Railway Mail Pay Volume 1; Testimony Taken by the Commission to Investigate the Postal Service. United States Commission Service
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...administration with which I am not familiar. Q. This fast mail train connects at Newton at 7.10 in the morning with the regular Santa Fe train from Chicago, does it not?--A I think that is so, but I am not prepared to say. Q. Have you kept any account of the increase of mail going over that road since the establishment of this train, as to whether it would warrant the additional expenditure of $25,000?--A. We have not kept an accurate account of the increase of mail with reference to determining that fact, but we assume in the Department that there is no such accumulation of mail, and I have requested recently, since this investigation was instituted, that the Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service prepare me a statement throwing light on the subject of your inquiries. That statement was prepared by Alexander Grant, at the time Acting General Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service. Q. You might read that, if it is not too long.--A. Very well, I will read it. Reads. There seems to be no justification for the special-facilities payments, judging from results obtained. If we treated all lines on this basis, then we should pay the Northwestern Railroad for running an early morning train from Chicago (at 2.45 a. m.) to Fort Howard, Wis.; also for Cedar Rapids from Chicago. We should also pay the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad for a train leaving Chicago at the same hour, and running to Marion and the West; also the same road for a train from Chicago to Milwaukee and St. Paul; the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy for a train leaving Chicago at 3 a. in. and running to Burlington and Omaha; the Monon Route for a train leaving Chicago in the early morning for Cincinnati. The Illinois Central also has a train leaving Chicago about the same hour, as ha...
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