The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-14
Interest In County
Over Proposed Mail !
Change Is Intense
Petitions Opposing Abandon
ment Of Train Service Being
Sent Dept. Today.
WANT BETTER SERVICE

O1lce the announcement IN last
weeks issue of The Skyland Post
of the proposed change in the mail
system for Ashe county, keen in
terest and anxiety has been mani
tested here as well as in every Sec
ton of the county.
Today two petitions, signed by
local and county officials and large
number of leading citizens in the
Jeffersons, are being forwarded to
the Post Office Department in Wash
ington, D. c., and the Transporta-
ton Department of the Norfolk &
Western Railroad in Roanoke.
These petitions were drawn up
after a careful survey of the mail
situation in the county was made
and after obtaining information rel
alive to the sentiment of the people
in the various communities of the
county.
Petition to P. o. Dept.
The petition addressed to the Post
Office Department is as follows:
1--WE, the undersigned citizens of
Ashe county and patrons of the
West Jefferson and Jefferson Post
Offices, do hereby strongly protest
against the proposed plan of dis
continuing the train mail service in
to our town and county and the
establishment of star routes to take
it's place.
eve deeply appreciate the De-
partment's interest in improving
our mail service and we are anxious
for improvement measures to be-
come effective at once, but we do
not believe that the proposed star
routes can give as good and eff
fective service throughout the year
as the train ean-due to the severe
winter weather and the condition
of the roads.
I'm order that the train mail may
be dispatched to every section of the
country without having to wait over
for "a hours in the Jefferson post
offices, we respectfully request and
urge that the Norfolk & Western
train be required to arrive in West
Jefferson by 2 o'clock in the after
noon or on schedule time, which is
2:10. At the present time the train
arrives about $3.50 o'clock If it ar
rived on time, and this could be
easily done if all stopping and shift
ing were not completed on the run
down, the seven star routes carriers
from the two Offices could easily get
their afternoon mail and distribute
it the same day throughout the
couny.
eve want Better Mail Service, but
we also want the Railroad to do the
hauling"
Petition to Railroad
The other petition, sent to the
Norfolk & Western Railroad, con-
tanned more or less the same state
ments and further added that ''it
appears as though the transfer will
be made unless some action to you
to speed your service and prevent
this from happening" It
concluded by saying that eff you
cannot restore the passenger train,
we respectfully request that you
give us consideration to which we
are entitled and send the mixed
train more or less directly into West
Jefferson, and do most of the stop
ping and shifting on the return
trip"
It is understood that other COM
munities located on the train line
In the county, submitted petitions to
the Post Office Department.
There are four star routes out
of the Jefferson post office and three
out of West Jefferson. Those out
of Jefferson go to Sparta, Laurel
Springs, Grassy Creek and Helton.
The ones out of West Jefferson go
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