Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-30

Inc following letter mas been prepared
| and forwarded TO the proper authoritie:
| in Washington:
| LITTLE Rock, ARK, June %, 1880.
To the Postmaster-G General and the Arkansa:
| Delegation in Congress:
All the efforts of the press and people
of Arkansas up to this time TO secure bet
| ter mail facilities or maintain the former
high standard enjoyed previous to the
administration OF Superintendent Wea-
yer, have been unavailing.
Therefore, the Little Rock board of
trade. as one of the principal CONNER
eiekSfganiZations of the state, and the
Representative of the business people
makes the following statement of facts ::
Under the present schedule the en-
ployes of the railway mail service on the
st. LOUIS, Iron Mountain and Southern
railway are compelled to run through
from st. Louis to Texarkana, a distance
Of 49G miles. This run is altogether too
long for the men. From st. Louis to
Little Rock the distance is 35l miles
These distances are via the Oak Hill
branch at st. Louis. Formerly the runs
were from st. Louis TO Little Rock, and
the distance is amply sufficient for men
to be expected to run and faithfully per-
form their duties. We are reliably ad-
vised that one of the best equipped and
most thorough clerks in the service be-
comes so fatigued in the long
run that he finds it almost i'm
possible at times to perform his
duties with anything like correctness.
"Oftentimes l find myself with piece
of mail i'll hand directed TO prominent
point, and for the life of me l cannot
tell where to throw II for second or
more. being apparently dead worn
out, are his exact words.
The employees will not give informa-
ton on the subject, believing, no doubt
correctly, that such course would mill
tate against them.
That the service might be made the
more efficient we would recommend that
the run be divided at Little Rock: that
the crews run from St. LOUIS TO Little
Rock with lay-over here, and other
crews from Little Rock TO Fort Worth.
The distances are as follows:
Little Rock to Texarkana miles. .............145
TeIRrkana to Fort Worth =. ..................2j 4
Total. 3S9
!, Another excellent run would be from
Little Rock to Palestine, the distance be-
ing as follows:
Little Rock to Texarkana. miles. ..145
TeEarkana TO Palestine. $50
Total.............. s25
Statement of hours work on the pres
eut schedule:
DAY LINE.
Clerks on duty at G a. IN.
Clerks off duty at $50 3. m. next
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Is 80
NIGHT LINE.
Clerks on duty at 1880 p. m.
Clerks off duty at 3;45 p. IN. next
day .........-.................. "a 10
Suggested changes:
DAY LINE.
Clerks on duty at a. M.
Clerks off duty at a. m next day. ....2O 90
NIGHT LINE.
Clerks on duty at $3.50 p. m.
Clerks off duty at 10 a. m. next day....lS 80
Proposed Little Rock and Fort Worth run:
DAY LINE.
.. Hrs. Min.
Clerks on duty at / 30 4. M.
Clerks off duty at $50 p. m.......-..-..1S 90 |
Proposed Little Rock and Palestine run;
NIGHT LINL.
Clerks on duty at $3.50 a. M
Clerks off duty at l1:30 p. m............2l 90 |
REHABILITATION.
st. Louis to Little Rock, 35I miles ....20 90 |
Night line to Little Rock, 35l miles. rs 90 |
Day line. Little Rock to Fort Worth,
399 miles ........-................ IS 90 |
Night line, Little Rock to Palestine, s25
miles. ....--....-......2l 90 |