New-York tribune., 1885-08-14
THE OCEAN MAIL SERVICE.
SHARP CRITICISM FOR THE NEW SYSTEM
.rv .usurp MEN CHARGE THAT 1T IS SLOW AND
INADEQUATE.

.rv .wsurp MEN CHARGE THAT IT Is sLo" AM
INADEQUATE.
.. of TN, HeralTs Washington corre-
It Inc IN ycsterday's issue OF that paper TO snow
thst the ea-borne mails OF the country
Snns SSns;sS "a rapidly frequently and as salely
oenxeisS sSe new ARRANGEMENTS of PostmasterGeneral
os as y the steamship lines that have heretofore
carried them was vigorously s Tsstsyday The
ort;cie was pronounced by all as either false mis-
leading or incorrect in nearly every paragrapn
of The New-York and Havana Line, about tIe th9
Crhan mail. The article states that II wen. WEEK.
from this port Now, the advertising cDiatnhs thsre
were always two mails from New,lSWTk WSs weekS tSc
c,,r hoat starts every Thursday. and WARD >, sno
Ssw.York Ss and Cuba Mail Steamship Company
Eees every ,od the new fast mail service between
anS naS1 cnbap said Mr.. Hughes of James n ara m
& Co IA week ago SATURDAY Sotary nnbIic. II was
aasusd There on the following Thursday let ~
Is claimed 10 The Herald that it p9ly takes sGven TO
~ atatements of the reilroad companies sIne.m-
Solves this time cannot be made 1t takes thrty
six hours to go from here 70 thrtv more is re-
,;rad nv the boat to 90 from Tampa to Key West,
eaud the distance from Key West to Havana. ninety
miles, cannot be mado isss tSap ~ 'V twelve & &RoursiI4
hpr ;ustead os seventy-fvc The two boats tnat
carry ths mail from Key Wet to liayana are Tc r,ic
Cnmherland and the Thomas ). Cochrahe; no
'attap l. cassed as steam canal boat in the Ameri-
can Record Of Foreign Ships. while the former Is
not rated at ALL. .,.L4 .hn ,uourt of
mail carried by their steamers was almost as mucn
as when they had contracts with inc uoVerma.uho thc
The bnsness men stick to them and they carry tIe
;, n? se Some letters we're received on last sat
nrday at the Cuban Mail Steamship office aiter sno
boat had They were from M Ward F. AZ onSS tel
granbed Mr. Atkins of the steamers departure anu
asked il he wished the letters sent Dy yO5ev thC hew
routo or held for the boat that salied SsSrsdays
Mr. Atkins replied . Please mau inui'o"S
steamer: cannot trust canal boat ,,;
SThisr said Mr. Hughes, shows how shipP,hhS ing
mon. who fully understand the matter regard 'no
Change Neither of the boats will be able to run III
stormy weather. As to the statement that CARRYING
the mails gave us certain privileges In unnsa on
snch as the right to enter the Custom house on f
nodays. freedom from port charges on SIX IONS % VI
freight each way etc. Yes, we enjoy these adval an
tages it is true, but not because we carrS in1
limited States mail These come from the Spanish
(;oyernemnt whose mail We still bring here.
aThe statement that there are i've AmeriGan n
steamship Gss snd one Of the Pacific
people ait is said that mail from San rranelsco v,
for Panama will hereafter be brought 10 New ,3nn
and taken fromhere by steamer 10 Panama eHectihe
a saving of two days. 1t will, # 1.-THE letters get
here in time for the steamer which leaves mere r.
three times month But this Is nothing new IL
has been carried for years. Yes III took our
steamers eighteen days to go from San francisco W
Panama, because we stopped at all the points 9i
;foruis' etc. Mails to the west coast of Mexico are
now taken once a month by the steamer Newpurn;
which comprises the line OF the Calhorhia anu
Mexico Steamship sCompanyL referred to I'D ~"
H9aids article. Our boats sail every two weeks
The Red ID Line. which formerly carried the ven
eznelan mail Is owned by Bolton, Bliss 4 Daliett
This firm started with an English vessel, but began
building American ships as soon as II was aoie.
This is the reward of its patriotism ST THOMAS Is
no longer tho general point of distribution Tor mails
for the Spanish Main and Windward Islands On
the first Of last month the Royal Mail Company
changed to Barbados.
As for the China mail. is now goes to France;
through Marseies where the cholera is raging, ana
thence to the Suez Canal through the Indian
Ocean to its destination. This takes about two
weeks longer than by oar route II IS stated tnas
this length of tune does not amount to mucn, and
that nearly all business is done by cable IL costs
from 50 so to So a word for messages between here
and China and bill of ladng is most important 70
a merchant at times. IL enables him TO raise money
for instance when he may need 1t badly. ana IL is
nonsense to say that the mail is sGpplantod by the
telegraph. In conclusion | may say thas M the
public will have a chance to judge which OF the
two systems the old or the new Is the better one one,
we shall continue to carry all mail properly
sta,aped. 80 that the Government Will not De
cheated, free of charge This will be done antii
further notice. II there are other lines that can
nerform the service better and cheaper than we,
why it is good thing that this AFFAIR has happencd
so that the Government can find 1t out"