New-York tribune., 1884-11-28
THE ATLANTIC MAILS.
q, ". sMALLEY ARRAIGNs TIE ENGLISH
SYSTEM.
,,s ,v1rrn TO "THE LONDON TfMEso on THE
uNrRusTwoRrHY sEBvics PROVIDED By TIE
rNoIJsH POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

tSrpusTwoRrHY sEBvICs PROVIDED By The
rYo1JsH POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
70 the Edffor OF The Tfmts.
sp, Your correspondents who write about
the nail service to Auetiea touch PM inc nss o
mat service bad and so discrcdithbe 10 ne bln
lost oee that ~ stating M se man M a.s yer res%s But
tn, x",s ssc the Post Oce turning desf ear to
,treals fiOm those most Interested. bnund itself oy
cnbtrect with the Cunard. lnman ana White snf Gum
r""ies for ,Gd from on
lhurdays and Saturdays. They are forwarded 10 New'
vide II las long been glorious that the mails often 20
by shps while fast .hs q other es rS op on mnrs @
DAYS In advance Of the mail The Tuesday and lh"ray
service is divided between tne im%sn aa s wnlo Fiat
OF Patuidny has been committed to the Cunara Con-, ,,
Insci ,he tunsfd Company lad The cs nary
The slovcst. mai lcnryng feet on the Atanc,u insy
The service was iri.wcckly in name only 1t haIpenea
not irircquenty lla the Tuesday shp wss 9yefaakS&n &
d"y reached EcwYok no sooner than those posted on
THURSDAY viii take THIS week s Ss s n Tue.av, The
Brnnnie white sar 1ne sall, on hnrsaay IL % ~
certain % se ,Iss 1s @ tie "nnc ars This
guess chips have hahtually sailed on imesny
& ioyrspr on saturSy Of the week following
30 much for the socallcd tIi-weekly service. ,,, o
mani iioyd' ais rom sorhamrton Thursday Taking
her average passage ss be,s Of communication ~ eso
% ay s earlier Than either the Britannia the City OF
MSnirra But sho takes no mSis vn lame, tnoo thi,
For many years past the SATURDAY Cnnniucr mas uee
go rfFHsy es and .O% cunaer @ SsSc LETT liverpool
ocether The two fast outsiders reach hew.fOrk sun
%sdnesday @ mes following 40 mails aro cent by tie fast
ships They go odawdng acr AZ the Aiagti, IN ne con,
In such a ma,er that during the last year the Cunard
Company ndngt question 81 life or n ds@tn n nave Ts
saturday service is now often swift one .,,, o..
thanks however to the posi ohre anth3r,es ,or
the essence which that certain lines shall carry the
mails on certain days IN s,ow 9l 'a' liz { mels ~
ship sailing on the day o departure hapns 10
@ @ nmntrsct sn,anrics itself with no line The result Ia
that the service from the United States a. sO inf az the
United M s sfs psst r & 1S @ Srst IT, m sa these
mails by ~ arrangement FOR landing them ut Queens
mlnmtes' delay IN the arrival OF an Atlantic inefs
YaesnsieTn sh make and ssry as a sSs ssg ~ Ee
I,lsefr ~ htf malls ~ London. But hs T. nAde iiui
+, Ge tsTN, ss, IL V%hyh the p'.n fcst oas dealt WIN
the whuls question, @ ena pass eh' uu' VIII po'e"s
the ntllsh resi Uhpt shall bp told tried 20 alter the
eopi,set tsith, ahd i,td lhe fesiiasls hei,visil
pp thpn,i The Aiptcah fusi unee aues No. t,hbs "
geii aepl enneis ai e' " hp sre's,s eline, y 1 NJ
viii venture ~ SAY what thns haiehHA whph hls ,as.
se s' no, Sss ,s sa sae he s bs ase
Thought s pot iheo3 of iesniafllY was ~ peril Fave ~,
lfl
American rust Onco resolves Ito pTesen plan similar
atta,npt block II was made S at least one emlahy,
proposed Que Cnnarier sailed leltereSs Inc depart
nent bore this catastrophe without winkns heft week
the opnosition collapsed aud tho tunaldefs nave ever
since brought the mails from New-lor whenever ihey
happened 20 hass s Is there much reason TO oub,
that equal courage here would have Insured sin'h"'
RESULT ,,,, Ana.
who have not looked into The suoec The answer neras
that II Ia possible To provide service eqnaI or supei
10 he peeent without The help OF Of the three
companies which now have honopoy o nS
company. am for mails by the quickest ships no MAJ
ter who owns them But am showing wast eSruS Five iue
ships IL is reckoncd. are necessary io reguar
service out and home The North 0esmnn ng ioya rserV
from southamPton on IhRrsaay' Fr;s' of aI' the week
following There are besides these five other ships be-
longing different companies sailing from Liverpool o
Anchor Line the Alaska and Arizona of the Gnion Line
the America, OF the National Line In all Tn oI .he
swfest ships on the Atlantic not one OF which now car
lies letter. Tho three contract companies % sanho, not
them muster ye equally isss s han nne tss tss
present tri-weekly. and not regular Has the Post,
ten swim vessels Have they refused Ifnot what ex
ouse is there FOR going on In the old ruts oc, .,
and D the parocTy Of regularity Of degart9Te Is heard
Post ONCE Itself and it is not my business 70 rsIaoyo
thcm but there would be no difficulties ana 9 defects IN
departure comparable to those SO pacidy enarea @
and 40 boldly denied by the department ana by us
officials, There need be no lrreRulailty OF departure
under the system I suggest III there were, VIII any
human being outside even inside tho Post once
explain what the good of regular departure on
Tuesday to be regularly overtaken by the Thursday
maii The authorities OF ~. Martins lc-Grand insist
that ships shall call at ucenstown on the outward voy
age what Is the use, repeat OF q Tuesday mail via
Queenstown, when mail might leave London VIA
SOUTHAMPTON on Thursday and arrive In New-lork ear
lcr than that OF Tuesday The American Post once
docs not feel bound send mail to England because
tub chances quit the port OF NewY0rk on gwen day
II holds the mail for ship which will leave later
and arrive sooner call that common sense ana Dsi
nes~-ike procedure. ana all ask OF the BRUSH Post
Office is that IL should establish system equally In ac
cord with common and equally busness-like
Against the continuance Of the present state OF things
every kind of has been made. individuals have
protested Bankers and merchants have explained the
INJURIOUS effect of 1t upon their business Questions
ha, @ been put IN Parliament The American frcss mas
cried out The American Post Office has piled rcmon
STRANGE upon remonstrance. All Is Of avail You are
the laat resource long suffering community do NOT
becvc that antquated imbecities OF the existing
system be perpetusted you will take mp our cause
or will even lend the terrible publicity OF your col
umns. sm sir, your obcdicnt servant 49, -
GEORGE W. SMALLEr.
1.-THE LONDON TIMES" ALSO CONDEMNS III.