The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
FOR 4 FASTER
 MAIL SERVICE Speed of Trains to Be Greatly Increased. MANY SCHEDULES SHORTENED DAY SAVED BETWEEN NEW YORK AND THIS CITY. Changes That Will Benefit All Points in the East and the Cities
 on the Pacific
 Coast.
MANY SCHEDULES SHORTENED
DAY SAVED BETWEEN NEW
 YORK AND THIS CITY.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-Second As sistant Postmaster General Shallen- berger and Captain White, general su- perintendent of the Railway Mail Serv- ice, have succeeded in arranging for general change in the transcontinental 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 points on the Pacific Coast on the West. The time of the fast mail leaving New York at g p. rn., on the New York Central road, will be shortened three and half hours between New York and Chicago, the arrival at the latter point being at S:30 D. m., instead of at 12 midnight, as now. The connection will be made at Buffalo, so that mall which now arrives in De- troit at 6:20 p. m. will arrive at about l p. m., insuring delivery at nearly all points in Southern Michigan on the day of the arrival in Detroit.
 From Chicago fast trains will leave for Milwaukee. St. Paul and Minneap- olis and for Omaha. Mail heretofore reaching St. Paul at D. m., and Min neapolis at 1:40 p. m., will arrive at about a. m. and $40 a. m. respectively. The overland trains now leaving at 130 p. m. will change so as to leave about $50 a. nl., thus effecting a material gain throughout Minnesota and expe- diting mails all the way through to the coast, involving Helena, Mont, Spo- kane and Seattle, Wash, and the en- tire Northwestern coast Mail now ar irving in Omaha, Neb., at 2:40 D. m. will arrive at that point at about 5 a. m., and will connect by Union Pacific transfer with the overland train leaving Omaha in the morning over the Union Pacific railroad, instead of the one leaving on the same day and time in the afternoon, thus effecting a gain in transit of from ten to thirteen hours at points between Omaha and San Fran cisco, arriving at San Francisco at S:45 p. m., instead of at $40 a. m. on the following day, as at present.
 The entire State of California will re- ceive this mail practically for business purposes about twenty-four hours ear Her than it does at present.
 The Oregon Short Line, running from Green River, Wyo., to Portland Or, will schedule it's train so as to connect with the fast mail. thus reaching Port land at 5:30 D.. m., instead of at 7:20 the following morning.
 E These changes will affect the entire Pacific Coast as we'll as all intermedi- ate points from New York to Chicago Eastbound there will be a correspond ing gain. Mails from the West via Omaha now arriving at Chicago at 6:45 will arrive at 330 a. m., and mails now arriving from St. Paul at a. m. will arrive at a. m., connecting with fast mail trains on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, the Pennsylvania and Illinois Central, leaving Chicago at 2:30 and a. m
 Mails from the West now arriving in New York at 10:35 a. m. will reach that city at 5:35 a. m., in time for the first carriers delivery. The Boston, which now reaches the delivery at 2:1O p. m., will arrive at 7:32 a. m.
 There will be a corresponding gain for nearly all Eastern points. The con- nection with the fast mail on the Illi- nois Central will advance all mails for points contiguous to that line through to New Orleans. Mail will reach Pitts burg at 4:55 D. m., instead of at 11:59 D. m. The connection with the Monoh fast mail, leaving Chicago at 2:45 a. m., will put mail into Cincinnati at 11:20 a. m., instead of at D. m., as now.