The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-22
OPPOSED TO THE SYSTEM
The Senate Debating the Pneu-
matte Tube Service.
Several Knotty Points of order
Raised Durin$ the Consideration
of the postoftice Appropriation Hill
-Caustic Remarks Exchanged
Finni Acti.n Nat Yet Taken.

Finni Action Not Yet Trkcn.
The Senate yesterday resumed the ,cn-
sideratlon % ,Ac pcs,of'cc Appropriation
bill. the pneumatic jupc service clause he
ing the question Aotere she body, Some
rather s,r,s'crtags debate Developed dar-
ing The stscs7ron.
Mr, FRYE aarovnce5 taa, .so point ot
or5cv ess6a YESTERDAY sk&ilst i''c pncn-
gasslo gaee sfanse Vss sustained hy the
Cas5r w Garter. from ;be Pcs, Office
C3sasa3 er. sSea offered 81 amendment
% las sane zs,hsest. a9proVr,atiuS Ss2i,-
90 foe see maintenance aad cNsensian Of
exists and Ter establishing it in Chicago
aa5 s.. tonis. provided, that all contracts
hereafter SHALL be given after public ad-
verjisezlsn. for proposals.
Mr. Carter explained wherein the
amendment differed from that ofiereG ,.s
terday by Mr.. Mason. The sum appro-
priated by it. he said was reduced from
$500 900 TO 1924. Geo. The rate per NILE
for annual rental was reduced from
the present rate, ranging from S37.ISS per
mile down to little over s12, 600 TO the
rate OF $4,000 per mile as a maximum.
The amendment provided for the payment
out Of the appropriation of SS0.00o for Chi
oago and ST. Louis and no contract is 20
be made fer more than one yea
Mr.. Woleott. Chairman of the P0stoffice
Committee. stated his objections TO the
amendment. To a question of Mr.. TIL
man as 10 the amount to be paid for the
system in Chicago. Mr.. Wolcort replied
taat 10 one might have any apprehension
that Chicago would not draw any sums
from the Treasury. There was not yet there
even "a hcle in the ground" and yet they
wsre 10 have $50. GOO for the current year.
The pneumatic tube service, he said, was
not new.
II had been in use in London thirty-hve
years, and 1t was also in use in Berlin
and Paris. But in none of these cities
during all the years of its existence had
the service been extended, and IN none OF
them was its use permitted except on ali
additional payment of from 4 to cents a
letter passing through the tube. He de-
clared that not one-tenth of l per cent
of the mails could possibly be carried
through the pneumatic tubes.
Mr. Teller raised a point of order
against the Carer amendment
MIR. Chaodier said that the amendment
was not cpcn TO point of order since 1t
carried an estimate for the appropriation.
Mr. Mason said that he did not propose
20 be beaten by "underhanded' points of
order made through trickery. He said
that he had some letters from the Pest
master General. proving his case. These
letters. he said. had mysteriously disap-
pea-Cd.
III. WoIrott seemed 10 doubt that such
letters had ever existed.
Does the Senator think that | accuse
hin OF stealing the letters?" asked air.
Mason.
That is what the Senator inferred.
replied Mr.. Wolcott
Mr.. Mason finally found the letters on
his desk and had tben read. They were
the estimates Of the Postmaster General
for the pneumatic tube service. thus prov
ing tina; the item had been estimated for.
Nr. Chandler ssid that this was the
smallest point OF order he had ever heard
Mr. Teller denied that his point Of order
was trick and said that he was mere
~ seeing that the rules of the Senate
were carried out.
The Chair held that the amendment was
in order and that the point Of order was
not well taken.
favor Of extending 10 Chicago the facili-
ties OF pneumatic tube mail service. He
resented what he termed the reflections
OF the Senator from Colorado. Nj W4la
cott upon the city. of ThiKing of alleys,
sought. 70 ), and stockyards.
Mr.. Lodge argued fer pos; poDing the ox-
tension Of the service until more Was
known OF IT. It was an extravlsaat
scheme, and with the present knowledge
rhr-sa~ a~~1-w d to-.
Mt Pettigrew opposed the appr0pria-
tiOn because the rental new paid by the
government was far in excess Of the value
of the service. A rental of So 600 a mile I
If the system were extended 20 fifty cities.
with an average length of tabe Of ren
miles, would amount to S., 600 G09 year I
or 3 per cent on capital % $500. 900 600 I
further objection 10 the system Was
that It vas not demonstrated that IL was
best II only had an eight-inch tube and
mail bags could not be transmitted
through it. He understood that expert
ments were being carried on in New Jer-
sey with tubes large enough to admit Ct
mail bags being transmitted at the rate
of fifty miles an hour.
After a long discussion an amendment
was offered by Ir. Stewart to Mr.. Car
to enable more than one company to bid
fer the contract The amendment to the
was agreed to-yeas. AZ. nays,
II.
Finally the Carter amendment as
amended was rejected-yeas, 90; nays, !
37-as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Cafrery, Carter. Chandler.
Clark, Cullom, Depew. Dillingham; E!- |
lxins. Foster. Gslliuger, H3nsbrough, Har-
ris. Kearns. Kenney. Kyle Lindsay. Ma |
son, Perkins. Pritchard. Proctor. SeweU
Spooner. Sullivan, Thurston. Tillman, and |
Vest-2G
Nays-Messrs Aldrich. Allison Bacon.
Bard Berry, burrows. Butler Chiffon, |
Clay. Cocltrcll; Daniel, Fairbanks. Frye. |
Hale. Haw'cy, Hcitfeld, Hoar. Jones OF |
Arkansas. Kean, Lodge, McCumas, McEn- |
cry, Mcmillan Mallory Martin, Nelson. |
PeHigrew. Petius. Platt OF Connecticut. |
Quarles. Scot, Simon. Stewart, TaIiaferro. |
rcller, Wetmore. and Woic0tt-S7
Mr.. Pettirrew moved to amend the para
,raph apprcpriating S1Ti .23S for the South
srn fast mail service, by inserting the
'lause. And the Postmaster General is
hereby Instructed to withhold this appro-
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