Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1899-08-05

TORN HONORABLE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL, Washington, D. o.:
We, THE UNDERSIGNED CITIZENS OF EUREKA, County OF EUREKA, NEVADA,
MAKE HE FOLLOWING PROTEST AND PETITION:
We protest against any change being made in the schedule of running the
the Department by Postmaster Broy OF this place, for the following reasons:
FRsr-should the blackboard mail leave Paisade for Eureka as recon-
mended under a sliding schedule, l. e. any time between the hours OF $50
and $3.50 A. NJ, great Inconvenience. not only to the people oil Eureka, Ut 10
the surrounding country would result.
The time allowed on this route is fourteen hours. which would bring the
TOO LATE FOR DISTRIBUTION THAT NIGHT, thus depriving our
people of the present sixday service they are now receiving, and giving them
TWO MAILS ON THREE DAYS in each week, the first delivery at 8 A NJ
and the other a % as the mail arriving here a t1215 P NJ can be distributed
The blackboard leaves Eureka for Pahsade at 7 A NJ. the following morning
with the exception of Monday, ONE HOUR BEFoRE the delivery to Eurekans oil
the mail brought in by 1t ~ previous night; mus unoer n proposed new
schedule, delaying the answering of letters until the departure of the Eureka
& Palsade train the NEXT DAY, or, to be exact, TwENTY-THREE HOURS AFTER
sEcoSD.-such an arrangement as this "sHdng schedule" if put into
practice, would work al injustice on the people of the north end of Eureka
county, and especially to those living along and adjacent o the road travelled
by the blackboard in making its trips. For instance, these people have no
other means of communicating with the outside world other than by the buck
board. Often times sending orders to Eureka by it for medicines important
telegraph messages, sending for physicians, etc, etc. At the present time, the.
blackboard arriving at or about $50 1. NJ, the mails are received the evening Of
arrival, and all such orders and requests from the outside residents at once
attended to, packages ordered, and urgent replies to letters at once made
which leave on the blackboard the following morning, reaching the people
that day.
Now, under the proposed "sHding schedule" the outside residents would
not receive replies to their letters, orders, etc., for roRrY.EIeHr HOURS N all
matter arriving by the blackboard n Sunday and wednesday evenings and a
DELAY IF sEvENrY-rwo HOURS o matter arriving on Friday evening. For
instance: the blackboard arriving n Friday evening returns the following
morning, if mail SO arriving is not received until one hour after its departure
Saturday morning, replies to the matter thus received cannot be sent to resi-
hence a loss OF Saturday, Sunday and Monday-three whole days; and on
Wednesday evenings arrival, answers would be delayed until its leaving on
the following Saturday, missing one trip.
TmRD-The business men and merchants generally Of Eureka are
intensely interested in receiving a daily mail, thereby aiding in holding the
trade OF the north end of our county; but mining men especially desire it, for
the reason that most of the ores and mineral productions of this district are
shipped and smeled at Salt Lake City, Utah; hence they are deeply interested
in receiving the returns from their shipments and prompt. information relating
thereto, else their business would be materially crippled.
Under the present schedule We now receive a daily mail from both East
and West (even though the morning train arriving at Palsade from San Fran
cisco be late and under all conditions and circumstances We consider it much
better to have a six-day service, taking u chances o. the arrival of the
morning Eastbound train and connecting with the blackboard at Paisade,
than to have the schedule changed as proposed, thereby giving the residents oil
Eureka and vicinity TWO mails a day for THREE days of the week, and THREE
DAYS without mai of any kind-THREE DAYS IN EACH WEEK WITHOUT ANY MAIL
WHATEVER WOULD b SIMPLY INToLERABLE.
For the foregoing reasons, " Q most earnestly and respectfully petition the
Department to make no changes in the present running blackboard schedule
between Paisade and Eureka, al W are perfectly confident that, as it is the
people are served better and receive more benefit therehom than they would
should the sam be altered as recommended by our Postmaster; and we also
petition the Department and request that the present schedule be retained and
the same be igidy carried out according to its spirit and intent.
Eureka, Nevada, July 20, 1899.