The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-24
RED RIVER MAIL SERVICE,

The numerous anu eiutHhAte
which have hern made from time IT, time rs
tho parties immediately in'eraate,l. and tx
tho praaa. III the Red river mnil service have
net roaultei aa vet In any relief. the P'st
office Department nj Washington giving, nj
ra,nntlv no heed whatever W the many rep
presentations mada If the lnadauuary ~ ille
present arrangement. An agent ~ tho de
rartmont. II Ia t,,a, was cent ont wh" how
..vpr seemed more ntaIoatad IN giving tho
contractor MI NIntt, 4 chance III continue
hla ridiculous attempt nj mail carrying with
IillIpu,ian steamers. than IN having the poo
pie properly and promptly served. The fail
,Itr of Mr. I,ro,t IL az rnnapl.slnila and the
an,,rvan.a ami losa 10 the people " THE
city and the Rcd iivnI count yen aeTlonG that
any further attempt IL sr,eeu him from the
responsibility ~ hia failure will have very
uEly mn. aranra indeed. Tho FnntnHlnn Ia
~, ,nrnt Ia not n private corporations. MOI
waa II instituted Tor tho special convenience
and cmnlnment uf contractors. tho tnaiau Is
81 han, III the unuIlr 81 the whnlarountrv, AMI
ft wetenin thia inntailnen very large number
ii p"npl" nut, i"r nonths. 10 the areattet In
anveninnee and trouble IN order that n pam
Ian,ed contractor may continue IT, draw from
thn common irnnarrl a very large sum ter
Al n,In witch ~ has not earned Rni which
oes 10, h..Ionu to him. Not even the ever
oieo ~ the ve,y la,gea' charity can further
snuaa ~ nalliatn the art"na ~ MT Bret
With 4 t.w ,i,k,ty little 4tuan hna'e. utterly
unfit fr tho az, vice. and ,onsta,tlY hieahtnA
down he haa never boon anl" I" ,iorm tile
work he has undertaken. even f.n day. nor
rnuh he have even ha,, reasonable hope
that ha coulh satisfactorily perform
tho sel vice d. manded Ivy tho contract, IT. Ia
time that u change for the bette, waa ,na,le.
atrd any further delay ~ tho t,nit ~ the r,,et-
uf1inn Department VIII ho tie vnln, hifiin4
with an imp", tan t,nllo mnttcr. Wa AZ"
glad tn know that tho continued m, ,saape,
a,ina fatlulea If the rrea, NJ contractor have
aiu,,a Il n,lr mrrchaniu ani n,-nrna men tn
te1eaiod III the K.h ,isel count, ~ the mecca
eity &c action. md that tn y hay" drawn w
!, petition IT, NJ, Key. In which they not only
mako q complaint, Int s,aasat y remedy.
Witch II arsn,a w will ~ q most offectual
one, aud which rhoull he applied A. nnee.
Mr. Ernttaa contract aud hia personal inter
ea, ~ Tic contrary moi withatan,lna.
lho nanna appended w ,ha auhjnlnci pnii
lion a,o nf 4 character e. carry the greatest
weight and ou, Representatives. IN C,ugr.ns
will not fail 10 SEQ that thot represent tho
most wealthy and influential firms IL thia
ely iltma whoae large ln'nrata III ,hn Rod
river country demand frequent and roahla
mail service.
Thta petition haa heen forwarded to the
Tnatnastrr General and Wa auaEsat III Wow
Of tie lack " interest evinced In thia matter
hy aalh iunotionary. that the Louisiana dele
CATION In Gongrcaa wait npnn him. and lnalat.
with all duo Difference to hia august person.
that the very reasonable reauoat Of thclr con
atitucnta he granted.
If the evil complained III ho moi aoon al,atet.
II the people u tho vast diatrict Of country af-
fccJrh hy Mr.. Brntta delinquency and Mr..
key'a Indifference. cannot Ivy petition obtain
the rrlcf To which they are clearly entitled.
then we think 1t about timo that aparlnl
Gnngrnaaio nal conlmittnn - asked ~ to IN
vcatiEata the matter and ~ aaoortain what
tho bot ant Influences arc that enable n con
tractor to violate hla contract with implnity.
and Wv what horua porms Mr.. Irott man
ages III copn tho Fnntmastnr Generals eyea
IL hia grnns hernlictlona of duty.
Tho following Ia tho petition and tho names
appended thereto
NEw OntrANa Fah. H. iaao
~ M Hen. k'y, F'atmaator uoneral.
Washington. y. q. 50
The impnrtan,etn New Oronna of n regular
Iowa appreciated ny tho r,atof,laa Department
~ avtnrnh hy the rft repeat Y eTartn ~ make
Il etrer'ual The several routes hy MiTaIaaipp'
river to Rod River Landing and thnnca by
la, tpS have
changed and modified without lmprovo,ncn, To
aalvirn
Taxaa Railroad tr Vnrmil,onvlla,. ana the near
appt zach % completion % tho Waaiarn louia.
lam, from Verm,lionyllr to Orange rrsaa
epens "a new and aharter ron "a to the Red River
valley mud tho contract Of dlatancos and limo
Ia IA ollawa.
Time
Nav Drnana ~ Rod River Landing 400 40
Red River Landing To Alexandria NJ a
TropNseh route.
New Orleans ~ Vormilionvie. by
Thence 70 Alexandria. by ataxc - % ID
Total -e--.--..........-...-...z 80 ~
Showing saving Of forty tlvo milM In dIa-
taW n auh eleven hours II ,imn
Your moratsta tharatOrn. respectfully
petition that a rapid anily mail route he MT once
estahl ished from Alexandria. on Rod river. TO
Charles aud yrrmilionviilr ~ Tho hrs' means
81 yrrotling regular and reliable mail com
mHn,oatiun hatw New Orleans ana tho fer
ufe valley Of tho Rad river.
la,hman. Abraham Il Nall" Cammnrk
90. John Phelps 4 Co.,
Re"kham 4 Moore. Jnr"y 4 Gillis.
HANK l Wi' Flower 4 o.. !. y n r synt.l
s b wtnnn Norwood 4 Richards
John Oh ffeA Sous, Emory Cl spp
Warren & Atkinson. G. A. Phillips 4 Co..
En}Nnr e. anrinnr