The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-24
REFORM TIE POST OFFICE.
MERE THE DIpiRTuJNT SPENDS
SfOODO 10 SIZE S6?D.
The tdrms Contracts In the Gulf state.- SEN
Nor Dorscy's Formula FOR Jobhrry!
"sho,.Id II Prove Unnecessary, IL win Cost
the Government hut Little THE Records.

the Government but Little The Records. |
WASHINGTON. Jan %. Half The money
.nent ny the y, ~ Onicc Department ON steam
liant routes is spent in the River and Gulf
sa,cs-Florida. Texas Missouri. rrnne,see
Arkansas. Mississippi. and Louisiana. and
ilo-. States have more than ha,i the steamboat
m.eage. Before the war they had less than
lif tho milcdg" and less than MALI the pay
All the close oil the war Ns61l. they had un'-
third the mileage. and less than onc-lourth the
pay A; both the earlier dates sea routes oN-
isted Now They do not. From 1867 To- 1877
these States added to the postal steamboat ser
ycr what was lost in mileage. and gained in
price by dispensing with the California routes.
Substantially. the Increase in mileage is in the
GulfTexas and Florida-which have doubled:
the increase in price is in the Mississippi val
ley where the other States have nearly quad
rOpled in price. This increase neither in price
nor in mileage is normal. From 1867 to 1877
railroads across the cotton belt mad" Norfolk
the second cotton port OF the Union; railroads
west Of the Mississippi sucked the trade OF Ar
kansas. Texas. and northern Louisiana to 81.
Louis and railroads east oi the Mississippi and
other roads drew trade out Of its channels.
River trade dccrensed. River rates fell. Ofall
great trHnsportrrs in these States the depart
ment alone used STEAMBOATS, more. aud paid
more for using them at the end OF this decade.
Hall OF what 1t paid last June TIE department
laid 10 John u. Adams. who did not own a
boat. and did own politicians Dorsey baked
HIM. Congress Onal delegations IN two state
same. and rival State Governments TIE only
matter about which Pl'kHrd and Nichols We're
nrteed last spring was that John u. Adams
should have a contract He got the contract.
H. had before other contracts. On June 80,
Isl As held these contracts:
n~n M., p, ~ '1a
y y;@S j 1in .,o. S;ir:a a. d '$ s
ae Ja.s ;' o.' AZ rosaRp2na, An IT, 80.
@is ea, poSi, ',rE' L'iie s''l ,HfA is scS
''''' AonrJ, La " Sew orlean. rs ioon
Total ia4, s7o.eo
All these routes are le, on special contracts.
4 are unnecessary. All are -uhlnt The net
Profit which John u. Adams obtains from them
ranges from SlU.uuO To- $4,000 year. An rN-
animation Of these routes in detail shows the
following. facts:
ROUTE so. 29.O97-MEMrHIs. TENN. To oscEoLA.
AIN.
This route IL run under special contract
running from April 10. 1877. TO June 30. 1878.
mast" under 20 law authorizing special contracts
Nln uwner or master of Il vessel which
Adam, IL not. Osceola and every place between
,hrr- amt Memphis has river service three,
tgu's week los Route No. 2S.luO. ~. Louis 10
Memphis John \. Srudier contractor. ana land
s.ttl'" twu. and in some cases three times "A
&c.. .. -I That the department last spring I'M
i..if iotuI three independent lines OF com-
100 .t n. Memphis. Enough ofthat would bank
~. tns Transformation company The de-
...ti.tui oId ifi~ ~ the recomm eutafiun.
it.Hr "l"t-, "i nuiur Dorsey. who wrote
fI judge Key under dat" 81 Senate thainher.
!!afrn 1871. and mad" this deliberate mis-
A.e.,.f ile fe.aie li,n- follow ihcr. lr.eulenur.',
,a.lr ine ine having no centraetdo,. ,to
Wnea j. '.-cN @ret ihi- he probably thought
l. %" -Aid ut anl.n"i Aa".
A. q 81 ID tfi Q II g..
,rnneni nui aits
ROUTE NO. 29.u9j-MFNvfIs. TENNNIA HELENA.
AIN. TO ~ ,LTsntErH.
To Helena. or rather 10 the mouth of the ST.
IWncis river. ih,-routr runs on thu VI -s-s ppi
uul It's relations 10 ine river supply VIII he'eN-
libiied later Han wav No the Il Fr,r.i. .his
route crosses the Little Rock HHi.roai. 40 Mudl-
stn forty miles ron Memphis. from wNirn
JOINT the boat IS then Two days distant: when
y reaches Ni.tstur.h Ill boat mail finds letters
Sage route ami on ~ way M m" river the boat
ispiss-d uva parallel stage route. This last rout.
