Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-09-17
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bit n he interior or =: places 40.
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oTe. or western KTIz-iu.uzcc.
against less a-d Monthly st.lza.a. Of
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Before = ie::s- IS nailed Q. 5sI!Tc.c1
to tse aT.eTitS contents arc 6i59,zTci,
AID ts.= keeper Of tie letter shop :hcu
E--as ha chop Or sign. 50 that 80
Poi.- Of c-i-il FAY t= determined.
PSrccl1-z? b. t7rs=i::ei in the ssne
In.1.c-, ti:e charge tor earring be:zs
.7~c-centaye Of their declared r.luc.
The s~aopkeep+r giTeS8 rece!p: .o- the
lester q package, sudke :hcs becomes
responsible FOR It's safe delivery OF It's
return :, tie sender. With seal IN
broken. II sore parts @. the empire.
TIE eoa.al says. about tvo-thi-ds Of
the expense of transmission is p.id BY
the sender, the remainder being
collected from the receiver. Thus the
thop U~secured ASsips: entire loss from
transient customers bui the Gender
has sone guarantee thu: his letter will
BE conveyed with dispatch. Native
merchants who are regular eustomers
keep al open u with the shop
sEd make their settlements monthly.
In tome of the larger cities and
to~.. The letter shops nre numerous,
but in many remote villages there arc
none. In Shanghai there arc nearly
two hundred. Some of the shop, ct5.
ploy collectors who 20 from house 70
house working up trade. competition
In many cities being strong. In the
northern provinces the k~hopkeepcrs
initiate The government md employ q
hystcIn Of mounted carriers. Iior.cs
or donkeys are used. the RELAYS being
about ten miles apart Each carrier or
messenger Is intrustcd with seventy
or eighty pounds of mail matter. and
travels about five milcs m hour-nuch
lower than the government carriers. !
FOR snort distances and in central and
southern China the messenger travels
on loot Mt n rapid gait. When the mc,-
SenBcr arrives Mt q station he hands
over the maj to . fresh carrier. ale
btart6 ut once" Says Consul Grucay.
nc matter what may be tho hour Of
the day or night, and regardless OF
winds, rain, heat or cold, he continues
the journey until he, too, has complct.
cd his service and handed the parcel
over to n third messenger, and thus a
reaches It's destination"
lhis pony express" like that which
WINS In use across the western plains OF
the United States forty years ago, IA |
sometimes subject to interruption BY
highwaynen, but the Chinese have a
way OF compromising such villainy and
thus protecting their postal service.
The robber bands of cnch district coll. |
lcct blnckmsil from the shopkceper,, |
and for regular sums paid they NOT
only do not modest the messengers
Themselves, but they agree to keen
oiLcr mGraudcrs from doing 40. Large |
hrfns Engaged in the carrying b%usine.x
anu In Transporting travellers by carts
tct~cen given points arc In the habit
OF contracting with the brigand. for |
the safe passage Of their goods and
customers. Thus comments tho con.
,ni' "thc evil Of mail or express rob |
pcry, Common enough in more civilized |
countries, Is recognized as probable
u duly provided for. Although. ~ !
conffc' not legal, this practice Is quite |
common ard Is not far removed from
inc custom Of lHp,a nsL.- ---