The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-04

The washout between Camp Rice and
Fabens Station on the Southern Pacific |
railroad, has been shortened about fif-
teen miles, which leaves only about |
twenty-one miles, over which transfer is |
made. This transfer of mails is some
thing new and unprecedented III the |
history of the railway mail service. |
For the past month the mail, accom- |
panied by postal clerks, has been trans !
ferred around the washoutS for a dis
lance of thirty-five miles. Hardships
have to be endured on this trip. 1t takes
all day to make it, travelling in the burn
ing sun of the tropics sutfocated by the
binding clouds of dust and drinking the
muddy waters of the Rio Grande. The
mail Of late has been transferred daily,
and all mail for California, New Mexico,
Arizona and Old Mexico has been dis
patched regularly, and only one days
time is lost by making the transfer.
| The LIST of July opened the new fiscal
wear, and the new appropriations begin,
| but as yet there has been nothing done
toward making any of the railway post
office lines in Texas full railway
pOstoflice, with moro than one
! man to the ear. Surely our
representatives in Congress will not put
off this most important matter any
longer Congress will soon adjourn,
and it is certainly to be hoped that before
they do so, they will do something to-
ward increasing the mail facilities in
this State. The railwry post
Office during the last fiscal
year have had their hands full
and they have been looking for with
anxiety to a big Improvement; that is,
they need more men, more car room and
better facilities for handling and work
ing mail. There are now about ninety
postal clerks in the State, and there are
needed at lest twenty-five more. Texas
=, is the largest State in the Union, anC
: taken into consideration how many rail
! ways traverse the State, and the raplt
: rate at which the mails are increasing
! it certainly seems that there should be
; corresponding increase in the appropria
! tions to carry on the business.
! The postoilice department is self-sus
= tanning, and there is no justice III tn
Z Government holding back part of tn
! postoffice funds and practicing false econ
!, omy, thereby making the people suffer
y 1t is woll-EnOwn fact that the railwa
y mail service OF the North is intinitel
u better equipped than that of the South
: This certainly is not justice, for TN
. mail service of the Government is Su'
. tanned by the people, and the people
~ the South, as well as those Of the Nortl
n contribute their pro rata to the supper
II of their Government and should hay
% value received. Ii. \. Parish, the eff
= cient Chief Clerk of the State, is dom
y all in his power to promote the welfal
IL Of the service and certainly deserv,
III great credit. The postal clerks in Il
u State also deserve credit for the alb
N manner in which they have pc
lr formed their duties in the pas
Is We look forward to the time, and it is
Ia be hoped that it is near at hand, wht
NJ the Texarkana & El Paso Railway pos
ot Office will be made Il full tirst-class ra
~ way postoflice, and the boys, whose hea
10 quarters are at Dallas, will be provide
vi with the accommodations to whi'
ne they are entitled Again, we would ur
l the pressing necessity of a transfer {
ne flee, with clerk, to be established at d.
ne las. Itwould certainly save the delay
All mails in transit, which is bound to {
eu cur without it. Not only does Dali
ny need transfer clerk, but also small
sew cities in North Texas, such as Denise
Iuu Houston and Fort Worth.