The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-29
QUEENSTOWN. Ml.kAClDI
As OCEAN MAT P0R1'
Efforts t:s to Accelera E: q livery "a
Both Sides May Spell 4 B
5ss=;s Her Doom. ls
EXPERIMENT 4 BEIN CIV ADEl
American II an Postal {. hicialS r gard,
HolyheadSass Best Port iii 81
Omitted Kingd on.
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ILIVlERPooLT' sept,. 29.I

III ~ IlVERPOO OILY Sept. 81
In the race with the mails across sth
Atlantic, II, the present age Of rush, Il;
every second saved is precious, ana IF.
ocean postoftices are the very la test NJ
time-saying& device. u
Special Offices have now been estab-aS
3lished on many steam ers. swll ere marine 8a
postal Clerks sort the mali ut sea, and "
have It read Y Immediately on the art
rival of@thc boat. This saves from III
twenty.four to forty.eigh hours, work An
for the clerks ashore. 3s5 ~
The whole question OF acceleratin4 n
the mail service on the liners IS now
being carefully considered BY the iny38s
ternatIonal postal authorities.
]. T, q McC leary, n assistant postmas-tS
ter of the United States, has 81 ust res y
turned to New Y DIRK after q round strip
to England and back on tn 3 White staIj3g5
liner Celtic, and has reported on the
work Ing Of the new system. ggSssE
In his report just Issued, MIR. Nc -8
Cleary4 expresses his opinions that Holy
head Is tho best Eng ish port for ocean
ipoatotFlces to touch, as he considers II 3
to DO the best distribution point In this#
country. NJ Vi 5$ n n s 3S
Queenstown's Fate. tsssssS88
This decision, = IT, acted on. will spell 4
| the doom OF @ ueenst WIN q . tn e ma ~
mort OF cal and put F YIN onths al SO out:
Of the running In the mail race OF tn 1
future. US j3s ~ t: 5s8S
when tile Atlantic b oats were q pwsr3
! and tie malls smaller the disembark1nks
| OF the rican mails q u 9 ueen stoWn3
acceerated their livery II 70 ughon y "
| til 8 United Il lngd m, low, = oyyeYer,s II
}is found tina t the time 8$ spent IN st;x *.
handllngs y OF tho # letters nv between
.oucenst own & and Lpnd ons3 is 50 great
|that nothing lis saved bysustn 81 theS9id
port. !j ,g
! lit 81 IS quito common nowss,fo cssels9
(which have dropped fArneric nysm alls5@ az
4 QueenstoW n o. come up the Ghannet pas
Iuolyhead an hour or two before ne mailsE
~ mic ma O noon tray ling acrOss lre-Ss
{lland by train and ne manner spy3: 1ass
A boat-l,ave arrived e.
Air, Me- leary estimates that Il the malt
A steamers ma ssed Queerst own ana vent;
Il direct. 10 Ho yhead with the bags II would
8(improye the present tim least ~
I Yhours. GEE
sigs on the outward journey o steamer lcaY-
4 ing sLiyerpool has 4 to wait O. conside
@Itirne at Queenstown for the extra mails
n and thisSund uly length ems the journey. g5Sg
ii g The Cunard Limo intends to. make an tn-
q teresting experiment this mont hey
i, will run one boat ms LILY y
"A New York, and she will be followed by g
| sister ship Of sn,il lar @spe eco, which will
i lpicIs up the mails y at & QueenstoH and
q show the exact loss Of time sentatled
!, s i.8 Time Lo st.
4 Tho landing Of the east-b ound ma lis 5at
plymouth, instead Of ueenstown orB Liy.s
n erpool suits London but lt$ means ~ con.
81 siderable loss Of time In d eiyery In OF hen
.Iparts or the Kingdom, 1relard and NORTH
a Scotland being tho chief SUI ferers.
only lines which al present run
!: n orth 6 erma,l IL I'd and tho HAMBURG
\ fAnleri car. az II. q .#
! Mr.. N cleary hopes t. have hessexperi-
i nlent tried on as many vessels as possl-
I hle. .s S3 So.
i DAG sum Of sle5. 900 has beer eyoted By
N tho United States Goyernn1en ITO the
3 oeea postofliees scheme for expcr iElentai
s purpose s and the time alread ~ saved has
q assured tho succo OF the innolYia