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

Prescott. bradley 49,, ~.
WIZ huHriinu Barlow 'i''-" i'-'i''
r' HrAtn5.rs ! barlow > i7e'o' 1885
Total ....... ... .......... sisi $40 s.s-,o77
inerasc siOi 1877
pno, Ns.iua san KcToe. Nit SIMON, $50 c,7
'"'' Diego chcil ,e%~'" e'''"-'
Aiincna., ON bradley Barlow, routes ...' io,.ii7
Total ................ sta3,Isi
Contract rlee after failure OR. 5 schrot calculated
from Au- 1874
., II has already been shown that the last Of
these four routes is oxtravaganty ovrrpaid. is
run us ,s~ly $50 mi les, and has been in
;r,l- l' 400 per cent. 1t il proposed To- show
l. Innt the first two routes constitute IN eff" t
parallel trans'ont mental inc serving no use
iul purpose hut the supply of fast mail To
Pr ,ou and some other towns.
Nat these towns were connected at ahoayy
cNp"us" with the Southern through route by
H. asi OF Bradley Burrows three routes
.. mat frH'iey Barlow was paid for i,early n
year FOR running on" Of these routes 1903 miles
ov.rM route tnally occupied 10y n railroad.
im n'nr 81 these routes WIS originally
. TINT 'rn0- 4 Mitchell have since made n
m"mn"r ~ tN"ir ilrn stephen j. Elkns. OK
De- gate. ut Wils" reoommrudutiOn the main
Thr tw r'u,.- iNlSl' ''n 'I' 90 loo made when
irt q ront,nu'u- .ln" from Santa F.. hy Prescott.
20 San Bcrnariinn. "a line parallel with the
departure on IL Two scot ions were, 50 arranged
as tn break al Prescott and lose nearly Mi Tho
mh,ht OF this shorter distance for through
iH"lis SO that letter on the schedule n advor-
,sNi would 20 through from Santa f. to san
y rnhrnbino IN sixteen days. and doductins the
stop y Prescott. in thirteen. A Letter Ly wnv Of
u" M"sillh-San Diego route would reach Snn
h'rnardino IN nineteen days, getting 10 San
Diego in seventeen days ~ IAN
tn" records show that the depsrtment bas
hal Ter seven years this double connection be-
twe'n ihr railroad systems Of the valleys OF tho
Arkansas aud san joaquin. II has never played
onr route against the other. Ii has uniformly
rratd me southern es the main route. and
alno-Is way route. When first advertised the
santa Fc-PrcscOtt route had no way stations
II was a insi mail for Prescott. which got lie
mtl supply In other ways. Fast mails when
there are no mails to carry benefit only the
r0uirtior. All examination OF this route in de-
10 shows Is payments were made 10 give mails
VII not give 1900 900 for n fast mail giving
MAJ, ~ L. % per cent. carlior between Chicago
AMI Nv YORK Ia 1900. 900 people. To give. all
Z H. 2onuo people their mails "A fifth quicker
IL department has paid:
sm'e iaf ! 80 At the rate Of si4oii per annum.
so. SIT IG ls7d nj The rate a, siatfti her nnun
Total H iour wear, a.. rates last June, sl2l4s
.Etwny iast mails " do not pay the railroads.
yery VIII In one ease IA. 800 600 PEOPLE do not
- 'asl mails, In the other case 10000 people
I. -et last nails.
=. The history ~ this route is the usual history.
l"r department made its bargain for four
y"f- l"iOre the end OF the first quarter tho
q "rnclt Logan to change lis bargain 10 the
2, Contractor. r i. Forster. is. Care Of Bradley
Barlow St Aihans w.
Ihc bargain WAS made in March. 1874 to run
Eau .n'e ~ Week over $50 miles. from Pres
"u AiNuqurrquc $50 miles. To run mus
tals pony with wallet 81 letters ior $50 n mile
lad made on" trip when. July ii. 1874. til" De-
I"ftm'ni extended tn" rout4, 10 Santa F6. IS
= rs. AMI pnnd him slOll u year additional.
gun hhli ami probably 20 miles of this 80 m les
| ere Is every reason To believe WIS over a mail
tN' me address OF whose owner y W. f.
hr"han. CARGO Bradley Barlow. ST. Adams Vt.
BWoN tlM4. Half that sum is spent on til is
.,ulr'ted distance, which costs the contractor
On" y"ar after the department had closed this
iAFs lln. an extra trp was ordered j. y. Tyn"r
ssJn.i,;f IT, order March %. 1875. That order
W. recommended" the Arizona Lcgis-
lNur asked it.J. l.. Eikins pushed II, appa-
q t"ri Wngalc pctnioned Tor II, suppose
puma. ~ Cleveland could double their mails
~ 'ninTi fanny t..e petitions and the
iheir n'ail supply Is limited by law. Ii is not
IN H"Alns VITA THIS routi. BY the scratch of
! n ls -l"nsiblo ufi cr could double the
lIyils ol u great ronra tor, and ho probably
hor.. u. uh' = hprsr nor man his men and his
t'fr W"r' ldlr y days In the week before;
~. ' ~0y' , ,i,o, liye days ppo% THIS linz WIS
oHg sH. On 'Xrrh Camp Verde; the Receipts
n N'''h. r. ON r's AMI the name Of one. San
;MW, dhl Sgn Jud'o. IS apod the compiler OF
u'Ahlti hlu" book n : 'pt inter-. 1875.
49, nul IN W re- II II UNCHANGED when an
IN ,,i w.s wI ~ Aug. 81 1876. 10y order
o., '"'h Nnp N'ri" and Fort Win
49, I.l-' I'D 9ri Mingai" w"rc the two m"n-
a" N'' west %. Camp verde were two
y i'' u may b. doubted n the annual receipts
. Nrt ilr iorii"ih part the contractors nay
~ 'lI' "i lul rods swallowed up the returns
, sNi"., MS RIA ned by II route OF 4Oe
''i nih thr d'- n. All may have been
-, @l'o ny N" contractor 20 afford grounds
h.. iirss thr lurr'nsr. So expensive