at il but justice to say that some hotel
bills here were paid 10y the compamy) I'M
I'll di-gnstcd he hired a way and went on.
| Now. We do not wish to see thr.r same or
similar troubles again this winter. and
only hope that this stage company may
make ample preparations to prevent all
such irregularities and that We may have
substantial, rrlsble stage line passing
/ through our country.
/ Ben. r. Coleman has inst returned from
the Capital. lir'hronght the commissions