New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-28
SLOW MAILS FROM ENGLAND.
DISSATISFIED BECAUSE THE AMERICAN SYSTEM HAS
NOT BEEN ADoPlED.

DISSATISFIED BECAUSE THE AMERICAN SYSTEM HAS
NOT BEEN ADoPlED.
The new arrangement entered into few days ago
by the British Post Office Department for the trans
portstion the English mails 70 New YORK VIII go
into effect on wednesday. For several years the
Cunard White Star and Inman lines have pracucaliy
enioyed mono, oily the transatlantic man carry
ing and the efforts made In 1888 py postmaster
General Fawcett 10 adopt the system OF inc ohiVou
states Post Office Department of selecting only inc
fast steamers for carrying the mails were ulsuc
cessful and the contract renewed with the urce
lines mentioned Then there went up strong pro
test 10 the British Postmaster General. part OF
which is quoted:
ave regret that you should have thought 1t ncces'
sary to the former evil system OF prdcucS
subsidizing one or of the now numerous lines
OF Atlantic steamers and that you should have found
il imuracticabe to avail Of the fastest steamers en-
rared In tie Atlantic trade ior the conveyance oil
Her Maesty's ma Is, the same way As has Deejl
found TO work adVantageously for the American
Post Office. The system adopted 10y inc Ahieiican
Postmaster General of selecting monh by mohth III
advance of the Post Office requirements, the fastest
and most suitable Vessels for the PURPOSE which has
worked admirably and given the utmost satisfaction
on 10th sides of the Atlantic could not be eApecteu
TO be established tis side OIL The Atlantic whero
subsidies have been 50 long considered as an esseh
tiai part of the mail ser>e, without some slight TEN
lorary incon> enence pending me regular es]"piiSn
ment of such a service"
The new arrangement is a contract with the In
man, Guion and North German Lloyds exclusively
In regard to which there Is naturally some dlssau'
iaction because they ali have not the fastest steam
ers 1t absolutely ignores the Cunard ana White
star lines whose steamers have excellent records Tor
SPEED
Until within the last few years little progress has
been made in shortening the time between England
and the United States, ana yet nnes have become
more numerous and large subsidies we're pad year by
wear ior inc COM e ol Tue malls. The nmdn ne
before taking part any SUBSIDY used TO boast that
their steamers frequently outstnpped the subsidized
ones The White star fun Heuged, and the
IA IN speed anu MARRIED UNIFORM passages OF Its YES
res shower a uIsunct step III rapm ocean ndNIga
Lon Ihen lonomol the taIlous r.cers OI tne Cuion
iSne-the Arizona, A.asna anu Oregon. 1nen Tue
Ai.er.ca, OF tue Na.UnaI the CITY "a Rome ana me
ana Auranui, OF Cunaru the vera, EIDE, Ems,
fuida, Aler, and Others oi the Nortn Oerhah L'olu
and the NOrniaBde, BOurgotne anu Gascogic, Ga the
french Transatlantic. so tnaL not one OF me hu
merOus lines can lay caAn 10 nA'ihs dIi INC Last
steamers in the Atlantic Trade -,
Ine American SYSTEM o. carrying the mails mas
worned so admirably that 1t couid safety BIO ADOPTED
boy any other Government II 10 uonaI pIcJhlce WouIu
lie moditied TO that eAtent But as arranged by the
British Post ONCE Department the innan Line VIII
has no steamers faster than nine days: The Gulon
will take the SATURDAY mails but II mas oiiiy inc
T1e North German Lloyd win take the thursday
day. the snsmers dolas ing their departure tom
SOUTHAMPTON TIL the malls arrive. Inc steamers Oh
this line are al included IN the express Is., am
mails will arrive here by them on FRIDAY night or
saunay morning Of the following week, eauS enough
to ena e eters be delivered without the delay OF
an intervening Sunday. A.. - a..
n All OF the mail steamers were as fast Us INC
Alaska and Arizona there would be no serious %
taction 10 the new arrangement, but they are not
and freight that sent by the non man FAST steamers
will arrive here many times before the invoices arc
deli, cred Hence II would have been better poncy
70 tale up month by month the most efficient Eng
1ish vessels In the point Of speed, remuheraung the
nxpnerS az sucb vessels by payment per voyage
Hased al ON The amount Of correspondence earrioi
The mails woud then come by the iast stediners
ant her