The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-12-03
4 Protest Against Mail Robbery.

Tile effort being made by the Land
& River Improvement Company of
West Superior to rob Superior proper
Of her post office and gain the power
to handle and deliver our mail matter
at their own convenience, has brought
out a very vigorous protest from our
people. \ public meeting was held in
Green's hall Wednesday evening at
which the situation was discussed and
formal resolutions adopted, copies of
which will be sent to the post Office de.
partment and to all of our congress
SIonal representatives. The reSOlu
lions are explicit, truthful and should
ington They are as follows:
Resolved, That we as citizens of Superior
and patrons of the superior portoitic". in
meeting assembled 90 earnestly protest
against the proposed consolidation of the
postott!ceS withn the city OF superior. known
rs Superior, West Superior and south super
ior offices, and mention as reasons against
such consolidation:
FirSt.-That there are at present three sep
;sl;tt@ business cenIc!"~. one at superior. one
III W est superior ana one at SOut II superior
and that these center, are about - 2Iniic-
apart. each having ii po-toiiirr and each
having its banks. stores newspapers and
suburbs. and they arr 80 situated that they
could nat ~ati,factorilly nor reasonably we'll
be served 10y carrier from a central office
from any one OF these points.
Second-That West superior already has a
system Of free delivery and has not thing to
gain by Il change. except at the expense OF
Inconvenience 10 other and riV al part, % the
cIy.
Third mail coming from thn east
via. eitherth he Chicago II. Paul. MiEnrapDli,
x Omaha railway. the Northern Pacific rail-
road. the Wisconsin Central railroad q" the
Duluth. south Shore < Atlantic railroad
reaches Superior from fifteen to twenty min
ute> before il does West superior twhrre it
is proposed to locate the central Oifcc.i The
train, Of these railroads passing rough SUI
pcrior before reaching West superior; and
that Il large share of eastern mail comes on
he afternoon trains reaching superior ut
from :: Il to i:IS d. IN, which by present SyS-
TEN people at Superior ret the same evening
ANA are able TO answer by the night mali.
The same mails from the east reach West
Superior from SO To 6:lD p. H.. and could
not be delivered by carrier from there to the
people. al superior nor south Superior until
the following day.
Fourti,-That mail coming from both east
ana west via. the Mort h"in Pacific. the Great
Northern aud the Wisconsin Contra / railways
reaches south superior before il does West
Superior. the trains OF THESE "aitrOad> pass
ing through South superior 70 reach West
Superior. and that considerable delay would
be caused by sending mail IL a central office
and back again either by carrier or other
wiSe.and afternoon mail would not be de
liyered at south Superior by carrier the same
day Ii was received.
Eiffh-That there have recently been 10
Gated and are Ho% being constructed three
large -four mills at Superior. with Il capaci; :
of 1000 barrels of flour per day. which miii>
are located within three blocks OF The Su-
perior postoitirc, and that the business IF
mills requires and dciuar d~ prompt mail
service. That by The present system they