New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-05
BETTER POSTAL FACILITIES.
SUPERINTENDENT BRADLEY'S EFFoRIS IN
BEHALF OF RE 5IDENTS IN SUB
URBAN TOWNS.

The running of additional postal cars on the mar
lem Railroad between New-York and. White rains
which will be begun tomorrow, Is only part o. inc
system which Victor J. Bradley. superintehuei" Vi
the Railway Mail Service for the division ehoric
ing the old Middle States IL trying TO Introduce iot
th, benefit of people living within twenty or t"eh-
ty-hvc miles of the New-York City Fan Al pre-
ent postal ears are attached TO TWO Trains vi NV
Harlem Railroad. Beginning tomorrow. hVe Suc'i
cars will be run in both directions ihis u on
improvement in the service to the extent OF ioo per
cent. and cannot fail to be appreciated by people
living along the line Of that road, who VIII receive
a far better postal service than they have ever hau
before.
An Improvement In the same direction was maze
recently the New-Jersey and New-forK f'a'-
road. on which number Of additional pos'ai cars
are now run. and next month superintendent Brad
ley hopes to be able to add to the service on the
Erie Railroad as far out as Wadwick. In LOOKING
Into the facilities supplied on that line recently ne
was surprised learn that. while postal cars were
run on several Of the through trains creatihe 'e
impression that all the places along the ROAD got
the benefit of them, only one of these trains made
stop at Passaic q city or twenty thousanu iiih""
itants.
On the Pennsylvania and New-Jersey Centrai
railroads there Is. according to Mr. Bradley. less
need of running additional postal cars. but he
hopes to do something for the benefit OF people
living in towns reached by those roads. There Is
room for Improvement he says. on Long Island
where the postal service would be bettered II the
postal cars could be from Brooklyn instead
OF Long Island City Staten Island Is also receiV-
ing attention from the local head of the Railway
Mail Service but there, he admits the problem IS
more difficult to deal with as II takes long time
to reach the island by boat, and the stations on the
railroad are close together that there Is not
much time to do the ork of asserting mails
Still. Mr.. Bradley Is anxious TO DO as much as
possible for all the suburban regions that are soon
to become a part OF the city and 10 provide an eX-
change Of mails often once an hour or once
In hours. An increase In mail facilities. ne
says. increase In the amount OF posial
business done, and this IS a good thing Tor the
Government from the point of view or economy
since there s more profit In short haul than IN a
long one, and ii is money In the Government
pocket to carry letter ten miles for TWO cents
rather than from New-York TO the klordike Tor the
same
Superinond Bradley f. carrying out the same
idea in the suburban regions around PniladelpHd
and Pittsburg. where the conditions are substan-
TALLY like those in the neighborhood OF New ork
When asked whether there vas likely 10 ne any
cnlargcmn Mt of the cable and electric postal service
In this city Mr.. Bradley said that there mad oGen
talk OF establishing such service on me troley
lines in the annexed district, or the North SIDE as
Mayor Strong preferred to call IT, hut acton hah
been postponed until certain changes IN the ran
roads of that part of the city were erected re
seemed to think that postal cars would be put III
operation there within a few months