The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-09
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Tenth charge that most of the routes
controlled by Bradley Barlow & Co. are
sublet in direct violation Of section 21l of
tho postal laws Of the United States.
Eleventh. charge that the records OF
The Postofllcc Department and Auditors
Office of the Treasury will show that
many of the contracts held by Bradley Bar.
low, c. &. lluntlcy, Owen Miller. j. "
Parker, s. $. lIuntley. +. L. SAWYER. Il
ii. Peterson. Gilmer & Salisbury. and
Others were made with other parties. and
that the contracts are controlled by them
as agents or attorneys.
Twelfth charge that on posi-routes
from Walla-Walla to Missoula. 453 miles.
supplying Steyensville and Fort Owens by
a side supply, contract was ordered with
) Blake at $4,000 per annum: that
Blake failed TO execute his contract, and
That contract was made with Hunt
ley at 500 800 per annum, from July |.
1870 That on july 80, 1870. an addition.
al trip was ordered on side supply in
creasing the pay SO, 200 per annum On
August %, 1870. the service was extended
on side supply TO Grds Creek IS miles
increasing the pay Sl5j0 per annum On
Dec. ~. 1870 two additional trims were or.
dered on the whole route, increasing the pay
Sal, 1jl per annum, making the total nav re-
ccivcd per annum by c lIuntley. 81 '4OI
Thirteenth charge that the postof,lcc
at Gird's Creek, on supply ordered August
%, 1870, was discontinued on December
IL, 1871. and has not been re-cstabished.
and that G.. G. IIuntlpy receives the nav
ga, 300 on this discontinued route in VIC
latiOn OF law and for services which he
does not render by reason of such discon.
tinuancc
The fourteenth, fifteenth. and sixteenth
counts embrace substantially the same
charges as those contained in the preamble
to Mr. Stones resolution offered in the
House last week and already published
Numerous routes are giycn,wth the amount
OF the bid and the price Mt which the con
tract was ordered. The charges under the
tOu ,eenih count are summed as follows
That the bids for service on these several
routes amount in the aggregate to S10S,-
1922 Oh. and that contracts were made for
this service amounting to the sum of $Gss.
1870. in direct violation of the postal laws
and regulations Of the United States
Inc conclusion Of the fifteenth charge is
That the aggregate bids for the mail ser
vice on Tie foregoing routes amount to
$40, 449.4O, and that contracts were made
tor this service and for TIVE sum Of S111.
03050, in direct violation of the postal
laws and regulations of the United States
Seyenteenth-l charge that Barlow. San
dcrson x Co. received some $4,000 for
carving the mail between Calahans
ranch and Shasta, in the State of Califoi-
mia. and that they fail to comet with
Trinity Centre, on the line of SAID route,
and a distance of thirty-two mics from
Galatians ranch, and that letters sent from
Callahan's ranch to Trinity Centre, and
cce cer~t arc compelled To be carried over
a circuit of 250 miles, in order to reach
either OF these places. and that said par
ties are paid for deliveries ut Callahans
rancho and Trinity Centre, when no such
deliveries are made for months at
time.
Eighteenth charge that Bradley Bar
low. c. c. liuntey. Owen Fuller. J. l..
Sanders. J. W. ParEer. Gilmer x Sails
bury, and others, acting together. control
over one million dollars Of the amount
paid by 'hc postoilcc department in the
territories for mail transportation; that
nearly every route on which they are CON
tractors has had the service increased since
these contracts were made in 1870, with
corresponding increase Of compensation.
that most OF their routes are sub-let at
about one-third of the amount they receive
under their contract. and that their az
count, are special and settled as soon as
the quarters close, without waiting for
the certificates required from most con
tractors that the services have been prop
elly performed, or for collections made
from postmastcrs on their routes.
desire. in connection with the above
charge, to present the following state
ment. showing the extent of territory GOV
cred by the contracts Of Barlow 4 Co..
and the amount paid to them for carving
the mails
Total expenses. eros, proceeds.
oregon. 70 :Gl,s22 90
e." ''b az 20. l6s 81