Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-06
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The PostMasser-Genera and the
Steansship Lines


Five American steamship companies
the Pacific Mail (San Francisco to Aus
tralia), the cred Dr. New York to
venezuela), the Clyde (New York to
Turks Island), the New York, Havana d
Mexico, and the New York Il Cuba lines
have declined to carry the United States
mails. Their declination takes effect
to-day.
The acknowledgement said yesterday
on this subject Certain American
steamship lines had entered into COM
bination apparently with the purpose OF
forcing the distribution among them of
the $4OO, 900 appropriated by Congress
for mileage compensation for carrying the
mails. Some of them wrote TO the post
office department desiring to know what
terms would be given. proposed to
each one of the companies to go
TO the full limit that the law
would allow, and award to them
both sen md inland postage. This
is about three times what they had been
receiving for the same service during the
past 10 years. II is three times what is
pnid for carriage across the Atlantic, and
it is probably in most cases all that should
be paid for carrying the mails. The com
consequence of their combination refused
to accept these terms, which were so
liberal as compared with those they had
received They felt, l suppose, that
they could drive the government out of
the position it had taken by re-
| fusing to carry the mails for the
compensation offered. The companies
seemed to think that if they refused to
Il, IL l,aY NO Afh
course left to the government but to make
contracts with them and distribute the
money ($400, 000). Accordingly n com
plete schedule for the transportation of
the mails has been arranged and they will
| all go with very little difference in point
of time to the places of destination. In
some cases notably the Cuban service
the mails will be expedited"
THE PACIFIC MAIL COMPANY.
| SAN FRANcIsco, Aug. 1.-The CAL this
morning says: The Pacific mail steamer
Colima which leaves to-day for Panama
| and way ports, refused to carry mails for
the post. office authorities destined for
ANY South or Central American ports OK
cept those in Costa Rica. The company
| is subsidized by the republics of Costa
RIGA and Mexico and will take mails from
the post-oflice for those two countries
only. For other points on the steamer
route the mails will, however, be received
at the steamship company's Office and
forwarded MS usual.
THE PACIFIC NAH. ooMPANY's CARD TO TIKI
PUBLIC.
San Francisco, Aug. 1.-The Pacific
Mail one of the American steamship
companies which have declined to carry
United States mails, Inns issued card t.
the public which says:
"0n and after August LIST nll letter.
and packets relating TO the cargo OF
board any of this company's vessels viii
be received and conducted to their destin
alton and in order TINT the public mn,
not be inconvenienced, this compan.
will also for the present recoiv
ut its Office in this city an,
forward all letters inclosed in goo,
stamped envelopes if the postage stamp
are of denomination sufficient to cove
the postage that would be chargeabl
thereon il the same were sent by mail
provided That such envelopes shall h
) duly received and properly sealed so tina
the letter cannot be taken thercfrom with
out defacing the envelope and date q
| letter.