The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
ORDERS TO BEGIN
MAIL SERVICE
On Lines of Orient Received
by Chief Clerk Reed.
ESTABLISHED IN 80 DAYS
Track Completed Into Carmen
0. I. Friday.

Clyde VI. Reed, chief clerk of the rail-
way mail service, yesterday received in
structions from the postofice department
to make the preliminary arrangements TO
establish mail service on the Orient. He
wa notified that train service between
Wichita and Carmen, o. T, would begin
on April 1st, and his instructions are to
have service commence as soon after
that date as possible.
MIR. Reed Will go over the route next
week, and stated yesterday that he ex-
pected TO have service established on the
line within thirty days \ railway post
office will be put on with two clerks. The
distance between Wichita and Carmen is
lis miles, and seven postOnices will be put
in operation at the earliest possible date
south of Anthony. The railway post
Office VIII handle mail for all points be-
tween Wichita and Anthony, as well as
the points on the Orient. The train
viii carry mail over the Missouri Pa
cific tracks, and VIII receive and throw
Oft mail at these points.
South of Anthony the following post
offices will be established: Runnymeade,
RUBY and Waldron, il Harper county;
Byron, Cherokee, Yewed and Carmen, in
Moods county, Oklahoma. At present
there is no regular train service on the
Orient
The Orient Railroad company's track
layers completed the laying Of track into
Carmen. 0. T, Friday, at half past two.
The event was made a half holiday, bus
mess houses We're closed and everybody
turned out to witness the track-IayIng
on the townsite When the track gang
laid the rails up to the townsite lines
fourteen business men of Carmen took
the shovels, sledges. picks and spikes
and laid the first rails in the tOwnsite.
The event was celebrated in an appro-
pirate manner with speeches and a gen
eral good time was had. Train service
on the Orient win be established at once,
and the track-laying gang viii pick up
its bag and baggage and move TO the
north end of the line at once.
The grades were completed to the
Junction of the Missouri Pacific tracks
yesterday. Some leveling viii have to be
done yet, but this viii take only a day
or two There are four miles of track
yet to lay before the connection is made
with the Missouri Pacific. The grade is
complete and as soon as the track gang
can reach Milton from Carmen they win
begin work. The material is on the
ground and ready TO be laid.
The track-laying gang under Superin-
tendent Smith can lay nearly mile q
day, and if fair weather prevails the
track will be completed TO Milton this
week and it was stated authoritatively
yesterday that orient trains may De run
ming into Wichita for the first time next
Sunday. This is only a possibility, how
ever. The company has all of its plans
made to begin running trains into Wichita
by the first OF April. At this time train
seTvice viii also be established with Kan
sas City. When the trains began run
ming into Wichita one through car viii
be carried from Carmen. This car will
be switched to the east-b0und Missouri
Pasific trains. and will be hauled to
Kansas City. The weSt-bound trains viii
also carry an Orient car for business
from Kansas City to points on the
Orient.