Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-17
MORE MAIL TRAINS.
.pDIrioSAL POSTAL FACILITIES
WEST AND SOUTH.
GREAT GAIN FOR RICHMOND.
west over the Chesapeake and Ohio
and south Over the Atlantfc-con.t
Iine-niehmond Firm. Enjoy Adj
vantagcs Not Heretofore obtaina-
ffe
WEST AND SOUTH.
GREAT GAIN FOR RICHMOND.
west over the Chesapeake and Ohio
and south Over the A.1antic-con.t
Ele.

The Inauguration OF additional mail SER
Vice West, over the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway. and South over the Allan
fc-Coast Line railroad. has in its opera
ton proved greatly beneficial, and has
gwen Richmond firms many advantages
they have not heretofore enjoyed. The
following statement, given out vester-
day by Postmaster Knight, clearly ex-
plains the advantageous operation OF the
service:
On Monday. September sth. Railroad
Post-Ofice Service was established on
Chesapeake and Ohio trains Nos / and ..
between Richmond and Gordonsville, Va.
Heretofore the mail on these two trains
has been carried as express mail in the
baggage-car, but the volume and i'm
poTtance Of the mail has increased to
such an extent that local service became
necessity.
Several months ago. the postmaster.
through Chief Clerk T. p Elam, again
took this matter up with the Post-Ofice
Department with the result that local
service is now in operation daily. except
Sunday.
Train No. leaves Gordonsville at $40
a ~, and arrives at Richmond AT 7:45
i. ". This train (No. y serves the fol-
lowing stations: Trerilians, Louisa Min
sTal Pendleton, Fredcricls' Hall. Buck
neFs' Station, Bumpass, Tyler, Beaver
Dam. Hewletts. boswell, Hanover,
Psalles, Turnout Alice, and Ellerson.
EXCHANGE OF NAIL.
Al Of the mai! accommodating in the
Richmond Office between the hours of
$50 and $3.50 P. NJ. is expressed to Cor
louisville by the 1880 p NJ train and is
delivered 10 the way stations above
canned by the railroad post-oftice clerk
1n train No. 2. This early exchange of
the mail of the previous evening will al
low the businessmen of Richmond suffi-
Gent time to reply by the 2:30 p NJ.
train. In addition to this, the clerk on
train No. ? will, in the near future, make
q separs ton OF the city mail by carrier
routes. banks, lock- boxes. and stations.
while Ell route.
The value and Importance Of this city
distribution on the train can hardly be
estimated. 1t will allow tia banks and
boxholders to get their western mail from
thirty to forty minutes earlier than at
present, and by a little push on their
part. they can get through with their
western mail before the mail from the
North is worked up at the post-office.
The value and Importance of the city
mail from the West is greater than most
people imagine; in quantity it will close
ly approximate one half of that which
comes from the North near the same
hour of the daX
LONG BEEN WISHED.
This earlier delivery of the city mail
from the North and West is something
that has long been wished for by the
business-rnc on of the city. in order to get
1t through the Clearing House on date of
receipt. The Importance Of this has ever
been present in the minds of the post
master. and it is gratifying to know that
he has at last been able to bring it about.
Train No /, leaving Richmond at 2:3o
p NJ, will exchange mails with all local
stations named above. and arriving at
Gordonsville at 4:30 p. NJ, will make close
connection with the through railway
post-office train for all points and con-
nections west of Gordonsgille. Train No.
] will also take out registered mail and
an early edition Of the evening papers,
and should the papers miss the $50 train.
they will be expressed to GordonsNille at
1890 p NJ. and will be delivered the
next morning by Train No. between the
hours of $40 and 7:45 o'clock
Railway poSt-otlce service mas also
been established on Atlantic-Coast Line
trains Nos 81 and 81, between Richmond
and Rocky Mount, y. c.
THE NEW ARRANGEMENT
BY the new arrangement. which went
into effect Wednesday. September Sd.
train No "a OF the Atlantic-Coast Line
leaves Rocky Mount at 7:15 A NJ. every
day except Sunday bringing mail from,
the following post-ofi1ces: Rocky Mount,
Battleboro. Whittakers. Enfield, Halllax.
Weldon Garysburg, and Pleasanthill in
North Carolina: and from the following
Offices in Virginia: Emporia, Beiileld
Jarrett, Stony Creek. Carson, Reams.
Petersburg. Port Walthall, Chester. Cen
traIia, Drewry's Bluff. and Manchester,
arriving at 11:l0 a. NJ, and Atlantic
Coast Line train, No. 81. leaves Richmond
at 40 P NJ, arriving at Rocky Mount
by p M, serving the same stations
BY this arrangement any one mailing
letters from any of the above points to
Richmond can receive a reply the same
day, and the Richmond evening papers
can now be received at all these offices
in ample time for delivery to subscrib-
ers on date of issue. Registered mail Is
also dclivc, ed TO all these poinss by these