Daily Republican., 1881-10-27
GENERAL TYNER'S METHODS,
He Rewar dea mis- wessern RWnt.
lng Friends.

A special despatch from Washington
to the New YORK Times says: Mr.. Tyner
First Assistant Postmaster General has
sought recreation by hunting wild
beasts in the far West. On one or two
occasions of this kind he has made his
headquarters with the Postmaster at
Laramie City, Wyoming, on the Union
Pacific Railway Company, abont 70
miles west of Cheyenne, and about 20
miles above the northern boundary OF
Colorado. The Laramie Postmaster 9
salary is ". 100, and it was recently dis
covered that Mr.. Tyner hal allowed
him ii 200 per an,,um for clerk hire,
although the receipts OF the Office and
box rents and commissions amounted to
less than $500 In accordance with a
rule concerning clerk hire, the allow
ance of 81, 300 was recently cut down to
S400, to the great dissatisfaction Of the
Postmaster, who at once complained
to MIR. Tyner, who could not help him.
There are two star routes extending
into the wilderness from Laramie City
and it occurred to a Times correspon-
dent that an examination OF their his
tory might reveal something interesting
The facts in relation TO the one which
extends in the direction Of Mr. Tyner's
hunting grounds are as follows, as
revealed by the books and other records
| seems that an existing star route
which had been let for four years was
blotted out in order that new contract
for the same service might De given to
the men who had accompanied Mr..
htS Gu N Tho n n.
fer involved increased cost, and the star
route was almost useless. Az the be.
ginning of the press II. contract term N
Wyoming 1873 -S5-:hcre Was star
route following the course Of the Big
LARAMIE River and extending in a
southwest direction from Laramie City
across the Valley OF the North Platte
River to Hahn's Park, in Colorado Il,
was 100 mi.es long, aud John W. Dor
sey, the ex Senator's brother, had the
contract, his bid Of 81 $40 having been
the low est. He began service Jnly l,
1873. having sublet the route for II 900,
In the autumn OF 1879 IT was dis
covered that mail ought to be delivered
at N ranch or camp situated 80 miles
southeast of the line. 1t is said that
the official hunting parties had passed
some tiiue IN that vicinity. The camp
was cnrisiened 'ryner, and a fo,t-otiice
was established tAe"e on October Ath,
1879, not long after MIR. Tyner had
written his remarkable suppressed re.
port on star routes. The posl-ottice has
since been discontinued. In NVveln-
bsr, 1879. the contractor on he existing
line was ordered TO deliver aud receive
mails al Tyuer, aud lie was allowed
S5Si per aunum for DONG this. He
lett his old road AT fmkhaH pton, a
station about half way between the
termini, and went south 80 miles to
Tyner, and then proceeded on his way
TO Hahn's Peak. In the summer Of
1880 there seems TO have been born "A
desire TO get this ioute Into other hands
and on July Goth the route WINS cur
tailed to end at Pinkhampton, the point
at nich the contractor had left the Old
road tor the purpose of supplying ry-
ner. This cut off the part between
Piukhampton and liahu . Peak, and
also the part between Plnkhampton and
ryner But the Dorseys did not lose
Much by this, ter they were given a
rev branch liue, ruuui1s 70 Hahu'
Peak from their notorious line flom
Kawlins TO " lite River.
1t was not the intention ot the depart
ment TO neglect that Important uiiice
known as Tyner. The curtailmcnt
above described had simply cleared Ihe
way, so tina! new contract Tor "a line
from Laramie City TO Tyner could be
given to some one. On the same date
the curtailIuent OF the old line was or
dered, Temporary contract was Civ
en-, w!thout public cumpetitlon, 20 Perry
Bickford and Edward Rust, Of Lara.
me City, TO carry ;he mails from that
place 10 Tyner and back Tor s., 800 per
annum The net revenues of the sta
lions ou the line could hardly have ex.
ceeded fifty dollars per AMMAN, for they
were in the nei < hborhood OF one huY
dred dollars last summer. All person5
concerned seem TO have forgotten that
the old line in that direction still exist
ed rs far rs Pinkhamtun, 46 miles. This
remnant was not ordered out Of exist
ence until september 10 1881, SO that
we are left to infer that Dr Two months
the Government paid both the old and
new contractors for carrying the mails |
tor i6 miles.
After the old line had entirely dis
the offices upon It were trans
terred to the uew. Delegate Downey !
seems to have forgotten the existence OF
the old line, Tor on July /, 1880, he
urged the Department TO pat on the |
new tri-wcekly service between Lar
annie City aud Tyner. Perhaps the
dorsey service on the old lie was So
poor that it was not visible TO the "a ked
eye. Even the Laramie Postmaster, in
giving an estimate Of distance for the
new line, fails NJ to mention the old one.
But the iuost interesting paper relating
to the new route WAS the following tele-
gram, sent to Gen. Tyner, after Bickfo.d
and Rust had put in their Did for the
LARAMIE CITY, July II, 1851
General Tyner, Assistant Postm tster-
Washington, ID. G. Please
see that Rust and Bickford get the mail
contrac. to Tyner. These are the men
who hunted with you up in the park.
IS. v. DOwNEy."
The clerk relIark ked on his brief: The
Hon. James n. Tyner personally re-
three times q week service,
and the contract was given TO Bickford
and kLsl the next day after the tele-
gram had been received. When .Le
lemnant OF he Old line was b.vtted out,
service on part OF the new WIS in creas.
ID to six trips, and the paw raised to
y, ,7j9. Mr.. DOwEey urged last April,
nat the service should be made daily
lver the whole line. The line has very
been rurtailed so as to end sew
eral miles tro!u Tyner, and that Office no
onger exists. What was the revenue
IT Cnat emarkabie office, for which the
Government has spent 30 much money?
The books show that for the last fiscal
year il was ga. TIE net revenues of
ti,AA III hnla II, CInO |