The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-09-17


The most abomniable mail service
that the patrons of the Phoebe post
office have ever had is now in effect.
The management of the Salt Lake
Route saw fit to put into effect last
Monday, a once-a-week train schedule
and the frequency of the arrival and
departure of the mails was reduced
accordingly. While the railroad CON-
pany is not to be censured In many
respects; at the same time, the cit
liens of the Phoebe district, and coun-
try contiguous to it. feel that they
are getting little bit the worst of
IT by the change-more particularly.
by the deprivation OF mail.
With such conditions existing as
enumerated, and with more than a
half ton of mail matter arriving at
enc time. 1t is an impossibility for
the postmaster TO distribute 1t In time
so that business men may answer
letters prior to the departure of the
next outgoing train. That being the
case, letter must necessarily remain
unanswered week, or else be sent
by private conveyance to Caliente to
be mailed There was case of
that kind this week, when County
Clerk Orr was obliged to send the
official returns of the late primary
election by special carrier to Caliente
to be posted in order that the doc
ument might be received at the Of
flee of the secretary of state at Car
son within the time specified by law
The matter was taken up by the
Phoebe Commercial club, through a
committe consisting of +. f. Caffey,
f. p. Thompson and Fl. E. Freuden-
thai, and protest wired to United
States Senator George S. Nixon at
Reno; who exercised his customary
promptness by transmitting the COM
uunication to the department at
Washington, together with the urgent
request that the department take i'm
mediate action to relieve the situa-
ton. The following is a copy of the
MESSAGE TO NIXON
Previous to Auust 9Th, Phoebe was
supplied with daily mail. Chief
Clerk Moore, of the railway mail SER
vice stationed at Los Angeles, arbi-
trarily reduced said service, effective
August 9th, to three times a week.
We have earnestly pleaded and Pc
titioned the department through you
for redress, and while we feel that
you have done everything possible
for us, the department has not act
ed. Now the chief clerk has again ar.
bitrarily put into effect, effective yes.
terday. Sept 12) once-a-week service
The residents of Highland, Bristol
Ursine, Newlands and Princeton, are
dependent on the Phoebe office for
their mail as well as Phoebe itself
all numbering over 1000 persons
The mail received at the Phoebe offic
the past week amounted to over 120(
pounds. On behalf of the resident,
| of the above places,a all patrons of the
Phoebe office-the Phoebe Commercial
club, through its appointive commit
tee, most vigorously protest against
such summary action by the chiei
clerk whereby we were deprived ol
daily mail service. and we urge that
you use your most earnest efforts tc
the end that the department will just
ly see the injustice that has beer
heaped upon us by the arbitrary re-
lduction from daily mail service tc
thrice a week. by the chief clerk OF
the railway division and Immediately
revoke the same by restoring to us
that which we are Justly entitled to
Ia daily mail service"
MESSAGE IN REPLY
The following came In reply from
Senator Nixon:
"Your telegram, dated the 13th inst
further reference to Phoebe mail ser
vice, received. have today wired
the postmaster general direct. te