New-York tribune., 1883-03-17
BRADY CROSS-EXAMINED.
HIS EXPLANATIONS TO Mr.. BLISS.

Court this morning General Brady again tOok "o W
stand, and further cross-examined oy ni
Bliss. He did not remember that any incOhgr"l! III
Miners affidavit upon the Tongue River route hao "I
tracted his attention. The witness described ihe
OF preparing the advertisements for letting the n1
laneous service. The temporary contracts oiieH"'
ran six months, but the term was after"aIu
to one year contract might have been discon'n"eu
in order to put on better and for Other ros
The power of the Second Assistant in that respect was
broad; but in all eases except where the serNco wa"
discontinued for cause, such as failure 10 PeIioi
vice. il was a requirement OF law that the cohtI"o' 70
allowed one months extra pay. The witness couiu noV
remember whether not the practice OF posting puie
tins of temporary service 10 DC le' loNo"0" WV
gressional investigation.
TAKING CARE OF THE CONTRACTORS.
Mr. Bliss instanced the Tongue River Route anu "SAo
asked how the contract to be made prohtaOe oy OK
peditiOn when it was losing CONTRACT al 'ne o'u
schedule u
The witness answered: You Will nave W "'A w
contractors about that"
o-You stated that you expedited 1t to make 1t profit
able to the contractor Howi A-Expedited so as W
get good service said that we preferred 10 hep .he
contractors rather than oppress them Whether uu vi
not is matter for them.
Mr. Bliss pressed the question in different forn' .no
witness answering that he would not IKE 10 take "
,ekly service without expedition when he was losing
money on one trip per week. Where expeuiuoD "a'
added. however, it seemed to beneht the contl tlAo'i
How the witness did not know that was a question: iOi
Mr. Bliss inquired why the witness did not let tne
service under % d ow p1em6er the
considerations that then affected his MIND 6. T ncS
sryicc N nnder six months contract He was asked
how he proposed TO get rid OF the stnonS m SSicS the
original serTce had been taken, 20 profitable nSIs %
The witness answered "We kicked the stumphInE, S
out of oar way in order to get just what we
service"
TO ACCOMMODATES HIS FRIENDS.
Mr. Bliss asked why the witness had lengtheneu INC
schedule time. He answered that was only just "heo
the schedule had been xed and the contract taken oh
misstatement of the distance
n srbep why did yOu tell Judge Kidder that you
con,d not do II on the vermion Sioux Falls route
A-Because doD't remember that there was any such
msstatemeut OF distance. - u,, ,,,, tor IN I'm.
Mr. Bliss asked if service was ever pun up Ior @ an III
diyidual The witness said that he sometimes acco,n0
dated his friends in that way The
Mr. BlIss-I should say that they were. , ,,.oa 4,
The witness added that he thought It had reSuteu III
Mr. Biiss~Dont you know that the Post oflce Depart
i 3%W sny Of star service il only results
from the increased sale OF stamps
THE COST OF EXPEDITED SERVICE.
Mr. Bliss-Did you always get expedited service at the
lowest possible rate3 Al say that did Having re-
ceyed the affidavit OF the contractor having general
rule OF INV own the western service should not eX
oeed $50 per mile tried TO get AT that rate ana not 10
exceed IT, and nineteen routes show that we were
getting II much less.
