Show the southern overland mail arrived in this city on the dinst at 7 in 24 days from st louis by vi way ay of el paso tucson los angelos angeles t and nd san jose the times of leaving the different points were as follows st louis sept 61 30 AX AM fort smith sept AX AM Co lberts ferry sept 3 PM fort belknap Belk cap zap sept 1 AM el paso sept PM tucson oct ad 10 AM fort yuma oct ath AM los angeles oct ath TM san jose oct I 1 au AM from this it will be seen that the tims tim to this city from san jose was six hours houra from los angeles 66 hours and from el paso 9 days and 15 16 hours el paso is about halfway half way between st louis and san francisco so that it took 15 days on the eastern half and 9 91 12 1 2 days on the western half of the road the eastern half should be crossed at least as rapidly as the western half and at that rate the time would be but 19 days the men at the different stations did aid not know when the mail would come v and were not prepared for it so that considerable delay was caused in getting ready at most of the stations alta california |