Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-31
NORTHERN NECK MAILS.

The mail matter from 81
other points south which arrives ~, a.,
ericksburg Friday morning, soon al'er nv
denarture Of the Northern Neck malI'
rms, etav there until Saturday morning.
ana that which reaches FredericKsDurs
saturday morning cannot start LOT me
Nortborn Neck until the following MOE
do,, ca that sometimes newspapers are
rearlv three DAYS old when they ieac.'
King George, the upper county OF tne
Neck. IT has happened that lnPoi tah'
,,.ore ard rapers were worthless When
r,ceived here. after being in Frederlcks-
burq from Saturday until Monday, aho'
from the same cause. pressing business
interests have suffered newspapers pun
llshed south Of Fredericksburg are hanui-
CAPPED. and newspapers representatives,
here are placed at serious ulsau'ait'e.,
pecontlv n representative Of Richmond
an, canvassed the businessmen mere for
concentrations to his paper. ana ne was
told that their preference was for lticn-
,nond paper but as It could not reach
,b,no until twenty-four hours after the
northern papers. published the Same day
arrived here, they were forced 10 patro-
nize the latter"
The foregoing statement comes from our
Comorn correspondent, and outlines a
we are doing all we can to awaken the
people of Richmond and vicinity 10
rroper sense Of the injustice being zone
them. and we hope to succeed, and to
have. also, the support Of the country
people.
The main trouble in all such cases is
that the morning mail and passenger trains
leave Richmond late. They ought 10
start from here early. In this respect
Richmond IS placed at a disadvantage
comnarod with other cities Of her bust
ness importance. We do not ask that
any discrimination should be made in our
favor; we only ask that our city be given
as good schedules as other cities--Wash-
ington, for instance.
our Comorn correspondent writes u.s.
also, that our Richmond merchants are
Handicapped in getting business in the
Northern Neck because Of this railroad
schedule. Undoubtedly that is fact.
Tne Northern Neck folk find it difficult
TO communicate with or trade with their
capital city.
The people of our state are now BiNllb
more attention than ever before to the
subject Of mail schedules. They find that
they are the victims Of much injustice,
and they ask that the evils OF which
they complain shah be corrected. But
no Improvement need be expected, UNI
less we protest loudly and persistently.
We have been Indifferent or at least in
active, so long, that the railroad and
post-oflice authorities have come TO think
we are satisfied with what they have
been giving US. That that is an erroneous
view we know; but. as yet, the com
panies and the department are rot fully
informed on the subject. But we trust
they are learning. AT best we can only
expect gradual improvement, and there
fore it is important that We should not
delay in presenting our grievances;
1t will be a day for great rejoicing
when we find that the tendency Of those
controlling these time tables is to con-
suit not ignore the wishes and interests
of Virginia communities. 1t Is clear
that the people of the country ana the
people of our. cities have a common in
terest in this matter. and ought to be
moved by a common purpose--to-wit:
TO secure more reasonable and sat!stac-
tory mail service upon railroads anG star
routes, both.