The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-31
MORE or HOBES0N'S WORK.
4 $4,000 ran ron n BEyOC RATIC
NfThJ,H or CONGRENS

Machinery for a United states Steams; IN in
California Nuicvs rtntk Fat at ngi,p
A t,okics- nstc OF ubnc money.
WAeniNGroN, Jan. 20.-OA February l. 7,
1870. Secretary iiYheson directed that an ord,r
lie gwen e. Ne NE s Long Of Tltadclphil to
u axe boilers ana other M ichiner for tue Unitcd
states steamer Luck iwsnn,, thea at NJ 70
Island, Calfninip. rne Saoretary's order Was
accompanied by several le.ters Of a prominent
Democratic member Of G jngrcss. whom tue
Secretr was anxious to ohlig,. In these lct-
tets 1t was urged that johnny R1acl and the
fellows over In New trsev were getting all Tho
fat OF the Navy Department work. After this,
what could the generous Robeson do but obnee
the import uning Dcmocritic Corressndn with n
sixty thOusand dollar Jon for his COnSiituents7
The boilcrs were made in socttsns N he put To-
Rcthcr when they reached Mare l-lrnd. The
hill, $1,000. was paid, and the material ready FOR
delivery eaflv IN August last. ON the 27th u
that month . contract was made with the balu-
more aud ono Railroad 10 { Ike chsrre Of tie
iresht, "expensc IT along" aud deliver II at
ar, land. Directions were rivel TO the
ohlccr III command there to pay the freight IN
gold.
the freight, SIX car loads al the end OF It's line
~ chicago, GOT its portion Of the charges, and
then threw up ils contract. long correspon ::
elce now TOOK vi ice between the Nav !
Bureau of Stem Fnrineeting and the Baltimore
rnd OHIO R'ilro ~, While in the mean time the
material stuck" ii.re and there uot 2 the an
fefent roads, ana finally reached OGDEN. the
terminus 81 tin Cenir proinr By this time a
heavy uill 81 EXPENSES had accumulurd RMS
the Union u cihc requested the Central Pacinc
10 nay before ~ took charge OF tue ight aud
fufw rded IL. The Central Pacific recessed to 40
thta until " knew wh was responsible Tor tho
freight. On referring the matter to Washington
they were told that tn Bal imore aud ONO
Railroad WAS rrsDousble Tor it. ana that they
must look ~ th1t direction for pay. The Gem
trAl refused to receive n on TN ~ CONDITIONS.
esprci lly as the ia 'inrre aud ONO ComD4uy
had declared they had not Ing AZ re to do with
1t. The freight wa then dumped and stil fc-
M ms IN Ogden. lt Am * 1onA9 Of a. day de-
mufraye, To Jay moth ny " the dant.e 10 the
m &c a. a: ,oiy Interesting liWsudt Is likely
to h the result.
r at there was no need whatever Of spenling
all this money l. su0wn 10 the .ct thlt there
were boilers aud nAchiuerv stitaule for tho
la, kawann' = dy at Mare Ill nd. ahd they
were actually unf on board nf heG willie those
IN de 'y n aihr LOnr are wing rxpused TO tho
weather IN O-del. IL - suiu these boilers. II
they ever got to Mare Island, IN do 10 pat in
the lruqduis. Aud they may not. Such Is tho
way Nit. Sccor Ron,spn wastes the people
money. nav" bcrI tots that these Ioil Re cot
tn Government nearly tuiity per cent. moro
than would be charged by tho builders to u pri-
/ waite COMPANY.
X he ON WIS gen rou~ enough to give tho
SINE Congressman, Tor the same Arm. n lob
on the United states steamer q liqne1AUg,
amounting To $4,000 Tue vessel * NOT worth
much more. COLUMBIA.