The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-13
Postal Department Has Mail Con-
tractor Before It for Hearing.
HIS WORK NOT SATISFACTORY.
n ruture Mails Are Delivered the
Seattle Man May RETAIN Hfs Jon
tract. Otherwise the Government
VIII Attempt 10 Ahrokafc IT.
u4nnnxa..u claims the Goyern-
mens Hold. back Money D"e him'

TIE poss-futflSszeneer received last nfsFs
frons H. special eorresr"8sssn1 81 " as'a
iag;on. D. G.. tha following;
WASHINGTON April i5-~1eoFl'fa,.tgI
Richardson ard bis attorneys 49,
hearing ay t7e sse9n6 assis.ah . 49,,
master general today 20 sSo* SAnz@ "ns
the fs5rsirae. for carrying tf4e fna45 on -.
Yukon route Alaska. ssfssSla ~. IS as
gated Richardson failed ITsssrh1ls 90 l
iny TIE pass winter 30 perform t@r
.~ac+ service 81 tss1 round Eftf% Ter HIM.
ard many complaints rsssse u tis ee4Nssl
merit, yssf only from miners si9ils t1o
Yuk0u but fram friends IN S@aS1 st&t4se
ssEseharSsGa claims his failures we're a5a
avalfi.sss.... bus the department ti,l5Ns ="
dld not make sufficient en1rt. ne .
Tgarfrr1er,t il willing ~ concFae t''s& WIS
r. b. Yoru,lng In the fall aii1
b-eakfgg up in the spring is "oa.a
be difficult 10 perform eohli f,tes,s,S
lee through the winter h '.ss 10
son was summoned aeFe because &c
Tyavsrnens vant@ 70 be satisfied th9t there
ss.li b. no repetition 81 iaiteTss - -
form service nssL Wihfef- Lht go -
f.a teen taken under Amusement, tiet y
fs4cfss rtfss9rt can satisfy tHe e. PAT s"'s1
.Saf hs wifi carry out his CONTRACT feSs
wfnier II probably will not be aoroga'ea'
The newa that Mr.. Richardson may poS-
SHY lose his contract VIII not oeessio'i
,n,,gh ss,rf,rts. ia this city among thoss
-. ba.,a f4rnlllar tzed themselves with the
ataska mali service MF. RICHARDSON %ehs
Taat some days ago, having been ordered
.hera bv fh.. postal department 10 appear
ard show cause why his contract Sfotda
ma. he afro1atea. Stree awarded tFt con
tract Richardson has had all s0Fis % Ifoo-
HE First ~ all n req&srea good sum
~ ,.onrv "a carry il Into effect something
which Richardson lacked. He forme0 an.
fortunate partnerships with men :" no nAa
rrarsy but VITO later. according 10 tlis
siarv tried to wrsssle from him the con-
tract He r. supposed, under iis tffh'S'
20 send malt from Skag8ay into lawson
every tso weeks. lie has missed about
three malls. ee.ssitatGng al Iaat matter
halu.r sent into The interior by the gov
ernu.ens Al the present time there Is ~
eknaeay a special representative OF the
.ssgtal !epartn1ent vino sees that the man
goes out regularly. II Richardson does
no; send 1t the governments representa-
tive does so and charges II UP 20 Hlcn
arasea The mali matter 10 go out on
The 18th az this month VIII be carried hT
Jack Carr, who has been given the con-
tract by Richardson.
Richardson claims that he VIII nave no
trouble carrying out HIS contract with
the government If the latter VIII pay him
about $1,000 already due him. III" says
he hae receipts from government repre-
eentafiyes III the interior aud along the
lower Yukon showing that mail for which
this money Is due has been properly de-
the receipts has, he says, prevented tho
government from giving him his money.
Unless Richardson gets this money or
forms new business alliances no VIII. II Is
pointed out. have a hard time carrying
out his contract. which covers period
O. several years Several attempts have
been made by aim and his friends 20 raise
funds 10 handle the work bat have thus
far failed Men have been found who
are willing 20 assume the contract, has
they do not seem Inclined 20 share with
Richardson the financial returns.
II ls wei! known that Richardson does
rot taink the government ran ahrosate his
contract un,tss he makes more gtievaus
errofs in the futnre than ne has IN
che past. II Is an iYonclad AFFAIR. he says.
ard II the government pays him his money
there viii be no difficulty, now that SIM
fner il here ard travel into tha Interior Is
male easy. ~ carrying out the contract.