Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-02-12
POSTAL AGEsr BRD0Es.,

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tits surprising that = Pubhe oifSet, WIN Aas
shown himself to be so manifestly corrupt and
30 utterly incompetent in the discharge of his
official duties as Mr.. Postal Agent Quincy A.
Brook, ID permitted to retain and disgrace
the position he. holds-but by no means fills,
except in adipose, fatty bulk. He has grossly
), mrismanaged the postal affairs Of Idaho % far
as the opportunity to do ID has been afforded
him, and resorted TO very base devices to rem
der himself popular with the Department.
Fresh instances of his venality and incapacity
are constantly occurring, by which some favor
ite monopoly of Brooks, upon whose bounty,
perhaps, he sordidly fattens, 10 accommodated
at the public expense, and the people are
shamefully and seriously wronged. a.. i - -,
The last instance, Of which we have knowl-
edse-yet it is not, likely, the last instance &C.
tually-of his deliberate and reprehensible
: malconduct in Office is in connection with the
paper mail between the Dalles and Portland.
The Oregon Steam Navigation Company have
the contract for carrying the mail between
those two points. We believe the contract
calls for daily service, as it does between the
Dalles and Boise City, ria Umatilla. The Co
lunbia river has been frozen and closed to
navigation for several weeks, from Umatilla to
the confluence Of the Willamette. The dis
lance, BY land, from Umatila to the Dalles. is
about 100 miles; from the Dalles to Portland,
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about ITO miles. !, There is q road from UNA
tilla to the Dalles and thence to Portland u
road for portion of the way, and trail over
the remainder. John Haley, the enterprising
stage proprietor, has the mail contract between
Boise City and the Dalles. Notwithstanding
the snow, and ice, and severe weather, ne runs
stages or sleighs over the entire route daily,
and carries the paper as well as the letter
mails regularly. His line makes the hard trip
from Umatilla to the Dalles in one day, with
the mails, and passengers who offer. He has
not, we learn, missed trip all the season,
though it almost froze driver and team to make
the connections. His land route over that
portion of the country is about twenty miles
longer than the distance by land from Dalles
City to Portland.
Now, over this 10 miles of land route, CON-
prising the two most important postofices On
the whole contract route to Boise City. from
Oregon. Mr. Brooks has so arranged matters
that only ,Ceekly letter mail 10 carried during
the suspension of river navigation, and no pa.
per mail ,rhateuer. Wells, Fargo & Co. send
their Messengers over the route once or twice
each week, and they regularly make the trip
They have not failed to keep up the connection
90 far, and only for this the Idaho people
would be almost entirely cut off from commu
nication with Oregon, below the Dalles
for the winter The fact that Wells. Fargo &
Co. do run the route proves that it can b
travelled. and that the mails can be transported
over it. But Mr. Brooks let's off the very rich
monopoly which has the contract for carrying
the mail on that part of the route by convey
ing, once week, small letter mail each way
That wealthy steamer Company are paid {
large sum for carrying daily mail over the
route. 1t costs them actually nothing to carr!
the mail upon their boats when the river !.
open. They ought not to complain If it costs
them the price Of the services of two or three
= men and as many animals for few weeks il
d. winter, to faithfully perform the one-sixth par
+ of their contract-the transportation of oil tn
mail once week instead Of six times week
But kind Brooks, who likes to crowd the small
route, poor contractors. and never grants then
indulgence or favor, speedily steps forward il
aid of the very rich o. s. N. Co, and tell
them they need only carry letter mail week
ly. and no paper mail at all, until the navigation
is again open to their steamers. He cares no
for the injury, and wrong this inficts upo'
Thousands Of people IN Oregon, and in. Idah
and Washington Territories he only cares t
know that that rich Company will be please
with him; that it may bring him further con
siderations in hand from them; and that b
will be sustained il, what he does by the rio
men who comprise the Company, for whom h
>, has more fear and more respect than for a
the common people In Oregon or Idaht
The esiI administration of Brooks is spparen
LET him be removed, and his place DO given
a honest aud . capable man. 9taGi.7e9 i1%q
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