Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-24

| Two ways exist IN which this large IN
crease might hsye been made. The money
might have been spent uniformly over all
the routes in the territory, or on those of
particular contractors. The last method
| was adopted Routes held by Bradley
| Barlow and Kernes 4 Mitchell were so dealt
with as 10 increase the amount. payable
under the original contract, for four years.
$443,lS4
1t Is proposed to show:
l. That The first two routes constitute in
effect parallel transcontinental line serv-
ing no useful purpose but the supply of q
fast mail to Prescott and some other towns
Q That these towns were connected at q
heavy expense with the Southern through
70 utes by the last OF Bradley Barlow's three
routes.
3. That Bradley Barlow was paid for
nearly a year for running one OF these
routes 1903 miles over route actually &C.
cupied by railroad.
4. That none OF these routes was oriRl-
nally let to Bradley Barlow.
The two routes, 40. I0l and 40, l02, made
when let q continuous line from Santa Fe.
BY Prescott, to San BernardIno. q line
parallel with the Southern r0ute
The records show that the department has
had for seven years this double connection
between the railroad systems of the valleys
of the Arkansas and San joaquin. When
first advertised the Santa Fe-Prescott route
had no way stations. 1t was fast mail"
for Prescott, which got its mail supply in
other ways. Fast mails" when there are
no mails to carry, benefit only the contrac-
tor. An examination OF this ronte in de-
tail shows its payments were made to give
mails 20 per cent. earlier to 10000 people
c 2nn fnr stalf
mali giving mails 20 to so per cent earlier
between Chicago and Now York to H.OOO.-
900 people. To give. all told. 1900 people
their mails II fifth quicker the department
has paid;
Since July II, 1874, at the rate Of sIi.Oll per
Since May /. 1875. at the rate OF sas.O2s per
since September &c. 1876 at the rate Of si2 Oo3 per
annum
Total in four years at rates last June, sla5 iSs.
Railway fast mails do not pay the rail-
roads. Star route fast mails" pay Brad
ley Barlow very well. 10 one case l4,0OO.-
900 people do not get fast mails. In the
other case 20 900 people do get fast mails.
The history Of this route is the usual his
tory The department made its bargain for
four years before the end OF the first quar-
ter the department began to change Its bar
gam " lut ~ VI thp SOhhhStof ohu tho
"address" OF the contractor, +. p. Forster,
is: Care OF Bradley Barlow, St. Adams,
Vermont.
The bargain was made 10 March. 1874, to
run mail once a week over $50 miles, from
Prescott to Albuquerque, $50 miles. To
run a mustang pony with u wallet OF letters
for $50 a mile il fair, but not exorbitant,
paw Tho contractor had made one trip
when. July IL. 1874. the department sex
tended" tbs route to Santa Fe. IS miles,
and paid HIM 81 oil q year additional. Full
hall, and probably 20 miles of this IS miles,
there is every reason to believe was
over mail route, the address, OF
whose owner is W. F. Strschsn,
care of Bradley Barlow, st. Adams, VI.
A connecting route was advertised to ran
from Florence by PhGaiI to Wickenberg |
twice a week, no miles, at the leisurely pace
made With A. j. SchOfi, who failed, and the |
contract went to j. j. Kinds at 81, i99 Il |
year, since raised to Sl2, S22 Is year. The
address Of j. Kinds is caro- Of Bradley |
Barlow, Washing ton, u. Z.
Eight months after the first bargain was
made. this route WAS extended. by An order
March "a, 1875, to Prescott, and route
Al, IO2, Prescott San Bernsrdino. was swung
around, so to speak. by way of Cerbat and
Mohave City to San Bernar1InO. April 81.
1876, the two routes were changed back.
The order No. = ,546, under route 40, lO6,
Florence -Wickenberg. closes with this
phrase without one months extra pay.
the contractor agreeing to Same IN consider
alton Of change on Route 40. l02" prescott
San Bernardino). The contractor under
40. LOG WAS j. j. Kinds: under 40. l03 was
Alphous Van Duzen. The law says: mo
for transporting the mails
shall assign OF transfer his contract. Put
ting the PrescOtt-Sa BornardInO line back
to its old place made it necessary to rec stab
lish route from Prescott to llardyville.
route 40, 1903. This route. under special
contract made by order No 2,5i5. April 81.
1876, note tho sequence. went to Alpheus
Van Duren. His address is Care OF Brad
Icy Barlow. Washington. ID. U.
Three things then followed these three
orders:
The new route at "a 600 year went to
Alpheus Van Duzen. Between Prescott
and Wickenberg a service costing $40 a
mile per year was replaced by one no faster.
costing $50 50 mile. both contracts held
by Bradley Bsrlows alias, giving Il clear
profit to the end OF the term OF s. ,96S 50.
The PrescOtt-San Bernardino route became
again last mail" 1t had been let IN
March, 1874, for four years to A. Van Du-
zen, ailas Bradley Barlow. for $23 800
year Sept Ii, 1876, the tips were increas-
ID to three per week. and the pay to $685.
700. with the usual profit to the contractor.
Last Spring this route was not even last
mail" The expedition Of the Messlla-San
Diego route had injured its usefulness. and
The completion Of the Southern Pacific Rail
road to Yuma well nigh ruined it. The last
act changed the conditions OF the mail sup
ply OF Arizona Territory. October IA, 1875,
mails were placed on the railroad to San Bor-
nardino. As lar as the department was con-
,erned, however, this point remained the
md OF the railroad and the beginning Of
,tsge travel. by Bsrlow's Prescott San
Bernardino route. till last June. March ;.
1915, however. trains were running to
W hitewstor station. thirty miles beyond
Cotton, the railway station at San Bernar-
limo, and the stages. while paid to carry
nail to San Bernardino. really ran to White
water Station. At the close of the month,
rains were running to Seven Palms. fifty
NO miles from Cotton. Last March. this
o. called stage route had been for year
parallel to SO miles Of road, for six months