The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-03-16
TEE STAR ROUTES.
Brady's Direct Examination Completed
and Cross Examination Begun.

Brady's Direct Examination Completed
ana Cross Examination Begun.
| WASHINGTON, March 15.--The crimina
court room was well filed hismorning whe,
| Brady resumed his testimony
heIerrlng to the testimony already given il
[ regard to the Redding- -Altnras route, the wit
ness SAID ne had no means of knowing of mai
| being carried in shorter time thant6a avne
! dited schedule before the order for eynaSitio,
work was made. 1t would have madeno diff
efence because contractor could not bavt
been forced to carry it on a short schednl,
without extra compensation.
Touching the question of months exh
| pay the witness said it was the universal ruI
| to allow that compensation to contracto
| when the service was discontinued The Law
| also required it. New offices were established
| by the first Assistant Postmaster General
usually after consulting with the Second AS
Astant regarding the cost of the service II
| soEle instances an order was made by the frs
assStant without consulting the second Wht
was therefore bound to put on the service.
-; Inc witness described the origin of the mai
Dill system and said he did not write to lost
master 0rdeSlng him 10 discontinue their us,
| sent from the department.
ne never knew the chief of inspection dis
Ion, Mr.. Lake, to omit to report to hirp aDv1e-
,inquency on the part of the contractors. Ike
nau microscopic ~ vision in these p4atters. He
was father of the present insDect;on systerand
had been accused of undue severity.
Inc witness denied positively any cOlson
or computation with tie defendants +, de-
fraud the government.
This concluded the direct examinati and
Bliss began the cross-examnation.
The witness gave an outline of his5rsonal
history. lie told how cases Of increasand ex-
pedition were made up during his adlnistra-
ton. statement of revenue was u always
SHOWN, II the request appeared leOnable he
signed his name to an order.
do you mean to say that you not cor
slider the revenue?" inquired Bill
Witness said that it depended together up |
on circumstances. When they're building |
up the service in the South mfattention was |
paid to revenue. In 1877 Appropriations |
were divided up between the lway, star and
steamboat service. This was ly achieved af-
ter persistent efforts and wassarded as vic
tory for the Star and steambi service over the
railroads.
Bliss asked Whv the witni had not increag-
ed the service from Kear7 10 Kent to six
trips instead Of expedi ting greater cost.
The witness referred tele official papers
and said that the petition requested expedi-
tion as we'll as increase was frequently the
case that people were me anxious to have
fast that a freouent mai He did not remem-
Der case inaquestiorand did not know
whether he had consied the saving that
would have been effect Dy increasing instead
OF expediting route.
When asked If had onsldered the revenues
the witness replied 81 that was poor crite-
rian of the value of VICE. lt only showed
the sale of stamps alnot the { m )uGt of M Ill
passing over the ror Senator Saunders and
Representative Vatine wanted the service
badly, and that w,he reason for granting it,
Bliss inquired = expedition or increase
had not been allod in every case.
The witness afered that possibly Sena-
3f,,so
earnest. Thessain they had not the means
to grant all q ~ requests. Senator Teller
had asked epe,tion on the White River route
because a lst sri-weekly service was much
better the a spw service seven times q week.
Mr. Rp reminded him that Senator Teller
had notkedfor expedition to 45 hours.
The Inexperienced that when route was
expedh The object was to get faster time att
looks lttle in tact case as if had done as |
pleas ABOUT it. Just as / had a right to do
unde ene law without references to Senators or
letJns, said the witness.
ss produced letter in this connection.
az z hve-day schedule, and inquired why
fy-five hour schedule had been allowed
me witness answered that he had no means
hnoW,ng M whether the days spoken of meant
INJURY into the schedule upon this route t
pushed to some length 7
n connection with the Garland -Parrott o;tv !
lte Bliss called witness attention to the Post !
sler 8 letters protesting that the proposed +
y hour schedule was impossible. Witness +
ned positively that nothing was impossible I
Shat dlrectlon. Witness did not always seek r
verify statements made in petitions and their i
iorsements When they came to him from
ponsible person he presumed that they spoke :
truth 'PS-N' g
Bliss inquired if the witness remembered the !
ers connected with the Dallas-Baker Citv +
70; he answered ne had an indistinct rec 4
TTo I,aI 1
'oIne kind in connection with over 10000 a
+ IiIE9 ITeqtsg 81 assy i
this route -iIrstse2 Of iza seosod tsips -
Witness answered it seemed ridiculous to q
ok a slow service six times a week better n
ses RHso i Bs Bs s5D per Sssh wanted e fast 3 schedule
,liss asked -h>,--.'15 sszIelR- frUupIe wanted
Titness said that he had accepted the repre-
cations of members of Congress as to the
ds of the people.
liss-Were they always expressions of their
unbiased judgment? R
nswer-C Certsiniy l could not assume any
lg else.
fitness was asked if he had sought to drive
rains for the government He said he had te
mad expedited almost all routes at less than II
rata. OF
liss-Then you assert that Is OF 10 routes St
exdedited at less than pro rata? st
nswer-I do. W
n affidavit signed by John Dorsey was al
gn IN the case where he was not sub-con- pt
tor. th
illness did not remember taking any stems +
scertain if Dorsey was a sub-contSactor ~ ~
jacket did not show but it appeared.to be a,
liar and the case had been made up bv y,
ner, careful corresponding clerk The a,
e5 should have shown that fact If Dorsey NJ
not spo-contractor. 1t would have been y.
stake on the part of the clerk Witness +,
Id not assume man was scouudreI be- ~
. ne was a contractor. He assumed thew ~
} honorable men. VI VI
1estion-Then you assumed that their y. "
'ments were true because they were CON st S
tors? 0'- sMt M
nswer-I sVIt assumed that their statements ez
used my own rule as guide. ia
IS produced an affidavit based on the thirty M
Q schedule prepared by Peck in New al
lco IN January, 1S79 six months before ge
order, and asked why Peck had made the to
3 allowance as witness. oe
nswer That question YOU will have IN aslr fe
:. Yon will have to go and see him. sill
question having arisen in regard to the tir
oI the cross examination, Merrick ex. sill
'ed his understanding that it wassnot CON trt
! I. 70 limits OF direct examination, but when ba
'fendant went upon the stand he threw ur
'eIf open so far as the whole case was con- it
o,S,, su
Witness gcided in that view.
opens tionap' 10 if he had not allowed
each oithe hasteen routes fefe ee srtfsSer5u
Of them wen expedited at less than pro
"a. m,
,rck-Tongue rive
sir. That was expedited at
Is than pro rata W.
Bliss-He means a q rata based on Miners ~
d men affidavit. 10
meanslo affidavit laid before be be
m for acJion.., j ar
The Court-Thast affl Wit contemplates W W
It with the Indians q MS aspose. III
iss inquired II oi,o tma,ess thought that es
Oman Was reqareu W cry two miles of g
ro, =, ~
Lapswred that as it wasoau route rnn- ~
ninShrou'h the bad lands'o Dakota and +,
infeed VIII hostile indians /, h,aiS not ,b;nit ink II
it wa too ANY; still while heaccepsed THE the ci
aIlldait INV QlQ nOC MAKE opeitinn on that | as