The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
FASTER MAIL SERVICE.
Running Time of Trains Will BE
Shortened Several Hours.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 24-Second Assist
ant Postmaster General Shallenberger and
Captain White, general superintendent of
the railway mail service, have succeeded in
arranging for a general change in the trans
continental mail service, which will be of
great benefit to all points between Boston
and New York on the east and San Fran
cisco, Portland and all the points on the Pa
cific coast on the west The time of the
fast mail leaving New York at p. m. on the
New York Central road will be shortened
three and a half hours between New York
and Chicago arriving at the latter point at
$3.50 p. m. instead of IL midnight, now
Close connection will be made at Buffalo, so
that mail which now arrives in Detroit at
$40 p. m. will arrive at about p. M, in
surfing it's delivery at nearly all points in
southern Michigan the day of arrival in De-
troit
From Chicago fast trains will leave for
Milwaukee, st. Paul and Minneapolis and
for Omaha. Mail heretofore reaching ST.
Paul at 1 p. m. and Minneapolis at lao p. m.
will arrive at about a. and $50 p. M, re-
spectively. The overland trains now leaving
at 1:30 p. M will change so as to leave about
$50 a. M, thus effecting material gain
throughout Minnesota and expediting the
mails all the way through to the coast, in
volving Helena, Mont, Spokane and Seattle,
Wash, and the entire Northwestern coast
Mail now arriving in Omaha, Neb., at 2:4O
p. m will arrive at that point about a. M,
and will connect at the Union Pacific trans
fer with the overland train leaving Omaha
in the morning over the Union Pacific Rail
road, instead of the one leaving on the same
line in the afternoon thus effecting gain
in transit of from eight to thirteen hours at
points between Omaha and San francisco,
arriving at San Francisco at S:45 D. m. in
stead of $40 q. m. the following day, as at
present. Nearly the entire State of Cali
fornia will receive this mail practically for
business purposes about tWenty-fOur hours
earlier than it does at present. The Oregon
Short-Iine, running from Green Point, Wyo.,
to Portland Ore will schedule its train so
as to connect with the fast mail, thus reach
ing Portland ct $50 p. m. instead of 1920 the
following morning. These changes will af
feet the entire Pacific coast as well as all
East-bound there will be a corresponding
gain Mails from the West via Omaha now
reaching Chicago at $40 a. m. will arrive at
2:30 a. m, and mails now arriving from st.
at 2 D. M, connecting with the fast mail
trains on the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern the Pennsylvania, the Illinois Cen
trial and the Monon, leaving Chicago at 2:45
and a. m. Mails from the West now arriv-
ing in New York at 1926 a. m. will reach
that city at $50 a M, in time for the first
carriers delivery. The Boston mail, which
now reaches that city at 210 p. m, will
spending gain for nearly all Eastern points.
The connection with the fast mail on the
Illinois Central will advance all mails for
points contiguous to that line through to
New Orleans. Mail Will reach Pittsburg at
4:55 D. m. instead of 1859 p. m. The connec-
ton with the Monon fast mail leaving Chi
cago at 2:45 a. m, will put mail into Cincin-
natl at 20 a. m. instead of p. m, as now.