Mowry, William Augustus, 1829-1917, Mowry, Arthur May, 1862- joint author · New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company · leaf 265
The general intro-duction of railroadsmodified this system ofmail carriage. Almostevery railroad has be-come a postal road, the mail being carried upon its trains.Most of the trains upon the main lines of railroads have eacha postal car fitted up with the proper conveniences for re-ceiving and… … ASSORTING MAIL ON THE TRAIN. LETTERS—THE POSTAL SYSTEM. 263 to go to Bridgeport is put into a separate pouch and droppedoff at that place; that which is to go to Greenwich is put intoanother pouch and left there, and so on. The mail of NewYork City is put into various pouches according to its…
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