New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-21
CABLE POSTAL CARS.
TO BE RUN OVER THE THIRD AVENUE
RAILROAD.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEIR OPERATION MADE
ATA CONFERENCE OF POSTAL OFFICIALS
YEsTERpAY-A DESCRIPTION OF

YESTERDAY-A DESCRIPTION or
THE SYSTEM.
The projected running OF postal cars wv
entire line OF the Third Avenue Caoie ha''road ~"'
tho subiect of prolonged discussion al 'he pos'oo
Yesterday between General Charles Nesoh' wv"
Second Assistant Postmaster-'eher"' VIM US
mated the proiect: Postmaster Charles W. Dayton
:, \, ,,.aar suner,ntendent OF the city delivery.
rd IT = Mack acting superintendent OF the local
r.uuav mail service 1T had been expected tha'
An experimental trip would be mace pu' As "o"'
OF the nine cars built In Philadelphia expressly "
this service had been received II was ifnposs'o'e
20 make the experiment The conference resulted
in making arrangements Tor operating Tic @ "
soon as they shall have been received
rha nrotect contempates the running OF nine
,os,o, cars over the Thirdave cable road from the
Postoffce to One-hundred- and nnety-tour'h-s'' anu
ro,haya every half hour from 4:i5 a. m. to 100
n m beginning on Tuesday. october J. Mails
will be exchanged with and between the following
postal stations on Third-ave. Station ID, AT Eish'h-
Of r at Twenty-eigh II. at Forty -fourth-s'''
V at Sixty-eighth-st; X. at Eghty-sxth-st' ~
at One-hundred -and-tw -hfth-st EXCHANGES
um also be made with Stations J. at One-hundred-
and-twenty- ffth-st. and Seventh-ave.. ana NJ AZ
One -hundr and -ift seventh-st and Ieh'h-aVe
Between the latter point and One-hundreo-and-
r,rstv-four,h-st exchanges will be made with the
letter-carriers along the route plan 10 u"ue'
confederation 10 arrange for extending the service
20 Station s, at Spuyten Duyvi- Speciai h'sh'
trims will be made for special delivery letters 'he
forwarding OF which II is expected Will be so greatly
facilitated that local correspondents Will De ap'e
70 exchange letters twice daily. instead or only
once as is the case under the present postal sys-
tenn Letters may be mailed on the cars mercy ons
assuring their delivery at station ID one ariu on
half hours. less. and proportionateiy carrier d.
~ The nine cars which have been constructed fol
the new service are the full size Of the regulation
closed cable-cars They are painted white with
Gilt stripes and Inscribed on each side IN laIge
gIlt letters: United States Mall On the slues
OF each car there also displayed gilded coats o.
arms OF the United States. The interiors OF tht
cars fitted the same as the large Pos,a
cars which are over the main steam ralHoaos
to different and distant parts OF the country AZ
the outset there will be only two postal clerks OF
each car but the number will be Increased accoru-
ing TO the future demands Of the service. Mails io'
the different stations will be made up along the
route and not only will the mails forwarded IRON
the General Postoce to the various stations be De
livered at those stations but malls Will be received
and delivered from station 10 another, thereDy
saving the time consumed in sending them &c
the General Postofce. -
1t is expected that the public will be greatly
benefited by the adoption of this system, when Il
in successful operation In Boston. Phadephla
Chicago, st. Louis. and a limited scale In Brook