Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-06-23

kerens combination, and was very sue
cessfully manipulated by Brady and
the contractors.
| Route No. 40 10 Phoenix to Prescott; two in
| termediate stations.
| Distance lao miles.
| Scrrtce-0nce week.
| Time Sehed,ae-e6 hours, or only | y miles per
| hour-a very slow gait. In this way Brady left
open the door by which expedition might
come in. This is very good example OF the
| trick.
| Bond ,ctA bid 50 800
| Bidders.--Salisbury, the Parkers, kercns Price,
and Others were represented.
Burnett a. Rarick So, 30OiJ. ID. Monitan.. 81. 800
w. ii. Caldwell 9, 700V. w. Parker ! go
Hughes and Hath W. A. Howard. | $40
away ...,.... @ 450W. II. Downward. | 400
j. Ii. Huckleber- IL NJ Norton. /, 400
ry,...,.... 2, S9lIo. J Salisbury l $50
ii N. Warren. ., 343IG l.. McDonough | 3l3
". II. Reynolds. l,9l9Joseph Evans. -, l 800
j. Price. $50. l 9l7iW nj. Griffith. $50
Hugh White, / $50
Griffith was given the contract, July
81, 1878. His address was care of
r. c. Kerens, st. Louis" His term
Of four years began October l, 1873
The route was in the hands Of persons
who understood the methods of Brady,
and could take advantage of his gen
erosity." The first change was made
two and one-half months after the be-
ginning of the term.
.Serrice Lacredsed--Dec. Is, 1878 increase num-
Der of trips to three per week.
Schedule Erpedted-Sene date reduce running
time from 90 To IS hours for the increase and
expedition" add So ITO to the annual pay.
1t was discovered that one and one
lx,l Ice u,
and that horses could go even three
miles per hour; but to quicken the
original snaiPs pace to very slow walk
cost s. $40, or ten times the entire orig
inal pay. This addition is said to have
been less than the department would
have given if it had followed the con-
tractors sworn statement of horses
and men, but to be in accordance with
his own aotfer. The route was not
yielding money enough after these
changes, and therefore other changes
were made six months later.
Service Increased June l6 1879 increase
number of trips to seven per week and add
SIl $50.
Schedule Erpedted--Same date, reduce run
ming time from As to 80 hours, and add Sill
900.
Here is food for reflection. The SER
vice was originally once week, at
$3.50. Seven trips would cost, and did
cost 4,76O; SO that the cost of reducing
the running time from 96 to 80 hours
was $27 $50 In other words, it cost
$27 $50 to reduce the running time to
At miles per hour. r Brady had or
iginally let the route IN a schedule of
$50 hours, or half mile per hour,
there would have been more room for
costly expedition"
In August, $780, Brady ordered that
the number of trips should be reduced
to three per week after Sept. /, 1881,
Postmaster Otis reported that the car
rier would continue to make daily
trips, although his pay and the re-
quired number Of trips had been re-
duced. This shows that the route was
profitable on account of its passenger
and express business between the
railway and the mines. The govern
ment, therefore, had an opportunity to
get the mails carried daily and
save $13,9SS, which had been
taken off by the re-
duction. 1t did not take advantage of
IL JUST ABOUT tnls lllnc ~. y. McCOT-
mick wrote to the department remon-
strating against the reduction which
had been made. What was the result
The order for reduction was rescinded
on that very day, so soon that it did
not affect the contractors pay at all,
and one trip which had been cut of in
May. 1880, was at once restored. Mr.
McCormick's letter seems to have been
worth SIS, $50 per year to the Kerens
party.
Under the original contract Griffith
would have received in the three years
and nine months Of bis term, $3.50.
If the route is not disturbed before
July /, 1882, the receipts from it will
amount to SOB GEO, saying nothing
about passenger and express business.
The price is 1880 per mile for one
trip per week, price in excess of that
paid upon some of the most notorious
8 temporary contracts" which always
cost, according to Brady's statement,
three times as much as the permanent
service. A silver mine at the northern
terminus of this route is poor property
in comparison. rFw
A Nice Little Rail Road.
One of the most curious railroads in