The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-01-21
Eurela's Mail Service Ordered Changed
News Received Here With CONSERVATION, But Steps Are Inn
mediatey Taken, With The Aid of Our Representative
at Washington, to Have III Order Rescinded

An order has been issued disseminating service ON Route
No. 175,002 from Palisade to Eureka, Nevada. 8472 miles,
operated by the Eureka and Paisade Railroad Company,
from February Is, 1911, and the temporary service now
authorized between said points is also discontinued from
said date. JOSEPH STEWART,
Second Asst Postmaster General
While the above notification does not state how the mail is to
be brought to Eureka in the future, there is little doubt from the
rumors that have been in circulation here for the past month, that
it is intended after February Is to bring in our mails over the new
route that is to be established between Eureka aud Hamilton.
By this arrangement Eurekas mails, both East and West,
would leave the Southern Pacific Railroad at Cobre, thence over the
thence to Eureka also by stage, which, it is said. would delay the
arrival of the mails here at least "a hours longer than by the
present service between Palisade and Eureka.
While this change will seriously discommode the people of
Eureka and vicinity, it will prove even a greater hardship to the
ranchers and residents at Alpha, Mineral Hill and through Pine
Valley. As the Post Office at Mineral Hill has been discontinued,
all these people will be forced to obtain their mail at Palisade, the
nearest post office.
Postmaster Broy gave out the news of the proposed change in
the mail service soon after he received the order While Eureka
during the past year has met with many reverses, the present blow
acted on the people almost as a knockout, but it is now generally
believed that when the true facts of the situation are presented to
the Post Office Department the order changing the mail route from
Pahsade to Eureka will be rescinded.
1t was at first suggested that petitions be gotten up and forwarded
protesting against the proposed change, but later it was decided to
take the matter up with our representatives at Washington and by
telegraph explain to them the great injustice that would be done
the people of this section if the change in the mail route should be
put into effect 1t was thought this action would attain the desired
end.
kilograms to Nevada's Representatives
The following night letter kilograms were forwarded to our
representatives at Washington last night
Eureka, Nevada, January 90. 1911.
Senator George s. Nixon, Washington, d. c.
Our postmaster hs instructions that mail route number n seven. Eve.
naught,. naught, two between Palsade and Eureka be discontinued February
fifteenth.
The loss and inconvenience of such dsoondnuance to this community is in
cacuable, besides cutting north end of county out Of mail service.
Our principal mail and business is from California and south and western
Nevada, and the contemplated change means that such mail would lass Paisade
ne hundred and twenty miles to Cobre o Central Pacific. thence ne hundred
forty miles on Nevada Northern Ito Ely, thence ninety miles stage to Eureka. in
stead of coming directly ninety miles by stage from Paisade to Eureka.
We beg your urgent intercesion with the Department to prevent such a
change and leave the route unditurbed, as W Re will undoubtedly have the rail-
road rebuilt within sx months.
Kindly wire If any further Petition will be Of any assistance to you. We
IAN send plenty.