Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-24
FCRET OF GOULD TRIP
l. Real Cause of tIse Visit 10 The South.
 |west Is 10 Arrange for Shorter Tins Schedule From St. Louis 10 Texas and o4her Points in Order to Hold Mail Con. tracts from Rock island.

west, as the result Of these new plans, will get greatly Improved service over that which is now in operation.
 When the railway interests named saw Postmaster General Cortelyou about the proposition, the latter gen. tleman stated that the department policy required the use of those rail ways that will advance the mails most promptly and referred them 10 As sistant Postmaster General Shallea. berger, in whose office tlc details of the new service Were worked out
 Mails will leave St. Louis at 2.A5 over the Frisco and arrive at Vinita. |. T., at 12:20 p. III. the same day. The Missouri Kansas and Texas train will have left Parsons. Kas., al II a. m. and be waiting at Einita for tho Frisco
 The rest of the schedule is at thi, tune only approximate, but it is based on an average of thirty miles an hour, whereas the eXpectat Of of the railroad men is that this time will be bettered
 Leaving Finita at f2:45 the train Will reach Denison, Tex, at G::15 D. m., with stops at Wagoner, Muskogee South MeAlester and Durant. I. T. At Denlson the mails will be divided
 A portion will leave over the Hous. ton and Texas Central at G:3O D. m. and, touching Sherman, Corsicaua. Ennis. Hearne. Mexia. will arrive at Houston at 6: 10 a. nl.. and at Calves ton at s a. m
 Thirty-two hours will be consumed ln making the through trip.
 The second batch will cont me on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas tracks. By this route Fort Worth will be reached al S:55 D. m.. and then. with halts at FIillsboro. Waco, Tenn pie, Taylor Austin and San Marcos. the bags will be delivered at San An. tonic at s a. m
 This trtip also will require thirty two hours.
 To all the points me stioned the above schedule means an improve. ment in time of from ten to twelve hours. Connections out of San An ionio and out of Fort Worth into Western Texas will make the advance in many places as much at twenty four hours.
 The run from St. Louis to Dallas and Fort Worth is thirty three miles shorter than is afforded by other roads. Accordingly. it is not believed by those railroad ntersts affected that any of their comepitors will meet the schedule
 The new mileage includes seventy eight miles over the Frisco from Mo nett, Mo-, to Ninita, I. T., 215 miles from Parsons, Kas.. to Denison. Tex, and 25S miles from Denison to Taylor, Tex. over the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and 3S9 miles from Denison 10 Galveston, Tex, over the Houston and Texas Central.
 The malls are ROW being carried by the Gould lines The early-morning train out of St. Louis by the Iron Mountain carries the letters to Texar- kama, where they are distribute via the Texas and Pacific, the Cotton Belt and the International and Crest Northern.
 The distance to Texas points by this route is considerably longer to such points ill the north central part of Texas, as Dallas and Fort Worth. It is about the same to the southern cities. like Galveston and Houston.
 It will thus be seen just what in- terest Edwin Gould has in the mat. ter and his present trip over the lines will be explained.
 While the matter does not affect directly this particular section of the road nor of the country, it's indirect ef- fects may be felt, sooner or later, up on the improved train service along the entire Cotton Belt system. Com petition is growing keener in railway circles every year, and the Gould sys tens are being hard pressed by their adyersaries on every point. The C9t- ton Belt has already felt the force of this competition, and the management of the road has undertaken improve