The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-01
Villas is THERE F!
Though the Steamship Com
panies Combine to Get
That 100000,
And Stop Carrying the Mails,
He Sends Uncle SANS Let
tiers Right Along.
Galveston RejOices in the Pos
session of IA Devii.Fish OF
Enormous Size.
How IA COyardiy, Cringing
Murderer GtOveIed AMI Plead
For Life on the Trap.
BULLDOZING Villas.
Several steamship Companies re
fuse 10 Carry the Nails.


W. &s ss9aaIRPRglnp dom iii the Pacific
Mail, from San Francisco TO Australia
the "Red D. from New York to
Venezuela; the Clyde, from New
to Turks Island the New York,
Havana and Mexico, and the New
York and Cuba, have declined to
carry United States mails alter to-
day.
lu commenting on this action Post.
master General Villas to-day, said
Certain American steamship lines,
probably under he lead OF the Pacific
Maj steamship company, have en-
tered into a combination apparently
for the purpose of forcing the distri-
button among them of the $40, 900 APP
propriatcd by congress for mileage
compensation for carrying the msil
Some OF them went to the postoillce
department to know what terms
would be giyen.I proposed to each
of the companies 10 20 to the full
limit that the law would allow and to
award to them both sea and inland
postage, This isaboni,thrce times what
they had been receiN ing for the same
service during the past twelve years.
1t is three times what is paid for car
riage across the Atlantic, aud is prob
ably, ia most eases, ali that should be
paid for carrying the mails. The
consequence Of their combination Is,
this refusal to accept these terms
which were so liberal as compared
with those they had had. They felt
| suppose. that they could drive the
government out of the position
IL had taken by refusing to
carry the mail for the compensation
offered. The companies seemed to
think that If they refused to carry the
mails there would be no other course
left to the government but to make
contracts with them and distribute
the 100000 accordingly, but II com
plete schedule for the transportation
of the mails has been arranged and
they will all 90 with very little diff.
ference IN the matter of time to the
points of destination.
"a statement has been made in the
newspapers TO the effect that the Uni
ted States government IL not as liber
nj as Great Britain in compensating
steamship lines. In point of fact, the
rate which has been offered to on
lines very much exceeds She rate pai'
by the government of Great Britain
The rate we offered Is about 63 pc
cent. more than the British lines re
ccive from their government. II wa
IL rate unjustiiiably large
more than should be paid
but the government deemed II fair /,
go to the utmost length which the la'
aud reason allowed in order to avoi,
any difference with American steam
ship companies until congress coul
meet. The department has mad
such arrangements that the publ
will suffer no Inconvenience, worth
of mention, in respect to carrying tll
mails and in some cases, notably III
Cuban mails, they will be expedited
The superintendent of foreign mai
said the American companies had r.
fused all offer of Sl.G0 per pound {,
carrying the mails. This is what
. known as combined inland and =,
. postage and is equivalent TO 1872
= per ton. what they receive AT the pr
:, sent rate, or A cents per pound.