St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-03-17
OUR MAILS.

OUR MAILS.
For many months our country
exchanges have complained Of thu
imperfect mail servics between Their
places Of publication and this city,
They have furnished abundant evi.
denee OF serious obstruetions 70 The
transaction Of business by the do.
layed OF badly delivered mails.
It 10 surprising that these abuses
have continued 20 long. and New
Orleans abijed 10 patience the ab
ssrce Of privileges that other cities
enjoyed and even considered highly
essential to their commercial pros
psrity.
At last tho matter has been taken
up - it shonld be BY . Merchants
Transportation Union. aud . for
NAL document stating specific de-
fects and specific needs has been
forwarded 70 the Postmaster Gen.
eral. On the trunk lines 70 ought
to have two mails day. and the
local service needs modification in
accord with now rail routes ard
changes that have occurred in the
past ton years.
Speedy and certain methods Of
correspondence between merchants
and customers are indispensable;
We are entitled to them; aud the
authorities at Washington must NOT
deny them under the pretense Of
economy.-M 0. Chronicle.
We arc glad to ses that the NOR
chants Of New Orleans have ct last
awakened to the TACT that our mail
service 10 by no means what il
ought to be. We have. on several
occasions lately, fully explained the
dsplorable situation col far - thia
parish 10 concerned. The North.
eastern Roaj, which has the con.
tract for carrying the mail to Gov.
ington. puts il of 1t Pearl River
Station about 6 o'clock in the even
ing. and the next day . horaemsn
starts ahead with it. arriving here
about dark the next evening. Gov.
ington i the distributing point fos
. large section Of country. inclaj-
ing the towns Of Nadisonville and
Abita Springs, aud Thousands are
dependent ON this Office for their
mail. It 10 . great outrage that
our malls ars two days On route.
our letters and papers two days old
whom they reach here. especially in
face Of the fact that We now have q
railroad-the East Louisiana-witb
regular daily trains 10 the city.
making the run in two boura We
learn that when the petition was
presented to the Postmaster Gen.
eral, to have the mail forwarded by
the East Louisiana Rosd. direct
from New Orleans 10 Covington
land this would give us our mail
in two hours instead OF two dsys)
he expressed doubts Of his author
ity to grant the request for this
Flap service" Or paying two roads
for the came service. There are sew
sral Instances. howe YER. whore this
10 being done to-day. and for long
distances, while in our case the dis
tance Of the Zap" is only about SO
miles. and The tsidiug extra cost
would scarcely be falt b. our Gov
ernment, with ito millions Of sur
plus in the treasury. Our mail
schedule - IL has existed for the
past few months 10 an outrage on
the people. ; disgraos to the pres
emit ago. and highly unworthy OF q
Democratic administration. II the
desired change 10 withheld on the
score Of economy. it 10 decidedly q
great r.istake. The Postal Depart
ment 10 losing money every day
under the present arrangement,
tor the simple reason that persons
Who are in , hurry to aend . letter
or message to the city. or points
further distant. place them in the
hands Of friends going over on the
East Louisiana Road. and receive
their answers the same way. either
verbally or by note. rather than
wait two or three days on the mail
II the East Louisiana Road. which
leaves here in the morning and 70