Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-06-05
LOCAL EDITORIAL COLUMN.


explanation is due. Before the advent of the and T. rail
road between lone and Jackson mineral belt from Jack
clear through to Plymouth blessed with direct
prompt and efficient daily mail service, letter posted in
Jackson in the morning in time for this stage would reach the
northern end of the in about three hours enabling
to be returned the sender the day The county
seat paper in those days reached all the northern
Saturday morning The residents all along the
perfectly satisfied with the mail facilities then afforded The
extension Of railroad facilities usually attended with
provement in the mail carrying business certainly should
not deterioration in any part of the service But this
has actually been the with regard least to that portion
OF the mineral belt north Of Amador City, The through
mail from Jackson Plymouth dropped and
lieu thereof from Jackson Amador City, via Mar
tell, was instituted AS far Suffer Creek and Amador
City concerned and their commune with the county
seat the arrangement oeraby satisfactory although less
than the od-tme service Drytown and Plymouth how
were hit hard by this newangled DEAL To illustrate
its absurdy may that Dryown is less three
miles distant from Amador City by main county road
letter mailed in Amador and addressed party in Dry
town. travelling by the established mail routes goes first
Martells by stage miles; thence by and E. railroad
lone Id miles, thence by Amador branch railroad Calf IT
miles, thence back the Amado branch railroad Car
bondale, miles thence by stage Central House.
miles, thence by stage Drytown mile. Total distance
travelled Is miles; time, hours An equally roundabout
route taken by mailed from Jackson Suffer Greek
bound for the northern And the of course
applies to newspaper, secondcass mail matter. But
Steners stage line without mail contract has continued
right along to make daily and fro between Jackson
and Plymouth the old time schedule adapted for passenger
travel. The posofdce department failed mail
contract this the ground that the price asked
too high. On the other hand the stage explains
that the change of time required the railroad time
at Martes would have been fatal to the passenger traffic
the stage line and hence increased price asked for
carrying the mail The residents of northern Amador have
been greatly Inconvenience by this failure secure direct
service with the county Methods resorted to by
friendly arrangements with the stage line down the
inconvenience much possible One of these concerned
the delivery of the county papers the along the
mining belt early Saturday morning By the crcuitous mail
route the papers could reach Dryown and Plymouth
til night after most of the farmers from the outlying country
had called for their mail and gone home. But by the kind
ness OF the stage driver the county papers left
the various postoces along the in ample time reach
the subscribers the day. 1t accommodation
much appreciated by both publishers and subscribers And
1t worked no hardship upon any Newspapers under
secondcass rating through the mails free of charge
any point within the county wherein they published
So there loss of postage by the sending
the papers by the stage ne the contrary the postal
pament thereby relieved grattous transporta
ton.
But the has recently been abood by orders
from the postal department. nsructng posmasters
mail channels However arbitrary and uncaled for this
ton may all concerned have submit and take steps
to better postal service
AS result the Ledger put press earlier Friday after
than heretofore catch the mail for Suffer Greek
and Amador City, which closes hafpast three o'clock
For Drytown and Plymouth the papers for time being have
to take the ongdistance herein forth with all it's
needless inconvenience until the restrictive order be
repealed satisfactory mail be established
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