Year: 1861

Arrangements were set on foot some little
time since, and nearly perfected for securing
to the citizens Of Worcester the benefits of
mail to aud from New York, in connection
with the through mail, by the night train
running between Boston and New York. The
advantages TO be derived by citizens of Wor-
ceSter from such mail must be obvious to
every business man in the city. Now, the
southern mail closes so nearly the same time
that the banks do, that most of the correspond
ence growing out of the business OF the day
has to go over to the mail of the next day, so
that it does not reach New York till the eve
uing following, after the close of business
hours in that city. But had the night man
been secured there would have been ample
time, between tour O'Clock and eight, for pre-
pairing correspondence Tor the south, and 1t
would have been in New York early the next
morning, and thus whole days time would
have been saved to our business men. Orders
could then have been sent at night and filed
in New York the next morning, and reply
announcing the same would be received the
morning following, thus occupying the busi.
ness hours of only one day for the whole trans
action.


This arrangement, we are informed, received
the assent and influence of the postmaster
here, who offered TO make up and receive such
night mails, without any extra expense to the
post Office department, and there was every
indication OF its success, when, suddenly, it
was announced that the mail by the night
train on this route was to be be withdrawn en-
tirely, the contract having been given 10 the
competing circuiIous route, via Providence,
Stoningtun, New London, and Saybrook, to
surprising to US, as it was known that this
route had the first offer of the contract, and
might have had it on as good terms as it was
taken Ly the other-terms with which they
ought to be satisfied, and which it is under
stood that all the corporations interested in the
route would have accepted, except the West
ern and Connecticut River railroad companies.
This new manifestation Of the beetle-headed,
dog-in- the-manger policy, which has become
so characteristic of some of the managers OF
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viii probably be a costly one to the stock
holders. Some thirty thousand dollars a
year, which might have been had for
carry ing this single mail between Boston and
New Haven, will now go to rival route, and
help to build it up and sustain it in its compe-
tition for the night passenger travel between
| Boston and New York. This single transfer,
| by taking thirty thousand dollars from this
route and giving the same amount to the 9TH
er, gives an advantage to the latter of sixty
| thousand dollars in the competition, which 1t
otherwise would not have had. Penny wise
and pound foolish is too weak an expression
for such transaction. Ii the shore line do
not succeed in running the night train entirely


off of this route, the stockholders of these


roads may console themselves with the


reflection that it is not the fault of their OH


GERS. That the rejection of this contract will


tend essentially to build up the competition


lines, and diminish their income, there can b.


no reason to doubt.