In former times. where the mails were carried the whole length of the route. from Tucson to San Francisco. a distance of one thousand miles. in fourhorse stages. the distance was rmde in eight days. Now. with seven hundred miles of railroad and only three hundred siles of staging. it requires the same time. seven and eight days. for mailmatter leaving Tucson to reach San Francisco. and vice versa. The immense influx of immigration all along the line from Tucson to Fort Worth. Texas. and tie growing condition of the whole Territory. demands that the mails ho carried in tie quickest possible time. Under the former centract.
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