The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-11-04


Railway postal service was tiiscon.
tinued on trains fZl and 722 OF the
Woodyilie branch Of the Y d NJ V,
Il r.. NOV /. These are the mixed
trains running between Woodyille and
Slaughter. The services OF mail
clerk on these trains has been re-
placed with a locked pouch service
The original order providing for this
change would have worked tHcalca-
liable Injury upon people all along this
line Of railroad la the matter Of d.
layed service The first intimatlon
people living along the line had Of the
proposed change was the hotiee the
different postmasters received, last
Saturday. Under that order all south
bound mail for points on this iine, With
the exception of mail from Laurel HIN
10 ~. Francisyille. would have been
carried 10 Slaughter, distributed by The
postmaster there and then thrown of
al it's destination from the afternoon
train. making deliveries several hours
/ later than heretofore Ga the return
trip. the mail would have been handled
In the same manner with the exception
that the mail would have to stay In
Noodyllle over night and be delivered
on the following morning Under this
arrangement one living at BaIns, or
al any Of the other postoi'sces above
town, with the exception OF Laurel
Hin, desiring 20 write 10 town a letter
requiring an immediate answer or for
package would have been put to
serious Inconvenience Assuming that
the letter would be mailed IN time TO
catch the train. II would so on 10
Slaughter and return 30 ST Francis.
vile about I o'clock Then the quick.
eat way for the answer TO be received
would be to post II prior 10 2 30 o'clock
on the following morning, when II
would go 10 Slaughter and then be
delivered In the afternoon. shonld she
answer be- mailed a little later than
this time II would SO on to Woodsille
| In the afternoon and be delivered on
| the third morning or forty eight hours
after the mailing of the first letter,
Ian postohiees between Woodyiie and
Slaughter. with the exception Of Laurel
Hnl. would have been subjected TO
this sort OF service.
Happily, notifications have been
made in the first order aud some Of
The Objectionable features have been
done away with, though the clerk Is
not To be put back on the run.
Realizing the unjust burdens i'm
posed upon the people living on the
| Woodyile branch, Mesars " f. Wood,
Jas II Klhoarne and Elfie Robinson
vent 70 New Orleans, Tuesday and
laid the grievance before the auth0rt
Ties Of the Eleventh Division Of the
Railway Mail Service, with the result
| that concessions were secured which
will do away with the delays In service
between all offices on the lRe and
81 Francisyille. The officials promised
To institute a locked pouch service b.
tween ST Francisylle and each Of the
other postoi'iees en the line This sill
give az good service an has been here
tofore enjoyed. az between ST Francis
willie aud the other Offices Communt
cation between the smaller Offices how
ever, will he subjected 10 the delays
mentioned in the opening of this story
This IL the best possible arrange
meat that the committee could secure
The governments action il hased on
the ground that the business done
along the branch did not justify the
former service and the order for It's
digeontinsanee came from Washing
ton n the former service Is ever re-.
sumed II will only come after a con-
eerted action Of interested people With
Washington
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norn Nov z 10 Mr. and Mrs John