Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-04-12

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IL TIE li1UsE CT REPRESENTATIVE
lsbsa,afy 1G, 1853 -
The Hose beir 9 ia the COMMITTEES Of the Whole
lander the lixe-sainties rule )and having andercou
siieraiion the bill making appropriations for the
transportation a the United States mail, by Ocean
Steamers and otherwise, during the fiscal year
ending June 90 1856. fHtEf s%
Mr. JoSfs Of Tennessee, said: n
NJ. (AaiT4sois: With tie cost Of the Collins
steamers, the expense of rnuning them, with rates
Of fare for passengers, and the receipts for freight
we haze nothing to 10. That, ar i the private
business cf E. X Collins & Co. With them have
no more TO do than have with the amount of
goods imported by Stuart, OF New York, or OF any
other merchant in that city
Ny business upon this subject. as Representa-
tive Of a tax-psying constituency, and as legis-
laior, is to inquire whether the services rendered
by T. n Collins & Co, are worth, in the first place,
the money which we pay them; and, in the second
place whether or not we can get clear OF any por-
ton OF that expense without violating the contract
with that company, or giving them cause OF COM
plant. In 1917. Collins s. Co, came here and
made proposition, in accordance with winch, with
out altering one word, Congress directed by law
that the Secretary OF the Navy should close the
contract upon their own terms, which were that
they should carry the mails twenty round trips a
year, and receive for il 1886 900 from the United
States-being Sl9,250 for each round trip They
commenced the service in April, 1850, and IN
1852 came back to Congress and represented that
they could not carry out the contract and perform
the services at the compensation they were recev-
ing The proposition was successfully advocated
in Compress that il you would increase the mum
Der of trips by six, and increase the compensation
to $33 600 the round trip, they would carry out the
contract and perform the services.
| In both cases one Of the strongest arguments
urged was, that it was the building up of your
| Navy, and would supersede the necessity OF a
| direct expenditure in increasing the Navy estab-
| lishment. That argument has now no force, for
| believe no one now seriously contends that these
vessels will answer for war purposes.
| Again you were told, when this compensation
was increased that the increased mail facilities
would so increase the correspondence between the
! two countries, and consequently, so increase the
amount of postage, as to remunerate the country
| for the extra expenses paid Now, sir, after two
years experience under this new arrangement of
| increased trips and increased compensation, how
| stands this ACCOUNT Wek here it is:
Amount paid TO E K Collins Co for mail ransporta-
ton from New York to Liverpool for the year ending
Amount Of postage recsived from mails carried
by Collins line for the same year. 81
Net loss to the United States in 1853 $685. 636 81
Amount paid K Collins Co., for similar service for
the year ending June so, 1855 900 90
Net receipts Of hostages from Collins line for
The same year -.--..-.....-..-...... l9ao'' OIL
Net loss to the United States for the year 1854 04 622 SO
And falling off from the receipts for hostages
from this eeess 2ael steam Line frosi tie preaching
| year of the pretty little sum of S3S 936 26.
would thank the advocates of this line to in
form me, this House. and the tax-paying people of
the country, when the revenues from the line will
meet the compensation paid to these special favo-
rites Of Congress.
T. X. Collins 4 Co commenced this service April q,
1885, and from that date 10 June 80, 1884 having
ceyed from the peoples Treasury the 81 40s 81
! The whole amount of net revenue received for
ocean post. ges on mails carried by Collins
| line for the same period 73s, 46s Of