The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-19
TO IMPOVE THE SERVICE.
sUPT. TERRELL AND THE NIGHT
NAILS ON THE CENTRAL

POstmssterS VIII Look After Them
"A Postal Clerk Needed for The
Night Trains-The "Shoofy" Mail
Whether the Night Pouches Are
Put On for the People to Decide.
Supt. L NJ. Terrell Of the southern divis-
ion OF the railway mail service is disposed
20 give the towns along the line Of the Cen
tral railroad between Savannah aud Macon
every mail facility they ask Tor and which
he is able to give them In an interview
with a MORNING NEWS reporter the super
intendent said yesterd " that as many Of the
stations may havea night pouch to and from
Savannah as want it, provided that the
trains are met and the pouch is taken charge
Of by the postmaster or his agent. He said
that he is advised thar already Tennille,
Millen and Waynesboro have night pouches
because they have a man TO take charge of
the mail upon the arrival Of the night
trains.
The majority Of the stations along the
line, Supt. Terrell SAID have their postoficeS
within thirteen yards OF the railroad sta
ton, and whenever that is the case, the
railroad is required TO deliver mail.
NO NAIL CARRIERS.
AT all such stations there are no mail
carriers, and the postmaster is the only per-
son 10 take charge of the pouches. He ex-
planned that heretofore the postmasters
have not had enough interest in the matter
to get up ct all times during ths nighG to
NEST train and to get the mail, and the
government cannot compel them to do so.
At WGynesboro, on the Augusta
branch, Tennille and Millen, on the
main stem, where the night
pouches are received, the railroad
has night watchman, and he has been au-
thorIzsi TO receive the mail Macon can
get no more night mail than Savannah, for
If there is a man to receive the night
pouches he would have TO get the mail
from Savannah as we'll
MUST LOOK AFTER THE POUCHES.
In order to get the night pouches, Supt.
Terrell said, the stations along the line
have only to guarantee that the pouches
which are put Off during the night will be
met and taken charge of. If carrier were
employed at the stations to carry the mail
from tbs depot to the postoffice, it would be
his duty to meet all mail trains, without
regard to the time they arrive. A few of
the stations may have these, but the most
of them do not. Where the postoffice is
within the limit which compels the rail-
road to deliver mail, no carrier can be
employed and nobody but the postmaster or
us agent can receive Lne mail
There is not fnucl inducemont for the
postmaster to get up during the night to get
the mail His revenue from the Office j.
very small. II citizens of the towns which
ask for these night mails make it remunera.
tive enough for the postmaster OF his agent
to meet the trains and get the pouches from
the trainmen, they may nave a night mail
from both ends of tho road.
NIGHT MAIL CLERK
Supt Terrell said that last year he Sc
cured the appointment OF cerk on the
night train from Atlanta to Savannah dur
ing the cotton season. BY this arrangement
pouches could be put on aud off whenever
the trains were met, and people along the
line Wherever the offices were closed were
able to drop letters in the letter box on the
car, aud they would be properly ass orted by
the clerk. This lasted only during the cot
ton season. twas very conve lient To bust
ness men along the route TO get orders off
at night when the postoffioes were closed at
the stations.
Congressman Blouut, Supt Terrell said.
made a strenuous effort to retain the night
CLERKS on the Central railroad fast mail
trains throughout the yearS and he came
very near succeed &, but Mr.. Turner of
Quitman, had the clerks taken off at the
close of the cotton season.
MAY PUT ON A CLERK.
1t has been suggested by business man
that to reinstate tine night clerks on the
fast mail trains, will possibly be the best
means of getting the accommodation
in mail service that is desired As
many stations then, along the line.
as wish, may receive or give
out mail, or if tney do not opsn cir offices
at all during the night and do not exchang 9
| pouches, the mail dropped ia the letter box
on the train during the night at any station
for parties at another station will be
| brought to Savannah or carried to Macon
and sent back to the proper station on the
| morning train This would be gain of
more than half day to the stations alo &
the line and would be a great increase in
| Savannah's mail facilities.
BIG ADVANTAGE TO MERCHANTS.
Savannah would be enabled to get mail
| from every station along the line, whether
ere was an office open or not. The mail
| would not have to go through the Office,
| whom it could be- drop ed into the letter box
on the train ald receive the sa he dispatch.
A bu ,iness mai who was informed of the
advantages accruing from placing a nIghG
| mail clerk on the Central railroad trains,
said that Savannah should do everything 1t
is able TO do to get the clerk put on the run.
He thought it could be accom- plished
quicker by getting Congressman Lester to
| intercede in behalf of Savannah. He sug-
gested tuat if the Macon merchants or bust
ne S men take hold of the matter also, it is
likely that the night clerk will be- rein
stated. Supt. Terrell said that he would do
all he could if the people of Savannah, At
lanta and Macon urge it.
THE ''sHooFLYn MAIL.
In regard to allowing mail on the Central
"Shoohyn train, Supt. Terrell said that he
did not see why he could not grant it, He
said, however, that he will have TO confer
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