Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-02-05

mast 80 az all the pa5ess upon |
wlieI ..ls removed and another .pno,nt- |
cd in e,ct Pntuam Ohio. The only ono OF the |
majority ihcn rrescut dsscnicd from the adoption Of
tbs resolution The Posilnasi cneral declined com
plancc with the resolution, and gave his reasons at
length, in communication to the committee A discus
of the question involved deemed i'm
this report ii is believed that the Senate itself on the
list OF April 1880, decided against its right make
s1ch inquiry by posponng, indefinitely, by vote of
10 Sl certain resolutions calling the Executive for
we reasons for removals from Office. On the 18th Of
February. 1884, the Senate again. hy vote of 81 to 2l
ueea,eo that ,ne sci et Committee appointed to inquire
INTO The condition ofc Post Office Department was not
authorzcd to make inquiry into the reasons which had
induced the Postmaster General to make any removals
OF hrs deputies The powers Of that committee appear
wye been the those possessed by the present
aud until that decision shall be changed the
;,, =, 66Siye no reason why the present com
make these inquiries. -
The contract of Jas F. Robinson ing the mail
from Scorgetown, Ky. TO Cincinnati, Ohio. hdy-ypu
examined The distance is ~ miles. The original con.
tract was Tor daily transportation in four-horsc post
co?chss, at $1,000 year The original schedule re-
qured that the mail should through every day each
way, IN IL hours. The Postmaster General before The
service was commenced required that the contractor
should run through each in - hours instead of
Tor which the Postmaster General agreed 10 pay the in
creased expense From the Report of the Postmaster
eh'ra and the letter of the Superintendent of mail
contracts both the majority and minority of the commit
ice oehevcd that by of this change night instead
OF day service had been required of the contractors but
no such change produced aud that any Increased al
iowance must rest upon the increased expedition alone
respectable and disincrcstcd men, selected by the
Postmaster General himself estimated this increased
penSe at $4,000; and OF this sum. the Postmaster.
General allowed $4,000 This is believed be too great
an allowance, when compared with the original price and
compensation At examination has also been instituted
to ascertain whether the service had been performed as
ordered is believed that the proofesabshcs the per-
iormance OF portion fit part of it has not been
executed as ordered
ne committee also xamincd the of the routes
between Philadelphia and P,tsburg, and Pitsbure and
wheeling. The contract for double mail i'm four
morse post coaches, daily, between Philadelphia and
rttsonrg; one line TO run through in SO hours and the
other In 80 hours The line from Pttsburg to Wheeling
TO run through daily in II hours II is proved by Say
MAKER one OF the contractors and also by the then 81,
perintendent OF mail contracts that il the mutual
understanding between the Department contractors
that the newspaper mail TO be carried liz the slow
inc On the LIST of April 1882, the contractors were
required to carry all the newspapers in the fast line
Inns produced considerable expense and loss to them for
which the Postmaster General allowed them a the rnc
OF SlOOOO a year. The committee is of opinion that
some compensation should have been made 10 the con.
tractors Whether $00 600 should have been the amount
ct the allowance they have not the means of udqnC
Inc true rule it to it such subjects is that the
increase OF mail matter upon line of transportation
produced from any other than the action
department itself, should be borne by il
But when the Department. by itsGn
burden upon the contractorG