Show The StEal Routes Washington 17After recess Sears postmaster at Greenhorn testified relative rela-tive to the changes caused by the constructions con-structions of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad He said before that event Greenhorn had been on the main stage road and had received a daily mail When the railroad began operations Greenhorn was left out of the main travel and the mail was reduced to weekly service The reduction led to the circulation of petitions for increased services ser-vices i Q Government then announced that then evidence had all been presented on this route and route 4119 from Fauquaville to Adairville Ulan was taken up Contract Con-tract Clerk Sweeney identified various orders or-ders and contracts concerning this route He said they passed into Inspector i Woodwards custody on September 7th I 1881 Finley clerk for Woodward had given a receipt for the papers Witness detailed the course ot official business in the contract division and said there had been no important departure from the established routine during Bradys administration ad-ministration The second postmaster general sometimes gave a verbal order for increase but if a large cum of money was involved the order was usually given in writing Bliss then offered the papers in evidence evi-dence The affidavit of Contractor Peck states that three men and six animals ani-mals were required in the present sixty hour schedule The number necessary to carry the mail in thirtythree hour seven times a week is placed at live men and eighteen animals Bradys order based upon this affidavit allows the contractor 4672 for the increase and 12718 for expedition A number of petitions requesting increased service on this route were read by Bliss The names of Representative Cannon and prominent citizens appear among the endorsements upon them Bliss after reading the order for discontinuance of the service pointed out that it allowed the contractors contract-ors one month extra pay at the Increased in-creased and expedited rate of compensation compensa-tion although it was dated sixteen days before the order for increase and expedition expedi-tion was to go into effect Letters from postmasters on the route protesting against the maintenance of the increased speed ssert that a thirtythree hour schedule cannot be executed throughout the year and say the sixty hour schedule meets all the requirements of the country A number of other papers were also read and the hearing was adjourned till Monday Mon-day The grand jury meets at 12 tomorrow when it is believed the presentation will be made S |