Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-24
FASTER MAIL SERVICE.
Time From Ocean to Ocean 10 be Shortened
Considerably.
DETAIL or THE CHANGES AGREED ON.
West. Carrying the Us. uali. with
Wonderful Celebrity.

Washington. Dec. 2i.--second Assist.
ant Postmaster General shcllcnhofg
ana Captain White. general supcrn-
tcndeni Of tho railway mail service
have succeeded In arranging Tor gem
cral change In the ifnuscontlnental
mail service. which win be OF great
benefit TO all points between Boston
and New York On the east and San
l'r'rrlfco. Portland and all points On
the Pacific coast on the west. The time
Of the faot mail leaving New York At ,
y. M on the New York Central road
viii b. shortened three and half
hpufa between New York and Chicago.
arriving at the latter place at $3.50 y. m.
Instead ~ at ~ Midnight. us now. Tho
connection VIII b. made at iiunllu, 10
that mail which now arrives m DcU1lt
ut $50 pm. viii arrive at about p.m..
iusuriug delivery at nearly Az points
In southern Michigan the day ut arrival
In Detroit.
From Chicago fast trains will leave
Tor Milwaukee. H. Paul and Miuncapp-
lt ana for omaha. Mtil hgfetliur
reaching - Paul at I y. m. nnl Mlnne-
np0llH at I 40 p. M. VIII ltiivv 90 nbnu.
3 ". IN. ami $40 70, ~. respectively, The
overland trains now leaving at 1880
y. w. will chlnwe - ~ TO leave about
$50 n. r1. thul Erecting mhteIlh
gain Throughout Ninneaota and expedite
ing the malls all the way through TO
tue coast intuNlns tUionn, Mont.
spokane. wash. and Seattle. Washn..
and the entire northwestern coast. Mall
now arriving In Omaha. Ncb. at $50 y.
m. VIII arrive nt that point az about
a. ~. and will connect ~ Union Pacific
transfer with the overland train leaving
Omaha In the morning over the Union
Pacific railroad Instead ~ one leaving
on the same time In the afternoon. thus
cfcctinr a gain In transit u from ten
I - thirteen hours nt points between
omaha and Ban Fraucincu. arriving at
San Francisco at Niii y. m. Instead ~
/ $3.50 u. M the following day a. at prcr-
cnt Nearly the entire state " callfor-
MIA will receive this mall practically
for business purposes about twcnty-fpur
hours earlier than ~ does az present.
The oregon Short Line running from
Green River. Wye, e. Portland, Ore
gon, will schedule its train ~ NJ 20 con-
I meet with the fast mall thus reaching
/ Portland nj $3.50 y. M Instead ~ 20 the
| following morning. These changes VIII
AFFECT the entire Pacific coast NJ wen
nH all intermediate points from New
/ York 20 Chicago. EnHib0und There VIII
be corresponding gain. Malls from
/ the west via omaha now arriving ~
/ Chicago at Gits and will arrive AZ aii'
u. m. and malls now arriving from ~.
Paul at n. m. will arrive AZ a. m.
connecting with fast mail trains on the
Lake Shore and Michigan southern.
the Pennsylvania. Illinois Central.
leaving chicago at $50 and u. NJ.
Malls from the west now arriving ~
/ New York at 1885 u. m. viii reach that
city at s;a5 q. M. In time for the nrHt
carriers delivery.
The Hoston mail which now reaches
/ the delivery at $50 y. m. VIII arrive
/ NJ Tia2 q. m. There VIII be corres-
/ bonding gain for nearly all eastern
/ points The connection with the fast
mall on the Illinois Central VIII adj
vance all malls Tor points contiguous
10 that line through TO New Orleans.
/ Mail win roach Pittsburg at $3.50 D. M
/ instead OF ii.hs y. m.
The connection with the Monon faa'
mall leaving Chicago at 2i4s u. ~. VIII
nut mall In Cincinnati At riso a. m. In
/ stead OF 9 y. m. as now.