Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-05-08
MAIL MATTER,
A Daily Mail whether by Rail or
Buck board.

A Daily Mail whether by Rail or
Buck board.
r. Ssdler received yesterday the follow
ing dispatch. which, to our people, carries
its own explanation with it:
WASHINGTON, May 6, 1884.
r. Sadler and Others: We have been
waiting for an answer from the railroad,
but zone has been received. Approx
mately, what will q daily mail by stage or
blackboard cost, ON 15-hour schedule ?
Certainly I understand the necessity for q
daily mail and / have been doing all in my
power to secure it; but the law is against
US and it is difficult to arrange. Answer.
GEO. w. CASSIDY.
Mr.. Sadler, after consultation with
other business men, resulting in an ap-
proximate estimate, replied that a buck
board everyday mail service between Eu-
reka and Palisade can be had for $15, 900 o
year, with the guarantee of q contract for
two years. The reasonableness of this es-
innate will appear to any one that takes
into consideration the original cost Of
stocking and otherwise e%quipping the
route. No thought was given to the prop
osition OF having an every-0ther-day buck
board mail to supplement the present every
other-day railway mail, as the cost for this
would be nearly as great as for a daily mail
by blackboard, whereas the compensation
for the latter service would, Of course, be
very much less. We have it, not by au-
thority, however, that Supt. Gilman says
he will run a daily mail over the Eureka &
Palisade Railroad for 1900 per annum.
Everybody would greatly prefer to see the
mail service that we require done by rail.
In fact, q mail blackboard running parallel
with the cars between Eureka and Palis-
ade, at this stage of the development Of the
country, seems almost an absurdity, and
the idea of such q thing is not entertained
with any degree Of patience or satisfaction.
The truth is, we dislike to refer to the pos
sibility OF such q result. To the outside
world, which catches on to anything that
looks unfavorable for these mining regions
and makes the most Of it to our disad-
vantage, it Is not easy to explain the singu-
larity, the actual anomaly Of the situation.
1t is only our obligation to the community,
as . dispenser Of the news, that we discuss
the affair at all. We believe that the people
Of Eureka and Of the southeastern portion
Of the State will not long occupy the false
position that we stand in for the pres
euts a uniiy mhii tOE Eurohh duu VIC
country for which it is the distributing
Office is q necessity, and we are satisfied
that, through the strong representations
OF Mr.. Cassidy, the Postofice Department
| has been made to recognize the embarrass-
ment that we suffer, and that it will re-
| spond TO our just and urgent demand for
the restoration Of our daily mail service.
We would greatly prefer to get such SER
vice by rail-we can hardly endure the
blackboard proposition - but the daily
mail we must have, whether by rail or by
blackboard, and our impression is that,
the ball being nov set to rolling, u de-
mand will be complied with before q great
while. The arrangement cannot be made
in a day. A good deal Of red tape will
have to be gone through with, but we do
not anticipate unnecessary delay. We
think we gee daylight.