American inventions and inventors . POSTAGE STAMPS. 262 AMERICAN INVENTIONS AND which have already been successfully established in GreatBritain and other countries of Europe. By the Constitution of the United States, Congress has power to establish post- offices and roads were com-mon between one Stateand another, the mailwas carried on horse-back. Later, mail wag-ons were used to con-vey the mails from oneoffice to another. Asstagecoaches multipliedthey were used as mailwagons, the Governmentpaying the stage com-pany a sum of moneyfor carrying the mailpouches. T
American inventions and inventors . POSTAGE STAMPS. 262 AMERICAN INVENTIONS AND which have already been successfully established in GreatBritain and other countries of Europe. By the Constitution of the United States, Congress has power to establish post- offices and roads were com-mon between one Stateand another, the mailwas carried on horse-back. Later, mail wag-ons were used to con-vey the mails from oneoffice to another. Asstagecoaches multipliedthey were used as mailwagons, the Governmentpaying the stage com-pany a sum of moneyfor carrying the mailpouches. The general intro-duction of railroadsmodified this system ofmail carriage. Almostevery railroad has be-come a postal road, the mail being carried upon its of the trains upon the main lines of railroads have eacha postal car fitted up with the proper conveniences for re-ceiving and delivering the mail at the various stations andsorting it while the train is moving. Suppose a mail pouch to be received at New Haven; be-fore reaching Bridgeport its contents are sorted; all that
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