The Wilmingtonian., 1886-09-04
THE NEWSPAPERS SERVICE
ABUSE.

AhE NEWSPAPERS SERVICE
ABUSE.
The irregularity in the service of the Ne,
York papers in Wilmington has come a
length to be an unmitigated abuse.
For decency's sake the New York Heral
should let up on its brag of efficient mai
cars which are well-proved to be humbug
Strange to say however, papers from tn,
Herald, Times, World and Sun are probably
shipped from the several New York Officer
in fairly exact way, that is to say in regarG
to correct addresses for the provincial news
papers dealers and agents.
But the metropolitan newspapers offices
have other responsibilities beyond that
From investigation among the local deal
ers it appers that when they miss their daily
bundles of Heralds or Worlds on account OF
not being dropped at Wilmington, and when
complaint is made thereon to the New York
offices the stereotyped reply is "they were
shipped all right-so our packers attest and
you must pay for them.'
Well, that is hard enough for the unfortu-
nate dealers in this city who are victimized
week after week, especially in the case of
the Sunday papers, by this arrogant and un-
satisfactory ruling. ...-.=.
But now It is the citizens, the consumers
turn who do not receive their papers, to make
the complaint, 1t will not do to make such
an answer to the public. They do not get
their papers. The service OF New York pa
pers is becoming regularly irregular.
The fault lies between New York, along
the railroad, and the point of delivery in the
provinces. The fault lies undoubtedly with
the train-clerk server as a general rule. 1t
is his unmitigated carelessness that has de,
veloped what used use to be au easily ex-
plainable and accidental mistake into reg
ular abuse.
The citizens do not get their New York
papers. The local dealers are pestered
almost to mental arrangement by the COM
plants of their customers in Wilmington
and the cause Of it all is the over bearing in
difference and earelessness of the newspaper
train clerks.
Sunday last the trouble was with tile New
York Times, usually it has been with the
New York Herald. Sometimes however the
World makes some bad misses at Whining
ton, and our bundles of newspapers wander
all over Pennsylvania and the Peninsula
through the fact of the obdurate thickhead-
edness of the train agents.
It is all piece of guess work nova. days,
Of betting or wagering which of the N. ",
papers, if any reach Wimin ton on time or
at all
The metropolitan journals should look in.
dustriously into this matter. 1t is only Just
that for even once they credit the assertions
on this end Of the line, viz, that the New
York papers do not get here. Let the New
York Herald investigate its mail-train clerks,
not alone as to the correct shipping of the
papers from their own offices, but the man
ner and methods of those who have charge
of the bundles on board the trains. That
the papers do not reach their destination is
the simple assertion, the local dealers do not
get them, nor, of course, the public who
make the present complaint.
The train-hands are at fault. But the
judgment does not fall on them, as their
employers arrogantly write to the local deal
ers saying ''such and such papers were sent
on date at agents risk" So our dealers
must pay Through the nose" on each oc-
casion of the stupidity of "a train clerk.
The shameful ultirnatum Of the New York |
publishers to our local dealers is, if you do |
not pay for these miscarried Sunday papers
we'll shut you off on your dailies."
So the Wilmington dealers have to submit
to this arrogant robbery. And then after
all, the public are without New York
newspaper service
Will the gentlemen at the head Of the dis |
service in the metropolis just for
once look little beyond their own noses,
and deign to do justice to our dealers and
also attempt genuine pub ic newspaper
service Instead of the present nuisance and !
humbug.
Wilmington is not singular in its com
plants of New York. Baltimore aud Wash.
ngton together with whole bevy of minor
towns have often spoken before upon the
same point.
What is Said.
New Castle County will have twice as