Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-04-14
BETTER MAIL SERVICE.
Another Railway Postoffice is Put on
Mineral Point.

Mineral Point.
| Milwaukee Journal, April 8.
An important addition and i'm
provement to the railway postofice
service went into effect Wednesday
morning between this city and Miner
al Point, a distance of about 153
miles. This intelligence will be of
paramount Importance to the mer
chants and business men along the
entire stretch Of the road. 1t is esti-
mated the delivery of mail at all inter-
mediate points will be fastened at
least twenty-four hours by the new
order.
The new route will be known as
the Milwaukee and Mineral Point
route and the service has been estab-
lished on trains 81 and 50 of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul COM
pany running from this city to Min
eral Point and return. It will make
additional service over the Chicago
and Prairie du Chen Railway Post
Office between Milwaukee and Milton,
take up the closed pouch service be-
tween Milton and GAINESVILLE, and be
additional to the Rockford and Miner
al Point Railway Postoffice between
Janesville and Mineral Point.
The establishment of this new
route has discontinued the following
pouch stations: Albany, Belmont,
Brodhead, Calamine, Darlington, Dun
barton, Gratiot, GAINESVILLE, Juda, Mil
ton, Mineral Point, Monroe, New
Glarus, Orfordville, Palmyra, Platte
vile, Shullsburg, South Wayne, Wis,
and the Rockford and the Mineral
Point r. p @.
The new route was established by
the executive of the Tenth division of
the railway mail service, comprising
the northern peninsula Michigan, Of
Wisconsin. Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota and Montana. 1t was
done at the recommendation of Mr.
Frank P. Smith, chief clerk Of the
Milwaukee Office of the division.
The Importance Of the new service
consists especially and mainly in IA
cilitating the delivery Of mail matter
between all intermediate stations on
trains 81 and SO. Heretofore the bag
gage car service was in operation and
the mail being carried in closed
pouches, and either received or put off
at various stations in bulk. There
was accordingly no inter -communnica-
tion between the intermediate points.
There were ninety-fve closed pouches
on the round trip, all Of which have
| been taken off.
Under the discontinued baggage
car system mail posted at one inter
mediate point for another could not
be delivered direct, but had to be
taken to the destination of the pouch
into which it was placed, where it was
transferred to another pouch going to
the place of destination. For instance
If a letter was posted in Dunbarton
for Belmont it would go into a closed
pouch and come through to Milwau-
kee, where it would be transferred to
another pouch and 60 back over the
the same line to Belmont. Under the
new system letter posted at Dunbar
tou will go directly to Belmont with
out coming to Milwaukee and thus
considerable time is saved.
The improvement to the system
constitutes the addition of a regular
mail car with the necessary compile
ment of clerks, who will receive and
deliver mail at all the stations, max
ing up and delivering packages be-
tween stations as the matter is re-
ceived. The improved service was de-
manded by the constantly increasing
business along the line between here
and Mineral Point. The olds ystem
was to slow and imperfect too afford
the proper facilities.