W 2vlI9l runs from Helena 10 Nitshureh
iArre times ns often as the boat over half l.
y" B.. "ii ,oi-- i,slit.. me cy.ty nry miles.
.rt- lne1Hs Ter amman. The toat costs
slj'l AID ol THIS steamboat line senator
pOlNry 'wr'i' 10 Second Assistant Postmaster
,, i I, Prove 'r'''.'''f' twin cost ne Gov
LocTE 49, 2aoe6-r,cKsoS PORT. ARK. TO
Poo AduNTAs. ARK.
Al Jackson Port this route meets line no.
99lQj on the lower pAri II the White river
starting ut Whit" H'var landing and going ~
Jackson Port. II is twice a. long ~ Adafns's
waters, II costs Sj.0pl. ADAMS route ,n,t.
Ss.Npl When hHi4 ly another oouira tor u. too.
bSar 'JgV M IHHe5, oil aaa - erpni r.
strongly recommends it, Probably he thought
Lere
And should prove unncces'ary. it viii cost the GOV
eminent hui At,o
Arailroal runs parallel 10 this river. some ten
l4li.s on. from w.ch side service can be- given
I'll N ia. Ia sc
service twice w"ek.
ROUTES SOs. 24IO3-l WHITE RIVER 70 PINE
BLUFF TO LITTLE RoCk.
These TWO routes Civ" q 'oAtinuous river SER
', & from tn. mouth II the Arkansas river t.
Little Rock. \ rallr0Gd rams parallel To- tie ilrst
d stage route 10 the second. The only place.. NOT
SUPPLIED oitener ana Iuirser by the last ag-n-
el"s are few small pur- on the left bank OF
the river They could an be supplied by land
service. except during par; OF the year when
to.is reach them. al which time IA" -feam-
toa's are unable H. make thr usual Ian lings
gnd and fvalls also ia h0ais. tn Lite Rock.
Missouri River and Texas Rnilroad does MOI
s,9r q White river. bat II starts a., Chicot 50
near nie river 'lnt man ana the mails can
I-acn Pine Bun quick"r 10y RAN from White
i'f'i y" t.'Di, ihtn d,re- hy = linAoUt. On
- s.N~I Adams. from July !. ls7i. toJuue 80.
~, = illl 5000 tor two trims u W.rl: from
august. 1913. - Dec. 81. ESQ the road was paid
so- i-34N i'f lur"r iflps :. week. and from ian.
!, le15, > $40 fog STA trips Il wrrs In paving
AaAN- =, i'r department uses lis discretion: in
waving ii" INli ID - restrained rs law The
!'''+"'i tt gag" tony POUNDS OF mail day:
.i'"i.7 NN- ,- O. an iouuh %, much. The
I'tA N-f"i- iN"lNr iiiIns an hour; A iai- lali
a. last ll-'antli4it iir SANE d. IL are true
=. We go Nn. iuuiH al4i H. parallel stage line,
.N"ii i'' a In fA e. 'i.sr Adams j. now ruuuin.:
we s1l.- .Ng uur-tlirl the prlr. Oi the pr-vluu-
en- BE- H.. for f,. ,aiIll. f rfv.r- go, t..,tl
.'i ruN i % - tnrse Sfi.;c-. u VIII ir- found
~. 4-.,'." l.4 .. watch U-'d 10 l~r,.ly~ AL li-
~ 'N '.isriat, nr nearly All. n1W r.'.iV.-
~ N..r- lbs ilt.A los tH' -. Louis. Iron Noun
tNh ana . tI'rn tNif9ad "a comes up the
I'M ,'Ni et4;" moan tnl9Yf. ami 100 times az
H.. o. 90 '0lAe- ON he boats. Ilc-,. ia,'is lld
- ii -Nn' f"iyDoty from asking Tor tho~.
". Dtf7ry among them. lie probably
N''l ffro'e onneoe.,ar, II will eo,t u,e o.,
~ - No. -i'Hl CAMDEN. ARK. VIA MONROE.
a. u" ~" ,..LAN-
ne name. '.ir number and the trruini OF q
80 lf sometimes changed. int iipnHily.
Th~'9dlYl, or from q bad system. A. u result
.".''i tN"ni li'- moro for the same ..,l,..r.
:" l--r-, l'' }tar. Wnrn All Other prlo,.- AaN..
,.. ~ witness iuese entries seven years
Iur
- An. y.nht ,, %'" D., o@tr'
!, i,' Nsw oaran. Monroe ~ s4ouoo
~, - 4i 1enlrn'ia Monroe, not mnno
"t" Orleans known WIZ
e.Nsf Nl- entry wI- ma.lnon 'he route book
" l'N.- .is l.ri pstDr. AZ us m.in,.. This
N '"' u .r; u '- u't 10 miles ltpN Camden to
!, y i 500 '.H l4N iH- boon violated ~