The record-union., 1898-12-25
TRANSCONTINENTAL MAIL.
IMPORTANT CHANGE IN THE
SERVICE EFFECTED.
California Will be Particularly
Benefited by the Quicker Arri-
val OF Mail From the East.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-Second AS
sistant Postmaster General Shallen-
berger and Captain White, General Su-
perintendent of the railway mail SER
vice, have succeeded in arranging Tor
general change in the transcontinentai
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
p. M, 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 $50
p. M, instead of at u midnight, as now.
The connection will be made at Buffalo,
SO that mail 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 Minneapo-
lis and for Omaha. Mail heretofore
reaching st. Paul at l p. M, and Min
neapolis at lao p. M, will arrive at
q
lively. The overland trains now leaving
at 1:30 p. m. will change so as to leave
about 9:30 a. m, thus effecting ma
terial gain throughout Minnesota and
expediting mails all the way through to
the coast, including Helena, Mont, Spo-
kane and Seattle, Wash, and the entire
Northwestern coast. Mail now arriv-
ing in Omaha, Neb., at 2:4O p. m. will
arrive at that point at about 8 a. M,
and will connect by Union Pacific
transfer with the overland train leav-
ing 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
Francisco, arriving at San Francisco at
S:45 p. M, instead of at $40 a. m. on
the following morning, as at present.
The entire State of California will re-
ceive this mail practically for business
purposes about twenty-fo four hours ear
lier than it does at present
The Oregon Short Line, running from
Green River, Wyo., to Portland, Or,
will schedule its train SO as to connect
with the fast mail, thus reaching Port
land at $3.50 p. M, instead of at 7:20
the following morning. These changes
will affect the entire Pacific Coast as
we'll as all intermediate points from
New York to Chicago. Eastbound,
there will be a corresponding gain.
Mails from the West via Omaha now
arriving at Chicago at 6:45 will arrive
at 3:3O 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 1875 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 connec-
ton 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:o5 p. m, instead of at 11:59 D. m.
The connection with the Monon fast
mail, leaving Chicago at 2:45 a. M.
will put mail into Cincinnati at II 20
a. m, instead of at 6 p. M, as now.