Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-03-26
The LIST of April, 1888, atlas
dollars year

batiseH 70 receive, on the basis az bts roo-
isct, NE moneF which has been faid Rec
.sde Tor hts nine months service uust
nave performed tie hike service fnr 6sa
years nine months and twenty DAYS
ms u,fferenee is too great 10 res, nnnn
principles oil equal Justice. Nor does his
transaction stop here; Reside, hy n,
agent or sub contractor, after the aGth &c
July, 1882. carried the mail on This yout.
when II suited his own convcn,ence IN
coaches, and when IL suited him better he
carried i on horseback. II il pcrlcctly
evident That bis own pleasure and his own
convenience were alone consulted on that
subject And on the fiih of February.
1888, at time when il is proved by both
Weaver and Lewis, that he was carving
Tue mail on horaebaek. we find the follow.
ing letter addressed by him Ia the Post.
master General. doc No 7s.)
February IA, 1888.
" SIN The citizens of Bedford. Pa.
desire that a daily mail be run between
bedford and Holhdayspurg. The latter be-.
NV place OF great importance, being at
Tue Junction OF the Pennsylvania canal and
ran road, and an intercourse Of communi.
ca.on being very great between The two
points will agree 10 perform the service
at pro rata allowance, and put the ar
ransemen, into etiec, in ten days.
Very respectfully. SC.
JAMES RESIDE.
Hon. w. 7. Barry. P. M. O.
Across The paper is written, ia the hand
OF The Postmaster General granted - and
Recside is credited on the books OF the de-
pattment for daily mail between Blair's
Gap and bedford. at q rate Of 50 oil ~
year additional. from the lst OF March.
10 tho list Of December. 1888. with ono
month additional credit for discontinuance
IN all amounting 10 s2.43I 50. II is pro-
we'd conclusively by iloiius. the postmas-
ter at Bedford. and by Lewis, then the
agent Of Reeside, and bis superintendent
on that very line, that no such daily mail
was carried during that time. though
coaches may perhaps have run daily for
short time for the sake Of the profit derived
from passengers who were visifefs TO tho
Bedford Springs Hofius says il was Fri.
weekly mail but " for two or three weeks
in the season OF the springs ii run daily
think-I do not recollcc. whether they
brought the mail daily or not" And Lew
is, speaking Of the route. says "it ran
lit never an daily at any time 10 my
that this witness superintendent the route
for Reside. from the LIST Of April to the
LIST Of October, 1898, the time at which
Recside is paid $4,000 year for carrying
the mail in four horse post coaches tri.
weekly, and S2,olI ~ extra for carrying
it daily
II was in fact carried on horseback 10
The middle Of May, and the residue Of tho
summer and fall. partly In four and partly
! In two horse post coaches. On this route
Reesidc received, from the LIST OF April,
1882. to the lsl Of July, 1884, including
extras. an aggregate sum Of S12,559 50.
10 but a very small portion OF which be-
| was entitled. for any valuable services ac-
tuaIly rendered 10 the department or 10 ths
public.
Resides contract from baltimore to C1am.
bersbvg
The route from Baltimore TO Chambcrsburr
appears 10 have been struck off 10 James Recsids
In October, 1881, at 81 /, 900 year 10 run daily
Post Master General Of the third Of March 1894,
IN which he frofesses 10 give all the extra al
lowances which have been made to contractors
| since the LIST April 1870, there Is no mcntion OF
crtheiess, in the account OF James Rcesidc. fur.
nishcd to this committee BY the department he
| 10 credited with transportation on this route at
the rate Of s3,495 ayear for two years and three
months, from lst January, 1892. 10 the LIST Of
| April 1884. (doc. No. ~ To ascertain the
cause Of this discrepancy, your committee called
for such official papers as might be In the depart
ment, relating 20 the matter, aud were furnished
with, first. paper Of the following tenor;
"Mr Sutoi, Pay Clerk.
The contract pay, per aunum, m route No
| 1883, from baltimore 10 Chambersburg, is one
/ thousand nine hundred dollars, and find no ad
| ditionai allow ance endorsed on contract. He
| pleased 10 inform what pay 10 made from the
] pay list on the route James Reeside, coptrac :
tor. r.. H."
80 (" The amount paid on the above ron,s is 80.
Difference is Ssi.595. See order for increa-
I sed expedition
| 2. A paper in the hand writing OF James Rec.
side, having neither date nor signature, in the
following words:
leave Baltimore daily, al "A. M or after
the arrival Of the eastern mail from Philadelphia
and arrive at Chambcrshurg by r. M. Leave
IChambersburg daily at A. NJ. or after The ar
rival ofihc western mail fiom Pitisbusg. arrive
IN baltimore by r. M. BY this arrangement
the mail will run each way. between hatimcrc
and Pittsbnrg, in two days. which agreed In
my proposals., fer $40 dollars
And Q. A. scrap Of paper, which appears to
have beep mart of an envelope, on which is writ
len, chiefly IN red Ink, the following;
No. 1888.
"Baltimore 10 Chamb fsbnrg, the schedule Is.
10 leave Baliiiuorc at A. NJ, arrive at Chuin-
bcrsburg The H. day at9 r. M, II hours to
form conDexlen HlN sE rapid Ine q Cham
bersburg so as IL u Uatit.oFcto Pitt burg
in 81 hours; il Wi ~ G. ssary TO xi'1dit so
as to arrive at Chat ssnra by 3 P. M. Shall
the expedition be ORD rea sn
Across which il Nglilea III black ink, 10 the
expedition"
This application for increased expedition and
the consequent Increased pay, rests entssey up
on the allegation, that il was necessary 70 arrive
! ] at Chanbersburr al o'clock p. NJ. instead oi