Milford chronicle., 1905-07-14

with it the privilege of drawing salary
without doing much, if any work. Az
Mr.. Roots reputation in this regard has
travelled before him there is some conster.
nation among the barnacles of the De-
partment of State.
The Presidents determination to ascer-
tain the actual facts surrounding the con-
duct of the Panama Railway and the ef-
feet of its exclusive contract with the Pa
citic Mail Steamship Company was clearly
demonstrated when he suggested to Sec
retary Taft the appointment of Joseph L.
BristOw, former Fourth Assistant Post
master General, as special commissioner
to investigate this important subject. The
finding of Mr.. Bristow and his recommen-
dations, based on a most thorough inves-
tigation of the entire subject, are likely
to prove as unwelcome to the railroads
and their friends in Congress as has the
Presidents insistence on railway rate leg
islatiOn as unwelcome even as Mr.. Bris-
tow's own report on the interference of
members of Congress with the petty ap-
pointments and allowances of the Postof-
fee Department. That Mr.. Bristow has
arrived at the facts in connection with
this case, however no one who knows
him can doubt.
After most extensive investigation
on the ground, Mr. Bristow
recommends that the government con-
iinue to conduct the Panama Railway as
a common carrier and that improved fa-
;ilities for the transportation Of freight Z
md passengers be provided as soon as t
practicable. He urges that the monopoly 6
hitherto enjoyed by she Pacific Mail =
Company be abolished, calling h
ttentiOn to the fact that a congressional ii
ommitte as far back as 1893 found that 81
be Transcontinental Railway Pool was p
aging the Panama Railway Company es
:, 600, 900 year for the privilege of die W
ting the rates to be charged for trans Cl
1rtation via the Isthmus. The Commis- ~
Oner further finds the Pacific Mail bi
Company has made practically trl
} effort to develop or care for the trade tn
the Pacific Coast, making San Francisco ~, u.
only port of entry, although there or,
luld be ample business to warrant fur
er development of the service. While
r. Bristow does not say so in so many On
'rds, it is plain to see that, in his esti
ltiOn the Panama Railway and the Pa ~.
ic Mail Steamship Company have found cur
more profitable to prevent commerce son
ng between the two coasts the United A
ties by way Of Panama, and to accept CIV
n share of the spoils as the transconti- sot,
ltal railroads were willing to pay for
5 Encouragement of commerce, than ,,..
develop that commerce at reasonable New
IS fOr transportation. He recommends F9r E13I
t the privilege of transporting COM Mt,
zee between the Panama Railway and Tow Tow
er ports of North and South America slac
accorded to any ship seeking the bus- Clay
that, if the Pacific Mail Steamship cbe, fsFe,
lDanv raf,1eas to eri,,o a s,7,s,,,,.. . -. | Dow
Af'AAAg AN-e''eH ~ eAhG IldLb EEIAlGE
he Pacific coast, an effort he made to Woo
ice some other company to do so, that Felt, \ II,
fort be made to secure efficient SER Harl EiaT
between the Isthmus and the Gulf Milf
of the United States and that if such EIeT F-leg
lot be done, the Panama Railway es- Bob Bob
sh its own line Of steamers to those GeoT
that the monopolistic contracts Cool 55oi'
steamship companies running to leye bews
American ports be abolished and Cor
practically, such relief as is possible train
forded the consumers and shippers there
the eXtortion of transcontinental oN 'S
'ads. OF course this report will raise
at hue and cry from the railroads pelm
very effort of the powerful railroad seafo
in Washington will be directed to H&Rn Brida
nting the carrying ont of Mr. Bris- Green 3de..1
recommendation. ose7,