Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-06-18
POOR uaIL FACILITIES.
1t Takes as Long for Letter to Go
From GIorieta to EspanoIa, as it
Does From Santa Fe to East
port, Maine.

Upon the request of local business
men and other citizens, the local post
master has taken up with the postofice
department, the curtailment of the
mail service by the Santa Fe Railway
under it's new schedule. Delegate B.
S. Rodey will also be asked to make
representations to the postofice de-
partment, as the matter affects not on
fy Santa Fe but every part of New
Mexico, since letters in transit from
Colorado and New Mexico points will be
delayed from SO to 48 hours on ac-
count of missing connections at Santa
Fe and lying from IS to 81 hours at
Lamy. The following letter has been
written to the department:
after June 19, 1904, owing to the
Santa Fe Railway Company, discon-
tinuing connection from here with
train No Z at Lamy, mail from
the east and New Mexico points
as well as mail from train No. 8,
destined for Santa Fe, for Denver &
Rio Grande and Santa Fe Central
points, lies at the Lamy depot, an in
secure, frame building, absolutely
without fire or police protection, the
entire night and the following fore
noon, arriving here not until the next
afternoon and perhaps not then, as
the Santa Fe trains are chronically
late and the Lamy branch train does
not leave Lamy until connection is
made with No. from the south and
west. In addition, mail for Denver and
Rio Grande points, must lie over in
transit at Santa Fe for another IS to
2l hours. The same delay and risk
occurs to mail from Colorado and
northern New Mexico points sent via
Santa Fe. In other words, a let |
ter mailed at Glorieta on Monday af |
ternoon after No. has passed, would |
not reach Espanola, SIS miles by rail, |
until Thursday afternoon, although |
daily mail service is maintained be-
tween all intervening points, and let
ter mailed at Taos on Monday forenoon |
would not reach Albuquerque until
Wednesday evening, too late for deliv-
cry on that day.
"There was a time when the Santa |
Fe Railway ran five mail trains daily
between Santa Fe and Larny. now it !
runs only two trains, yet it is under
stood that the company receives the
same remuneration as formerly al
though in quantity, bulk and weight
the mail is considerably less, because
the Santa Fe Central now carries |
mail formerly carried by |
the Santa Fe. Three remedies are |
To induce the Santa Fe
Railway Company to have its branch
train make another run between Santa
Fe and Lamy every evening; to ar
range for connection at Kennedy be-
tween Santa Fe train No. and the
Santa Fe Central train arriving here
at p. M; or to employ mounted car
rier between Lamy and Santa Fe. The
public is thoroughly aroused over the
matter and desires that the postoffice |
department provide better mail facil- |
tiles for this point"
1t is small comfort to Santa Fe peo-
pie, that the Santa Fe Railway will
lose not only on it's mail contract but
also heavily in passenger and freight |
traffic from Santa Fe, Rio Arriba and
Taos Counties which will be diverted |
to the Santa Fe Central on account OF
better connections. A general pro-
test of all citizens should be made to
President Ripley of the Santa Fe sys-
tenn.