Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-04-28

10 be called the Sinoloa and Du-
range railroad. 1t is tn extend
from Altar on the Gulf Of G .lifOr-
Dis, 120 miles north Of Mazatlap,
to Durango, IN the State of the
anne name, 220 miles. At Duran-
20 1t will Connect with the Mexi.
can Central railroad, which will
extend from the City of Mex
leo TO the American frontier
ut El Paso. 1t Is proposed TO
beaiu at once the construction Of
forty miles of the new line from the
port Of Altar to Culiacan, the cap.
itaI of the State # 5inaloa, and
surveying parties will leave New
York IN Il few days for the purpose.
The Company has received conces
sions from the Mex'can Govern.
ment, which has granted it also
valuable privileges. The Com on ny
was organized in Ro,ton aud the
c,piral stock has been already sub.
s"r'b bed In New England and New
York. The officers Of the Company
arr: President, Tnos. N, Hart,
Boston; Vice.Prpaident. Robert r..
Symon, New York; Treasurer; S.
W. klrhar. q III, Boston. e. p.
North has b-en appointed Chief
Emsiueer aud General Superintend.
eLt.
rae F,o"d R' arh-s -. Lrnis.
ST LOUIS, April 27-The river
has risen about six inches to-day
and is making rapid encroach-
nneut on tile Ievee. A large part Of
the lowlauds in the extreme north.
ern portion Of the city Is sub
merged.
Brady VIZ fes Letter.
WAsHINaToN. April ~ Brady
writes to the Hsrdld to day: Up
to this time | have eatisiied myself
with general denial Of tine
charges male by Class OF news
paper correspondents who either
10 not care 10 know the facts, or
knowing them, delineIa'ely mi--
represent them. a thorough in.
vestigatIon of every phase of the
matter cannot bo initi,ted one
mument too coon for the. The
n,ne! three routes include all
the great national routes.
The same charges now made have
been made hefore-were made iu-
ces-antIy during the Wiuter of
1879 So when Congress Wa. in ses.
.iun. What the Department dii
ia all these Respects IL dii IN ODE.
lIeuce to the demard. Of the coun-
try ~ expressed through its r-pre-
srutatives. Nothing wa. done on
my own volitIon. Nothing was
due dark,y or in u corner,a and yet [
IN responsible for all that was
dous while at the head of ths con.
tract bureau | ain proud of the fact
hat was in u pOsiiOu to respond
to the wants of the couutry In its
recent q still continuing won
te'fui era of pr0sl GRITTY. No man
Who comes after me, whatever his
pretensions, will dare to set his
face against the liberal policy
inauguraSed by Judge Key.
1t was and Is the tIue policy,
endorsed by the people, and any at
tempt to change It Will bring dis.
comtitnre and contempt upon those
this talk about rings and corruption
comes from disgracad contractors
amt would tie blac9 mailers Incea-
SAINT Overturss were made by these
press hrigands to contractors who
were supposed by them to he In the
enjoy ment Of fat contracts to
properly mould public sentiment.
and these prop0slti0ns being re.
J-cfed ia msny Instances, were
followed by threats that il they
were d. MED participation therein,
a contrary sentiment would be cre-
a'ed. l have. in all cases where
they have come TO my knowledge,
set my face as flint against such
propS tions, and would have been
energetic In wiping out sny pnr-
tion of the S.ar mail ser,i y that
rested upon so loose II foundation OF
popnlar support or com nmehdati0n.
Noih,ng was done, ~ I have said
above, that was not done at the re.
quest OF members of Congress, who
we're supposed 10 know the needs
and requirement of their constitu.
rnts, AID nothing was persisted In
that failed to receive the approval
Of q majority Of both Houses.
For while the public
mind may be COMPOUNDED by the
clamor Of tho persons alluded to,
and they may even succeed in
bringing national names ipto cou-
tumeIy and disgrace, but only for
time. 1t is not probable that, In
the disbursement Of 70 many mil.
lions OF dollars per anuum for the
sur pnit of a service so widely DIS.
tributed ard 80 difficult Of thorou h
investigation as the Slar mail serv.
Ice " this country, no mistake
would be made no money wasted-
even under the wisest admins rA.
tiOn, but that there has been a sin.
gle case of corrnpt coliusion he.
tween contractors ard the Depart
ment l most emphaticslly deny
and challenge the whole hody of
my defamars to prove to the oon-
trary. Ii is notorious that, while
tha committee unanimously re
com mended large increase over
the appropriation tor the previous
year, CDrgress granted the full
amount estimated for by the De-
partnent and thereby not only
justified the Iuorease on these 90
routes, but continued them PER
manrntly upon that basis. 1t IS
ais" n iact that Congress at Its last
sta-i0n appropriated not only u
sufficient amount to rOnduct the
s-rvic- n. then increased, but gave
$50O 700 for u further iuorease dur
lug The next fi.oal year. II is a
notorious fact tuat, during the past
four ears, the entire postal service
has grown with wonderful
growth and this is not confined to
the Star service alone.
Tue lsihsnus Cs".s Again IN sbs
NrnNsr.
WAsH1NoToN, April ~ SEN.
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