Year: 1875

SUPERINTENDENT BANGS, OF THE POST OFFICE


DEPARTMENT, ON FAST TRAINs-cARL scHURz
DECLINES TO SPEAK IN NEW YORK.


meeting OF the Board of Trade was held yesterday
Frederick A. Potts presiding, for the purpose Of
sdering the question Of fast trains between this
city and the West


The subcommittee appointed to report upon the
necessity of the change of the law affecting
mission of publications and small parcels through the
mails, reported that in conference with the Post
master OF this city, he stated that the
change in the law was not with
the concurrence of the Postmaster General
and his subordinaes The report states that the law is
in the interest of the express companies and very
oppressive publishers and dealers in books newspa
pers &c, that some sample houses had been compelled
to abandon business The committee recommended
that effort to have the law changed to the old rates
be made before the meeting of Congress.


FAST TRAINS


Mr. Bangs Superintendent of the fast postal trains,
by invitation addressed the Board The trains from
New York to the West in the afternoon,
he said wero very important They make
faster time than the morning trains. When
the fast trains the New York Central
and Pennsylvania roads started he in favor of
starting in the afternoon but they found they would
reach all the leading cities in the night, when every

In the morning that connecting lines usually started
in the morning and only ran one train per day. The
government despatch mails regularly the afternoon
trains and when the fast trains Of next morning
take them the mails picked up and carried forward
No mails are left over The government cannot start
additional fast trains unless the trains offered them
as there is no appropriation to buy time. He hoped
the time would come when the department
would be able to get more fast trains. The
AIS afternoon train Of the Pennsylvania road that
carries the mail is OF the fastest in the world and
the fastest in this country, running to Cincinnati
twenty-three hours Louisville in twenty six hours
Memphis at SIX night and Nashville before
down The trains the New York Central if starting
in the afternoon would like those of the Pennsylvania
road reach all the leading cities of the West at night
II the trains left in the evening" the New England mail
could be taken where special bags made up
in all the leading cities East to catch these trains The
government paid the companies no more than If they
ran slow trains; IL Is the enterprise OF the COM
panies who have selfish motives, perhaps, in
making this offer. The expenditure Of little money
would buy great deal of speed in this country and
he hoped the time would come when II would be done
Two million dollars, in his opinion, would buy very fast
trains on all the main lines OF railways


The suggestions OF Mr. Bangs were referred to the
Committee on Postal Service for a resport.


CARL scHURZ DECLINES.


In answer to Invitation to speak on hard oney
before the Board Carl Schurz answers


ST LOUIS Sept 81 1878


NY DEAR srR-Last night received your despatch in
forming
speak before them the financial question the th
18th and 18th October. need not that feel
greatly hOnored by such invitation coming from such
and should unhestatngy have accepted
OF my ability perform promise am going TO Ohio TO
the subject From there shall St Louis to
attend Of my urgent private business and do not
be in New York before the 18th But the
greatest difficulty is this my occupation in the meantime
will absorb completely that IL will be almost mpos-
sble find time for the preparation Of address
worthy of the occasion spoken TO on the matter
when at New York week ago; the purpose then
have series Of meetings be
addressed advocates Of imitation and Of resumption II
address the last of these meetings IL would probably
be my office nm up the whole debate and could
scarcely do that without having had time and
tunity least study the arguments produced by the
speakers before fear that both time and opportunity
will be wanting Permit TO venture upon suggestion.
You will scarcely find abler and better informed advocate
Presumption in the West perhaps in the whole country
than Colonel William NJ Grosvenor of this city He has ade
some very remarkable speeches that side Of the question
in the Ohio campaign, and he is there now do not know
OF who has the theory Of 1nauce well facts
and figures more com pleely his fingers ends you
invite him either in my place somebody else,
would give signal satisfaction the friends of
hard Letters viii reach him at OF A. j.
Wkon Chairman Republican state Committee, Columbus
Ohio and If you should desire further communicate with
please address, for the weeks of Mr. Hal
sted. editor Coec Cincinnati, Ohio and after October
| 3, St Louis, Mo- remain, 6c q. SCHURZ.
| The committee yesterday telegraphed Mr. schurz,
asking HIM to name any day In October convenient 10
him tor his visit