Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-06-16
The New MaiI.service.

Ou AuuFSuay, July 1.-the trl-WeeKly
mail service for both Nilllamsport and
Winchester will bayiF The former place
will be served froh Hither Glencoe or Lii
coe but we understand that there has
been some action taken by the postoffice
department in the matter of change to
Livona, so that both the up and down
stages on the river line could be connected
with. There is no one in this part of the
country, however, who knows how the
department has fixed the matter up. The
following are the time -tahles of the three
stage lines in EmmOns County under the
July arrangement:
From Roop by Willi.msport and Buchanan,
to to Glenccs ,s, Tor Liyonn) three times week
From WINCHESTER to Emmo,sburg, II miles and
back, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Leave WINCHESTER u nc at a. M; arrive at Emmons-
burg at $3.50 p. III. Leave Emmonsburg at $3.50
m; arrive at Winchester ut 6 p. m.
From, Winona. by Vanderbilt aud La Grace,
to- & lie Re" & w;l miles and back three times
Friday, ut a. m; arrive At It LIE Beau by p. III.
""y; ,a at T. Ris;,r. ; arrive v at Wi""s BY
voni', Gaytoi and Emmonsburg, to Winona, six
times a week. Leave Bismarck daily, except
Sunday a IT. a. M %.;, "rrive at Wn9na by p m.
arr i've II, bisnlnrcll by 5 p. III.
BY the above it will be seen that the
stage from Winchester say on Tuesday
reaches Emmonsburg only short time
after the stage from Winona has passed,
and that the mail leaves Emmonsburg
for Winchester before the arrival of the
stage from Bismarck. By this careless
arrangement of connections mail received
at Emmonsburg from Winchester on
Tuesday morning will not leave for Bis
marck and intermediate points until next
morning; and mail brought down from
Bismarck on Tuesday and Wednesday
will not reach Winchester until Thurs
day. By the establishment of postoffice
in Horsehead Bottom, on the river line,
the stage from Winchester could meet til e
Winona stage and, after waiting for the
Bismarck mail, would still be able to
reach home at reasonable hour. We
are Informed that it is no further from
Winchester to Horsehead than to En-
monsburg, and that there is as good or
better road.
The people of Winchester and Horse
head should get up and forward petit
ton for an office at the latter place, and
the serving of Winchester from that
point. This betterment of the service
would not be hard to obtain where, as IN
the present case, no additional outlay
would be necessary on the part of the
government. A letter should also be
written to Delegate Clifford, asking him
to interest himself in the matter. a. dia-
gram of the mail service of the county
under the new arrangement, and of the
service asked for, should also be for
warded to the postoff1ce department and
to the delegate. 1t is entirely unneces-
saly that mail leaving Bismarck Tuesday
and Thursday should be three days, and
that of Saturday four days, IN reaching
Winchester, remaining most of that time
only dozen miles away. 1t is mistake
that should demand energetic effort for
its correction.
LATER
Information just received from WASH
ington states definitely that the Williams
port mail will connect with the up and
down river stages at Livona.
Official notice has been received that
after July there will be mail service
between Steele and Winona, by way of
Armstrong, Casselman, WIlliamsport and
Winchester We have not learned def
nitcly, but believe the service at first is TO
be only weekly one. Now, as soon as
the Sterling g-Willlamsport line is estab-
lished, and Winchester makes close con-
nection with the river line, Emmons
County's mail facilities will be almost
perfect. We understand that postoffice
has already been established at Mr. Bail
ey's, eight miles this side of Sterling. A
dozen miles or so further would extend
the service to Williamsport.