Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-04-02

cast to west. u none had been excluded ~
thc heavy mails, 1t amounts TO a loss liz
That reason OF sixty passengers IN thess
three months. The like loss NAV have
occurred during the three months of Sen.
'emocr, October. and November. which
are about equal 10 those of Apr,i. MAY
ana June FOR passengers. During N.
months in which there are but few nsssen
gers as July. August and Sentenber. n.
ccmhcr, and January, there would he mi.
months. according to the te.,;man. ~
esser. more man passengers enough on
~ .'e'ase lot one line and half or
, ,osa ana IN the month Of January,
100, we W'ncsses concur In saying that
| In 1881. was
| The loss then BY tLe heavy mail. dur.
Tue Tune they continued. would be about
one hundred aud twenty passengers, il in
reality they did not. khen Unable Ia take
passage IN the quick line. 60 in the slower
line, or some Of the extras. But suppose
the loss Of one hundred and twenty pas.
sengers at nineteen dollars each which il
understood 10 be the fare from city 10 c;ty.
y would be 1880 dollars, the sum which.
upon lar estimate, Is all that the de.
rar'ment ought 10 have paid. ir. indeed.
alter paying a5 600 dollars year for car.
rfy'ng the mail between the two cities il
nad been really bound to pay the contrac.
tors 10 addition thereto for whatever cosf
ana trouble they may be put 10 in carry.
'ns ~ lhe amount so given TO Reeside
ana Siaymaker. for which they rendered
no service. and Of which they gave their
partners no share, was IL 500 dollars.
his detail. minute and even tedious al
y may seem, was. nevertheless. necessary
TO avoid the danger Of error arising from
the vague language Of some Of the wines.
scs, aud TIER want Of precise and dis.
,inct Knowledge or recollection OF ths
Facts. We believe there can be no error
IN the evidence Of Thompson. SO far IA
purporfs 10 be drawn from the books Of
The company. and that thus far il NAV be
implicitly relied on.
Your committee would recall the atten.
Ton OF The Senate for moment 10 thu
statement Of the Postmaster General IN
,is circular. where he processes 10 give
'he reasons ol this extra allowance, II
was NOT gwen for any hardships or diff
cnilies encountered before ihe III Of April
1852, Tor he says before that date The
newspapers were not carried In the rapid
me, mt u was for those hich occurred
ai'er the LIST Of April and prior 10 the Isl
VI Juiy or N bis own words. "aiter three
months trial " Therefore, the state Of
mugs between the LIST Of April aud the
Is, OF July, 1882. was that on which this
allowance was granted; and il ID 40 mar
rowed down 10 point OF time that your
committee have been able 10 get al tho
truth WIN certainty, and II results in this:
nat within that period there were iii
irps 10 which there were no passengers
westward, and twelve trips with but one.
Tour tIips ~ which there were no passrn.
sengers eastward. and nine trips in which
There was but one. Most oil The blanks
and light trips both ways in these three
months occilr In the latter part Of MAY and
IN the month Of June. during which time
y. w Weaver tesiifies that tLefe vera
bot few passengers.
The letter Of Reside and Slaymaker.
set out al length by the Postmaster Gene.
raj and copied above, complains thai the
bargain 10 carry the mail as they vera
hen required 10 Garry il, was bard one:
hat the business would prove ruinous 10
them, and AYERS that an Additional com
pensaton Of $4,000 year was The least
sum that would save them from actual
loss; but they propose 10 take Ten thou.
sand year as part indemnity, and suffer
q loss Of five thousand wear the fnselves,
and do the service for the honor and ere.
dit OF the department. The Postmaster
General made the allowance of ten thou
sand year on this letter, without any
other evidence 10 sustain il, and Reeside
In tuI al u. IL
partners the fact that such allowance was
made.
Jesse Tomlinson, one Of their partners
who signed the contract, tesiifies before
the committee. on the 29ih day Of May,
1884, that he was informed in the spring
o. 1889. by Reside and SIaymaker. that
there was TO be such allowance, and no
further stated that MIR. Stay maker told
him that he was to let Brown have. or
he was to give Brown 81 900 Of it," And
ne adds, lin February or March, 1881
asked MIR Stay maker about il, and he told
me he understood il was not allowed; ("
and thus II passed off without the know
ledge Of any Of the partners until the ex.
animation before your committee made
known the transaction.
Since the publication Of that testimony,
the other men,bers Of the company claim
ed from Reside and Slaymaker their pro-
portion of this extra, which for the Time il
was allowed amounted 10 1880. They
refused TO pay any part OF it, and at last.
by common consent, The matter was refer
red to two aIbitratofs. members Of tho
i company at the time ofthe submission, but
not at the time the clam accrued, who
were finally TO adiudge and determine on
the matter. Abraham HaIbaugh. (see
doc. G3,) a member Of the company, ex-
amined on that subject by your committee
on the 18th OF Nov. last, says . be fsiee-
side) has never settled with our company.
so far o. know. nor did be say any thing
except at our settlement, think in Au-