Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-29

CONTRACTS alPcHs ~ navy "e'" '''i' "
with brazen eifronicry which shows tiat
the men engaged In II had mol inc leas' i'''i
of interference from any quarter Inns
branch of the postal service includes Trans
portalon by all other means Than ia'lt"a''s
particularly the carry M oi Tue mans III
tho lar West upon siase-'"i'h's' ou'h"o"'''
and hy l"ny riders. '"ntrac's Tor The ser
vicc over these routes are P""ioN ''' III
Washington Tor Tour years To 'he io"'s' "
sr"hsiblt bidder. IL was "hiy aie" Se'''
NJ" that MI Jewell 'i'eh "S''''''s''' We"
ra'' d's'o'f'e' s''"' i'""''s II, '"' AVA"
OF these contracts ana succeeded III "''"N-
Ins up ing ha''''S us "'a''i"''''''
IN inc department "s'i' III '
ira'lds IN eohhee'i"i' VII" '"' .'
lioutes have Teen p''Ie'ia'eu '''e"'
through inerease'' anu eAi'''''''' s''',''
'oh''ae's nave "''" NJ '''
mails between out Oh inc way p'''''' ''''' "''
long dis'al1'S apart Ill '"e "'s'' ''' '"',
week. At spec" VI '''''' ii'',' an ''
rhe being iai' one ue'ei ''''r'" y, 'p>"
cohipeli'ioh' Ai'ei i''''e '''''' '"'
quehcy Oh these HILLS Has o1'' i"' -
three OF SIN 'li'ies MseN' anu '''' 'p''u "
n'e mics I'LL ''ou' III .N''" .'','i A''i'
i'r Kill aus i''s'u - VIZ 10 "''
ny open coiHpe'i'ion' Us WIG" 'he 'oi'''"'
was ilrst let, out ny Inc secohu assistant
postmaster 'n'r"'' VINO '''s "''N SUI" IL
io'i'''''ioh rs "c Is "''e W '''''''' anu '''' nv
generally receives from '''e contractor WI"
Is ih'oics'eu' III i''"'e'' way :"
contracts were increased Is SHOWN III IL"
Official rcturh' irohi WHIT" 'nc io'''"'"
iSures arc taken '-o"c io"'' .on.'
origihaiiy ior Ill Iouu" n''ii'o''' 9''oo
ihcfeiSeu 10 si'o'oVo aii ''''''''
Voo per ahhuii Oh sooVo 'o"'i"'' 1,ao "an
was increase" rom i'''ooo a. S'Vvo
another i'oi S~ooo W S''''V
rom 9io,ooo To eio''ooo "n n"no
.ooo u eo-'Voo '"O onn 200 600
WV 30 600 >, 900 ooo
'''''"'' '''"i
anu ,, ,,.a, Con-
'"'i',' = mus, .n Co., pou,a sorr;oo
., ooo ooo ,r,ioh ,,os tho whole sum asked
Ear in m. estimates I'm, Mt the next session
the sum of 50 900 900 was demanded OF
Consress to cover sucb increased prices paid
IN contractors over and above the amounts
they had contracted for. Second Assistant
Postmaster General Brady has had charge of
this .I,par,mcnt for several wears past; and
one of the first acts of Postmaster General
James was 10 take the power of increasing
the compensation for CARRYING the mails on
the Star Routes" out of his hands, and
now. after short Investigation, he has re-
moved him. II is announced that the Presi-
dent is bent upou n thorough exposure of
tb,. whole mass of corrun,ion. andhas given
orders that the Investigation now proceeding
shall he searchinc and that wroprdoers shall
he b,,uel,t ,o nunisbmcnt without regard to
,,orsons or ro,;,;cal influence The result.
~, w.shir,,or ,,or,es,ondont of the New
y,rl U,,,J sors rrromises IN inc ne aston.
isbi,r i, tic details nc the exnosure of the
w,i.I.,,, p;,r ,,- G ,cr.,o,v Rr;stow
A..
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'''''' '''oS'a' uoe' '"' ''"' ,''''
"lf'' anu III VIZ" VI '"'
mems TIC COUNTY 10 " '' 'o"s' "'''"''' ,."'
II HAS sue" os'"'a''e, ''''e'a, ~ -"''
'''i'' anu sui" "''
'''''' 'o' '"e' may
prone 'lle ''ia''e' " '"e 'o''''" anu "
no Sility hia'i I" es'"pe
Most oi inc s'eaiins' !" See"'s' was '''.''
cd IN connection Win the contracts "n i''ne-
'y-lhr'e star or eApeo''eu routes /"
1910 anu 1917 anu ''ie early Pa'' VI ''9' ''"'
'h one iou's'ha HAL 'ou'e '"' ".i'a'.'i''"'
raised The compensation from '-oo u
sio"Si. on one IN i'aks'a from sol -oo 10
Slil,ol4 on one IN Inc inuiah ief'i'o'y
from Slo,oll 10 slo''Voo OH "ne Ill -hiiAo
IA from S45,3 10 S5Io, 4'o' on one III Ne"
Mexico from Slo,ooo 10 slSo'9'o On one
in California from Sl33,95 to so'o'S46, anu
So on In SNORT the ofisihai coh'r"'t price
i"r Inc hihe'y-three rou'es ioi 'hc Seai Gu"
cd june ~, 1851 was S'-'' 10 anu 'he III
crease, hoiiiihaiI rs pay isi pe'''i ''i'i'''
but really as plnndet iof CONTIGUOUS o"iciais
and others, amounted 10 Sa'o'''o''- An eA-
ample of the mode oil operation Is as follows;
A contract for small route IN Arizona
at $4,000 is made TO amount 10
200 by subsequent order from
the Washington ring putting on tri-
weekly service, and atterward to s52,ooo
by an order Tor daily service vi this sum 'he
sub contractor gets but S2S,OuO, Inc rest