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WASHIsoTos, March 81, lst2.
prIa srsE; seine tiune ago j wrote you ist-
81 giving an account ofthe reiIenehmenl which
,he wings bad made ID the contingent expenses
1.-THE House Of Representative; aud taking
nird,s-eye view of eersain Developments Of
. asls!al expenditures, 10 Ihe various depart
meas This leller eEeilet good deal Fl allsn-4
lion, ana gave rise Is saadfy Dswspaper efiueisns
-sr.ups ana6v4seus, and olhefs under the sigma
r1re ef 6fficefs III soveInmeats You viii resol-
let thar gave ihe statements therein conialnedF
poo lie anihurisy OF ruHssr and though bel
leved them % h correct ID III respects, 1couid
NOT voueh for them upon ny Pelsonal knowledge
As Ihad been 'ns,rumealAL hoSever, IN giving
publicity b lhe statements felt i 70 be lneum-
bent cd me % wake more special examination
of,he facts, ii oyder that il bad done iplqsiiee
% a5y one. il u isht repair IL have according
~ made The exclamation, and lind that my state
}nenls are Substantially eoTeeI-the principal
error being ID charging certain expenditures 10
The FlordaSwsr which proPeriy belonged Y other
iocslities. Al future day will revsIk 10 ibis
subjscl, aad giIe ihe documentary evidence
One, Ok lhe Is,atemeots was, shai HE Government
had baeh chargtdS2300 for making wagon 70
be .tssed rA lhe Fonda sands aAd swamps. This
prlce vas SO enormous, that the announeemehl
shocked tfeAul.ty llself-B1t il IS neYggtheiess
Iue, as you MI perceive BY reference 70 an eff
ciaI rdpefl whi4h herewith send you See pa
ges And lel AMeriwetkers report, No. 45s,
made aIsl Mareh 1912 For The edi6cAtion of
some Or your rFadeFs, vii give some Of The de-
iais Of The bill alseosl: So
hFor materials and wVFkmalship, 81 623 80
Expenses 81 Mr. Grant. IS 10
! Superintendence Of Mr.. Grant, 65l so
| Whole cost 1850 so
rhs hains.s lar Two horses for ,sis wagon
qdss, according % same report. 5000 tSes
Tai,5leport Or Mr.. Merixeiher4. abounds in !
lya8ely at insirlretire facts upon The subject Of
economy sotnrfpE which | beg leave 10 extract
! rid thr benefit .df y,uI readers. | hope, more
pvef thai you will give Them the whole report
al 40 early day. Ny purpose in calling alien
ucn n particular Items, is rnerelyto w6et The
lplbe appetite tor the rich rsPasl which The re.
poTl offers 10 them 3N
page 9,l
| For rent Of hPuse at Picelaia for one
year, $500 per month, ~ $1,000
4 AEH page 70 r n
Amount paid Samuel II. Peck, for ten ~
wagons, engaged in'transPortng pub :
hi stores 81 DAYS; a, $40 so per day, s4,O9;
Am6uni PAID fer transportation rom
! Augusta columbus, at SIG 5ol per
/ hundredI!! /
\ Ne tPAGE, Ill
For six teams transporting baggage
from Fort Jesup to Fort Towson, 80
days, each lean 10 carry 1900 POUNDS,
and travel II miles per day-S20 per
per day, s360e
What ihiEk you Of these prices, wagonels Q
Western Virginia. A team 10 carry half loaC
halfaiday's journey, and gel $40 per day !!
;. II will nov pass onto some smaller matters
On page 1871 find charge allowed for $40 COZ
bricks at Apalachicola, atsi9 96 per Thousand
On page ID ofsame Feporti hnd wood charge
lathe following prices: q
I. Amount required al New Orleans, al $40 pc
cord Oh page 8, find charge OF $500 70
$50 pei ccfd!!) allowed for Transporting 10
: Ecords OF woad .ffann New orleansto Fort Brooke
\ But the most Rasieful Of all the expenditure
+ have been id the hiring OF sieamboals~ rs
! Ii many ins ances, Boats worth; from ten /
tWentyahousand dollars, were hired at from $50
: Iio sl00O}ner day
! The ownsrs Of the Boat Henry Crowell whic
: Genl Jess,ip says was worth about $4,000, IL
Iceivea 5000 per day and the whole amount pal
them for hire Of thai Boat as appears from pas
: 5 -of thar report, was $50 $50 W.
e The fllcwile additional extracts Of prices a
$ ilowed as hite for steamboats, are Submitted lp
/. candid pubic, that the peoples when they com
: to. pronopneetheir judgment on the great pa
s.;~s, Ihe cnnniry. on the 4th Thursday in Apr
and extrsTAsant Fl enditures Of the public m