The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-04
THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.
The Cause of Delays on the s., F. and
w. Railway.
SAVANNAH, GA, April Q. 1889.

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SAVANNAH, GA, April 2, 1885,
L. ". Terrell, Esq, Superintendent Rail
toay Mail Serrice, Atlanta, Ga:
DEAR SIR herewith inclose extract
from the SAVANNAH MORNING News Of
March 81, being an editorial headed Com
plants Of Delayed Mails" In that editorial
you will note certain statements made by
your predecessor, MIR. Turner, in which
there are some errors, which | would ask to
have corrected. Under date of March Is
MIR. Turner states that Savannah, Florida
aud Western train No. p was 5 hours late.
Our record shows that on that date train
No. 81 went into Jacksonville 20 minutes
late; cause of delay, breaking loose at
A 1919. | do not know by what train mail
is sent 70 Pelham, Ga, but the connection
from train No 81 at Waycross for Thomas
vile is train No. z, and that train
makes no connection at Thomasville for
Pelham. If the MORNING NEWS is mailed
to Pelham via brunswick a d Western
railroad and Albany, then l have only to
say that whenever train No. q is late at
WaycrosS the Brunswick and Western rail
road mail train does not wait for that train,
and as a consequence the com ection is
broken. This was done by the express
request Of Mr.. Tu ner, who stated that he
wanted the connection from jacksonville to
Atlanta made through Albany, even if the
connection with train No. q was broken at
Waycross. We complied in tnis respect
with the wishes of the department at
considerable detriment to our own local
business, which calls for a continuous
passenger service from Savannah to the
line of the Brunswick and Western railroad
via this train.
Referring now to the dates mentioned in
Mr.. Turner's letter, 1 find that on March
train No. "a left Ashley Junction hour and
% minutes late, on March 6 it left Ashley
Junction hours and Is minutei late, on
March z it left Ashley Junction hour and
II minutes late, on March it left Ashley
Junction 10 minutes late, on March 8 it left
Ashley junction AZ minutes late, on March
10 it left Ashley Junction 81 minutes late,
on March ID this TT il was delayed on the
Charleston and Savannah railway by the
locomotive on the train ahead of 1t having
given out and train No. % had TO push the
train to a siding to pass. and as conse-
quence train No. % did not STRIVE in Savan-
nah until it was l hour and 4 minutes late,
50 this delay also is not chargeable to the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway,
and on March IA train No. 81 left Ashley
junction so minutes late. You will see
therefore from what | have herein stated
that in not one of the cases herein referred
TO was the delay properly attributable to
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
way.
The superintendent of the railway mail
service must have the same information in
his possession with reference to these de-
lays that l have and therefore l am sur
p. ised that he should put the Savannah,
Florida aud Western railway before the
public through the columns pf the SAvAN-
NAH MORNING NEWS, in the position of
having so frequently been the cause of de-
laying the fast mail.
/ feel it due TO the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway to furnish a copy of
this letter to the editor of the SAvANNAH
MORNING NEWS. Very truly yours,
Ii. ). HAINEs. General Manager