The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-17
THE PHILIPPINE MAILS.
Results Accomplished in Year by this
American Director of Posts.


| Result. Accommodated In m ys,r NV ,b.
| American Director of Posts.
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vjth ..roraI ronuIa. lie, .,tahIiah.a $500,
and soy.r,I NOV. o,,.oi hr,nohas ,ri,h ,hn
vnr,ous no.t. no ~ San E.rnonao ona car
da he and B,Ilnae and linus An orn,v poet
on1ce Z. m nm oit,or n Tho os,ahitshina ,r Nv
tho runnIpg NJ v,ilIa broueh, two oxnori
ancod NJ an v,,h hin, .na ha tnnnd ar,o,,n .ho
vo,unto.rs vho vora en-. moi, nar. - d..
army nj that ti,,o tvo Or thea ,,ho L,.,v
netbine about pot Onsco xort and o,a who
had o;van nm n,oce In III. oI,sainod .arvioo p,
enlist He managed n get these man dstoil.d
10 assist him and With a few whom h. hroto
4, bim.slf h. cot tho of,o. rrnnirr nrottv
smootb,v vsrr aeon ,,tsr ,va cot int Mail.
Tbare wa. , great difIlcultv at IN. ot,rt With
The Spsnisb mail Wa did not Lnoy .,ything
about the old regulations and tho nav svstem
Of oh .raes helped 70 mix IN tbs non,,lotion ~
the city. Finally Mr. yaille GOT authority 70
under the spaniards. and gradually that dim.
Guilty disenpeared The malta from tho States
have been very irregular 7, has ssem.d that
the Post O0lce neonle In San Francisco stn,,isd
to send the mail nv tho slowest sbips and nv
the most uncertain rout.s II has come bv
isrks Last summer whap the +ransnort
service WINS far from we'll oreanized and
the employment OF 40 manv Pacific liners
had demoralized the regularity Of the
American rans-Paci6c service. almost no
mail wos sent bv vav Of the Vancouver
liners. although that line kent It's repulor fri
weekly service unint,rrupted nv the war II
was no uncommon thing in those DAYS to have
q mail take eight weeks or mora in tran.it and
many time lettsrs have Gonna Through which
were writtcn two weeks after letters that ware
a week behiud than, In dsliverv Mr. Vaille did
his best TO remedv this irrepularltv b,, r.
takes an long for tho ropnd trin that II u,s
months before tho Post Office authorities In
the States b.ran To head bis protests
With the ests blisbment Of the regular trans
Pacific TRANSPORT service there has coma do
oided improyement in tbs mail faciljtisa and
now IT ia possible 70 get tho ma1azinea In tho
month for which thev sre nubIisbed ,nd orr
letters and papers ara nearlv ALWAYS raceived
within A month Of their date II s.ems a. 70
the States had been brought ..veral hupdrodo
OF miles nearer and We vera NOT so far f,on,
home. The service IN the office hare ia verv
prompt and satisfactorv Tho rsturn ~ tho
vo,pntesrs has eivan NJ yoiIIo va IL. -,
men TO break In. but ono or two ~ tho oId ones
bav. talen tbe;r d;scb,rpes bsr. and .t,,a,
ON in tho of1ce
Tbers was ope long de,ov In forxard;no wall
from hare tbis summer that n.rh,na no, 49,.
understood ver, oleorlv M home II ooomrrsd
in the latter mar. q, Nav and tho erst - Inno
There wa. a mn month wbsn M mail vas
mads IN m Law. this oe,,. hoo,rsa -, 49,
ouarantine which had mat hoon doo,oro,
against Hong Kong On account ~ tho hroai.inn
out In that citv NJ tho huhonic r,,ara A.,
shins Having HONG Eona voro h,Id 80 ~, ~
Jananesa at Nagos.ki TO- nira da,a nh
we're saveraI tronsnorts lyinn ~ ~ ha"ha.
here at the Iime and - s.nmad as T., on1, y,
than rnrst ha no,do roodr 80 .,sI tI
vsrv soon put ON. thin ond on. h 'q io
terfered and mona was sent Taoh .;ro
when Mr. yaiIa would moEs nm hjs n,ira ~
send the mail bv wav y, uono Eon,, 40
let 4. he ouar,nt;nan NJ NogosoLi ~, -
get word that a transnort smre,v vn,,d sau
for home rerv soon ma ~ oorroo ,,o -
mort would bs,t the r.ouI,r liner NV oonoro,
davs TIL. ayer,oa tim. ~ n ,ran.non, -
here 70 San Frencisco ia from moaL - tnn
dava shorter than hr wavo ~ uono 49, w..
49, .nan W way VI IionS hone anu
the liner. anyway. and so he held on. In the
end II was a month before the TRANSPORT salad
Now there are frsouent tropsnort s,iIinas
~" '"eio arc teiueh' TRANSPORT sailinRs