Year: 1875

pending VOteh. IHe IOstiuAsbeI tohS"-
ing his


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE HERALD


for developing the system OF lightning mail trains says
that neither Of the two fast trains leaving New York
tomorrow will be any additional cost TO the govern
ment There has not been single appointment to the
force and he hopes eventually that it will be matter
OF economy. The next step will DO toward providing
an earlier mail train for the South, when the HERALD
viii reach Richmond the day OF its publication.
THE POST OFFICE ON WHEELS EXHIBITED AT


THE GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT YESTERDAY.


Yesterday afternoon the postal built by the
Hudson River and New York Central Railroad companies
for the Post Office Department and intended to run to
Chicago in twenty hours starting this morning,
placed exhibition at the Grand Central depot
They four in number, named respectively Gov
ernor Dix. Governor Morgan, Governor Tlden and
Governor Tod of Ohio Under charge OF Depot Master
Joseph franklin the train started from the Grand
Central depot with dozen OF passengers for the
plains Of spuyten Duyvil where hauled up for about
an hour and photographed All the cars were
painted white, and made quite odd and picturesque
appearance.


On the ''Governor Dix" there was medallion in
the middle inscribed above and below the title Omitted
States Post Office" At the forward end another
dslion placed illustrating the wondrous
pishments of the modern postal system and embracing
y badly constructed Latin inscription 10 the effect
"Novus ordo seclorumn Al the latter end
other medallion with spread eagle and shield and the
words "E Pluribus Unum" On the car ''Governor
Morgan" the ornamentatIOn consisted simply of a
dalion in the middle, with Wild spread eagle making
desperate effort to tondle bg United States shield
Underneath the words Omitted States Post
Office" At both ends were medalons containing the
figures in exaggerated size-"702" !" The Governor
Tod" precisely the same and the ''Governor I'll
DEM was Of similar character TO the Governor
Dix"


these cars were different The cars called Tod and
Morgan for storage mails; Dix for letter and
local paper mail and Tlden for distribution Of through
paper mail Two OF the were BARE like freight
but finely painted In these II is intended fling
the heavy mail bags and permit plenty OF room TO the
postal cars TO do the work of distributing the matter
tended tor each station The novelties in the interior
arrangement of the were nothing striking They
were altogether what may be the general Post
Office, and the best way of describing this expert
ment would be by saying that II Is the Post ONCE on
wheels. These four very little different
from the postal that have been running other
roads for years past The HERALD idea of running q
fast train TO Buffalo suggested this present scheme or
the Post Office but II might well be explained that 1t
is not the Post Offce that has built these Mr.
Vanderbilt, after discovering the success OF


HERALD ENTERPRISE


in driving train through 10 Buffalo at the rate Of fifty
miles hour and at expense that private enter
PRISE could afford to sustain, concluded To ask the gov
ernment TO be allowed TO carry the mails AZ an equal
OF speed He made the proposition and il
cepted. The built at the expense of the rail
road, but from designs furnished by the Post Office


A POST oPPIcE NOTICE.


At one end OF the distribution car the following
tice posted up


Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT NorIcE-Railway Post
Ohce clerks and route agents viii allow no person TO
remain in their cars unless duly authorized. Any
failure comply with the above order will be con-
sidered a sufficient cause for removal


Approved General Superintendent r. NJ. s.


MARSHAL JEWELL, Postmaster General