. The street railway review . s purpose,and when the railroad had to be depended on for the transmittalof mail between Omaha and Council Bluffs, Omaha business menfrequently asserted that it was easier and more satisfactory totransact business by letter witii Chicago than with Council Bluffs;almost as broad a statement might be made in regard to SouthOmaha. As an example of the difference made of the two modesof service, the Denver fast mail which reaches the Omaha officevia the electric cars at 4:1S p. m., gets into the hands of the citydistributers from 10 to 15 minutes sooner than when the
. The street railway review . s purpose,and when the railroad had to be depended on for the transmittalof mail between Omaha and Council Bluffs, Omaha business menfrequently asserted that it was easier and more satisfactory totransact business by letter witii Chicago than with Council Bluffs;almost as broad a statement might be made in regard to SouthOmaha. As an example of the difference made of the two modesof service, the Denver fast mail which reaches the Omaha officevia the electric cars at 4:1S p. m., gets into the hands of the citydistributers from 10 to 15 minutes sooner than when the wagonsare depended on; this means the handling of an immense num-ber of letters which reach the carriers in time to be taken outon their last afternoon trip, thereby being delivered to the patronsof that office on the afternoon of the same day. instead of thefollowing morning and preventing a delay of something like seven-teen hours. This great advantage of course relates to letter mail, fil4 ^1]\Uviai|%^Am^ liiiniiiHk was. W. Sultsililu (ir I lie excellent iiulusky. (),. atiil rrn/iveil liis e:n-:.\ elhl-< iitioii In tincinnMti. In his bn-i-iieps career bj;an as a tcle^rraph ope-lalor and station ajjent un tile t)liiM\- MississlpiJi Hallway. }Ie lilud vari-nns [tositions with the aiississii»i)l Ceii-Iral. ^^aI)ash. Hannibal & St. and Lnion Tacitic Itail-\-, ays befni-e his appointment as audi-tor ami private secretary to the ;, manager of the Pacitic Telegraphlines ;it Kansas City. This companywas absoi-bed by the Postal Tilc;^raphCompany and Mr. Uinimock becamemanager at Omaha. In January. here was much dissatisfaction overI lie maiia;;ement uf the inlerurbali lineoperated l»y the (►malia i^ Councilliluffs Railway & Biid^e Company.;ind lie was (diosen general superin-leiidcnt. Mr. Dinimock believes insteam road practice on electric inter-iirbans and was one of the first to ad-vocate double trucks. He is largelyervice o
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