Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-10-09
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EieAHoasI Stat' ~, l9ll'
D,ar slr-ln answer 10 your letter Of the
Bird last, have 10 say;
| i. That Sawyer nd his coparlners we've
Ieontraeiofa with the Government CT tho u,
lS,ases Iog carrying the mails on twenty
lroutes IN Texas, embracing most OF tue
great lines Of that Slale, for aa annnAl as
Iersgaie eomVensauOa OF (SI IIl,Oill one
hundred anl fourteen lhonrsanl aad loF'y
one dollars.
=. That on the 2nd OF September, inst,
tic D6parlmont received q letior .Tom Nr,
sawycr. dated August SIlf saying that rs
the Dr,nrtment could not permit him 10
carry The mails on these fonles as upon
Wsiar b.ik,H aud ior other reas0ns, lao would
cease 20 carry tho malls on the LIST OF Sept,
inst. fiom this you will see, tie service ON
these routes was discontinued tho day be-
ioroahe Department was notified OF has ln-
tention. ltis but jpsi, however, 10 nv.
Sawyer, 10 say that he gave us one OF his
reasons .or nband0p.bg the seiy CO on these
routes, the reduced amount OF travel IN tho
stages, aud thai his contracts were male AZ
prices look ing 10 the continunneo OF bis re-
ceipis nom 'lassepgers 70 keep up coach
service. tt -rr.f fll
3. The Department. is now preparing The
schedules OF mailseivicc on these and other
routes, and viii, IN day or two send ont
advertisements asking BIDS TO supply this
service. Aud TO supply, as lnr as possible,
the service between this and the u,nc the
now contracts can be regularly ma @, post
mas,crs nj the cnds OF tho routes will be
furnished with authority 10 contract for
temporary service. t
,,e...natttnn s1fM Nc Su HtQt st.l-
niiited 10 the Department by hIm verbally,
and now in writing, that lie be allowed 10
carry the muils rs upon "slar bids, at his
present raie OF compensation, over roads
upon which BY his contracts he was reqar-
cd to run iour- horse and two.horse coaches,
would havo required the Department TO en-
ter into new contracts with him, BY which
ho would have been authorized to carry the
mails ON horseback at the rate OF compen-
saIon which had been allowed him by his
contracts for coach mad hack service. This
would have been equivalent 70 giving iim
Increased compensation torlnlerior service,
and could not nave been done without vio-
rlating the law. Lower bids for ''star' ser
vice, on some of these routes, were rejected
when these cOntrs OTIS wcrcawardcd, because
the Department had determined TO adopt
the nluEeF 61Au VI SefNlVVJ anu INV ~
partment is now deprived OF the benefit oi
theso lower bids ior The grade of service
proposed by Mr.. Sawyer. The course OF
.pl ooedure proposed by Mr.. Sawyer, in ad-
aition toits being a violation of law, would
have involved the improprietyaof the Do
partmens making q number of important
Reontracts, without giving either the public
Treasury, or snch person or persons as
In ght have been willing TO do this service,
Tho benefit of open competition. Ana the
liDepartments would be inexcusable, asa mat
ter OF propriety and policy, for adopting
Ilsuch course, even ii it were not VIOLA
lItion Of slaw. ,sI y stls /. ,.,.s..s
\ / have been thus full in my answer that
lyou may see the Deparlmentis in nowayre-
IIsponsible for the present unfortunate inter-
Eruption OF postal communication in Texas.
IAnd | shall spare no etfortsto have the ser
Ilvicc renewed as soon as possible.
IL 90 Very respectfully, a e&e
II - Yoar obedient servant sg
n JOHN II. REAGAN,
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