The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-06-18

been done than was done 10 comply
with it. Confirming the above law,
ana in further JUS tifca ton of the ac-
ton of my clerk, quote the follow
ing letter written by the First Assist
ant Postmaster General to Sena-
tor............whO wished to ship
documents to California;:
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
Office OF
FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GEN'L,
Division of Correspondence,
Washington, d. c., Mar. II, 1896.
lOn..................
L. S. Senator,
Dear Sir:
In compliance with your re-
quest | have the honor to advise you
that Section 366, Page l57, Postal
Laws and Regulations, expressly
provides that a bulk package of
franked articles may be sent to one
addressed, who, on receiving and
opening the package, may place ad-
dresses on the franked articles and
re mail them for carriage and delivery
to the respective addresses.
SHOULD any Postmaster refuse to
accept speeches in properly franked
envelopes Offerd them for mailing.
| will issue the necessary instruc-
tons. if you will call my attention
to the natter
Very respec fully,
(Signed( f. H. JONES
LIST Asst. =. NJ. Gen'l
In regard to certain newspapers,
which it is purpOrted were sent over
our line in April. AS l unders tand
it, regular postage was paid, and
there is no law which W lid p''evec
advertising matter from being for.
warded through the mails at any
time, and the Postmaster General
can make no just complaint about
that. for we send out quantities OF
paid advertising matter all the year
round, and there is no legal or equit-
able reason why we should with
hold matter from the mails during
the weighing period. The month Sc
lected for weighing of mails is one in
which the smallest business is done,
and fourteen and One-balf per cent. is
deducted from the total, in order
that a minimum sum may be paid
for carrying mails throughout the
four years.
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad
receives much less mail pay per mile
than any road of it's length in the
United States, and as l can show
from Il comparison of their published
reports, has been for years unjustly
treated in these matters.
We received notice from the De-
partment on January 23d that mail
would be weighed on all routes on
our line south OF Weldon for thirty
consecutive working DAYS, cOmmenc-
ing February Goth, and on March
goth we received the following letter,
bearing date of March 18th:
''SIR-IOur telegram of the 18th
instant to General superintendent
White. relative to continuing the
weighing on your line for an addi-
tiOnal ten days, has been referred to
this office.
In reply, you are informed that it
is the uniform rule of the Depart
ment to weigh the mails on railroad
mail routes in a state or section at
the same time and for thirty secces-
sive working days, as required by
law.
This being the case, the Depart
ment could not do as you request
without thrc wing itself open to the
charge of doing for your company
that which is frequently compelled
to refuse to do for other companies
This it must decline to do.
The reports of the weighing, so
far as received, indicate that it is
progressing satisfactorily. and that
the results are likely to be favorable
to the railroad companies as can be
reasonably expected
Very respectfully,
lSisned) c. NELSON,
2d Asst. +. NJ. General"
In confirmation of the above | re-
ceived at my Office on March oath
the folio wing:
'RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE,
OFFICE OF SCpT. Sd DIVISION,
WASHINGToN, ID. C.. March Sd, 1896
Subject Completion of mail weighing
~. E. McBee, Esq, General Super-
intendent, Portsmouth,:
SIR-The weighing of mails on all
S. A. l.. routes will be discontinued
after Tuesday, the 31st instant.
Kindly have scales kept in mail and
baggage ears on all trains depart
ing from any point on the line up to
twelve O'Clock midnight of the 3lst
inst.
Very respectfully
lSigned) "CHAs. w. VICKERY,
Superintendent"
On receipt of the above official
notice, we arranged for the adoption
of our summer schedule. and on