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And it is further stipulated and agreed that the Post-Office Department, if requested by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company to do so, shall weigh the mails and readjust the pay or revise the pay upon any other basis of compensation which may then exist, on the two routes above described, to take effect from and after any date subsequent to January 1, 1886, that may be designated by said railroad company.

It is further stipulated and agreed that the said railroad company shall, from March 11, 1885, to March 10, 1888, cause the "special fast mail train" to continue to leave Chicago, Ill., at 3 a. m. six times per week, as at present, and arrive at Union Pacific Transfer, Iowa, at 7 p. m., instead of as at present.

The Post-Office Department agrees to pay the legal rate of compensation (340 per mile per annum) from October 29, 1884, for the line of 50-feet postal cars now running between Quincy, Ill., and Kansas City, Mo., over the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad, owned by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company.

And in consequence of changes in the distribution of mails, shall reweigh the mails and readjust the pay from January 15, 1885, on Route 33012, Atchison to Columbus; 34016, Beatrice to Red Cloud; 34020, Wymore to Table Rock.

The said railroad company also agrees to run an apartment car between McCook and Denver, and run the line of railway post-office cars formerly in use between those points between Pacific Junction and McCook.

It is also stipulated and agreed that the said railroad company shall not be required to shorten its time of running from that above given between Chicago and Union Pacific Transfer.

If the Union Pacific Railroad Company change its schedules to leave the transfer earlier than 7 p. m., so as to break the above-mentioned connection, then the PostOffice Department will, with the co-operation of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, use the lines of the latter by way of Denver and Pueblo to Ogden for its through mails.

In witness whereof the said Postmaster-General has caused the seal of the PostOffice Department to be hereto affixed, and has attested the same by his signature; and the said railroad company by its president and sureties, have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year set opposite their names respectively. Signed, sealed, and delivered by the Postmaster-General in the presence of

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I hereby certify that Charles E. Perkins and Thomas J. Potter are good and sufficient securities for the amount of the foregoing contract.

Attest: [SEAL.]

F. W. PALMER, P. M.

H. W. WEISS,
Assistant Secretary.

CONTRACT WITH CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND SAINT PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY.

Whereas an agreement was entered into between the Post-Office Department of the United States and the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company, on the 13th of March, 1884, under the provisions of which the said railway company agreed to run a special mail-train daily, except Sunday, for one year from March 13, 1884, leaving Chicago, Ill., at 3 a. m., running thence via Milwaukee and La Crosse, arriving at Saint Paul at 3.30 p. m., and at Minneapolis, Minn., at 4 p. m., and to furnish a prescribed equipment of railway post-office cars for the line, and the Post-Office Department agreed to send all through and local mails for points in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Northern Iowa, Dakota, Manitoba, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington Territory, Oregon, British Columbia, and Alaska, by said company's trains that could thereby be delivered as quickly as by any other line, and to send all through and local mails from said States and Territories for Chicago and points beyond that could thereby be delivered at Chicago as quickly as by any other line; the Post-Office Department also agreed to reweigh the mails on the routes composing the through line and readjust the pay upon the returns from March 13, 1884; all of which has been carried into effect; and

Whereas the provisions requiring the running of the train by the prescribed schedule will expire March 12, 1885, for the purpose of securing the continuance of the said train the following article of contract, made the 10th of February, 1885, between the United States of America, (acting in this behalf by the Postmaster-General,) and the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company, by Alexander Mitchell, its president, and Alexander Mitchell and Roswell Miller, sureties, witnesseth:

That whereas the said railway company agrees to run the special fast-mail train, leaving Chicago, Ill., at 3 a. m., and running thence via Milwaukee and La Crosse, arriving at Saint Paul at 3.30 p. m., and at Minneapolis, Minn., at 4 p. m., on the same day, to be run six times per week, and to maintain the present service, and to carry all the mails in accordance with and subject to the laws and regulations of the Post-Office Department made in pursuance of law, existing at this date February 10, 1885, and applicable to the transportation of mails by railroad companies, for the compensation now fixed on the three routes, under acts of March 3, 1873, July 12, 1876, and June 17, 1878, for the period from March 13, 1885, to March 12, 1888, as follows, viz: On route 23035, between Chicago, Ill., and Milwaukee, Wis., for the sum of sixty-five thousand six hundred and twenty-eight dollars and sixty-five cents ($65,628.65) per year; and on route 25002, between Milwaukee and La Crosse, Wis., for the sum of one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred and seventy-six dollars and fifteen cents ($129,676.15) per year; and on route 26013, between Minneapolis, Minn., and La Crosse, Wis., for the sum of eighty-one thousand three hundred and fifty-eight dollars and ninety-nine cents ($81,358.99) per year. Now, therefore, the said Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company, as contractor, and Alexander Mitchell and Roswell Miller as sureties, do jointly and severally undertake, covenant, and agree with the United States, and do bind themselves, that the said company shall fully comply with the obligations herein assumed, and, further, that the company shall maintain the service at its present state of efficiency on the three routes above described for the entire period from March 13, 1885, to March 12, 1888. It is further mutually agreed that the Post-Office Department shall send from Chicago, Ill., during the continuance of this contract by the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company's line, all through and local mails for points in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Northern Iowa, Dakota, Manitoba, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington Territory, Oregon, British Columbia, and Alaska, that can be delivered as quickly by said line as by any other; and send by this line all through and local mails from points in the above-named States and Territories for Chicago and points beyond that can be delivered by it as quickly at Chicago as they would be by any other line. And, in further consideration of the running of the train from Chicago, Ill., to Minneapolis, Minn., by schedule heretofore prescribed by the Postmaster-General, it is hereby stipulated and agreed that the Post-Office Department, if requested by the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad Company to do so, shall weigh the mails and readjust the pay, or revise the pay upon any other basis of compensation which may then exist on the three routes above described, to take effect from and after any date subsequent to January 1, 1886, that may be designated by the said railway company. The United States covenants with the said company to pay, as aforesaid, quarterly, in the months of November, February, May, and August, or in the preceding months, at the option of the Department.

It is hereby further mutually stipulated and agreed that this contract shall continue in full force and effect for the period of three years, commencing March 13, 1885, and ending March 12, 1888.

In witness whereof the said Postmaster-General has caused the seal of the PostOffice Department to be hereto affixed, and has attested the same by his signature, and the said railway company, by its president and sureties, have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year set opposite their names, respectively.

Signed, sealed, and delivered by the Postmaster-General, in the presence of

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THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND SAINT PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY,

By ALX. MITCHELL,
President.

Attest:

P. M. MYERS,

Secretary.

Signed this 14th day of February, 1885.

ALX. MITCHELL. [SEAL.]
ROSWELL MILLER. [SEAL.]

Sureties.

POST-OFFICE, MILWAUKEE, WIS.,
February 14, 1885.

I hereby certify that Alexander Mitchell and Roswell Miller are good and sufficient sureties for the amount of the foregoing contract.

6755 P M G——17

H. C. PAYNE,
Postmaster.

Items.

Cost for 1884.

Cost for 1885.

for 1885 as to cost for 1884.

TABLE A.-Inland mail service June 30, 1885.-Cost, appropriations, estimates, rates of increase and decrease.

Percentage of increase or decrease in cost

Percentage of increase or decrease in appro priation for 1886 as to cost for 1885.

Appropria tion for 1886.

Estimate for 1887.

Percentage of increase or decrease in estimate for 1887 as to ap propriation for 1886.

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NOTE. In this table fines and deductions are not considered; the amounts actually disbursed appear in the Auditor's report.

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