
    THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL RAILROAD CO. v. THE UNITED STATES.
    [Not reported in C. Cls. R.; 198 U. S. R., 385.]
    The Milwaukee and Northern Railroad Company, owned by the claimant, is designated as a mail route from Milwaukee, Wis., to Republic, Mich., at a fixed rate of compensation. Subsequently the road is extended to Champion, Mich., a distance of 8.89 miles. December 1, 1890, an order is sent to the general manager of the road by the Post-Office Department fixing the rate of compensation between Milwaukee, Wis., and Champion, Mi,ch., at $132.53 per mile. Two days later an order is issued confining this rate of compensation to the extension. Claimant continues to carry the mails and sues for the difference between the former rate allowed between Milwaukee and Republic and that allowed on the extension.
   The court below dismisses the petition on demurrer to the effect that the facts alleged do not constitute a 'cause of action against the United States.

The decision of the court below is affirmed on the same ground. . ■

Mr. Justice McKenna, delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court, May 15,1905.  