Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-06-24
AmonnIing in lhe whole to
Amounting 10
$4,000 IS

~; appears uhat John Gray is paid three tlo,,sap
He puhN'ed and ninety nine dollars and fifty Fl ,e CEN
Tor carrying the mail rom Bow ling Green re ashiu
on me same route on which il is carried by e r. Jonso
& Go. as above - - . 'o""soi
James f. Robinson contracted 10 carry The mail d.;I,,
~ iou. morse post coaches from Cincinnati Ohio IL
Gcorgeio+,n, Kentucky ~ miles in i A bours y,
y compensation Of 1000 dollars. His schedule was s.
changeu mat he was required run through in -
instead OF H. making part OF the rip in The nib,. 70
" ooe ae was allowed the additional yearly
that the change OF schedule was AT all essential ~ ~
public interest. 80 se"i"' 10 h'
One among tic many contracts of Avorv Tonrp;. O.
~ "'n o'hers VINO are connected with them and ,yLos.
contracts are ineraced with theirs is taken a.
OF another very large class of casesa leading feature 81
winch Is complication aud confusion.
lhe annual report OF the H.,
o. Febrnary 1882, states that L. Porter James Ra;J
Charles r. MaIle, John Mclean and Sidney po,nS 81,
contractors on routes 1901 1902 1908 2O47 2iOl 2lo2
boats, at 81 $50 dollars yearly "' ''es"'-
,e5 fes'master-Geners in his report of 3D. March
ioot,S states that Avery, 1ompkins & Co are conrsco
Oh routes Nos 1903 and 2I0I al comnensa,ion T ono
dollars; aud they receive for divers =. Hiooo
oes Hos- 1913 2l0l, and 2lO2, which are All incindd
~" ro grand aggregate OF contracts above named and
&~0 improvements on 2IO7, ,chicA is not inrjeS ~;
IT. an extra allowance yearly OF Is 500 dollars Tbus
groupings and then dividing into smaller orouns 81 80
founding one group Of contracts with another until il be
comes Pracucabe to trace and reduce their eene
their muidioru Transactions.
Aer several other extras for improvements which re-.
suit in daily mails, with increased exnedt;o, 49,,
routes, and an Increased allow ance OF IL 900 dolIar
mere occurs This extraordinary allowance:
fof running besides, tri. weekly line i'm
Wuso so as 20 exclude passengers, and insure the
lar arrival Of The mail during The winter ,sv
allowed from December !, 1892 an additional connen
sauon at We annual rate Of thousand five bun,lred
ooHars. mus after paying these individuals largo
compensation by coalracis Tor carving the mail d -
,Is e iu'"er large extra allowances for carrying it,
they are paid two thousand five hundred olIsr
further extra Jor carrying IL in q toaeou '
IN examining The proportions which the money nail
Tor TIE transportation Of the nail bears 10 the eceis fo
Poslages in particular districts OF couo,rv and & 1
able. " ' N''eS remark
The extra allowances Of f. r. johnson. on ore .,or,.
Of Indiana. ~ ' '''e"ue
The eetrd allowances Of contractors in Virginia fl
snort ~ but three hundred aud thirty dollsrs
loving up the whole revenue recevcd b, ~ r., ~, " 'Hs
IN that state. y NV D'P"'""e''
In North Carolina the extra allowance, ftl sho., II q,
nett receipts for posisges hundred dollaes w.
10 Aisbams The extra allowances are 10 The neu ,,o
ceeds Tor hostages 40 Two 10 one. r
The whole nett proceeds Of possges in yi,ei,i, -. -
pears oy the Postmaster Generals report Of the 2s, ~
FeOuary' 1881, was seventy nine thousand two huud,c
shu bAy-two dollars Dineti cents The whole col
for transportation in that State bv te rooracls If o.,
ber 1881, and allowances aud extrs alIowsnes 80 ~
contractors, is 1000 GO
Falling short but $3.50 Of three ioone. e-'7'0'0
Inc whole nett receipts In Alabama vete % ga
lhe cost OF transportation within IL il feposd A IA sce
Beng something more Than five to Que.
fhese estimates are subject variation equal n the IN
crease OF postaEcs in those States from January 1870
gu the contracts took effect and extra allow
made. When those corrections arc ,nsSs Tic IT,.
portion between tie aett receipts Tor nos,s,es soa ~
expenditures in those States, though lessened will sill be-
enormous. ' Wv ~"
The law coniempIates that on new routes and couse
queDuy ~ States, considerable expenduro should
be allowed and above the amount of ,ecoin,s L,I
even where the money IL fairly aud iudicousy applied 10,
a. tee