The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06
WITH THE WIND-FR0M NEW YORK
10 NEW ORLEANS.
The EnteIpris1 OF tho Postal Service, by
which the Knickcrbocier and tho Creole
arc Brought Closer TogothaY-Letters
Delivered Before the Stamps are Dry.
From the Atlanta Constellation.

Through to New York by the fast
mail!
And find the utmost interest felt Il,
New York over the results of this last
experiment. The Herald Of yesterday
has an editorial claiming that the toas!
for the South should be, EAST mails
slow politics )" and on the day before
had bulletins from every point along the
line, noting the arrival OF the south. bound
train aud the more or less exciterlcn.
that it created.
1t is really miracle Of fast travel and
expeditions service. From New York 10
Atlanta in 90 hours; or accounting the
difference of time between the two
points. in 2S4 hours. A history of the
manner in which this is done will be in
And here it is:
The fast mail train for the eOu!h is
made up in New York mt 400 in the
morning, and Mt 435 is at the depot in
Jersey City waiting for its precious
freight. From half a dozen converging
streets to Courtland and DeBosscs ferries,
camo huge mai wagons loaded down
with lettcrs and newspaper, hurrying
through the dark to catch the 4.15 boats.
Once across the ferry they are bundled
into the mail cars, and exactly at the mo-.
ment, the fast mail whisks out of the dc.
pot.
TIE MAKE UP OF TIE MAIL.
The mail that is loaded OH this train is
made up of the morning newspaper that
before this train was put, on left on the
1890 train. 1t is made up of all letters
intended for the South written in New
York the night before, and posted Mt
any time before midnight This mail, it
will be remembered, formerly left New
York ut 10 80 n. M, and reached Attain
Ia two days afterward. The mail is II
heavy one, holding nearly all the buiness
letters written in The city ,.r the south.
1t is fed a.;O by close connection with
the Boston and eastern mail, which has
heretofore had to lie over in New York
for several Eours.
THE MAKE up OF TIE TRAIN.
The train is at present made up rs a
"nyer." The engine is one of the largest
and swiftest of the Pennsylvania road,
and is coupled To the mail car, there be-
ing no baggage or express There are
two mail cars OH the train as it. starts
from New York, but one is left mt Wash
ington. Buck OF The two mail cars i one
passenger coach rather slimly filled, M
the public is not yet accustomed To the
fast mail service. The mail cars are If
the latest style, and fitted up with every
convenience for the prompt assert .nent
commence their work the moment the
OF letters and papers. The mail clerks
mail is handed into them, and keep ut
itas the train is whirlng along until the
last package is fixed in its place and cv.
cry letter is properly assorted.
II is intended, in 6 few weeks, IL put ii
sleeper on the line, emitting possibly the
passenger coach, in which case the fast
mail will prove the most popular line on
the road. AZ present the tr..l is Il
trim and juinty skeleton and rushes
out Of the depot into the night ut ter
rible speed
HOW THE JOURNEY Is MADE.
And yet the speed is not at NIL danger
Gus, and is hardly unusual. Tho secret
of the short time is in the nice adjustment
of connections, the shortness of the route
selected, and the avoidance Of frequent
stoppages for locnl mail or traffic.
Let us take the schedule and run il
through.
From New York TO Washington is 226
miles. This space is covered by the
doublc-tracks steel rails on the Peunsyl-
vans road, the 2. w. and b., and b. &
p, OH which accidents are almost literal
ly unknown. The 226 miles are made
ina trAe over six hours or about "a
miles an hour-vcry moderate running
when the engines used on theso roads eau
pull train so miles al hour without n
strain. The regular schedule of the dali
ly limited express il about the same MS
the fast mail schedule, between New
York and Washington, and there is no
more delightful or popular riding than
ON this same limited express.
From Washington to Richmond, the
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad is
put in use. The distance between these
points is ! 1l6 miles. The two cars Of the fast
mail are swung TO q fresh engine, and
are bowled over smooth and well balas-
led tracks III short GT;ler, making the Il6
miles in four hours--thus giving the fnst
mail rate Of speed equal to twenty.
eight miles an hour, on the frat southern
stage of its Journey. This is surely not
break-neck speed. There is hardly n
road it ~, South oil which it is not
often .sa,an, by traips .lat =.e behind,
'spirting" to make connection. There
is little danger of trouble on the Rich.
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac road,
and less danger of missing connections.
When the fast mail reaches Richmond
IL ms the longest stage OF ltS Journey
ahead oft. From Richmond to Danville
is 2S2 miles, and order to bring The mail
in on time, this distance has to DO rnade
in 1850 minutes. This is trifc less than
% miles an hour, but il is long and
laborious run. The engines devoted
to the mail train are, however, all that
could he desired, and they whirl away
with the hnndfal of cara, licking up
mile every two minutes as regularly as
the clock tells offthe seconds of time. The
track is ballasted all right-tho cars are
strong aud reliable--the way is clear aud
everything moves rs If fed from steel
springs. The attention Of some of the
best railroad men in the country is con.
centrated on this "Flying Dutchman"
of n train as it dashes down the slopes OF
Virginia, flashes over the plains OF
North Uaroiinn-and tue reputation oi
an unsurpassed corps of managers is
pledged to the promise that it shall bring
up in Charlotte on time with its precious
freightage. So that VIC may count on
the r. & d. road rs safe stage OF the
journey.
At Charlotte, the cars, which have
scarcely had tt;;,is5 - catch a breath siuce
they were nn!le.l cnt &c the she;i =. Je.-
soy City, and have inthe meantime bare
ly seen the sun rise and set, though they
have swept through 6ve great States and
covered 600 miles, are taken in hand by