Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-07-01

VI Tue committee were induced to suspect that
"'S announcement hau been made date; but
the ex aniiuston oath OF three clerks Mr. Addison
oy whom The endorsement was made, Mr. Dundas, who
S men The corresponding clerk Tor this division, and
Mr. Childs who is The present rrespondnr clerk OF This
division, The TACT clearly established the
en vs. not oil recent date but made at the time of the
date which IL bears.
Tue route i'om Hagerstown, Nd, TO Nc Come .bursh
"a, Oh which MIR. Reeside is cont actor was al.o sub
Jee OF examination The distance stated 10 be 26 miles
ana II was advertised three times a week in iour
morse post coaches For this there was several
p T,,. ,he lowest OF which was $3.50, "a
whony inadequate TO the seIvice) except that Of Mr..
hessue, which was AS follows: ave do agree 10
carry the mail on route No. 1881, from Hagerstown
10 McConnesburgh, via elch Run aud Mercet sburph
US advertised, Tor The yearly OF $40 or we
WI carry the same Tie mail at each place
with the great Easernaud Western mails daily ia horse
post coaches Tor the yearly compensation ninety nine
doiiars ninety nine doars This bid was accepted aud
NE contract appears TO have been mmeda ely hllsd at
Slo and put into the hands Mr. Reside TO be oxecu,ed
- Is alleged boh by MIR. r. and the Postmaster General
'At NJ Reeside stated verbally General
a'er tie route had been assigned him, and before
me commencement OF the service, that there was a
mistake IN his pToPosal that the person who wrote out
MS proposal Tor him, must have mistaken his lis ures
a"" h'leu IL WIN sums Tor which he intended
10 perform the service. He alleged that the words
daily ia Tour horse post coaches, AS used In his bid
we're Intended by him apply equally both propositions:
mat he Intended propose nothing less dally ms;
but TO perform the agreeHby to the schedule adj
Versed, Tor fourteen hundred dollars give such in
creased expedition would perfect the xions Tor
nineteen hundte ed and niueiy dollars That the in
Considerable sums named would show there must have
nine dollars, nIne'y-nine dollars with this repeon
made obvious that there been an error The
Postmaster Genetal Informed him in TO this state.
meN' Na' as Ve route was intended to daily
routes, II would he necessary for him ri il dsy: and
That the question Tor correcting The alleged error in writ
ing the proposal should be subject Tor future cos.ra
tion There is ON the files OF the Department paner
which sppeefs 10 have been alter the service COM
menced, IT which the following is copy:
NIT Reesde says that the bid nut in bv misaka
az VIII appear from the small sum. He intended 10 have
haue $l'AVO and to run daily, and marked with his
penci, but the cefk who copied him. mistook his
penci marx surprising The was belonging TO his dollar
sis" and the at the right hand he overlooked or cons
dered it@nerely point The Postmaster General gave
hn verbal order TO run daily and Tor consider
aon 'he correction oil the He has the be-
ginning OF the year. daily Shall he be allowed to cor
rect the errOr, and 540O! His distance 10 in
creased 10 miles. No ether bid.''
On ms statement is written, in the handw rng of the
Postmaster General "GrGnted Such aye he facts in
ms case Ii Is stared by the Postmaster eneral that
The increase of distance occasioned by his going bv
way oil Green Castle five miles way hch incfeas.
Ell his daily travel ten miles Thai the words emo other
bd' are erroneous; and that The have arisen
rem The Circumstance, that three other proposals OF Mr.
heesIe were written on the same paper with his nei
lher oil which there any other bid than h and that
" mus nave been under The impression that this was
one oil them, that this part of the made The
allowance OF SSl400 made him Tor running il daly
wnh The increased distance FIVE miles sch way lin the
close oil the last year, when il reduced TO irweek-
" man. ana lie compensation reduced 800. This 10
S+oU year mere than the lowest with an increase
oil nre miles distance each way and be performed in
that as soon as he discover The aci (wncu un
bids Oh tie ronte he informed the contractor that tho
oil tie allowance would be subject OF recopsi-
dcra ion; and that would be regulated according to the
other proposals. and 10 take effect from tie beginning of
the contract.
