New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-31

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In ,.l.ton 10 the annexed letter addressed BY the
Pr,,d.ut and directors of the Panama Railroad Com
na,x In III. members OF the Senate and House OF
Repr, iv.s il reply 10 the charge contained 10 the
R.put Of the Po.tna.terG General tha, this Company
had .pdeayor.d 10 take Advantage Vi the Government
IN the eopye, apce IL the mails Fke J0gTg1! o. Co.'S
eee Justly rays: 1t is temperate in tone, and must
convince every impartial reader that the PostDas'er-
General has Misunderstood the position OF the CON-
many spo the de.ign Of its officers, and has thus done
them =, at injustice in his r. port We have been ID
mi6ar with the facts in relation TO the traH.t of The
I,,buus 81, c. the difficulty rst coumenced, and mus
cav ,hs, instead Of trying to corner the Department,
the officers Of this COMPANY wno are among too most
resp.cts bic eitzens of NerYorb have shown cour-
tesy end frbearance that should have exempted them
from such a charge
orrrer P.s.x. R.Lf 6.G I e AS
T. re Eoaorstle tie Senate dHa the Hos'
fae u.d sa,.. IN esngs" a.'s pDSsden. end D.
recon, oft Pa Railroad Company 81 Sew or. I
y represent that in the Rrpo POI ., dss Ua,sS states.
,ubui,re TO Copsrrss on 5h pst ,felnnt - zoe "
70 fsf eaeuis prejudice HO
cradle body s,sirs the Company we ,rdx -
Pc, - p.esmtrr IS5l mails Of the United States w-re
conveyed i.ihm9 Of Panama under ae.a v s
Poan,er General Of little over u c.ns per pound. tns
CON- md mules wIe obtained very low bat the rre,
rrr,e ,c the lshmns 10 1850 and So snsA tnA,
Re Government of New GraLsds cbeer1y gave up losing
couact An hen made between Postmaster
s, TO t,se argc Of the mails on December
l. 1851 rths ate Of a cen' per polnL II p o. ms
G.nes passed by Con.. authorizing traet %
BE- made ss s . 1r. " the or Drp.nea and
construction of The law this was intended a, az 1set 81
Rroa Con pan first tok charge o tn. mails 'aeJ eon'eyed
oily nes BY r ana then, BY contract W.T. o,nt
On. year Ii. Company had twobrc Of the road in
oT.son snd used mule. for the rpmainns distance A. t
time for the Of he route whore mules we're
the Company paid by contract e-ns per poIaa, .Ga .hs
MONEY TO keep In Psssbe a;e ms eon,ilued 70 az. o.
airy lst5 -hep bs road opened from sea TO sea nus @
wrhou, profit but If the expenses Incurred in improving TIE
nulr-rosd be- charged at considerable loss
ssied over Il 80 tE.n four days and .omemss they
Sel.ted ,eE. low carry b.m over in hours and
tb. conveyance s safe and cer.n Po.im.'.; ha'
dated March 49, M From the account. received stne
Department Of he very inefficient manner IN woen me .y
under NewGa sdi.a Government a1d of he ifTesuay
% 81 the nail. .Is "a f he % SrSa
weeks resulting nconsdersb- losses BON 20 indlyidu
ded,dy tor the interest Of the Government WEI Ct al
oiheu ned to have the services performed rsay ana
This opinioa was communicated 10 Cor ares and
led 10 ibe suhoy TO contract with the anna haf0ad ION
Soon after the Railroad opened from 20 SEA- the Pr
Of n. r,,e This wa. pompy and respectfully declined
the mails continued to be sent as usual On peseaLg
Po..ns.erGeneis refused to pay SveI s D. The
payment long delayed and was finally eceis'a y TSe
same thing occurred when the steoad and THIRD quarterly
ans to the the
received 'upt and rot 10 full fox
dean srbitra, Withholding from the CGuPasy portion Of
their pay amounting that time 20 yard Of 10 NO
lsou Of ntfsc an
formed by committee appointed to wait upon nun la ne
were paid This The General in the report referred
TO- calls gross imposition" and says th. viewing / - an
G n1 oD G% sAs to Be
This to h1 sss Of &. h hh be
placed the records Of Congress and published to tn" void
ano contradcts the statement which in
duoed We had undertaken to perform service At hnet
In three days and serward in two days time By expend
Of 5 i not Ds .su S a ns and
the service in four hf For this reason
s%s ws W ~, for he pasmc5t Of . cs charges
with attempt to draw rom the Treasury more taa
on contract honestly aud faithfully performed or oar part
implies the sgreeme1 to certain CONDITIONS oy ,o
of all We deny the right Of the Postmaster zen
srs FIX hs own term. OF per ". iO s
deciding for ourselves whether we Will vary the terms o. CTS
The Company shown every disposition to The views
Of in the Of the mails and when toe
the rate the great bulk and weight OF the mails the
Company offered to fix upon an equitable anuIa eogpeni
sent thus enabling Government to multiply s mails without
We Appendix b. copie.Of the
bet.een he Psbsma asr9.d Company and The rS:mi,ys
H. Aspbws and Henry ChSunceys. committee sppned TO
with the Postmaster General dated I'd OF April last but
mned BY The PO.na.ter General to Jong,". ~ Nay isS
These documents aud the facts already stated stahh ne
FGm That the Panama Railroad Company perf'r min,
hxI atwsH
S.cead That O1 years they performed :he services
Tad large expenditure they we're adj. 70 per
STs dsy, as ar and AZ, iw.rd In two day.
r. Brh That Consequence OF th, improved service TIE
Postmaster General STOPPED portion Of the stipulated Pay
run That The Company considered had night 70 be paid
for services faithfully performed ac;ordne to contract and de-
sa That for this demand they denounced "a,
due and are CHARGED with compelling the
s Ss. Tia. %sd c cd%papy upon i. rights it
bs s,nc.d s!er disposition to MAKE nsw c9I.rae on te'm'
scarcely TO aude to the falacy Of the Post
G s2 IN ii s e.
E Railroad because the service p formed in es' tme
passage the New York ard Ehe Road cents
per mile for each On the Panama Road 50 cents
hs road va. built The o Ee Road hourly
with full trains. The Panama Road has only four days in each
Of running the The gross receipts on bob az
cert III. en. cos, o the road. repecV
After expenses only fair dividend the propse
That should be made because the service s
perform In less time and in better manner Il nco
prehensble. Should Mr. Collins by improvements in ms
bis ships enabled
the ais to Europe in Ave days instead Of EN- would Afford
good reason for reducing bis pay
The Panama Rail- cad has been built by citizens Of the United
sae il the face Of many difficulties 1t form: The only
tain and connection between the eImetes Of this
empire Is has been far beyond the estimates Of the
who surveyed the route the persons Who
deTfook the work and from its importance In coumerciA
sossl and iona entitled 20 the favorable con.dea
ton Of Government IL emphsicsy iona work uniting
that