Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-01-18
MAIL SERVICE
ESTABLISHED
Santa Fe Central Passenger
Trains From Today on Are
in the Postal Service.
FOUR CLOSED POUCHES
1t is Expected That in the Near
Future the Facilities Will Be
Improved.

This forenoon, at eleven o'clock, the
first mail train of the Santa Fe Cen
tral Railway left the Union Depot or
the South Side The first mail was
very light and consisted of four locked
pouches, one each for Kennedy, MOri
arty, Estancia and Torrance. AS soor
as postof1ices are established at Will
lard and Progreso, which will be in
the near future, closed pouches will
be sent to those two points. Petitions
are also on the way to the Postoffice
Department to supply from the Santa
Fe Central Railway the postoffices at
Golden, San Pedro, Hagan. Galisteo
Palma, Pinos Wells, Eastview, Mama
no, Chilli, Torreon, Tajique and other
points nearer to the railway than to
their present supply Offices. The
granting Of these petitions will save
considerable time and cost in the carry.
ing of the mails. All points in east
ern New Mexico from Tucumcari in
the north to Alamogordo and Jarilla
on the south, at present supplied by
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific,
and the Ell Paso and Northeastern
Railways, are reached in much quick
err time from Santa Fe and other cen
trail New Mexico points, by way of the
Santa Fe Central than via Ell Paso or
Trinidad, and arrangements will be
made soon to dispatch mails for those
points via the last named railway. This
will also be the case for points in
Texas and Oklahoma, Kansas and
states farther east with which the
Rock Island system has direct connec-
ton. When the scheme for the dis
patch of all these mails via the Santa
Fe Central has been completed, an eff
fort will be made to have mail clerks
on the train, with headquarters at
Santa Fe and Torrance. Postmaster
Walter intends to take up this matter
with the Postoffice Department and
Delegate B. 8. Rodey this week The
advantages to Santa Fe. if these i'm
provements in the service are granted
are obvious.
For the present, the conductors on
the Santa Fe Central will have charge
of the mails and General Manager w.
D. Lee. of that Company, has issued
the following orders:
United States mail service is es.
tablished on the Santa Fe Central
Railway between Santa Fe and Tor
rance, New Mexico, effective with jan
uary 18th 1904. Route No. 167018.
There will be the following dispatch
of direct pouches: Via Train No. 2.
From Santa Fe for Kennedy, Moriarty,
Estancia and Torrance. From Kenne-
dy, Moriarty and Estancia for Tor
rance. Via Train No. 1. From Tor
rance for Estancia, Moriarty, Kennedy
and Santa Fe. From Estancia, Mori-
arty and Kennedy for Santa Fe. There
will be no interchange of pouches be-
tween Kennedy, Moriarty and Estancia
at present.
Following instructions must be OBJ
served:
"First-Preference must be given to
United States Mails over Express or
Baggage.
"Second-When errors are made in
the receipt or delivery of pouches a
record must be made and immediate
wire notice given this Office. This also
applies to broken locks or damaged
pouches.
"Third-All Mail not pertaining to
the railroad business of the Santa Fe
Cnetral Railway Company must be
handled through United States Mail.
"Fourth-Each employe handling |
United States Mail will be held person
ally responsible for the proper care of
the same, and any errors which subject |
our company to fines bv the Govern
ment will be deducted from the salary |
Of the employe at fault.
"Fifth-Under the Post Office regula-
tions we are required to receive and
deliver the Mails at the following
named Offices Santa Fe, Kennedy,
Moriarty. Estancia and Torrance, and
the agents at these places, with the
of Santa Fe. will receive and
deliver the same between the trains
and postof1ces.
dragged on the ground or on platforms,
and when trains are late these pouches
must be kept in secure place and
under the personal supervision of the
agent.
"Seventh-Conductors will be held
responsible for the proper handling of
United States Mail pouches while in
their charge.
.sEighth-The United States Mail
pouches must be handled with care
and promptness."
The mail for Santa Fe Central points
will close at the Santa Fe postoffice at
10: 80 a. m. It is scheduled to arrive
at 2 D. m. The contract for carrying
he mail to the postofilce from the de-
not has been awarded to George F.
Parsons.