New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-29
,nroDyn POSTAL SERVICE.

,,o,v being made BY the Post
Office authorities for the establishments ol e''i'
car n,stal service in this city. lHS WIN ~ '""'
10 q large extent with the present 'i'c."o'
nortire mails by means OF wagons :, +,
Man have not yet been FUZZY WoiNeN C' -,
exnec,o1 that both the Broadway anu 'h' ~,
ave Cable lines will be useo' ""e '0' -
H. ,.orl Contral station VIII De fnaue ~ i'''''
. Tho ,,reacor tracks IN Forty-secoAu-S'' '0"-
h,,, tho Postoffce Department VIII suppiS ie9",1,
nost,i cars for this purpose WIZ" "''l W
along the cable tracks as tra"C''
,,,, tho g, me size as ordinary streetcars
and will be fitted up. III thei' i'''
=, tho same manner as regular railway
'"''''' c,,oh svstcm would naturally be
,,, r,r, of the railway mail service 'he cars
.'''''' ..,.a, u,,b clerks and all the necessary
,,ora,hornalia for asserting mails in transit anu
POI ,,,, ,,r,r,ries would be paid merely Tor
- 81, hauling the cars. The advantages 81
49, .rosal system are obvious Not only VIII
.,, $40 eaved hut there will undoubtedly De
.a,,,r, +, money as compared with the cost OF
,oro, eouinr.nt Of horses and wagons Inc
,.,oo, sorv,ce however, cannot be Wholly dohe
.o,, u,I,h AZ present since many mails are as
o,cbod over the North River ferries, Wiiicn cdH-
NOT NOW be conveniently reached by car H''c''
When tho contemplated service IS estaphShen' 'i'e
nostal-car, will be run close TO- II not ac'ud'''
into. the Postofice Building
I, this matter New-YOrlt will be copying AFTER
what has already oeen done in BrooN'yh' p'S'o'
orJ some other cities. In Brooklyn mails are
non, co rrod nv several electrician INES, anu '''c
custom will soon be further extended lhuee''
e,,,o,r Sullivan of that city. IS u be cTedlted
Nth having introduced the new system, which
hide fair =, bring about revolution in interurDan
,u RECOMMENDATION; and he enjoys the great sa'is-
facton of se,lng the idea spreading with great ra-
| niIitv and the postal authorities at Washington
willing t. include trolley ana came Po''"'- a. .
| q. = mart OF the regular railway mail service An
other Improvement affecting Ne"-'"lN "'N
prooklvn which IS likely TO be introduced in the
near future is the erection or TUBE ac'oSS ''1
rri1go connecting the postofces Of the two cities
and operated either pneurnaucaily OF py eieN".'
| ltv There are some engineering problems III inc
yav Including the finding Of a suitable pace on
trc Bridge structure for such a tube, ana also te
r,etoI f injecting II with the New-fork Office
/ but these will no doubt b. overcome. WIN inc
tub. I'm use. OF mail transportation pc
/ tween rc,v-Yort and Brooklyn VIII be reduced
| from TWEEN; y-scven minutes 70 Ave minutes-CeT-
| taInly n mog: decided gain
II e grn:tfying 10 our postal officials Keehly
! a'ive :, the Importance of improvements in the
local service and from all Appearances their et-
! FORTS are RESPONDED - and seconded from WASH
/ ington with admirable promptness There - every
regyon Of course why the New-York Postoi'icc IN
p,r;loular should receive most liberal treatment
/ in view 81 the enormous amount OF business done
by t.. and the vast revenues which 1t supplies u
! the P0st0filcc Department.