New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-12-31
WdSHING TON.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD TAXES.
WASHINGTON. Wednesday, Dec. 30


The respective dates OF service OF tho demands made
by the Treasury Department upon the various Pacific
Railroad Companies for payment to the United states
OF the five per centum their net earnings required
by the act Of July 1892 as foows On the Central
Branch OF the Union Pacific Company, Nov. ii, 1874;
Sioux City and Pacific, Nov u; Union Pacific, Nov l2
Kansas Pacific. Nov. IL, and Central Pacific Railroad
Company, Nov. "a. 1874. The companies have, respect
vcy sixty days from these dates within which to com
ply with the demands upon them, aud noncompliance
in any case Will then be reported by the Secretary OF
the Treasury to the AttOrneyGenera for his acton
under tho law OF June 20. 1874 TO compd the payment
by legal proceedings. Secretary BrisOw takes the
ground that the completion OF each road and therefore
its liability provide for the sinking fund OF I'VE per
cent per annum Its earnings dates from Its re-
ception OF the instamen OF Government subsidy
| bonds, under the act Of July /. 1862 which wcro
setting forth the completion in 6rstrass manner ac-
corng TO law OF the su 'cessve sections HAVING thuS
certified that their roads properly COMPLETED Sec
lion by section they are the opinion OF the Treasury
Department, csopped from pleading the report OF me
Government Commission Of eminent citizens, III the
year 1859, that further expenditures were heces-
sary TO place the roads IN irsto'ss condition ana can
not maintain the assertion that their legal completion
dates only from the recent formal acceptance OF the re-
port OF tins years commission, 10 me effect tnaC g
aforesaid Deficiencies bad been fully suppDcd 10"
months ago.
NEW POSTAL DECISIONS AND REGULATIONS.
The Post Office Department decides upon question
submtted fIom Eew-Y0lk, that publishers and news
tuch stamps for prepay men Of postage on printed
matter under the new law they may desire. This
decision ccn,ravcnes the impression generally enter
tanned that these stamps would have to be Doth
affixed and cancelled by OF the Post Olcc De-
partment and could not he sold Ito any one Tie SALE
however VIII he restricted TO news agents and publish
ere.
The following order to Postmastcrs has just been
| issued:
On add after the lst OF January 1875, all private mat
ter OF the second class destined for Canada WI nc
treated 40 though detained for the United StAeS
tnc arrangement with the Canadian postal auIhorl'rS
bcInK that shall be delivered there free Ol cnarEc Al
matter OF this class into our Offices from Cahaua
will be delivered hv this Department frre or chHGc
Tho same riIc applies to transient newspapers ana
postal cards On and after Feb 1915, the single tfr
rate canada viii be thr cents, prepayment, onga
tory, and all letters received FROM dndua WIN v" '
,rrc fec Of charge, MARSHALL JEWELL
Pustmastcr-GeueFd.
Distress AMONG DISCHARGED EMPLOYEES
Much distress has been OccasiOned In the iaines OF
the 400 cmpoyG recently dismissed from the Bureau VI
EugraviLg and Printing owing TO the Work n'tetoi"re
done ~ that BirCau having been transferred " Tue
New York Bank Note Companies under contract me
supcrincndcnt Mr. MrCdrtcc, Is Desleged poth &c us
boIlse and tho Department. OY inc nl scnaTEtu pr,
sonE asking him do sonnet hing for tncn Dut auouBn
his syInpathes with them he is poweress To- assist
the and unless Congress takes action III the mat
ter of prntug further reduction OF IOrce Will pecouc
necessary
THE INVASION OF THE BLACK HILLS.
Agent Howard OF the Milestone tDakota) Agency
reports TO the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs that
some OF Spotted Tails band, Dec. g. met party OF
u MINERS with an outfit OF 10 horses sc oxen and six
wagons on Elk Creek, at the east base OF the BLACK
Hills They were from the East and bound west 10
engage in mining operations on the reservation me
meeting was friendly, and resulted in Rood supply VI
tla "a nf