The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-25
Post Office advertisement-.Mails TO Europe
the GaF of .Merico, and tie Pacific.

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OF the United States, by act of Congress- approved
March 3, lS45, ''to contract for the transportation
| of the United States mail between any of the ports
of the United States and port or ports of any for
egn power, whenever, in his opinion, the public in
teresta will thereby be promoted, - hereby invite
PROPOSALS for carrying the mails the United States
| as herein specified, To wit;
| l. From New York to Liverpool, in England, and
back;
orto Bristol, in England, and back;
Or TO Southampton do do.
2. From New York, by Cowes, in England, TO
Antwerp, in Belgium, and back;
Or to Bremen, in Germany, and back;
Orto Hamburg, in Germany, and back.
3. From New York to Havre, in France, and.
back
Or to Brest in France, and back.
a. From New York to Lisbon in Portugal and
back.
S. From New York, by Havana in Cuba, to New
Orleans and back.
6. From New York. by Havana, or by King
ston in Jamaica, to Chagres, in Colon
bia, and back with joint or separate
offers TO extend the transportation to
Panama, and up the Pacific, to the mouth
ofthe Columbia, and thence to the princi-
pal port in the Sandwich Islands;
Or from Charleston to the same, and back;
Or from Pensacola do do do.
Or from Mobile do do do.
Or from New Orleans do do do.
I. From New Orleans to Havana and back; with
an offer to extend to Kingston, in the ISL
and of Jamaica;
Or from Mobile to the same, and back;
Or from Pensacola to the same, and back;
Or from Charleston to the same, and back,
with an offerto supply Key West
Proposals for commencing said routes at any 9th
er United States port the Atlantic, than as above
named will be considered
II is intended out of the foregoing list ofroutes
to make selection of one to Europe and one to the
lfofM nd tho hesf he
| termined, after proposals for service ell the
routes are submitted-not relinqushing however,
the right to place greater number in operation, if
it shall be deemed expedient to do So
The proposals should specify the number of trips
| to be performed during the year, and as near as
may be- the day of the month on which the vessel
| conveying the mail is to depart from the port at
each end Of the route. The department contem-
plates on route No. ], sem-monthly conveyance
for eight months of the year, and monthly con-
veyance for the residue of the year; on No. 2, like
| frequent conveyance; and on No. g. the same; on
No. 4, monthly conveyance; on No. 5, as frequent
a transportation as two three times month; on
No: 6, a trip once in two MONTHS and on No. Z,
twice or three times month,
| The proposals should specify the mode Of con-
veyance, whetherby steamship or sailing-packet;
and set forth the size rate, and description OF the
vessel with sufficient particularly to enable the de-
cision to be made the advice of the proper officers
of the naval service, whether the same is or is not
convertible into a ship. of-war And special notice
is hereby given, that agreeaby to the provisions Of
the act Of Congress aforesaid, those proposals
(being acceptable in other respects) will be pre-
| ferred, which shall engage to carry the mail IN
a steam ship or ships, and shall stipulate to de-
liver said ship or ships to the United States, or
| to their proper officer, on demand made, fol
the purpose of being converted into vessel
or vessels of war; the United States being bound
their part to pay the fair full value thereof at the
4 fnne IF dcliverv IN ascerfained apnrais-
ers, appointed two by the President Of the United
4 States, and two by the owner or owners, with an
umpire, in Of disagreement, to be appointed by
tho Presdeni of the United States.
| 1t should be shown, by the certificate of post
master or other equivalent testimony, that the bid
ders American citizens, and that the mail is to
be transported by them sin American vessels, by
| American citizens"
The postage fixed by law upon maablo matter to
be transported by these lines, is follows: "Upon
all letters and packages not exceeding one half ounce
! in weight, between any of the ports of the United
States and the ports Of England, or France, or any
other foreign port not less than three thousand miles
distant t,reniyfor CENTS with the inland postage of
the United States added when sent through the Uni
ted States mail to from the post Office at port Of
the United States. Upon letters and packets over
half an ounce in weight, and not exceeding one
ounce, fortyeigM ce and for every additional half
ounce, or fraction of en- ounce, fifteen cents Upon
all letters and packets not exceeding one half ounce,
sent through the United States mail, between
the ports Of the United Statea and any of the West
! India islands, or islands in the Gulf of Mexico,
ten cents; and i,ceniy cents upon letters and pack
| cts not exceeding one ounce; and fire cents for
every additional half ounce or fraction of an ounce.
| Upon each newspaper, pamphlet or price-current,
sent in the mail between the United States and any
| of the ports and places above enumerated, three
cents with inland United States postage added when
the same is transported to from said port of the
| United States in the United States mail" The
bidder may propose for an annual sum of compen-
sation to be named in the bid; or, in lieu thereof, for
the whole or certain proportion Co be named IN
the bid) Of the hostages accr,ng on the Matchmaker
conveyed over the route.
He may embrace in his offer stipulation to carry
an agent of the Post Office Department with the
mails, or he may omit It, at his discretion. Such
stipulation may induce preference to be given in
favor of bid equal in other respects, over bid
not containing it.
Indenturcs OF contract are to be executed by the
accepted bidder and by his sureties, by or before
the first day Of May next 1t is to provide, among
other things, that the pay of the trip is to be forfeit
ed when the trip is not performed, and due pro-
portion when grade of service is rendered inferior
to that specified in the contract and that fines may
be imposed, unless the delinquency be satisfactorily
explained in due time, for failing to take from, or
to deliver into the post Office at the port of landing
the mail belonging thereto, any part Of said mail;
for suffering the mail, or any part of It, to be
wet, injured, lost, or destroyed; for convey
ing it in place or manner that exposes il to
depreciation, loss, or injury; for refusing, aher
demand made, to convey a mail by any addi-
tionsl steam ship or vessel run by the contractor
the route, over and above the specified number OF
trips in the contract and for not arriving at the time
set; also for transmitting intelligence, or furnishing
the means Of transmitting intelligence in advance OF
the mail The Postmaster General may annul the cons
tract for repeated failures; for violating the post Of
fee laws; for dsobeying the instructions of the de-
parnent; for refusing to discharge carrier when
required by the department; for assigning the con-
tract without the OF the Postmaster Generals
for setting up or running an express, as aforesaid
/ The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the schedule he allowing pro rata increase
Of compensation within the restrictions imposed 6y
law, for the additional service required, or for the
increased speed, if the employment of additional
stock carriers is rendered necessary but the con-
tractor may such case, relinqush the contract on
timely notice, if he prefers il TO the change The
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