The full amount of allowance Is far from what appears
eSravagaDt when compared with wha, is paid equal
services other rou'es and IT, when compared with tho
proposals other responsible bidders on same rou e.
the allowance shall appear be greater hsn what the
coniTactors fairly entitled TO- the raj has
Tie pow lac has declared his intention, TO reduce it
10 the proper amount
H. n
r. Temple Tor transporting the mail between Chicago, IL
bnOs and Green Bay in the Territory Of Michigan bas
aso oesh subject Of investigation Ii appears that Dr.
Temple formerly clerk in the General Post Once,
aud that he resigned his situation such about the
fret Of March, 1888 take effect from the close of that
month. The route from Chicago Green Bay was esta-
bhed by The law Of 1882; in advertising the routes
established by that law this ioute omitted and
which had not been provided by law from DetIo by
MackiDac 10 Green Bay advertised. This APP
TO have arisen from the circumstance that the per-
son who prepared The advertisement bad the of
referring tie aw ii finally passed, having
cessary TO prepare the advertisements before The law
polished
Tire proposals, however, by the Depart
hlent Tor Transporting to mail Oh The route from Chicsgo
| to Green Bay One by Alexander Irwn aud John Il.
Afndi, TO carry the mail in weeks io $4,000
year. em the LIT January 1888, Tor the period three
Their proposal dated "Green Bay September g.
1892 The otter by Asahel Sacery, OF White pi.
geon. who ihen present al the Department. dated
lO' NOveinhor, 1887, proposing 10 carry the mail
ia two weeks $4,000 year, rom tiie April 1888
TO the 3ls December, 1885; or, il the Postmaster Gene
fdi bhouh require VI 70 be carried once week, e
posed 10 perform The service Tor the additional So
year. Col Savery already The contractor car
ryng nail from Detroit TO Chicago and his proposal
scceped to transport tie mill between Chicago and
| Gieen Pay, week, from i've LIST April, 1893,
iur the yearly compensation Of 500 dollars On the
l9h Of January, 1888 Col slavery addressed letter
Ia the POstmastcfGeneal, stating, that The route
had mot teen advertised, he had travelled over il
preparatory TO making his bid but had supposed the
distance TO he but two hundred miles, over prairie
country, unobsTucied by difficult Streams OF water
but he had suce learned HAT The distance bun
dred aud fry miles, principally through uninhsbted
woodlands, interrupted by several water es which
would require him 10 keep boats 10 enable him to per-
form the service He, therefore, earnestly requested the
Postmaster General add thousand fifteen hundred
dollars 10 lis annual allowance, matter OF equity.
lie proposed submit the subject 10 Governor Csss who,
he supposed had travelled the The matter
accordingly referred TO Governor Cas but he
ed il TO the Department. without giving opinion having
never travelled over the route The contract made
on The 22 OF February, with Col Savery for 500 dol
lsrs year, commence lhc Grst Of April following On
the 2S d OF February, week alter The contfSct
made, is assigned by SavcTy John r. Temple, aud
fbo assignment approved by tbe Postmaster General
The other proposal for $4,000, in weeks.
Had IL been accepted, the Postmaster General could
have required them 10 have increased TO week for
less than $4,000 The contract made with SaveTy,
oD~e week, for $4,000 DR.. Temple had determined
10 resign his situation clerk in The General Post Office
and 10 Chicago, and did actually resign snd
leave the department Tor Chicago before the cont
ntnced II appears that he had desired obtain this
contract before he eh the department, snd had re-.
ceivcd promise Of Savery TO irsnsier II to him in
case he should obtain IL; but docs appear that this
known The PostmssterGenefs, or TO any person in
tie department having any agency 10 making the conlraei
with gaeery: nor doe. ID appear that the hope or
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