The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-11

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iDsnviIle. News.l
So Ear as Dauyi..,.e papers are concerned,
The last ma. - Is 81 no earthly account by
reason 81 the fact that our paper Is put on
the iast hiatt (lnstead OF the regular mali
traln) that stops only three times between
here and Richmond, carrying the Ne,cs Dy
all the local stations, where most OF our
subscribers are, for the regular mall 10 Dr'ng
up the road the next day. Obtaining u TWEEN
ty -four botIrs. The New Orleans papers
siyIe Il the "fast fraud,v and say 1t rctards
rather than facilitates communication De-
tween merchants OF that city and the North.
the Fast Mails.
jFarmvlIe Journal
Within the past few DAYS schedule OF
fast.mail trains from New York to New Or
leans ard intermediate and neighboring
cities, has been put in operation, by which
| the mails arc greatly expedited and more
than q day gained between the cities named.
| Trains leave New York at 4:30 A. NJ, ar
rive ut Richmond at 2:30 i. NJ, pass, but
not stop, at Burkeviile at 8 p. NJ!
Richmond and Lynchburg have all the
| benefit of this fast-maiI service. Baltimore
and New York mail matter for Farmyille VIII
not be received here till t,centy hours after
IL should pass BurkevHte! Now we know
that from the peculiar location OF The At
lantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad and
its termini-Norfolk and Bristol-it IS a
very difficult matter for the officials
OF this corporation to arrange close
connections with the Richmond ana
Danyille railroad. We refer to Tue JdctS
not 10 spirit OF complaint or censure.
But really we hope that our businessmen
can have some conference with government
and railway officials from which some pfac-
lical arrangements can be effected for the
delivery aDd departure OF passengers and
mails TO and from Farmvfle. Lynchburg
and Farmville influence ought to unite for
these ends. We doubt II any village OF
$500 inhabitants. within seventy-fye miles
OF any large city outside of Virginia, is SUBJ
jected to the Inconvenience we labor under.
Our people (wbo gave from their pockets
nearly IL not quite 100000 TO build the At
antic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad, and
from which investment they expected 10
dividends and have not received dime on
the iDvestment) ought to have the opportu-
nifty Of being IN the most direct aud the
speediest communication by mail and pas
senger traffic with the outside world. We
ought 10 be able TO spend the business-hours
in Richmond and be IN our homes at night.
We ought TO have our city morning paper
by 0 A. NJ. Cannot our businessmen secure
these benefits!
(Snce The fast-mail tram has been run
ming complaints bave been pouring into
this Office in regard TO irregularities and
delays in the postal service in Southside
Virginia and in North Carolina. Instead OF
being benefited, the businessmen of Rich
mond and the people OF those sections have
been seriously Inconvenience by changes
OF schedule and Withdrawal OF local trains,
made in favor OF the fast mail, and by the
neglect OF the clerks on the fast train to
throw off the mail as they pass important
stations. From Richmond northward no
complaint is heard. We rely upon the
obiIity-as we know we can upon the dis
position-of Superintendent Bailey to Sc
cure prompt and complete correction OF
these evils.l