St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-16
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MAIL CHANGES.

Vt provokes mingled amusement
and indignation to see the straits
to which the postoffice department
is driven in order to grant something
to the Northwest in the way of fast
mail privileges, without discontinue
ing the service which it now main
tains for the exclusive benefit of the
Chicago morning papers. AS every
one should know by this time, the
fast mail from the East arrives in
Chicago in ample time to reach st.
Paul and Minneapolis so as to suit
the convenience of business men. 1t
is held there until an hour that will
enable the first editions of the morn
ing papers to be sent out upon it,
and for no other purpose. The COM
plants of the people, in whose in
terest the mail service has been sup
posed to be conducted, have not been
able to prevail against the influences
which Chicago is able to bring to
bear. So the department has sug-
gested a sort of compromise, in the
shape of diverting Eastern mail
from the New York Central to the
Pennsylvania line, and so bringing
ut into Chicago in time to take the
night train out on the Milwaukee
road for the Northwest. This would
bring it into st. Paul at 11:55. If
this is done, it will necessitate
general readjustment of the work at
the st. Paul postoffice
Superintendent Hardacre tells, in
this mornings Glob e, how the
new arrangement may be made to
work satisfactorily. It is evident
that we cannot have our Eastern
mails brought in by different trains
and at the same time have the most
expeditions local delivery. The serv-
ice should be concentrated as much
as possible. The proposed change
to the train reaching here at noon
would expedite service for the Twin
Cities. 1t is therefore suggested that
the through mail pouches should all
be sent on this early train, with a
Through mail car to st. Paul. and q
man to get the matter ready for de-
livery. The carriers could then get
the mail at the depot at noon and
distribute it Immediately. 1t seems
that there would be a double gain
IN this. In the first place, most of
our important business mail would
reach the city and be delivered two
hours or more earlier than it is now.
In the second, the fraud of the So
called fast mail service would be
more clearly exposed. If this ar
rangement is carried out, the fast
mail train will be left to perform in
fact the real purpose for which if
exists; the early delivery of Chicago
newspapers. 1t could not sulk be-
hlnd the pretense of ministerine to
business ends, and we do not think
that the people would long tolerate
It's existence, at public expense, for a
purely private object.
But whether the new adjustment
as made or not, the mere suggestion of
1t has served the purpose of exposing
the iniquity of our existing mail
service. 1t is shown, by the state
ment published elsewhere, that all
the important mail of these two CIT
les could be delivered to the persons
addressed about two hours earlier
than 1t now is, by making proper
connections and sending it on regu-
lar trains. That is to saw if is CON
fessed and demonstrated that tha
real effect of the fast MALI service
from Chicago to the Northwest is to
delay the receipt and delivery of
local mail by that amount of time
We would be two hours better off
If it were abolished totally, and no.
body would suffer except the news
papers of Chicago. 1t is a shame
tul exposure of the prostitution OF
a public service to a private inter
EST Merely as u matter of business
we hope that the suggested changes
Will be made. Whether they are OF
fot, 1t will be impossible hereafter
10 conceal the purpose of the pres.