St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-15
CHANGE OF MAILS
WILL NECESSITATE A NEW AR
RANGEMENT OF ST. PAUL
DELIVERIES.
CARRIERS WILL BE PUT OUT.
MUST CHANGE THEIR DINNER
HOUR, AND WILL HAVE
LESS TIME.
EXPLANATION OF THE CHANGE.
When Made 1t Will Give Business
Men Eastern Mail Three
Hours Earlier.

AS yet the business men Of ST.
Paul have derived no benefit from the
change in mail service which brings
mail from New York and other East
ern cities to st. Paul nearly three
hour earlier than formerly. But this
is due to the fact that the system of
local carrier delivery has not yet
been adjusted so as to distribute the
mail promptly on it's arrival. 1t will
necessitate a complete revolution of
the service in respect to the last
forenoon delivery. This will be ar
ranged shortly, and then the mail
will be delivered on its arrival.
In the first place, no change has
been made in the time Of arrival of
what is known as the fast mail from
the East. The change only applies
to the mail carried on the Milwaukee
train that leaves Chicago at 1890 at
night and arrives here at :55 the
next forenoon. It has not been gen.
orally known that this train has al
ways carried mail from Chicago, be-
cause no regular mail car is at
tached to it when it reaches this city.
But it has just the same, the mail
car being left at La Crosse and the
mail for st. Paul being sent on in
pouches. Previously but very little
Eastern mail was brought on this
train, for the reason that the regu-
lar mail train from the East reaches
Chicago too 1ate-11 :59-and the mail
is held there until the fast mail train
on the Milwaukee leaves. at about
2:30 in the morning. It has generally
been intimated that this delay is for
the purpose of enabling the Chicago
papers to be sent out on the fast
mail, but the postal authorities say
that it takes about two hours to
transfer the great volume Of mail
from one train to the other.
However, the difficulty has partly
/ been gotten around by the order re-
Gently issued by the head of the rail-
way mail service, diverting the mail
from New York heretofore carried
by the New York Central to the
Pennsylvania system. The train on
the Pennsylvania leaves New York
but gets the mail to Chicago enough
earlier so that it can be sent out
on the 1870 Milwaukee train. These
facts were explained to a G o e
reporter yesterday by Robert H.
Barclay, superintendent of the rail-
way mail service, and he said that
all that remains to be done is to adj
| inc hn or,,-inr c
to make prompt delivery.
Postmaster Castle Was then seen
with reference to the changes contem-
plated in the local delivery, and he
said that heretofore the carriers have
been making three deliveries in the
| forenoon, the last one being at II
o'clock. Then they so to dinner, and
the next delivery is made after the
arrival of the fast mail, so that the
mail arriving on the 11:55 train has
! not been delivered any earlier than
that on the fast mail. The II 80 train.
| arriving just at the time the carriers
| have been in the habit of going to
dinner, makes it necessary, as stated
to revolutionize the whole system and
change the dinner hour so that it will
be one hour later. Then the IL O'Clock
delivery will simply be heightened out
so as to take in the 11:55 train. As all
! the carriers in the business district
have to be on hand for the delivery
on the arrival of the fast mail, it will
necesSitate rapid work and give a
rather limited time at dinner. 1t also
divides the day badly for them, as
they will have to work six hours be
fore dinner and only two after.