The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-08

ulVuil'l 80 W ND'Nk, ny way OF ltrnit anu Mo-
have ~ 70 san Hcrnardino. For various rca-
s9ns.w sich meet Ut he explained in detail. this
change was sood one al around. 1t contin
i route io.ioG. Fl.o,sncc .wickenbcrg, closes
my. the contractor agreeing to same in consd-
Grafton OF change on route 40,lO2" prescott
S van pernnrdino9 The 4, contractor d5 under
Du~n. The law says: No contractor for
transporting the mails shall assign or
San Brrnardino line back to It's old place made
u necessary to rc,stahlish a route from Prescott
special contract made by order No. 2.5i5. April
~ 1876. note the sequence. went to Alpheus
W., nar DH1 IN His address is: Care of Bradley
nc.trd orders:
The now route at $4,000 a year went to Al
Ih"us Van Du2cn. Between Prescott and
Wickcnbcrg u service costing $40 "a mile per
s XXI 50 was rspl9ccd by one no 19sier eos'Ing
Of The term OF s2'9Gs. So ''''' " Wv ''
again " fast mail"
Just previous to making out these orders. J.
Railway Mail Service on the Pacific Coast. had
written. under date San Francisco. April /.
1876. an elaborate letter on the supply Of Ari-
iona. 1t IL too long to quote. 1t closed with
this earnest appeal.
respectfully ask therefore In the interests OF the
postal service "a careful consideration OF the foregoing
OF my views having given The subjects most carcfue1
pursued VIII be the adopted and as have before re-
marked. there is any credit attached ~ it, let us not
leave our successors 10 enjoy it.
In brief. Amerman proposed to discontinue
the expensive Mesilla-S San Diego route from
Florence. and then running the trunk line OF
Ma sSn % The from rorGpc by
berg. San Bernurdino. discontinuing 100 miles
adding S69, and making II net reduction Of 80
miles: huu MS recommendations been fol-
lowed. the department. by increasing expenses
not more than s. 900, would have effected saw
On the M~siiia"san Diego route nil maid
then sll4.Q00 to the end Of the term The pay
men,s on this route have since been increased
On tho florence wickenberg route the saw
ing would have been about $1,000 on the part
discontlnued. an increase of $4,000 since made.
u on a small route mentioned by Amerman.
Mickenberg- Bradshaw 90, ll3l. SASS would
After receiNing this letter, which may have
had nothing TO do with the changes made. the
smallest deduction he suggested wns made. A
part OF the changes he suggested in the Pres
ro't-Snn Bernardiho route was made, and this
,sce quotation from the order already. madel
suited the contractor Bradley Barlow. Instead
oi cheap through connection with Florence.
rs h. suggested. much dearcr one WAS made
route by expedition and Increase oi ser
vice. The Mesllla- San Diego route WIS not
reduced hut has been since enormously in
creased. rms ,ncrrasn was accompanied 10y an
order. signed March 2G. 1871 order No lO4,
which rcdured the running time from Wicken-
n'rs 10 fi9r"nee from sixty to thirty hours. al
lowing s6OI365. and INCREASED service by ono
trip allowing s22i95O. The theory Of the last
addition il that II costs 80 pcr cent. more TO add
on" trip To two trips. The theory Of the first
Increase is that quickcning the pace costs moro
men. As "a matter II fact the department by
mlsmanagement. advertised this route on n
three days schedule Tor Ito miles. A single
horse. loaded. can do that without relays.
Nhen III" department rectii"d this blundcr 10y
pulckenlng the speed To- an average walk IL cost
money. As witness these figures:
The original bargain was Observation-Disclosures. si4aa -
schedule expedited to an average walk - 6r5s -
A.sregr pay per year per mile, three miles
An examination Of the route by which the
mail is carried on this service gives grave real
rhrnix the mail carrier employed 10y Bradley
Barlow passes for thirty miles over the track
BY r the mS carrier Il, RGd by ksrncs
trails iavors, the belief. As kcrnrs 4 Mitchell
total pay is sioi a mile. All chance Of this du-
plication could be- saved by max ing the connec-
annually. Such connection has recently been
made. and If raised 70 the same speed and SER
vice a. Bradley Rarlows favored line would
not cost one-ihrd MS much. and be live hours
shorter. Either on. line or the other is un-
must not be iorrot,an that Cdnsres ..'l In.
stiuied the post route. And Congress. with
luminous accuracy, Enacted that II should run
weekly mail line" There are only two errors
here-the line does not 20 10 Albuquerque. and
II y not "A weekly mail line.
49, 70 return 10 the Prcscou-San Bcrnardno line.
when y resumed III the spring Of 1876 the limo
fast T' mail Wiz Ind blan H., IN oSi rn asih
Tor Tour years To- A. Van Duzen. aims Bradley
Barlow. for s23.sO0 year. sept. ID. 1876, the
triIs were Increased 70 three per week and the
pay To $50 100. with the usual profit to the con-
!ra Tor, if'st sRrng ms route WIS not even
Il ne "A
IN" completion OF the southern Pacific Railroad
To Yuma we'll nigh ruined It. The last fact
changed The conditions OF the mail supply II
Aroma Territory. The manner in which tho
9ihrrts ol the department "Nerclse the wide
discretion given IN regard to stage routes in
n,'llhg surh chhns- - one OF the best tests Of
tn" wisdom with winch this discretion is cNer-
cised in smaller matters. Oct. II. 1915 mails
were placed on the railroad To- San Bcrnardino.
A. Tar as the department was concerned. how
ever. TINS poiht remained the end oi TIA" rliroad
ana the beginning OF stage travel 10y Barlow
prescott san Bernardno route. iii last June.
March g. 1876. however. trains were running To
Whitewater Station, thirty miles beyond Cotton
the railway station AT san Bernardino, and the
dino really ran 10 whitewater Station. Al the
close OF the month trains We're running to Seven
Palms. iitv-two miles IRON Cotton. The next
station. Das Pamas. IS hty-on" miles further.
the railroad. which goes on 10 Yuma. eighty
nine miles further. point reached May l, 1877.
for year parallel To- so miles Of road. for six
months parallel TO lO3 miles of railroad. As the
maihaes really went by rail. they could he car
ried faster than when the entire so-cnlled stage
route was really stage route Recognizing this
TACT; the departmant. March %. by order No.
l,4O3, allowed A. Van Duzrn. aims Bradley Bar
low, SIG ,065 additional annual pay. becnuse. the
road being built. he was able to carry the mails
in four days. instead Of six days IA before.
While the contract office " side of the de-
partment WIS doing this. the railway mail
service side was trying ~ get the road to take
the ma lis. The contra TOR. by using tho money
Of the department given under the discretion Of
The 'lrparm"nt on star routes. could overbli the
Efforts OF the department in on ring RAILWAY
mail service pay limited bv law. Alter u years
struggle the east wing Of the Post ON "a build
Ing got the better OF the west wing. and 10y order
No 1924. dated jun .. 1877. the contractors
pay WIS reduced sl2,5I54O. his route curtail"d.
and IN" mails legally. as we'll NJ in fact were put
Oh the railroad.