Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-06-10

40 p's.W this subject ~ ts mast in,.l.iI,is
/ "e rHst Assistant Postmaster General has
p'.ta'," ah1n'lr view at Terent proposals. that
Iehhpns"n may lie made between the aun,,, a,
crescent hiis ard the paid lor mail ,c,y;c,
upon the same routes. This table is hereto ann, =.
/ cd, marked ~. '"' u
ons" examination Of this statement, it will Ia.
So'" 'h'', ia some eases, the amount demanded 10
ran ROAD companies for trans poIiatlon of th. ,,ai
| Is more than hco hHHdIed per cent. higher th,n !.
pau ior coach service, upon roads formin. eonnee,
ing inks between different rail road coIni,an;.s 30,
On inc same main route, and that, too VIII. ,. ,h.
night service upon the rail To,ds is less than -,
performed IN coaches. Such demands deserve me-.
consideration om the fact that whilst at the r,r.n,
| lettings IN New lotk and in the six Eastern S,.,..
inc accepted service by coaches and other mode, 81
conveyance has been secured ut an av,ra.. S,,in,
~ "'eh'y 400 per cent. upon the contracts OF Is37
'n''e are hut lew instances where the dem and, 81
| Incorporated comp inies have not been increased IN
s"en m'nner MS imposed upon me the necessity of
| S"SPehhng the coLtracis. Nor is the exttay,.,n,
Pn'ce ucmanoed Tor mail transportation ut,n nail
"ru. 'ne only manner IN which these ncor poratons
auec' inc revenue of this Department. The C,etli.
ties secured by thus mode OF conveyance fur s.nt,.
'.'c's ny private hands, very seriously oi,nin,sn
.'o vceiP's oi me Offices upon these routes. SIN
S'c Illustration will establish this assertion
boston mone oi the most iniportant points or .;i
ro'd concentration IN the Union. Its business 49,,
per'ty provetbial and yet in that city the amaze
chulh.: SlSt March last shows, as comn,,,J -,
.no t,esIonuIns quarter OF the year before de-
crease ~ postage receipts OF three thusand ON -
area aud nistiy fire doHars-beny ,ouhI, e.
amount OF diminuton To be iounI, within the INA
umr' IN any ohor post office IN the nation y,,h ,h
os' oNeeI''''h OF Philadelphia, which is another
great terminus of railroad communication
These facts are presented IN no snr;, oc ,t,:,
"''s ""aT'S thosc To whose mana cement th,s. ~,
corporations are nrusted but that have coSS,..
u uue 10 our whole people to refer to this subject
90 QUO which VIII ere long call for national nni
slate legislation, unless a corrective be &C.,
Piled 10y public opinion. up
a considerable saving will &c found i'm the cur.
m."' oi service generally, directed by my i'm.
or 'e predecessor, IN limiting the TRANSPORTATION
VI the mails to six trips a week upo, mos, Of ~
routes throughout the nation The ,mho,,,...J
.o'u'on OF the finances OF the Department If il was
,ei'aih unaided 10y Government, clearly indtc,-
Su' the prnpricty oi come rcduct on of service ,,,
he religious sense of the communi,v will c.,,;i
approve the ioe,ing that selects the Sabbath as tL
~ ", W"ich 'hat service should not he perform
- Ct u cannot DC denied TINT this or ,.r hiss
""the heavily upon con FACTORS and I'm MANY ,n,,,
ces causes great arrangement IN the trans1or,,,,,
oi the mails. transportation
must III some sections OF our country this ol,ero
t,, "'S nov ohy received cheerful acquieScrnrc
"' 10 warmly approved, there has been ,r,,t ycn.,
a. complaint oi us operation and daily nnns, To- H.
1,u faculties are pressed upon the Depor,ncnt
WIhont entering upon this u5Iect at Iage II IS f
i r my present purpose To state that, as this or
DER purpors To have been given to reduce The cr.
pehseS nl the Department. ami 10 and m h;n,,
''u "'thin It's receipts return Ia. io,mcr So, v,c
~ 'h's time, might well be considered rs a declare.
non OF my confidence IN its ability to sustain The
"a APemuitnre necessary for such restoration have
order at cuTtailment " "'''
n ne building now being erected for the General
Iost Once Is So far advanced as to give assurance
'n'' u can be completed before the session oI Con.
srcsS IN December. This is much to be ,Ie.;,I
n"' oh'y Tor the convenience ui the trIns,ctinn a.
business, but that the public property may be kent
IN security. Such means as are within nv mower
= continually employed to protect the present
JJn,us from hre' hnt IN ITS exposed condition tho
tue once Is source oi constant anxiety
Al which srcspocfuy submitted.
80 FRANCIS GRANGER
10 ue PRESIDENT at the United States