The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-23
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AZ any one had been rash enough to pre-
diet few years ago that mails from the
Atlantic seaboard cities would reach scat
tie sooner than San Francisco. he would
nave been ridiculed. Yet that is what Is
being Done now. and under the new sched-
o.e TO De instituted BY the Great Northern
on January i the difference In time will
be even greater in favor OF Seattle.
The west bound mails from the far
Eastern cities, whether for Seattle or San
Francisco. reach Chicago az the same time.
and leave there at the same time.
The leaving time in both cases from Chi
cago is j O'Clock g. m. reaching Seattle
a; z o'clock on the morning OF the third
day after q run Of seventy-six hours. The
Tine OF the mail from Chicago to San
FRANCISCO Is SeVenty-eight hours and forty
ilEe minutes, reaching the latter city at
s:a5 on the morning OF the third day. or
two hours and forty-five minutes after the
mail which left Chicago at the same hour
has been delivered in this city
These figures are official and authentic.
being taken from the schedule OF mail
trains issued November q, 1898, by n p
Thrau. superintendent OF railway mail
service at San Francisco. and approved by
James f White, general superintendent
The contrast is all the more striking be-
cause the schedule is issued from San
Francisco.
No announcement has yet reached this
city as to the return or east bound sched-
ale, but il is taken for granted by local
railroad men that this will follow as a
matter Of course. In case the two trips
should be distributed at about the same
into lc
leave Seattle at an early hour in the
morning. and thus east bound passengers
Will also be given an opportunity OF riding
through the state by daylight, instead OF
by night, as the present arrangement COM
pels them to do.
Run Shortened Over Four Hours.
The new rum which the Great Northern
officials claim is four hours and half
quicker than any schedule ever heretofore
placed on the road, will be made UP chiefly
between ST. Paul and Pacific Junction.
Mont. where the fast train or limited will
stop only at the larger towns On that
part of the route II WIZ do no local work.
The local work will be done by the train
leaving ST. Paul at s o'clock u. M. The
limited leaving at . a. m, will overtake
the local at Pacific Junction. and from
that point west the limited will do AL the
work At Pacific Junction the local will
leave the main line for the run TO Butte.
thus giving to that city and Helena the
advantage Of the fast mail. which 1t viii
have picked up from the limited at Pacific
Junction.
No announcement has been made by the
Northern Pacific people as to correspond
ing change OF schedule on their road. Cen
eraI Agent / A. Nadeau. however. who re-
turned Yesterday from Honolulu. said when
asked about the matter last night: mo.
have not heard anything about such re-
GGction OF time by the Northern Pacific.
but It goes without saying that we VIII
meet any reduction in time which the
Great Northern may make" While he did
not say So yet the tone OF positive convic-
ton I'm which Mr. Nadeau spoke seemed
10 Imply that he believes f a matter OF
necessity for the Northern Pacific 10 meet
thu cut n order 10 compete for business
Vast Improvement i'm Service.
Gen. Gilbert :. Meefn, postmaster for Sc
attic. and Assistant Postmaster Colkett
both expressed qualification yesterday al
the prospect OF better mall service. Mr.
Coikett suggested that his only regret was
that the new schedule would put more
righ; work on the men In the office. Gen.
Neem expressed the hope shat the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific might Yet
be- Induced 70 send out their trains from
ing better as well as quicker service.
Not only the city Of Seattle, but the state
81 Washington viii he benefited by the
change Of schedule The time between
Spokane and Seattle will be shortened 10y
2I2 hours. The Great Northern train now
leaves Spokane "a $50 o'clock p. m. ar
irving in seattle at O'Clock next morning:
time la hours. BY the new schedule the
limited viii leave Spokane at s o'clock Il.
m. arriving in Seattle al p. m the same
day: timc IL hours. The mere fact Of re-
ducinr the time between the tw0 cities by
more than IL per cent. IS itself OF some i'm
portancc. but K il not more important than
the fact that tourists and travellers Will
ride across the entire width OF the state IN
daylight. and 81 the summer days VIII ba
able To see the beauties cf the run down
the coast also
Taking Charge of the Property.
Whi.e Mir liin Is thus Qnickening his
trA',scontlnrgtas time card the property
No has recently acquired in the control Of
tae Pacific coast Company is passing into
his han5s and may rt=lril in other changes
as the following dispatch implies:
las Angeles. Dec. %.
The Herald this morning SAYS: Posi-
I've assurance S9S ieen received that the
Pacific Coast steamship Company with all
lis aCr~ss0C.s and rumiNcations has pass
Railway Company. TIE object ~ the I'M
expected hl}~ssieSS coup Is u bring the
Great Northern system into she field as a
competitor Tor California business
AritN PARTY LOST.