Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-01-05
Ne, Mail Arraneements.-1'ht


which the mail facilities of Shepherds
town and other points along the road are
maLe worse thai, ever, and they never /
have beon as they should be, with one /
short exception. The mail train tMemphis
cxpress) which formerly left Baltimore at
10 4. III. now leaves at 3.35 p. M, and
reaches here at 7.52, something more than
five hours later than formerly. The train
that passed here at l2.49 p. m, going
north, now passes 1t 3. 10 p. M, more than
two hours later.
There is no apparent reason for this
change, and we are inclined to the opin-
ion that it is from pure cussedness oil the
part OF the management OF this ROAD ana
4 desire to sacrifice Baltimore III the III
terest of Philadelphia.
For brief time last year we received
or daily papers at seven O'Clock III the
morning; ROW they arrive at eight O'Clock
at night! Will the "olficials'' who are
responsible explain:
II, however, tho management OF the
Shenandoah Valley Road have 10 desire
to accommodate us we will accommodate
ourselves. The ShephcrGstown people
can get their mail more satisfactorily oy
A stage from Shenandoah junction imam
this road has ever furnished 1t, ana we
are i'm favor of pctitioning tie foSt-Oiiicc
Department to give uS star route. ne
IL .;
Railroad arrives at Shenandoah junction
1T 20 a. M, and if carried from there
to Shepherdstown by stage would reach
here Mt half-past twelve. We nope that
this move will be carried out. The more
independent Of the Shenandoah Nail'!
Railroad we are the better 1t VIII be lor
us. The corporation of ShepherdstoWh
ooys this railroad $4,000 when 1t was
about to give up the ghost, ana Is no"
one of the most important stations OH ''S
entire line, but these facts 90 not nave
much weight or influence for our good.
The Western Maryland Railroad mas
made proposition to the postal a"thori-
ties which shonld be accepted, as IL "o"Iu
then Give us, here III the Valley, ali IH"'
wa desire in the way OF mail facilities.
The company offers to run 4 train from
Baltimore that will reach llaScrstoWh III
time TO connect with the early morning
troin south on the ). V. Roa if the lo5t-
Office Department will pay 500 day. nan
the cost of running train. We hope that
this arrangement will be made. We would
then get our morning papers ana other
mail ut eight o'clock 4. IN.
Below we copy extracts from the TWO
leading Baltimore papers, when SHo"
how the people Of Baltimore look al the
matter
From the Baltimore American
Every effort should be made to prevent
the new schedule which has been uhoIli-
cially announced by the Shenandoah Val
lev Railroad from gong into effect. Here
tororc The mail facilities have been mex
cusably bad. Now it is proposed 10 mako
them worse, aud 10 delay the delivery OF
orr morning mails over twelve hours, TO
say nothing Of the serious embarrassment
TO travel and the consequent damage 10
the large trade which exists between the
Shenandoah Valley and Baltimore. Inc
exclamation that the change is made in
Greer 10 make connections with New
York and philadelphia express tram Is
entirely unreasonable. To effect COM
plctc disarrangement of Baltimore busi-
ness merely because it is desired TO take
on Il few Northern passengers, Is The worst
kind of Injustice. We hope orr merchants
will bcstir themselves in this matter.
From the Baltimore SUM-
4 MISERABLE MAIL ARRANdEMENr.-A
timetable went into effect on the Nesterh
MARYLAND and Shenandoah Valley Rail
roads Sunday which can be compared
only TO the "slow coach of the past age,
and which will work diSadyantagcouSiy
to the business men and newspapers OF
Baltimore, while at tile same time 1t VIII
greatly Inconvenience the people living
on the limo of the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad between HagerstOwn, Md, and
Roanoke. Va, distance of about 20
miles. Under the new arran cement all
mail matter tor lIagcrstown and interme-
date uoints on the Western Maryland
Railroad will leave Baltimore Oh the Il.
m. train, thus insuring, so far, paSsaDlc
early mail delivery. But all mail matter
intended for the Shenandoah Valley Road
will be detained in Baltimore until 3.35 p.
M, reaching Iagcrstown at i'll the
evening, from whence it leaves on the
Shenandoah Valley Road BY what Is
termed the Southern express" fast
passenger train leaving new York before
midnight, via Philadelphia, Harrisburg
and the Cumberland Valley, reaches lia-
gcrstown at 4. H., and has quick dispatch
for the South over the Shenandoah Valley
Road, but of course it would not be profit
able for the Western Maryland Road to
start n train from Baltimore in time TO
make connection with this train. In
deed, in making this timetable, the Shen-
andoah Valley Road seems to have ignored
the Western Maryland, one of its most
important feeders and connections, and to
have yielded everything to New York and
Philadelphia influences. 1t requires but
n glance to discover how greatly incon-
venicnccd the people OF the Shenandoah
Valley will be by the change. South OF
Front Royal, Va, which cannot DO reach
ell until near o'clock at night, the poo
pie will not receive their Baltimore mail
until the second day, thus seriously inter