Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-08-09

by 8p d. ss, H.
Leave Mahaska c. H every Friday i
4 m, arrive Ut lows City next ss3 t1 8
Proposals for service once in = weeks
win be considered. IS ~ HI
4559. From Jacksonville, Clayton coun-
ty, by the county seat of Fayeite county,
to Fort Atkinson, 10 miles and back, once
a week. Hss IS s ss
Leave Jacksonville every Monday Of 4
a m, arrive at Fort Atkinson next day. by
8 p IN. o6
Leave Fort Atkinson every Wednesday
at I in, arrive at Jacksonville next day by
s pm.
Proposals for service once in two weeks
will lie considered.
Quere: whether route is necessary?
456o. From keosauqus, by Davis
Courthouse, to the centre of Appanoose
county, So miles and back, once week.
Leave Keosauqua every Thursday Il S
a m, arrive at centre Of Appanoose next
day by II am. I
Leave centre Of Appanoose every Fri
day at p m, arrive at Keosauqua next
day by 6 p m.
1851. From Marion, 10 the county
seat of Benton county, 30 miles and back,
once week. k0 4sm
Leave Marion every Monday at 6 m,
arrive at Benton c. H. same day by p IN.
Leave Benton c. H. every Tuesday at
8 m, arrive at Marion same day by 6 m.
1862. From Marion, in Linn county,
through the settlements Of McGonigle,
Lockhart, Osborn, and Davis, to Quasque-
ton, But hanan county, Iowa, 81 miles and
back, once week.
Leave Marion every Monday at 6 m,
arrive at Quasqueton same day BY 6 D IN.
Leave Quasqneton every Tuesday at 6
m, arrive at M:rion same day by 6 p m.
1868. From Nauvoo, Illinois, to Mon
trose, Iowa Territory, z miles and back,
once week.
Lea, e Nauvoo every Saturday at 5 p m,
arrive at Montrose same day by 8 p m.
Leave Montrose every Saturday at IL
IN, arrive at Nauvoo same day BY 8 p m.
1864. From Oscaloosa, county seat Of
Mahaska county, by Lake Prairie, 10 Red
Rock, 81 miles and back, once week.
Leave Oscaloosa every Saturday at 6 a
IN, arrive at Red Rock same day by p m.
Leave Red Rock every Friday at 6 m,
arrive at tuscaloosa same day by 7pm.
1865. From Oscaloosa, by the Six
Mile Prairie, to the mills near where the
Red Cedar creek empties into the Des
Moines, 10 miles and back, once a week.
Leave Osc.loosa every Saturday at q
m, arrive at the Mills same day by m.
Leave the Mills every Saturday at p
m, arrive at Oscaloosa same day by p m.
1866. From Washington Courthouse,
by Keokuk Court house, TO Mahaska court
house, SO miles and back, once week.
Leave Washington Courthouse Thurs
day at 6 a m, arrive at Mahaska Court
house next day day IL noon.
Leave Mahaska Courthouse Friday at
2 p m, arrive at Washington Courthouse
next day by 8 pm.
Quere: whether this route is necessary
NOTES.
!. Seven minutes are allowed for open
ing and closing the mails, at all Offices
where no particular time is specified.
2, Post Office blanks and lnail-bags are
to be conveyed without further charge,
on mail-lines admitted of such convey
ance.
3. In all cases there is to be forfeiture
Of the pay Of the trip when the trip is not
run; forfeiture of at least onc-fourth part
of it, when the running or arrival is so far
behind time as to lose the connection with
depending mail; and a forfeiture Of due
proportion Of it, when grade Of service
is rendered inferior to that in the contract.
These forfeitures may be increased into
penalties Of higher amounts, according 10
the nature or frequency Of the failure aud
the importance Of the mail. aa
4. Fines will be imposed, unless the de-
linquency be satisfactorily explained in
due time, for failing to take from. or deliy-
er at post Office, the mail, or any part Of
it; for suffering il TO be wet, injured, lost,
or destroyed; for conveying it in place
or manner that exposes it to depreciation,
loss, or injury; and for not arriving at the
time set. And for setting up or running
an express TO transmit commercial intelli-
gence in advance Of the mail, penalty
will be. xacted equal to quarters pay.
5. The Postmaster General may annul
the contract for repeated failures; for vio-
lating the post Office laws; for disobeying
the instructions Of the department.; for re-
fueihg to discharge carrier when required
by the department.; for assigning the con-
tract without the consent Of the Post,nas-
ter General; or for setting up or running
an express, as aforesaid.
6. The Postmaster General may alter
the contract and alter The schedule, he al
lowing pro rata increase Of compensation,
within the restrictions imposed BY law, for
the additional service required, or for the
increased sreed, If the employment of adj
ditional stock or carriers il rendered nee
cssary; but the contractor may, In such
case, relinquish the contract, on timely no
tice, if he prefers it to the change. He
may also discontinue or curtail the service,
he allowing one months extra pay on the
amount dispensed with.
Z. The payments will be made through
drafts on post Offices, or otherwise, after
the expiration Of each quarter--say In
February, May, August, and November.
8. The distances are giuen according to
tie best Information; but no Increased pay
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