The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-09-03
PROPOSALS Sa.iT


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In Rhode- Island.
ITO IRON Providence by harrington. Warren,
i Bristol aud Portsmouth 10 Newport 80
miles
Leave Providence every day at N and arrive
at Newport BY S n IA grttt
Leave Newport every day at Sam and arrive At
Iio From smthGeld by Providence. Pawtuxes
East Greenwich, WEXFORD and Towerhill 10 Little
Resi-, once week, "A miles. W
Leave smithield every Saturday at 6a N and ar.
rive at Little Rest by 2 pm. afs 49, ass
Leave Little Rest every Friday at S m and ar
rive at smitifeld by ppm.
100 From New-London (con by Groton ston.
ington, Westerly, Chsrlestown, the c b in South
Kngstcwn and rcwerhill TO Newport. twice week.
90 miles. tr-Ct .s s,ir.
Leave New-London every Tuesday and Thursdsy
at a m and arrive At Newport On Wednesday and
Friday By noon
Leave Newport every Tuesday and Thursday a
10 IN aud arrive as New.London on wednesday,
and Friday by SPIN. M3s yt ~
I2i From Providence by Seituate, Foster, Killing
worth, Middle Society and Abingtos to Ashford,
So miies.
Leave Ashford every Monday at ~ 10 and arrive
n
Leave Prosidens. On Tuesday at . IN and arrive
at Ashford by S IN. ,"-
i22 From Providence by Glocsster to Pomfret,
once week.
arrive at Pomfrst By 6 p IN.
Leave pomfre, every Friday at 2 m and arrive
at Providence by 4pm. ltf- -g
1873 From TowerhiIl by Richmond, Hopkinton,
North.ston'ngton, (Con.) and Preston to Norwich,
(Cpnj once a week.
Leave TowerhilI every Wednesday at m and
arrive Norwich by p m. 8
Leave Norwich every Thursday At m and ar
rive at TowerAill by 6 pm. f4f
98 From New Haven by Dranford, Cuilford XII.
lingworth, saybrook, Lyme river bead, New London,
Chelsea, Jewe,'s city, piainfeld, Sterling Scitua,e
Coventry and o!ne, Vile to Providence, three tines
aweek, 1l3 miles. a
Leave New-Haven every Saturday, Monday and
Friday at 10 p m and arrive at Providence on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday At 1-2 N in ID IA
hours.
Leave Providence every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at l-2 IN and arrive at New Haven the
next days BY iop m in Sd,l lS ~ hours.
I. The Post Master General may expedite the
mails, and alter the times for arrival and sparturs
at any time during the continuance of the contract,
he previously snpula,ing an adequate compensation
for any extra eaPence that may be oeeasioned
thereby.
2 Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening
and closing the mali, at all Offices where no partc.
ular time is spsifed
3. For every thirty minutes delay Unavoidable
accidents excepted) in arriving after the times pre-
scribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit
one dollar and if the delay continue until the de-
parture of any depending mail, whereby the mails
destined for such depending mad lose trip, for.
fcture of treble the amount allowed for carrying
the mail trip shalI be Incurred, unless it shan
be made to appear that the dclsy was occasoaed
by unavoidable accident; IN which case The amount
Of pay foe the trip will in all cases, be forfeited and
retained.
4. Persons making proposals are desired IN state
their price by the year. Those who contract will
receive their pay quarterly-in the months sf Feb
ruary, Nav, August and November, Que month af.
ter the expiration Of each quarter.
S. No other than free white PERSON shall be
employed to convey the mail
6 Where the proposer intends 10 convey the
mail in the body Of stage carriage, lie is desired
to state it in his proposals.
z. The Post Master general reserves to himself
the right Of declaring any contract at end vhen
ever one failure happens which amounts TO the loss
of trip. IVA W
The contracts ror the routes No. IL, co. 26, ~,
&c. So S3 81 ~ 88 "a, 98 10S, 1s6, 1877, 202, 203,
2O4 and 22i, to be III operation the 10th Of
November and the other contracts the first Of
January next, and 10 continue until the 3lst day
of Deceraber, 1880.
RETURN J. MEIGS, Jr.
Post .lfaster General.
GrNRaAL posr OrsIcE
Washington CRY, may 20, 1917.
July 10. 8w
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