Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-04-14

srnlclent TO meet the wants Of the rapidly grow
ing service.
The annual cost Of the service now in opera
tiop Is 81, 500 O0I while the appropriation Is but
So gOO, 900. Not only will the present approptia
tion allow 40 increase Of mail facilities during
the year, but I, will be necessary to ourtail The
existing service In order TO bring It's cost within
the appropriation
Believing that this cannot be done without
great injury 70 many deserving communities, and
further that pressing necessity exists for increased
service in many places, venture to suggest a
method Of relief.
During the four 6scal years last past. namely,
1875 to 1879, there has been covered back into
the Treasury Of unexpendsd balances OF appro-
priations for inland mail transportation SS,sdS,-
ies27. ~. ......
In view Of this fact, have the honor to re-
quest your recommendation to Congress that
about one half this amount say S2,OOO,00O, be
reappropriated sor mail transportation on star
routes.
This will enable the Department to maintain
the present service, aud besides afford margin
for reasonable and necessary increase during the
remaining fiscal year
! VeryFespee,fuly, 4c. TH0S. J. BRADY,
Second Asst Postmaster General
Hon. D. NJ. kay,
Postmaster General
Here it will be noticed that the
amount stated by the Department is
81, ,62O, 900 or 81, 100000 instead OF ST.
l55, 600 stated by the Sixth Auditornec-
essary to complete the service for the
current fiscal year. These are very
strange figures. They demonstrate
very clearly that eithert the Post-OHice
Department did not know its own
needs or that the Sixth Auditor OF the
Treasury does not know what the ser.
vice requires to complete it to the end
of the fiscal year, for while the Post
master.G General says two millions are
necessary and the Second Assistant
Postmaster General says thatsl.72O,OOO
are indispensable TO carry through the
service, the Sixth Auditor says that
81, 1885, 600 are all that is needed, a
difference OF s565, 900 between the
Second Assistant Postmaster-General
and the Sixth Auditor.
The conclusion is forced upon us
either that they had some other pur-
pose to serve, either in the increase OF
trips or in the increase of speed uron
these routes, or that they proposed TO
have enough of money to do all that
the Post.Ollice Department saw fit TO
do during the current fiscal year II
is our duty, of course, to take the cbarit'
able view of the subject but ! desire
to call the attention Of the Senate
to the discrepancy in these figures.
The Post-Oflioe Department ask for
s1,720,0 900 as deficiency for this
year, while the Sixth Auditor of the
Treasury demonstrates that it takes
but at the outside 81, 1856 900, making
difference OF s565 600 between the
Auditor and the Post-Ofiice Depart.
ment
From this standpoint IL is certain
that the House OF Representatives was
justified in initiating careful'inquiry
into the subject matter of appropria,
tons for this Department and probing
il to the bottom. The House bill ap.
propriated but s97OOOO. The demand
of the Department was $4,000, 900.
Your committee have adopted what is
substantially the amount fixed by the
Sixth Auditor OF the Treasury, as nee
essary TO conduct this service to the
end Of tho fsoal year npon the basis OF
contracts as they exist at this hour,
expedited and increased trips, and
altogether the sum of sl,10O,00O.
Mr.. TELLER. ! lshould like to ask
the Senator II sl,l00,OO0 is what he
reported ?
Mr. WALLACE. / will give the
Senator the figures in q moment. The
figures are as follows Tread from the
report OF the Auditor:
Summary statement sAOtsiay ils anouais, by quar-
isrs, paid and ysito be paid, according 10 ih'
records Of ihis Office, out ef The appropriation (oi
star baR,portuHon for The fiscal year ending
jane 80, 1850.
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