Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-01
Scott versus Garrett.
THE MAILS BETWEEN WASHINGTON
NEW YORK.

/ y
/ NEW YORK.
! y Pittsburgh dispatch says that President
! Garrett, when interviewed in Chicago a few
days ago was reported 10 have said that the
! PoStna Ster General had written TO the eff
/ feet that if the Pennsylvania COMPANY did
/ NOT carry the mails IN the Baltimore and
/ ONO cars over their new division, he (thc
! Postmaster GeneraD would withdraw All the
! western mails from the Pennsylvania rail
/ read. When Col. Scott saw this statement.
/ seemingly % aUthOTitatively made by Mr.
/ Garrett, me wrote 10 the Postmaster Gene
raj. asking him Tor the facts i'm the case, and
! yesterday received Il reply from Gov. Jewell
/ denying the truth OF the report. and saving
| thaj Mr. Garrett denied making any such
! statement.
! TIE CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE PoSrNAS-
! TEH q FNEFAL. AND NE. GARRETT.
/ yesterday, was prolonged until O'Clock last
! night. when Coy. Jewell sent telegram 10
! toL scott, saying. 1.-The Post Office depart
/ ment feels fully satisfied with the manner in
! which The mail service has been conducted
! between this city and New York by bOth
roads ald would very much regret 10 have
anything occur 10 disturb or interfere with
The existing arrangements" \ TELEGRAM
/ was received here last night from Col. Scott
who IS IN PittSburg, notifying the POStma ter
/ General that II the mail was sent by the Post
once department over the Baltimore and
/ OHIO railroad to-day that he would run the
! car on side track al Philadelphia, and re-
/ 1uSe To give Il transportation 10 New York
! Gov. Jewell decided, however, To- send the
morning mail by the Baltimore and Ohio
| railroad, aS usual. The New York train on
that road leaves Washington al = a. m. daily
and reaches Philadelphia at about p. III.
THE SITUATION TO-DAY.
Postmaster General Jewell receive! 4 dis
patch from Postmaster FaiTman, OF Phlla-
dclphia. this afternoon, saying that the
pennsylvania railroad company stopped
The postal car of the Baltimore and Ohio
road at Wet Philadelphia when il
ms ins" 10 allow GS%' 20 20 '9 oTeT their r
line 10 New York. The Postmaster
Geheral having made fan provision
for an emergency of this kind, the mails
were transferred to 10 the postal car fur
nl>HCd by the Pennsylvania company. and
proceeded without delay 10 New York The
Postmaster General and Col. Scott have been
IN tc!e2Iaphic correspondence to-day in rCia-
ton 10 the matter, but the contents Of the
t nso9. m mad not been made public at ,
O'Clock. There are some who think that the
POSTMASTER General viii give Mr.. Garrett
half the service between this city and Phila-
delThia and Col. Scott half the service be-
tween the points named, and the entire ser
vice between Philadelphia and New York.
The general opinion is however, mat he viii
BON ways 10 Col. scott. on account Of the
delay and expense attending the transfer o.
the mails IN Philadelphia.
The Public Debt.
The following is a recapitulation Of the
statement of the public debt of the United
states for the month OF May, Isl:
DIR tscs'Rg 7a'.Jsst "a Cota.
is'fil" az -itl DO spNJ ~
Bonds al per cent.....- ...-..... 59j.5}2,75o ~
sI722I925O %
D,tt bs0i5aC ,Bfs-,sf pc la1rrVg 57oa.U
Certificate 81 l.dch.,tlu,~- At p-rc Sos 90 ~
Navy pension fund n pr cent. HtsU0,p -
sIi.a7s.co %
Debt on which interest has ceased
NitCc maturity .........,.. $3.50 so p
Dtt teay,ag no ,a,,rsu.
"l,l demand and legal tender notes ss77l35722 so
Certificates If deposit ....... ,345NsJ ~
TatiIunal CurreEC i3.6lj773 ~
Coin egtlhcates lgylJ6JJ ~
sle5Oo7, COS 50
Total a,lt.............. -..... o2.24o no 30 70
sa3-s54 $50 IS
Total debt principal and interest," "a GA ESQ 81
--
C%,l, sst25l sog 60
Special deposit held for rc,emptGn ''''i'' -
81 reriItcdte7 of deposit IS ProNid-
slp95i,7Io Is
Debt. los cash in the Treasury
PEI, T.; sa-h IN the Treasury, -, 80 D
MAY J, Ic.5- >. IL }Jl i}l 81
Decrease Of deFt during the past
...,........~............ sIIso.t56 %
Decrease Of debt since June o. l:7i sI2g63 Dos .
Bonds issued to the Pacific RaiIway ComcaDie.
interest payable in lawful none Principal ont
sanding, S6i623.al2; interest accrued ana NOT ;-t
paid, Sl65 5ol ~. Interest paid by the United
ton of mails etc c6Il6 SCI 50 balance of Interest
paid by the United States, S20lE,5O5 20.
THE GREAT FIRE IN SPRINGFIELD -O-er
FW3y B#tdHgs BlDacd-Thc most deStruc-
tive fire that ever visited Springfield broke
on about quarter TO three O'Clock, yeSter-
gay day afternoon, and ragged furiously for three
hours. sweeping through the great business
ward oil the city, from one corner diagoualIy
10 me other. and leaving in its track the
runs OF some OF our most important manu-
featuring and business places and more than
a score OF dwelling houses. The lire orini-
mated in dangerous locality, i'm the mjISf
OF the planning mills, maRreSS factories and
DINER Gnder-bONeS of TAYLOR street, and The
StIohg and iaVoriug Wild forced il at once
through the lumber yards and iUfammahle
tenementS OF WOrthingtOu street while ~
lg cinderS almost at the same time gave it a
nOlu upon the business blocks or the west
Alde OF Main street, al the corner of Bridge
ana whence II pushed dIagonally across TO
Inc corner OF Vernon and Water streets
dcNOUring the heart Of the square between
these streets and Main and Bridge street
Inc wind put IL beyond control almost from
Tue start, and but for the timely arrival of
ItIuIoiclus steamers from neighboring towns
ana cities, us career would have been ended
ohiy at the river bank. II DESTROYED q total
Oh ABOUT 10 buildings. of which about 30 were
uWtiilhg-hOuSeS, while among the others
were manufacturing and business blocks q
second Advent church and a hotel The 10
TAI number OF families burned ont must no
III Tue helghborhOOd of 30. as MANY % The
dwellings, were double tenementS. And about
zoo men are thrown out of emplovn,ent
uIousn Springfield business is elastic. and !
already we hear of new blocks leased and
new goods and machinery ordered TIE total
loss cannot lall short of a quarter of q mill /