Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-01-01


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It viii be that the suiplis funds Of the depart
mcnt bch az time exceeded $4,000 have been
greatly diminished.
The determination of Congress no, 70 reduce letter
postage AS suggested IN my annual report Of l>6, WAS
considered ia the light Of an instruction 20 apply The
cash ON hand aud the increasing cuuest revenue To
improvements OF the mail service II estimaled
that the seven hundred new routes csabshrd to lsjh,
aud The Improvements ot service on many old ones IN
conjunction with the usual annual increase al business
in the country, would add at rhs fifteen per ocnt, 10
tho ct last year, which would be maintained
with still further increase dunuL the present. year
The extension 81 mail service was accordingly caulcd
tar enough 80 consume tins anticipated increase, aud,
also the progress ui lew years reduce the surplus
hand To tine lowest amount consistent with the
vrncnce ot the department The general financial dis
arers al last year haze not reduced the revenue,
might have been expected but has prev snl,d st of
the anticipated increase and thrown the department up.
ils surplus sustain large portion o ito extensions
The udicati N. that there will be slight IN.
proyemrnt in the OF the current fiscal year
yer ia" preceding bat not enough 90 produce any mate
nal effect Az advance somewhat greater may be
sonably expected wear bat not enough 10 the
Increasing Of mail service. aud put into opr alton
the new route, established at the last session " Com
cuss. 1t viii hence be seen ihit, Tor more than year
to come, the enrichment, rather than the extension Of
routes ~ optfdtlJI Is 20 tNptSA-
/ In general the % postma-crs rendered,
and the duties ot contractors performed, with the ut-
most fidelity and precision Indeed, the world wav bs
challenged for any similar establishment, embracing 40
much intelligence, activity ADD energy, aud yisdIug TO
millions OF mankind so much unqualified good. The
chief obstuctions which has recently encountered In
It's OF usefulness, have arisen from III" deicl'n-
ces and unreasonable demands of corporate bodics,
which had employed, OF deemed 1t useful ioempoytn
the public service.
ia maulgiag ITS funds through the public acents,who
are under bonds Tor their security, and removable at
WILL and IN dealing with the individual ifeeinen OF tne
States and the United States ~ competition with each
Other finds ali IT'S operations easy, safe and prospect
uus.
At their las, session. Congress enacted "hat each aud
every railroad within the limits Of the United States
winch IS, hereafter may be made and completed,
shall be post route, ana the Postmaster General shall
cau4n the mail TO he ranspoued thereon, provided he
can have II done reasonable terms, and not paying
more than twenty ive per centum aud above what
similar transportation would cost IN post coaches.
70 avoid luther trouble with the railroad companies
on the main mail lines, 1t was determined TO pay them,
upon renewal Of existing contracts, the ghc.t ptie'
which this law would admit But there was Ghcu'tY
IN fixing THIS price. Ia the fret place IT ~as To We
ascerjaIHcd what Congress meant by the phrase "Sii-
iaThdHspDri0H, aud ~ the next place, ,chat tsdt
traEsp0Itt0H t00d cost ~ post cJdchts 1t "as o0vi
Gus that they could not mean transportation e7n1 IN
spctd for that would be Impossible Ihcy could not
mean the sumo transportation the transportation OF
the mail the route for IN that case the
. word sumo would have been used instead 81 the wod
similar. 1t seemed PROBABLE that they had reference
TO the ordtnary post coach transportation IN the same
section OF the country, and 10 the points oil similarity
between that and railroad transportation, Intending Tho
additional twenty five per cent as compensation The
O increased speed THIS construct on would have gwen
,, the railroad companies liberal compensation Us they
II had rght 10 expect, nasmuch as would nave mate
e rally increased the cost of mail ranspohiioa, while,
ia respect to passenger produce and merchandise tho
Z cost IS every where chrapehed ~ ,n"n.
But upon careful consideration OF Tie words Oi the
~ law, IA connection W thr mail sccvce existing at Tho
time Of jas p7g-sge, the department t Itself consraiD.
ed 10 adopt construction favorable q tie
Companies Fiat the word "stniief sh.
m st,otd as having no reference to speedr u y.
'e which, according to legal well as
- stfuciion could no, be- maintained i't own b
ie TO Baltimore, the great Southern aud w pt hedi-
united IN AT the laitcr point rNy sf"s no.
portion, believed to BE- the larger, gon"u"ry teSt
other South 1t could not be doube'nn''nts TO
portauon Of the Western mail was,n reeve their
is importance, aud als0 ITS ,Bced, sbui over
the main southern iine than any othe
70 the department The department, therefore,,
strained take the cost OF that transportation as ~
guide in fixing the Lasa Tor The alo vance 10 railroad
compancs on the main Soulhern line, provided Tor by
a. law. The average cost Of tins line, from Baltimore "a
no Cincinnati found to Be 100 per mile To tbs sun
20. 2j per cent added aud the aggregarS 10 oOwa'
W offered 10 the fafond companies between ffedrckS
burg Va and She Kopnoke uyer, o. the highest con
prusation which could be allowed them by law Tie
rule Intended 10 be applied 10 all railroads uh
"a der like circumstance. II was not doubted that To-
provision would be readily accepted more ample tai
The railroad companies had ngbt 10 expect ana Una
~ Tins troublesome matter would have been forever I'd
Iused 50 Tar regards lhns" roads Bhi ihr p"P''a
ma department has been accedcd TO- and u, On
'c' ~ higher compensation demaudod, but condu1s' ar
insisted extraordinary a. The c"nceFson 81 lheu
h would be upouc and iiirga The department 'ihria
& fore engaged "a inaking provision TOR lhe NHh-p "a
- Da 81 he great trtn mad BY other means alicf liz
ls Of Janualy next, MI beng 81 liberty under tf a~
t etrn At Il othrrwise disposed, 10 nccede - ih
s deinandrd BY lhe railroad cumpanles Ih- can
not De dome he line without pubAc 'hcobfrhi
"a ia tbe loss ct time and although rys ns mas
o. BE- raised up tr 0i few months ipy fgua
u speed - Il viii not be % coaFrnirpt 1, We az ~
Al, entDT all respects u.ro 10 r public o. e on
10 10 question Bal having offered s HAT iAr Las Adnii
Ted and than just.ee aud good Poicy would ,s''
.t sanctioned bod 90 10 hern pls.vd ihr dsP'nHe" dor
us feel itself aby ~uy frsfgAsoir .7f DE Pa1ir 10
IA. convenience -hch l4ay sn-.s.
sD 1h-sr details sse been gwen bat tongfcss may cor
rect iA- coLsfucuon gifrn T. u." ia" ~ lss SESSION
liberal too slfct frsYft 20 s-cb iudhrf ens'
rnru's thr public iHisfeti taey sTStn 70 70 80
set principle tai Con sr-ss cost'u1nay nsLT f'a-
Pol" Tor TIE tfaus yorail.n 81 n4as5nDr rfr - Sis
i"i seems 4, lr generally s14H..ur. tu tt l-'y 90.
ii use of that ysrDose al roads furfI uHa~i e -
'f t44tfvol tr state. be- 'tr'H br~u p"if~'tA ~