Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-02

! The constant increase shown by these
| ligurcR challenges careful examination 0l
| the present method aud serious inquiry
/ whether II does not work somewhere ok
cossiyp compensation for the service rr.
| turned. Tho dlsprop0rtl0nate Jump ~
Tho rate per mile for the last year, as dis.
closed by The statement, IL due partly 81
/ the fact iusi mentioned, thai lho service
| has been annually made on the actual pay.
mrnts Of the yonr reported instead Of the
full cost. That practice hns operated "a
exhibit a less Increase IN the rnt0 per mile
dnrlug previous years thnn was Ia truth
attained aud Il ~ one 0f the benefits Of
! lhc more prompt adjustment OF accounts
| that such Information N more accurate.
! The actual increase In railrpnd seryic
| during the yenr was ioriyteight rontgs,
8e12 miles, and - ,l66, $50 ~ annual cost,
The cost of the railway poatOilleea Tor
| the year. Ia nddIton 20 the mileage com
ponsation, has been 81 ,sg9, lss, an Ia,
crease OF all6,s00, or G,g plus purcentum
over tho previous year.
An examination Of the details OF this
expenditure hls shown me that, during
some yenra, payments have been made
TO noInc rallrpnd companies for the use Of
apartments IN other Than railway cars,
aud apartments lebs than fortx feet Ia
length can find no variant Of
law for this expenditure, and IN order 70
present all The facts, have directed 70 he
prepared Ia the SECOND assistants Office,
20 be- annexed to this report tabular
statement OF the ltoms Of this desefip-
tion during some years, showing The
rontes on which II has been allowed aud
tho particular circumstances IA mch
case.
Accounts for these apartments have
been Suspended 10 await q careful inquiry
10 determine whnt IL the duty Of Tho de-
pnrmenl Ia respect 70 them, and the
attention VI congress seems % be 70.
qulfed 20 Che subject
STEAMBOAT arRyicr
on the aDtll 0i jane last w8H performed
on no routes, nRGfcghting IN length ~
g9f mites, nt ~ nnnunl fate oi eypchd-
tufc Of sbl goo There waA decrease
OF one route aud d S9a,bIl Ia annual cost
during the year.
Steamboat service becomes less dosire-
bic az railroads are built Upon such
routes that pDetD1iccs may br olther sups
piled from thom directly OF w means ~
short fiar rouieai and the contracts ln-
der which ilry ARE paid gcnorailY liDnofe
q cost greatly depr0porilUnaip ~ other
cHrraac. scrutiny Into tie circumstances
~ soine Ut these routes las been made Dy
the present second assistant potimAficr-
general under general directions 20 that
eject, and his report shows The results 40
for realized. such changes haye been
ordered III the mode % supply, or con-
tract prices No reduced as q condition u
continuance, that belwern MAY aud Sep.
teinber net decrease IN The annual
charge f0r the service, ~ heretofore
performed, Of ga $3.50 has been secured.
while the examinations IN progrces on
other Hines are not yet Sufficiently COM
plete 10 determine action, enough has
been shown 70 giye reason ~ think a
further wductlon Of cost may be gained
during thu year.
IiE STAR noUrgs,
The departmental designation Of an routes
Of mail carriage except railway aud Ftcafn-
b0nt lines, numbered on the g0tb 0fJnue
1881, aggfrRatlng IN length ~, 1l2
miles aud thru Stood al al annual ratio III