Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-02-10

''l9 aiHouhts ooinS years OF unfelnltlnH
eXertlons will be necessary. A great
majority of the accounts are for less than
one hundred dollars each, and some
hundreds OF suits must be brought, in
addhlon TO those now pending.
II was the constant endeavor Of my
predecessor, for some years past, to re-
duce the expenditures of the Department
within its receipts, and The reduction of
the balances due to the Department
shews, that, within The three last years,
large sums have been realized from thar
source.
In making the late contracts, the ex-
pendlture has been reduced on routes in
operation, forty en- thousand eight
hundred and twen,y-one dollars and
twelve cents. And, it is believed, that
the public convenience has been promot.
ed by contracts to have the mali convey
ed IN stages, on several important routes.
There vii, be in operation, the next year,
stages Tor the conveyance oil the mail
from the city OF Washington TO St. Lou
is, and probably 10 Frank in, in Missouri,
as proposition has been made Ivy the
Department Tor an extension of the line
from S! LOUIS 10 Franklin. The weight
oil the mail, and It's security, require
stages on this route.
The routes established at the last ses4
sion OF Congress, which viii go into ops.
ration al the commencement of the en-
suing year, amour, to fourteen thousand
aud twenty-onc dollars: new routes are
always found unproduc,ive, and it may
be safely estimated, that lwo-,hirds of
tins sum will be charge on the revenue
OF the Department, from other sources,
for some years to come.
A contract has not vet been made for
the trapsp .rtatiou OF TIE mail on the route
from ST. Augustine, 10 East Florida, 10
Pensacola, which was established by act
Of Congress, in the session OF eighteen
hundred and twenty-five.
Dihsent inquiry has been made, and
II does not appear that there is road
between these places, on the route de-
slgnated, on which The mail can be con-
veyed. There are Indian paths, which
pass through dlfieren, Indian settlements,
'n' ho"e' IL % ohpers'ooa' V"at extend
| OF ANY col'S'uerao'e Instance on the pro-
per ui'ec'ioh' ihe want Oh ROAD Is
not the only obstacle on this route. AL
/ most The whole distance is an uninhahii-
! ed wilderness, except few Indian viii
ages st'a - rfpresep'ea' 'hat very
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