The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-04-03


be as ignorant of the facilities afforded
the people in the States and Territories
west Of the Rocky Mountains by Wells,
Fargo & Co.'S Express as the Public
Lands Commission is of what is nec-
essary to encourage the development Of
the mineral resources of those States
and Territories. The latter would COM
pei prospectors to expend more money
in securing the title to any mine which
they may discover than one in a hun
dred of them can afford; while the for
Iner would deprive them of all commu-
nication with the rest of the world, by
preventing the Express Company from
carrying their letters or papers. Those
who have inaugurated this war against
the Express Company, charge that letters
weighing over half an ounce are carried
by Express in three-cent Government
envelops, and thus defraud the
Postoffice Department of considerable
revenue annually; and that letters
sent by Express are frequently deliv-
cred in advance of those sent by mail
AS the people of this State, almost
without exception, patronize the FIX
press Company to greater or less
extent, they are well aware that the
first charge is wholly without foun-
dation, as the Express Company is as
particular in regard to the weight
OF letters as the Postal officers The
complaint that the Express Company is
more enterprising than the Postoffice
Department, though strictly true,
comes with bad grace from the Depart
ment. That should be reason for en-
couraging the Express Company to ex-
tend their routes and carry Letters to
all parts of the country, instead Of de-
priving them of the privilege of carry
ing letters, at ALL 1t is well known
fact that the Postoffice Department at
the beginning of the current year, is-
sued an order prohibiting clerks ON the
Postal cars on the Central Pacific Rail
road from delivering mail matter of
any kind at side tracks along the road
where there are no Postoffices. En- con-
sequence of this order no mails are de-
livered at Rose Creek, twelve miles
west, nor at Raspberry, twenty-five
miles west, of Winnemucca, though
trains stop for passengers at both
places. Between Golconda and Battle
Mountain, distance of thirty four
miles, there is, no Postoffiee, and
though trains stop at Iron Point and
Stone House, no mails are delivered.
The settlers along the road rely ex-
clusively on Wells, Fargo & Cos Ex-
press for letter communication. Should
they be deprived of this and be COM
PEELED to travel from ten to twenty
miles to, Postoffice, because Wells,
Fargo & Co. are more obliging and en-
terprising, and understand tie wants Of
the people of this coast better than the
Postoifice Department? Though these
are only few of the many instances
that might be cited to prove that the
q Express is a necessity in the region
west of the Rocky Mountains, they
show conclnsively that that service can
not be dispensed with. even along the
Central Pacific Railroad, over which
Postal cars run daily, east and west
without resulting in great Inconvenience
and hardship to the public. The Pa
cific Coast representatives in. Congress
are well aware of this, and if they per.
NIT the Postofice- Department, for nc
just cause, to deprive many of their
constituents of the only means afforded
them for sending and receiving letters,
without vigorously protesting against
the outrage, they deserve no better fate
than to be relegated to private life at
the expiration OF their present terms OF
Office.
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