The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-27
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FIRST EDITION.
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LETTING AN INCREASE.
now inreitng the first increase the
Now now, "sstfdayit was made by Mr..
Miner G.. ,o 1910
" + BRADY, Second Assistant
N Postmaster General, &C.
S''"~-Tns number OF men ana ami
'ilnscessary to carry the mails on
',,o IIn,o No 35,O5l (Bsmark to Tongue
nI,.r, rhree tunes week is twelve
n ~ and thirteen animals. The number
nt men and animals necessary 10 carry
4 s,id mails on reduced scneuuie OF
sixty-five hours is 100 men and lou AMI
mall. Respectfully, u
District Of Columbia, County Of Wash
John Il. Miner, being duly sworn,
den,se and say, that the above state
\ mani il true as verify believe.
"'''' JOHN r.. MINER.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this
Am lay of October, 1873.
w. r. KELLOGG,
lSeall Notary Public.
ON such afiidavits, made by the men
interested in puttig up the price OF
service, the inquiry :in the Postoffice
N department shows the estimates for in
crease we're based. Miner, It will be
4 observed took the original contract for
81 800 per year and within year had 1t
raised to $4,000 a year, and this for
n years.
nuupN THIEVES QUARREL
Not long ago two Of the ring contrac-
M tors quarreled aud went to law. The
case is Hun,leS against Huntley, and S.
Il S Hnntley gave 10 the Court under oath
some facts which show how 1t Is done,
how contracts were taken at ruinously
low orices on the certainty that they
would be "ralsed." The following ex-
tracts from his sworn statement VIII
make plain some Of the mysteries of the
& systematc raising OF contracts by MIR.
Brady;
The fui thing was to make out our bids
and then to engage our friends TO bid for
ns and then find men West to put in
bids. We were awarded in all our bids
Dnly four five routes, and think G. &.
Huntley was awarded TWO routes all thai
we started with In lS74, With those we
Started in 1874 1t was my busi-
ness, if we had them once a week TO get
them put in three times a week, and If
three times week TO get them put to six
or seven times week and if they were
twenty miles long to get The service in
creased. Sometimes routes were award
| u
tunity in Washington when IL should be
the.besi time for failure and als) the
Postmaster on the route, and at the pro-
vi p'llme ! saw they failed. A part OF my
VI 1ess then was TO secure the good will
aud the acceptance, and the withdrawal
ana power attorney Of each one of the
bidders above the failing bidder, aid
lDen to watch IN the department and TO
accept or decline this route as / saw fit
oh-aly one oithese names. Then having
recorded the route by representing it
WIN power of attorney, 1t was my duty
losel II worked up In the same way as
our other routes by increase of service
ortAlenson Of route. Sometimes having
contract that was at losing figure, j
would get 1t cultailed or service discon.
tlnued.
lhs describes a regular conspiracy
ahd conspiracy which plainly could moi
be carried on without the help of import
aul persons In aud out of the Post Office
Department.
EXAMPLE OF HOW 1T WAS DONE.
Here is an instance. Mr.. John r
hIhef was interested In 1880 in about
ninety contracts. lie had the advantage
ol beng an intimate friend of Mr.. Dorse,
a' whose house Mr.. Dorsey once testified
Ar, Miner used commonly 10 stop wher
he was In Washington. In 1878, Mr.
Miner was so lucky as to get the con
9'act on the Blsmark and Tongue Rive
toa'e, 3lO miles, one trip a week ant
iH hours schedule time for $2,35O pc
alham' He began his service on th,
's' ol July, 1878. In December, 1879
1 pn's hVe months later, he was so fortu
pSse as to be ordered to run three trip
week AT sixty-four hours trip insteat
Z l0t per trip, and having contracted
pI'glhally for $1,000 year he now ha
Nuueu TO this the neat sum of $32. .65l
Pei year four years, of course. In Angus
'ne next year he got an order to max
"a 'rlps' and for this he got $500
hOra.
hoW CONTRA VT w Aa ID yaux.
ou nuh.ley described, always under oati
81 n0n. 'rsct was raised" from s., 90
"lli give one route No Al 1ao .s a.
ussta'lon on There were tryan,a - - IL, y
enis route, the hiebns, S3 ooo an
rred this " Ion one lowest at $1,000. w
~ al ST. 1a0 man and took the mai
N 900 IN ~ w., per annum and IL cost u
boutbs G,ii", IT, lie at the end of fe,
|ifared' 10 l",ieu, ,n, and the route was the
be hey, ~ o. ane sd next bidder for s., 600 an
&Se. tLe ,, AZ ~, l90, and the next AT Az
bbicL wae neAI at s2,3333 and the next on,
40; the "r1 ner, myself, 5. $. Huntley, at So
9O0 tho o next next at $4,000, the next Al 80
|. l6 ,h 'iio next at $1,000, the next a, 40
b. .2s5 Nv next at $4,000 and the next |
eeainUa i'darViewed all these dIfTerent mo,
,s daeal from each his accantsnoa ~ ~,
ma ~ iilatlon,also his DOW err ~ aitoyna, ~,
t", a IA some instances tbeir " . as.olne.
hyseIr paper and had control of tbeI
lime dao, A. w masnlngton, and at the prop,
10 be n"1d vSilhed every offer. IL then bs
S7,OOO nr So up still further toward u