The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-30

@ 90 maintained between Cheyenne ana Hot Greek
The last clause in the last order connects the
route named with another whose history will
be- given in detail below. In round numbers
These orders proposed to give from 1--WE to six
months mail supplv TO Deadwood nj the fol-
low us oost-rcdured az a later date by the sus-
pension Of two routes from July by $2.637S9:
'., Ri.marcG-Dc adwo,l .......... sss3 ~
H'l"i tur T.. rw-Dcadwood.. .............. ahI 81
ati-- radlpck-t ustcr. ................. s.,i 1888
s.H notCf,,ANL atwood ...... iiii6 90
Total .. ................... s47O7s II
Al tam average yearly cost Of sio7 1880. the
responsible heads Of the department proposed
g. give This frontier city from three to four
rHtii@ week. when the resources OF the de-
pur'mrnt are too hard pressed 20 give six times
mat amount for fast mail between New York
and Chicago. or four times the amount for
iN't mail between New Orleans and New York.
tAr management of the Post ONCE Department
uniformly assert. whether Dcadwood is 10 have
ans mails. tut whether IL shall have mails on
tAl- llo. while more important postal inter-
o-is anguish for lack Of money. No one
grudges this expense to reach Deadwood with
n lulr mail supply, hut everybody ought 10 de-
Iouure tie wistcflli use Of the public money.
Neither the South with its sparse population.
nor the North with its swarming millions. can
have IT, iair siar" OF postal expenditure while
roufes like those TO neadwood rndiate across
waste and empty lands for the benefit. not Of
tn" public. tut Of contractors. BY consulting a
mru i VIII be seen that Bismarck Is the north
ern and Sidney the southern approach to the
Back His. To start routes from Fort Pierre
when it has neither post Office nor letters from
Paddock. without railroad communication (:
from k.Hrney. when letter can 20 Is fast 10y
rail To- Sidney and then TO Deadwood or from
Cheyenne, n hundred miles OF from Sidney
by rail, and running parallel or over the
same road as from sidney. Is sheer waste oil
money. After two OF these routes had been let.
and had been running for six or eight weeks,
TIE special agents OF ia" department discovered
SOM Of thcsc facts and the Fort Pierre and
Paddock routes were Discontinued from July
.. which. with the months pay the contract re-
uuir's. brings In" expenditure on the rout :
down to Aug. .. The special agent reported.
what study of the map might have taught.
that mails from Chirago t. DeadWnod. going 10y
Fort Pierre were 2u2 hours and ly Paddock 223
hours us against llo hours Via Bismarck. A.
avery natural result, the agent found that on.
OF four letters. costing the department 40 Il
piece a. transport them.
such facts are fair comment on the admin So
put under contract. The facts loo the twu plrnl-
lei routes viii 20 lenv" "a" railroad a hundred
road into D,ndvuud oflrr H. Little apology
The last route M tine list given above Hot Crock
To- DcHdWood j. a continuation of another from
Cheyenne To- II 4 Greek. whose history Is a part
OF the supply OF Dradwood this summer. Tue
r0utr. now Cueyrnn" 90 Hot Greek Giin9l. Wa-
IT. io &. VI. brown a. a r.ui" iron. theyrhn" :,
Mhttston Agency. 300 miles. with unce-a- week
service. s34ju. The following order short
after doubled me service. but by NO meant
Ioum'd the cost oi the route-a fortunate tLlh-
for Mr.. Brown.
ls74 scit 10 Increase 'cr,ee on m, route 70 tv
ird rata rom scrr lei. i-7.
year later the linn - the route WINS change
70 Me Mo-i hy omit AZ Hawk springs and 40
route received mo- further attention til lH-t fall
when. ana So ilr as appears PROPERLY, the ser
vice between theyrun" and Fort Laramie wa
increased to tnrcn times q week. with n PRO rat
allowanee OF sl.72399 The total pay for tn
route % 22p miles was new s92iIl2. s'm'ihin.
like f32 per year pr mil" Tor thc twiM-N-w-ri
service ami about S3l per year per inil' for IN
three-tini"~-A-w""k snrice-ialr. reasonable
bu' not cYorbrfnnt l0y.
