The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-03

tern don't need IL; it can't possibly
be self supporting but is an expense
to the Government. Those who live
up along the line can just as well come
or send down here or up TO Troy and
get their mail and it viii be a great
saving TO the nation. ANY such talk
the people would at once discover
To he nonsense. and why can't they
hook at the matter with the same eye
of common sense and not be blinded
br the skillful attempt Of the Sun to
make something appear Of nothing
We apprehend that Eden and Lowell
as well as all these who live on a stage
route, will have sense enough to see
this point and wish for man in Con-
gress Who has clear apprehension
that people living away from the rail-
road want their mail quite as much as
do those more fortunate mortals that
live on a through line. The third
charge is as follows: "That Bradley
Barlow was paid for nearly a year for
running one of these routes 1903 miles
over route actually occupied by a
railroad" On what is that charge
based? In 1874 the carrying of the
mail on n certain route was left to Al
bert Van Duzen, backed by Bradley
Barlow. In 1873 the extension of q
railroad destroyed the stage route and
the mail was carried by rail, although
under the stage route contract. Some
thing is said about contest in the
two wings of the department to have
the railroad carry the mail. The fact
is this Van Duzen had contracted TO
carry the mail. The competition OF
the road destroyed his stage route and
he could not afford to carry the
mail without the other revenues that
came, such as express, passengers,
etc. The railroad folks knew this and
they also knew that he was getting
more for carrying the mail than the
government would give them, rs the
price was in their case established by
law. Therefore they refused to take
mail for the Government, because they
could force Van Duzcn to pay more,
which he did, paying all that he re-
ccived under contract, rather than to
run an Improbable stage route. The
charge however, even when all posi-
bic capital is made of the facts in the
case, bears on the face Of it lie. The
San SAYS and the Free Press copies
without comment both the charge and
the following explanation of it. 1t
says: ''Last March, this so-callcd
stage route had been for year paral-
lei to 81 miles of road, for six months
parallel to 1903 miles of railroad. -
Compare this with the charge and the
worst possible showing only partially
substantiates it. Bear this in mind,
also, namely, that the competition OF
the railroad destroyed for him large
and profitable stage route, leaving 4
large stock ofproperty on his hands
at fearfully reduced price.
The last charge is that none OF
these routes were originally let to Mr..
Barlow. Very true, butno trucr than
it is Of halfthe stage mail routes. Men
want to run the route who have not
sufficient capital to render it safe fol
the COVE rnmcnt to entrust the route &c
them without responsible backcrs.-
Mr.. Barlow has become the RESPONSE
bic party in many instances. In some
instances he has taken q route an(
run it for the government after thu
original contractor had failed. Here a.
in the third charge the unfairness o
the Free Press appears and leads on
to question the measures it adopts il
trying to heap upon Mr.. Barlow, nov
that it has selfish motive for so do
ing, the thunder that the Sun aimee
entirely at the department. Motto
that there is no charge that Mr.. Bar
low transferred any routes contrar,
to law. If there was any fault it wa
in the original contractor and the de
partment and not in Barlow, butt doe
not 0ery clearly appear that there wa
any fragrant malfeasance in the de
partment. At least the two congress
: sional investigations have failed to dc
velope any thing but little campaig
: thunder for the San, and it is a
: much a vjrtue to man to come undo
6 the structures Of that paper as undo
. the Free Press. So much for thos
terrible specifications which utterl
: failed of substantiation in the tin
G they were made, and We apprehen
c that their ghost which the Free Pre-
!, has conjured up to frighten the peop
It of the district out Of their support
e the strongest Republican candida