The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-03
WASHINGTON.
r,ss GALWAY Mail Service.


WAsHINGToN, Jan. 2.-FOllowing arc
the recomme ndations Of the Committee on
Railway Mail Service. to which reference
WAS made In late dispatches.
/. That the mpensation to railroads for
carrying mails shall be determined upon a
basis OF space used, and frequency and
speed Of mails conveyed.
2. That the space factor shall be deter
mined By the Postmaster General in view
OF the needs OF the service modified by the
weight aud frequency OF mails; thar the
speed factor he determined by the sche-
dulles OF various railroads In connection
with the official reports Of the railway mail
service.
8. That paw for all mail transpor' alton
hereafter be fixed al rate per linear foot
car per mile run. This rate to cover the
entire cost OF service. furniture and fixtures
in car, transportation OF clerks. etc.
4. That the POstmaster-General may at
any time order an Increase or reduction In
the amount Of space to he paid for, II. after
weighing, 1t shall be found to be sufficient
increase or diminution OF the amount OF
mails transported on any railroad to require
the same.
3. Closed or pouch mails, now carried
express on baggage cars, without po,ta'
clerks accompanying them, requiring no
space for distribution en- route. 10 he paid
for on the following basis. viz: Aggregate
weight OF cloSed or pouch mails carried on
any road on all trains for twenty -four
hours, shall be made basis OF pay, and
this aggregate weight be reduced to an
equivalent in linear feet Of car space In the
following proportions: Two hundred
pounds mail or less, TOLERATED as equlva-
lent TO six linear inches, TO be paid for al
the rate Of tiR mills per linear foot per
mile frhb; 800 pounds OF mai
to b. rated as one linear
foot, a.d for each additional SOC
pounds one Iiueal foot Of car space to be al
lowed. with y prOviso that pay for the
transportation of mails upon any railroad
route for six round trips per week shall not
be less than S2S per mile per annum.
6. That such service be discontinued.
7. That pay for railway post-offices a, a
sized 20 or less miles per hour between ter
miuaI points be mills per linear foot, in
side measurement of car.space per mile
run; for each increase OF speed amounting
70 miles per hour, up to and including 80
miles per hour, lilo mill % miles per hour
mills IA miles, IS. 2 miis;26 miles 5.3 mills
% miles, 5. 4 mills; 30 miles, 5.5 mills; and
each additional mile per hour lilo mill; and
it is further recommended In adjustment Of
space by linear foot for railway post offices,
Of q daily average weight 500 pounds Of
mail or less be entitled to pay for space moi
to exceed 10 feet from 800 to 1000 pounds
space, not to exceed 10 feet from 200 tt
1900 pounds space, not to exceed 70 fee
from 1000 to 1000 pounds space, no
to exceed 40 feet, and we recommend
for the committee that no change IN allOt
ment space be made until the average
weight reaches 5000 pounds. For 500
pounds so feet, 5000 pounds 60 feet
weight to be ascertansd by weighing no
less than thirty consecutive days, and NJ
additional space to be paid for unless founs
necessary.
In all railway post Offices load should no
exceed double the greatest weight speci
fed for the respective lengths and for an
gross weight carried two or more miles OF
trains daily space may be subdivided upol
gradients Of space for lower weights as til
nature of the service may require, wit
further provision that the Postmaster Gen
era} may increase the compensation by an
railroad rouiehot to exceed 50Iper cen pc
apFaim, for special mail trains performing
sxflice upon schedules fixed by law. In al
these estimates the minimum car widt
should be fixed at eight feet six inches, in
side measurement.
Lieut.. Greedy Believed 20 be Safe.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Capt. Pike. who
was sailing. master Of the Inflated Pr,teus,
which went to the rescue Of the Greedy
party In the regions Of the North Pole
has been here several days attending the
Proteus Court of Inquiry.
He is jolly fellow, weighing upwards
Of 250 pounds, with very ford face anC
deep set, small, light-gray eyes. He walks
like veritable old salt and looks like one
who drank deeply, but he say!
be never dissipates. He is Newfound
Ter. He says his face has been frozen stiff
several times, and it scales like fish.
II he thought Lieut.. Greedy and party were
safe.
''Ah! yes," he replied.
why do you think SOP" lasked.
because believe Lieut.. Greedy to be 8
man OF horse sense, who knows when 10 gc
In out Of the rain.'
MERELY WAITING FOR RELIEF.
''Then you think he is merely waiting fol
relief in some safe place"
Il do, believe that while he has more
than year. ratlons that he Is using the n
iudiciously, aud will make them hold out
many months YETI
what Of the management Of the Proteus
expedition. Did Lieut. Darlington do what
be could to rescue the Greedy party
Capt. Pike looked me In the face a mo.
ment and smiled, then said, slowly: "Nc
you don't, I'm not going to be interview.
ed, - which must be taken as an opinion
that he thinks Darlington did not do all he
could have done to rescue Greedy ami his
party.
The Life Saving Service