MIR. Brown. lrcouiriictor. II may be said hero
hui near NiusiHnu IN 90" "unirl"t OH 'e-on
a. II. BroWn-whns" ui-crc' from Oh" invest
CATION ~ csiltmn muhtAs ago Wis tarousl
a-.nuu'.l FIR. Willie tli. irc-ru-r of his klh~
l.n iu the contract oilirc Of u. dnIlrtui, %
should not have preludired IN" contract orln
against Mr. Brown, this eirrumsian'" has has
t'n 'li. ~ causing r"murk against tine CON
trnf oi in cnnnection with the following or
der, und r. winch Mr. Brown Will receive thre
TIM, a- mu 10 Turing one yeHr rs under III
original Contract would have been paid him il
loNr years;
en,e eod ot creok- icl nlr.io .s,eniime. icr wee.
in.' v - nt silM ca ''r'I r ~,
- 'il.- .' BOD "innn, b,ins f" rat" i.r ln'r, ~
'tD.ur ,'lr a.totho increased per cent IN stock an
tnrler' ioi ". ,Ale iuon of schedule.
Put briefly lhis order and those which f,r.c
cod" II MAX" these changes In tn" pHy Of Mr.
Brown, contractor; Under his original con
irn NJ. Brown would hayo received ;l3,SoU
+ n-t juno; Mr.. Brown has and viii receive
sslto-s So. A"t Increase over contract price
sG7s6- SG. OF this sum siG772.O3 Will be pai'
m q single year.
This enormous Increase l. made by n rcgu
w pro rata calculation upon the original price
$500 per year, a price bid 10y Mr.. Brown ~
tie lowest - eighteen bidders but the in
'r"asr II possible not merely because spec,
qua s'Tiir, had t. De- Increased on the mali
lihe 10 Dradwopd, but because in 1874 the de
Ihrtnlent had let Il mail route ut speed Of
mi" aud half an hour. Such a contrac
ei"dN- FOR itself. ana when an increase IN sper'
anne necessary, the pro rata pay spoke 10
H., II ana the contractor.
Iula increase. amounting 80 nearly $500
Wf'k is l'srlf II part Of the plan for sunplyin!
ieaiWnlI This last sumner, and might huN
recon added 10 IA" total above, raising II to Owe
s'.NrA say 10000 month, rs the cost oil tn
hHni W tho Post ONCE Departing but
81" ger di- uasiln Of these routes can he err
iall"s W n supply Dcadwood directly. /
w.. ilitIf..ie tllug for Mr.. Brown TINT IN
go 'n. leading - Deaiwogl. The list OF H.
tN .''- given above, Hot Crcok 10 Drulwood
II l.' mg.i ,o-ty Of all, costing 81 .ZJ3, nn'
"-' 10 ML Brown. Substantially at IA" saiu
lur 'It- oidrr Wa entered iu Nc route book
uAl"i h.- Chryun Nhctstuu" 81. lusl route;
EXT NrN III 7is -curtail uu, o. nr iurnl TIC
'nH- suited iaii nAi 'nup Robinson. d..
N' l-'7 ani deduct from pas o' cont.ir,o
f.'e ivN.h ,po. aiio ',' one month. ezra roi.
Ia7. Order gave Mr.. Brown n ,continuou
iI.u Iayol ;-l .oGj.03. aud per yenr re
m''' '"ii"u sAtuu ol S2S3-high price for
liA ,"mthlG II lni, lhrs' -un
i ''"ly io,drlll' e iin - hardy pioneer
'''f- 100 DradNoo1d. the price was not tD
~ ,Gfp laApmols might question lh
gum i"r ~" luxury Of u iuet mail T.
"'''. under Orlris Nos. 1ja and ,ldo
Co." III. o.roeny as no.incr fast maj
.I % over three uilr, an hour But, hnV
~ 'l- route. at is hard 10 sec why anoihe
" "id'r"d month later non SIDNEY