Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-12

Injustice 80 long and so uncomplainihsH
| as Richmond has? We do not believe w.
! In justification Of our complaints anu
as the best possible exhortation we cav
make TO vur. community TO take action W.
renrint from our lssues'o yesterday ana
the day before the following summary u
the points in the case;
!. on the Fredericksburg road the nrs'
mail leaving Richmond 0aving anu -
centlng the $50 train. which Is 100 'G
! for the morning papers, starts az 80
This train reaches Washington 700 ~
for the noon delivery OF its man " ~
| letter-carriers. and the consequence
| 800. ,,orers are not delivered until late III
/ he afternoon-so late, indeed. that he"S-
! deoiers do not care 20 handle thenL
Members OF Congress from Nlrsl'la' ei'-
,i,,,oes from this state I'm the various "
! narfmeuta. and those Of our peopiS w"
! nav be visiting the national caplth' n i
| ,,o,,or, ,bere from several times the us
to1ce that Richmond IS from Was1hSto"
before ours make an appearance. p"'' -"
the other hand. Il Is CONSIDERABLY pr
vided that the northern papers s""''
reach Richmond 10y $40 A. NJ loo.
Ns have 10 complain iN'''N'
tho schedules Of the Fredericksburg Iodu'
notohlv at boswell, Penola. ana M'lford'
tbat tho Richmond mail arrives Just 700
49, 20 he taken into the country on tle
star routes. Thus the circulation OF nor'h-
ern napers. and the advancement OF
northern business, is pushed not ohlY IN
our cities. but into the heart OF ruIai
Virginia itself. At Penola, the hicninonu
mail arrives Just seven minutes AFTER lhe
mail-carrier has left with the hor'heIu
mail I'm his bag: thus Richmond is sadiy
disseminated against in favor OF her
northern business competitors.
Nothing could illustrate the injustice
~ This schedule better than the mere
statement Of the fact that northern
popers are sold az Boutwell,, Ruther
Glen. Penola. Milford. Guinoas. summit,
Fredericksburg. Brooke. Wide Water,
Potomac NeabOscO. Woodbridge, ana
Spiingman before the train with Rich
mond papers on board leaves here
Q. The Chesapeake and Ohio roads first
morning mail out Of Richmond is AT lO;2O.
daily. except Sundays Here we
are confronted by New York. Baltimore
and Washington papers going out 10 the
country CONFIDENTLY with the morning
papers Of this city, On Sunday no mail
train leaves Richmond on this road unul
215 p. NJ. Thus our Stanton SUD
scribers for instance. ara furnished with
fhe northern papers on Sunday. while the
Richmond papers do not reach them until
late AT night. BY this schedule al
places on the southern railroad between
and Washington are served.
but we miss all cross country mails. OF
the bad connections az Stanton for Lex
ineton we have heretofore spoken.
on the Richmond and Allegheny road
tho earliest train out from Richmond III
the morning rs at 1890 O'Clock. ON the Pe-
ninsula Division the earliest outgoing
morning train is at . o'clock. and this. Of
course carries the Richmond papers
along with the same mornings papers
from Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
ingtonl
3. Naturally. we might expect that II
the tide from the North overwhelmed us
i'm reaching Northern and Northwestern
virginia. we would at least have some
in reaching Southern Virginia.
Alas this is the worst of all the dis
eliminating schedules against Richmond.
The earliest train out from Richmond on
the Richmond and Danville road is al
1901 =. VI. The afternoon has come De
fore the Dispatch subscribers at the near
est stations on the road between Ken
mond and Danvile can be served. our
paper gets TO Danvine about the Same
time that the New York. Philadelphia,
and Washington papers reach there.
4. The best schedule we have on the At
Line takes the morning pa
pers out OF A. NJ. for Petersburg and
points, and. as In all the
other cases We have cited. this train
takes along with the Richmond morning
papers the same days issue of the north
ern papers,
The York River Division Of the South
ern road is the only road running out or
Richmond which gives us a decent morn
ing mail schedule and this roads train,
having no postal-car. cannot deliver mail
az all the post-offices on the road; great
portion Of the papers have TO be brought
back by the Richmond-bound train and
delivered as they repass the stations.