Telegram-herald., 1886-09-17

Foolish Isa Whtch operates Against
the Interests - Nerthera atchfEaa-
A Iasslstsa Wsi1 Supt. Lssen

Great big good nsiaFed WAlasd hoE-
Ell. one ol The nine supenniendenIs Of the
Railway Mail Service Ia the lniied States.
vas in town yesterday and hs said % rep.
reseniative Of The Tai lsRsx HEk2IIr
Your paper has beea stirring 0p good
deal of ssik along the line Of the q. x. & J.
railway about additional postal service
Perhaps that il right bug the iacl is
cannot oAeF the rsad ans indaoe-
lhent 10 put on ANY more cars.
p GA must understand that you have one
lne of cars BET Neen hrre sno M4ckinaw CITY
each way daily aud NO lines each way be-
tween here ana Cadillac NOW 1 would ike
10 recommend another from here 10 Tray
erse Cry, which wsuil give you Ihree Aaes
each way daily between here and Walton,
1ut the taci Is the q IL a / are getting no
compensation for the ears They are ranning
now
Getting me- oompensationf'
.Why. of course. they are being paid 80
much per pound for carrying the mails. hgi
they are getting nothing for tie cars they
run. You viii understand the nited
States postal Jaw provides that railways
carving the mali shall proyide A suitable
car properly heated and lighted. now for
additional service lhe law provides that they
shall be paid for TIE rent 81 cAfs 50 per
year per mile Tor ilic ef f0fig.foot cars Ny
predecessor recommended AL additional ser
vice on this road, and line Of twenty-five
foot ears were built aud the road Was
paid twenty-five forueths of 500
for these cars between Cadillac and Fort
Wayne. lhi. amounted 10 about S. 100.
4 year ago last July the law authorities
connected with the Postal Department de-
.ftat that rf.4 t.rtveruf mani had M ri.rttf IA
pay for any cars except forty foot cars and
from that time until now the r. &
/ has not been paid a cent for the use Of il
cars, and therefore, / say Z have no in-
ducement 10 offer the road for put
ting On another line Of postal cars.
Doesn't the law strike You as being SOME
what ridiculous
Il am not defending the law. mind You.
! am simply telling You what the decision
is. The Postmaster Genersl IN bis last an
nuai report attempted 10 get Congress 70 do
something in the matter but they paid no
attention 10 it, Ii would be impossible 10
compel the road 10 put on another line Of
cars-in fact / do not believe you
could make any railway carry
the mail except a United States long grant
road Your Michigan postal law Saws the
railroads OF the State shall carry the United
States mails for reasonable compensation
| but the foAl> can Idtl DICK Oh TIE lGCt il4i
their charter was granted before that law
was passed Then too there is the question
of reasonable compensation The G.
r. e. l. could if il chose, insist upon carry
ing the mail all upon the one ear up and
one car down
Certainly"
Believing that, while the c. r. & l. Rail
road is one of the most accommodating Of
rail ilways, the most liberal rosd would not
run cars up and down It's line for the
Ii nited States Government for nothing. the
reporter began a li.tle investigation on his
own hook aud found that within a very
short time the New York Central road pre-
seuted "A claim 10 the Government on the
same arrangement as that which formerly
existed with the q. K. & l. al that. being
refused payment, the road sued the Govern
ment and recovered a judgment for Sls1.
| $50 The L. 5. & 81 ). followed suit and also
| recovered and the Pennsylvania road has a
| large suit pending. The 9. Il. q J.
will, of course, De very foolish IL II
| does not recover every dollar
now withheld from them by qui5he Of law
Meantime somebody Will be elected 20 Con
gress from this district, and the road should
see 10 il that be promises TO use his efforts
20 revise q Law which acts against the peo-
| pie Of Northern Michigan in this matter Oi
| mail service