The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-05-15
Raid 4. steamboat
7.aas, oas $50 $50 sl95, 800

twill be perceived from this statement that there
has been effected a saving of nearly forty per cent
on the amount paid for horse and coach service I'M
der the existing contracts, being saving OF $780,
$50 the gross Of $500, $50; and the same rate
of saving, and more, on the other horse and coach
service throughout the Union, will effect saving
to the department of about $S05 600, gross expen
dture present. for that description OF service of
s. 1856 545 which is the total amount paid for q 662
269 miles OF horse and coach service all over the
Union. II will also be perceived that the amount
paid for railroad and steamboat service under the
present contracts, exceeds the rate paid tor horse
and coach service least thirty per cent, the amount
being 1872 $50 for 1897 404, which is at the of
rather more than dollar for ten miles, while the
horse and coach service is at the rate OF rather more
than fifteen miles for dollar. And this difference
is increasedf you take the whole Union into cons-
Iteration, for in the whole Union the rate of compen-
sation for horse and coach service holds the same,
being about oIlar for fifteen miles, while the
compensation for steamboat and railroad service is
$500 0O6 fer 5747 1856 miles, at the rate OF dol
lar for about miles, which is more than double
the charge for coach and horse service These facts
show that the department has been most shametuly
imposed upon by these railroad and steamboat corpo-
ratons-well described bodies without souls
for the well known effect of the introduction
of railroads and steamboats,, is not only quicken
journeys aud save time but also reduce rates of
travel and freight. What is there then, to account
for the fact that instead of this having been the case,
| the rates have been increased to the Post Office
Department, and reduced to every one else II can
be accounted for other principle but that these
souess corporations think the public purse fair
game and they have right to put their hands INTO
the public pockets deeper than private individual
will allow them do into his. 1t is time that this
rapacty checked Instead of the rates on rail-
roads and steamboats, being from 30 to 100 per cent
higher than on post roads, IN coaches and on horse
back they ought to be at least fifty per cent lower,
and the Post Master General, am sure, will be sup
ported by the public IN putting down this rapaclous
spirit the part Of these corporations, even IT, to
do SO he were compelled for time to send the let
and I'll, hanNf
binary baggage Should not the attempt be made
| by Cave Johnsonf
Ii is fact that all the Stock for the line of Mag
netc Telegraph between Philadelphia and New
| York is taken up, and the books are closed. A
meeting of the stockholders s to be held this even
| ing IN this city and prospective arrangements are
to be made, 80 as to proceed to work at once
with the Telegraph, and it will probably be
completed, and at work within three months be-
tween those cities. Among the subscribers to this
stock Messrs. Corcoran j. Riggs, of this city, are
foremost and as they and others OF the stockhold-
ers are men OF undoubed means, there can be no
doubt of the completion of this line within very
few months. Here will be beautiful opportunity
for the Postmaster General to commence operations
with view to bringing the Railroad Companies to
their senses. The government must inevitably be-
the owners of this line, and all the correspon-
dence of great Importance will be carried by 1t.
Let him then terminate the contract for carrying
the mails and have the heavy packages made up IN bu-
slness like packages and forward them as merchan-
disc. The companies dare not refuse to take them
as common carriers, and the saving to the Depart
ment would be immense, while Mr. Johnson would
be supported by the public, who never desert faith
full public servant to side with soulless corpora
ton, which makes them pay for carrying their let
ters twice much as the contractors are paid who
carry the mails with horses and coaches.
| friend of Mr. Greenhow, of the State Depart
ment, denies his being whg, in the Union Of last
| evening Whether a wing or a loco 1t matters not
his services to the Union in these long-winded edi-
torias upon the Oregon Question render his clerk
ship impregnable His election during the publica-
ton of these Oregon leaders, would endanger their
perpetulty in the Union. w.
WASHINGTON, May 10, 1916.
The weather has become hot here-but little do
ing just now.
On Saturday, Post Master johnson decapitated
few heads. The postmasters of Sprinfeld, West
Springfield, Northampton, and Amherst, Massachu-
sets, were displaced, and democrats put in their
places Hon. Osmyn Bakers plea in behalf of the
old WING incumbent in Amherst did not weigh
feather with Mr.. Johnson the Connecticut Valley
will be swept clean, probably
To-day the committee appointed by the Post Mas
ter General went into the examination OF the post
Office scales. Some sixty persons are here from all
parts of the country. Ninety-seven samples are re-
gistered Every form and fancy for weighing is
found in this collection. Beautiful specimens from
Mr.. Stevens, Louis, Ball u Hunt from Boston, Liv-
ngston of Pittsburg, Moore of Philadelphia, Brown
of New York, Gold of Albany, and host of others
several from Thomas of Brateboro, VT, has excited
much notice. particularly one which causes the let
ter or package to lift many weights II char
ged postages-all of this gentleman's had sub
stantial appearance. IL is difficult to tell what will
succeed, whether the spring-lever-trip scale or
some of the other nameless variety. Some have
suggested that the ingenious proposers here, should
form themselves into Sociological Society, and
hold Anniversaries hereafter like other honorable
bodies
Baltimore.