The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-08-06

patient and forbearing, for they count
ed that as soon as the railroad was re.
built the mule would have to get out
of polytics.
The people have been disillusioned
IN harsh manner. AS soon as the
owners reconstructed the railway A
petition was sent to Mr.. Burleson TO
change the mail service so that the
RESIDENTS along that route might have
the best service available. Mr.. Burle-
son knew, but the people told him over
again, that the railway paralleled the
mule for the entire distance. This
happened at the beginning of the Will
son administration.
But the petition was denied. Then
the citizens appealed to Senators New
lands and Pittman to press their case
at Washington, but the Senators got
no results. Then Governor Oddie and
the Legislature were asked to take a
hand in the matter. The Legislature
,memorialized' Postmaster General
Burleson in these eloquent terms:
Whereas, the people of the town
of Eureka, the county seat of the
County of Eureka, State of Nevada.
have petitioned the Legislature of
the State of Nevada to intercede with
the United States government in the
interest of better mail service to the
said town of Eureka and
Whereas, it appears from said
petition, and from other evidence ad-
ruced, that the United States Post
ONCE Department is now providing
said town with tri-weekly star-route
service from Palisades, Nevada, in 80
hours, at cost of $500 per annum;
and
Whereas. an offer has been made
by the Eureka Nevada Railway to car
ry the said mails tri-weekly from Pail
SADIE to Eureka in eight hours for the
sum Of $4,000 per annum, and in addi-
ton thereto to carry the mail from
Palisade to Blackburn, New, free of
charge for which latter service the
government is now paying to the said
railway $500 per annum; and
Whereas, it is believed that the
President of the United States has the
inherent power under the decision of
the Supreme Court of the United Sta
ties in the case Of Cunningham VS..
Neagle, to provide by executive order
for an acceptance of the aforesaid Of
fer of the said railway; now, there
fore, be it
Resolved, by the Senate, the AS
sembly concurring, that the said pro-
posed contract with the Eureka New
ada Ry. meets the hearty approval of
the Senate and Assembly of Nevada |
and that We hereby respectfully re-
quest the Postmaster General of the |
United States to use his good offices
in an endeavor to secure the said con |
summation of contract, thereby saw
ing the government the sum of $2,l20 |
per annum and. in addition thereto, |
relieving the citizens of said town
OF Eureka from the inconvenience and |
hardship of the thirty-three-hour SER
vice.
Resolved further. That His Ex-
cellency, the Governor, be requested
to transmit a copy of the foregoing
preamble and resolution to the Post
master General of the United States.
That is what the State Legislature
and the Governor said to the Wash
lngton Burleson. Senator Key Pitt
man, eloquent and able member of
the appeal personally to Postmaster
met officer that his older colleague
both in service and years, Senator
Newlands, was in favor of the request
Of the people of Nevada being grant
ed, and then Senator Pittman made a
speech. He drew graphic word pic
lure of the condition of the people OF
Nevada, told of their business losses
how their sentiment and romance was
-usting, of broken love affairs and
visited courtships, of the indignity
hey felt at being compelled to depend
On thirty-three hour mule when a
hree-hour train was at their disposal.
But the Postmaster General was
obdurate, is obdurate. He says the
heory that the government should
'ay as much for a superior rail mail
service as it does for an inferior mule
ervice is wholly untenable. There
he matter rests The railway COM
'any was at fault in asking too-high
rice for carrying the mails. The Fed
raj statute fixes the maximum amount
railway may be paid for hauling the
nail and the Postmaster has no auth
rity to exceed this rate. =
But the citizens of Nevada can't I'M
erstand why a reasonable rate cannot
e agreed upon, since the railway has
ffered to haul the mails free of
barge. !
And Thomas Jefferson Jackson !
'ryan Burleson continues to laugh lin y
is mulish way) at their discontinue
nd to deliver their mail three times a 1
'eek, thirty-three hours after it reach
S Palisade.
THAT the $l4 100000 deficit exists in ,
ne Postal Department for the fiscal 4
ear closed June 50 does not seem to ;
oncern him in the least {
HE should worry, since there are :
Their mules higher up"