The witness was asked why he allowed the contractor
90 ,nuch more for eXpe ion than its aetna cost as
shown by the filed Sub-cOnracts, euch a upon 'ne
Fnoene Ctv-Brdge Creek route. He answered that ne
was not dealing with sub-cOntracors Inc contractor
was held for the service summer ana "lnter Iho
Contractor was not bound 10 Department and could
bro mn the service at any time In the middle Of win
ter when the contractor was Dounu 70 llneuiaTS @ v
restore rhe service He thought the service on the Ea
rene Cjty-Bridge Greek route cheaply let Itwfs
not the practice increase and expedite route where
tue service being already inalsqua'eg Pp9 o1cc
He saw Vaile very infrequeOy while IN the fosi once
Department and could not rememDer 1Ow ov Miner Peek
& Co; he mad probably been informed Dy the ehlei
clerk - ~
Mr. Bss-Are you aware that twelve OF the orders IN
the Canon CityFor McDermott case were made at pro
raai Al not my assertion on yesterday was 700
broad and I now find orders made at less than
pro rata. Eleven orders were made at prorata anu
seven at ess than pro rata
rrho ,rneas meant that expedition and not increase
was allowed at than pro rata gauged by the con
tractors adavit He did not know that there mad been
two adavts upon OF the routes and SO had no ex
Mr. Bliss where the affidavit most favorable 10 the COLI
tractor had been accepted -. -. 49,, ,uooooa,o,.
OF the Congr ssonal committee and asked tne witness
at fbeT were He said nat II II was necessary TO ex-
pede and the contractor insisted upon pro raa
compensation. 1t would be neces ar 10 auo" IL vi co
tinue the service ON the old scheduie. 49, .,-N .,r
What would be done " me nsare was too nsm ut 90
bs rnes" We would say " Old fellow you WI. nave 70
come down and make another proposition" Meanwhile
we would continue the old service ..,, -.
Some di,rnsaion took place read)n 20 THIS polny
Mr. Bliss cOnendng thot the conraslor con be forced
to carry the mail upon tne Das OF tne
afda1iS ihSd 1Tu ''''''' 4'' ,nr..,,
gation of $40 had been brought by his request tor
deacency appropriation OF $2OOOOO9 lie was a"kea @
total annropriaOn OF $5900000 for 1879 before the
first OF January. 1879 The answer was 'nst ne uu n9t
remenher OF coulss the official papers would snow he
| AID not know how many orders FOR eIoedtOn he made
| while Second Assistant PostnasterGenera mere .
L Of fttnfn nIa "A el.
master General made some ProDaDy IN hnInDer @ tne
witness made ORDERS but the fOstmastef-GeneFal
| made orders for the larger amounts
| BRADYs ESTIMATE OF HIMSELF.
Mr. Biss-Dont you know that you made ten times the
OF orders made by your redecessors h1uIt am
ten times better assistant PosmasterGenera thnn
hey oseaST LSsds pay ype5 or ala Se
poicy TO Increase Route or steamboat service
do Won ind tnati Al regarded the granting OF the
deficiency appropriation as an approval MI. .
| Q.-was that TIE only basiSi A. SharpV)-ihA' was
oTbd they give you all atyou askedi A-No; but
'no' o'Then you asked for more than you neededi A
Yes for more than enough 10 make up tho dencency.
Witness did not take Official noce of suDcOntract
Or a nid Won not say to william Iley in August $780,
mi II Inc sub contract ON Mineral Park route
gwen to certain person named that you would cut the
Mr. ingersoil-I object. Name the person.
| The Court-Yes, that must be done
| Mr.. Bliss-Oae JennnSs
| Mr. IgersOll-I OBJECT again.
Mr. Merrck argued tnat the witness must answer any
and every question, cited Massachusetts case as
authority The ruled tnat the question mig be
asked IL depended altogether the nature OF the
answer whether not could be rebuted The ques-
ton was again put, and the witness answered that ne
dId moi remember navng had any such conversation.
He had felt like saying such things about Jennings be-
cause Tenoered such niseraDe service; remembered
fbe san Antonoorpus Cnst route ana the contractor,
| James T.. Price.
| AN ATTEMPT TO PROVE CORRUPTION
Mr. Bliss produced OF the Price drafts and asked II
the witness had ever had the paper In his possession
| Mr. Wilson objected Meanwhile the witness closely ex-
| amined the paper.
xr Merrick expressed his intention OF showing that
tbese two drafts for $50 each and $50 In money had
been placed upon Brady's desk while he was acting
second Assistant General by the contractor
on this route for a corrupt purpose. He proposed to
show that another bill for $500 from Daniel Murphy, OF