The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-15
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RAIi.wAy mali SERVICE.

The terminal point o. the route iormerl
known ~ the Albuquerque X DENIM
RAILWAY pO,t.oifce, htA been changed fron
Deming, New Mexico, 10 III Paao, Texas
aud the route IN now knoSn rs tho Albu
querque & III Paso railway postoiilce.
The Demipg Il San Franoisoo railwa,
| post-3 ilice VIII Ia q lew days be et ended
from Drmlng, New Mexico, 30 vi Psso
Texas, aud The line will be- known as to,
nj Peso & Sac FrAncIsco railway posi-
office. - -''
These are important changes and will b,
NJ tho greatest adysutago TO tho mail ser
vice oftne west.
There - no plo'pscl ofextendlng tho San
Sutouo & Del Rio railway pOst-uiil0e 10
Il Paso until a,tsr July lst. on account
Of dotoicncy appropriations Tor the d cal
year ending June %, 1884.
There are needed IN this state. 90 least
twenty-five more postal clerks, but there
is very little chance OF getiiuR them 90
present.
The 10 lVsy m,ll ssryica IN TeIai uuder
The the charge Of a. A.Parish, chief clerk
with headquarters az Houston, Iexas, % q.
we'll u-gAuized aud AZ ably managed As tina,
n Huy STATE i1 he union,
IL iB interesting 90 compare The railway
urll service Of d isw yesri ago With tbHt OF
to-day, and fn note the vest impt0Yemf uts.
When Mr.J. p. Lindsay wsa assigned 10
duty gs chitf clerk Of Texas about three
years Ego The railway mail service OF THIS
uin,n WAS IN n very crude condition ara
badly organized, but during his nd
mimsirniion there IVES a sicudy and rapid
improvement from the line no nrst took
charge until he vas assigned o duty
in another stsie, and Mr. n. A. Parish,
formerly HE assistant, rfigned In his stead.
Nj, Pan~n Is mau OF great ability srn has
the Interests - ihe mali service a. heart.
81 .aiHm ,s.. ali
gent, sober and energetic m' n, and We wal
make the assertion that they do not receive
half the credit hat tley deserve,
The mai ot Texas aud eepf cially north
feXas nre cDnttluily ous rapidly iucrea'-
log, Ani VI certaitly seems that there should
he a corresponding Increase 10 the force Of
postal clerks 10 work n. Since the reduc-
tion Of po'tsge the amount OF mail has in
cfesped more thal onC-third OF what IL Tor.
mery was. There IS q steady and rapid
tide - immigration cons'anlly pouring
iutO tl. VISIT aud fertile fields oi
the heretofore almost uniuhahiled west;
new POSE fliccs ora reing established daily /;
newspapers me published and publishing
houses ~ tremendous patronage nov stand
IN ulocee which bu' a lew years ago was as
the bowling wilderness
OF course all these things add TO TIE al.
ready hrduOus du.ies OF the postal clerks
and u vii q, no distant day be utterly m-
possible for them 20 do the work.
IL 10 our opinion that II
he department ~ Wellington were cog.
n'Zint ~ tbe true 5tsts OF affairs OF toe
railway mail ssivcs IN Texas, that ther
Nould roe hesitate Or delay TO mekv all
necessary improvements and o. make the
additions 20 the force Of postal clerks as
urpeGtly needed.
The two divisions oi The Texarksnn and
III Peso railway posi- UiiiCs-ihe rrxarksnG
ang d .lins railway poet gth he and the Dal'
l8sa Il u PssD rail seg post o,hce-hsuuie
~ far The heaviest malls ana their mail,
are Increasing more rapidly than that of
any other tine IN rexss, fnd II Is certainly
az titled ~ BE- b fret Class railway post Office,
win two men 20 tue car, !rsm rexarksna
20 El Pasn.