, 1889-10-20
THREE DAILY TRAINS.
Two Extra Fast Mail Trains for the
Union Pacific.
The Overland Flyers Will be Nos
5 and g..
A New Time Gard Will be An
nounced Next Month.

There is very strong talk of a new I'm
ion Pacific time table which will be an en-
tirely new departure in Western train SER
vice and which will result in the estab-
lishment of the fastest mail route yet
had across the continent.
For months government agents have
been ~prodding the the t-ranscontinental
lines about delays with mail. The Union
Pacific charged the dilatoriness to the
Central Pacific and in a measure proved
the claim but there was no denying that
an account OF the unprecedentedly heavy
volume of traffic delays might quite
frequently be blamed with business upon
the Overland people. The pcstofice de-
partment folks even threatened to cancel
the Union Pscifc's contract, but this was
only a bluff, for as before remarked in
these columns, there can be no fast SER
vice across the country without the over
land, the shortest and best route.
The latest plan as it comes to THE
LAEDER from inside sources is for two
new daily trains to carry the Australian,
European and fast domestic mail.
These new trains will be Nos. 5 and 6.
the former travelling West and the latter
East.
Each train will consist of two mail
cars, e baggage car. one Pullman sleeper
and a first class coach-fve cars IN all.
The new trains will be on the time card as
daily fast mails and will make better than
special time from Omaha to the coast.
The lines beyond the Missouri have al
ready very nearly reached the safety limit
in rushing mail trains.
One engine with but five ears can fairly
fly over the Union Pacific. 1t is a funda-
mental principle of practical railroading
that a single engine can do better with
FIVE or six cars than can two with eight to
twelve. Golden Gate special time will be
easily beaten by the new fast mails. As
the equipment indicates the trains can
and will handle a first. class passenger
business of fair proportions. 1t Is under
stood now that there will be little if aDy
increase in the toll. If the travelling pub
lie fails to take kindly to the new trains a
specially, in the commercial line, will be
made of handling perishable and emer-
gency express. The plan has been care
fully considered in every phase by the
shrewd managers of the Union Pacific
and they believe that trains s and 6 will
pay well.
The Union Pacific receives 81, 900, 900
a year for carrying the mails and can we'll
afford to spend considerable in improving
the service. The company, about ninety
days ago, placed an order with the ProYi.
dence works for quite a number of new
locomotives. Many additional engines
are needed in the current traffic, but the
officials, as THE LEADER has learned, had
the new rapid mail service in view at that
time and contracted for several special To-
comotives for this work.
All along the line of the Union Pacific
there will accrue to the people substantial
benefits from the company commendable
stroke of enterprise. Mail and transport
tation facilities will be improved not a
little.
There will doubtless be quite a change
In the time table, to take effect possibly
Nov. l, but probably not until the 18th.