The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-11

"Hon, s ", Dorsey, ll2l Isreel, Washing
ton, d, e.:
Have been over the route from Walls
Walla to Pleasant Grove; your figures i'm
possible; lowest solid bid $500 for two
trips; $1,000 for ak trtps; Sl2,sO0 iol
seven trips, What shall do2
uR. +. WILcox."
To this the following answer was re-
turned;
"WAsuISaroS, D, O., June llth, 1879.
"F. K, Wi!eOr;
"You may give 81, 500 on one trip; s., ,OOu
three trips; IS, 400 six trips; $1,000 seven
trips. s, W. Dorsey"
Wilcox replied on the same day:
"Your figures are impossible; mine oil
yesterday are the lowest | can get"
The contract was closed at $1,000 ior
six trips.
Though Dorsey telsgraphed Wilcox
that he was interested only In Bridge
Greek and Looking Glass routes, in Ore.
Ron, the statement 10 probably to be un,
derstood only as notice to Wilcox that
these were the only routes that Wilcox
was to work upon, for the greatest swindle
Of all 10 In the route from Dallas 10 Baker
City via Canon City, This was originally
q weekly route, II was, however, under
the manipulations Of the ring increased
to service OF six, times O week,
which is wholly unnecessary, and
the pay was raised from $S,2S8
to $72. .52O. ], NJ. Ptet also has another
expedited" route, viz from Canon City
to Camp MCDermett, most Of the way
through q country without population,
and incapable Of sustaining any. This
route was "expedlted" from s., 1888 To
$2l 500 ]. ". Dorsey has contract on
the route from Dallas to Lake View, in
Southern Oregon, which route also was
expedited" from s., ,0S8 to $50 800. II is
probable, therefore, that Wilcox has
charge Of only q small part OF the busi
ness Of the Dorsey ring In Oregon.
The OrsgOnian Of 10 morrow will say
OF the developments In the Star route
frauds; "E1Senator Dorsey will hardly
ask the Postmaster. General now to write
q letter exonerating him. George
A, Steele, who has been nomi.
mated Tor the poslmasteTship Of
Portland, was special agent Of the Post.
office Department for Oregon, Washington
and Idaho at the time when the Star ser.
vice was go largely expedited and the pay
on many routes 30 immensely and fraudu
lently increased. lie knew oil about these
transactions, as he had his attention called
to them, and especially TO the route from
Dallas 10 Baker City, via Canon City. II
would be q pertinent inquiry to learn what
was the nature Of bis reports 10 this de.
partment on these routes and what recon-.
mendation he made. Did he help con.
tractors to work up these routes, and gst
their enormous increase oi pay, or did he
expose It's iniquities to the depart.
mentP Just now, since he expects
to be past master oil Portland,
these are pertinent inquiries. We ven.
ture the opinion, and that without special
hazard, that IS o postal official he threw
no obstacle in the way Of the expeditlng
contractors"
Suit was begun OF Denver for the
reason that the plaintiff was able TO get
service on Dorsey there, Wilcox Is still In
Oregon. The attorney who sent the claim
from Portland to Denver TO be sued Is ].
K. Woodward, formerly County Judge Of
this (Mutuamay) county. The original
documents printed above are here, In the
custody Of the agent Of the Associated
Press.
STAR ROUTES WHICH ARE MORE ORNAMENTAL
THAN UsRPUL DISCONTINUED.
WASHINGTON, D. G., May 10-orders
were issued from the Postotiice Depart.
ment to-day to discontinue The steamboat
mail service at once on the following
routes In tho South and Southwest: Mem.
phis to Wiltsburg, Ark, 40 miles; cost
Of service on route, Sl2, 1888 per annum.
Camden, Ark, 10 New Orleans, 6l7 miles;
cost OF service $50 900 per annum. Jack.
Bonport, Ark, to Batesvile, Ark, 80 miles
cost OF service $3.50. Little Rock, Ark,
10 Fl. Smith, Ark, 2B0 miles; cost oil
service $0,0 900 per annum.
Service on following standard routes
10 be discontinued on and after August let
next: Elizabeth City 10 Fairfield, N. O.,
100 miles, cost S6,374 per annum and
from Elizabeth City 10 Williamson, 8. g.,
100 miles, cost $l1, 40 per annum Point
CLEAR to Gasque, Ala, AZ miles, cost s., ,54
per annum; Mobile to Salem $40 miles,
cost S6 900 per annum.
Postmaster General James asCertained
that the service 70: nearly all the interme.
diate Offices on these routes is performed
Jointly bysteamboat and inland Star route
contractors, and the entire service can be
satisfactorily performed over the Star route
by extending them IN few particular
localities. These extensions can be made
Ia every instance at q very slight expense,
compared with the cost OF the steamboat
service, which will be discontinued. The
aggregate cost OF the service on theee
steamboat routes amounts 10 nearly $92,.
900 per annum, but II is estimated At the
department that On extension ol the stage
routes to points not now touched by them
will not 0ost more than $1,000, thus
yearly saving $75, 900. In addition TO tho
routes mentioned, score or more oil short
routes In the south and southwest here.
totore maintained at cost varying from
$iO0 10 $500 per annum will be disContin.
ned at an early date. Other aud larger
deductions and discontinuances of what
the depattmentrega unnecessary routes
In various sections Of the country, may be
expected from time 10 time.
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