The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-17
WARRINGTON, April Is, 1916.
NOTES FOR THE Union.

NOTES FOR THE UNION
(d) fso not Of the original bids could have been
considered for each and all abored under the same want
to wit suarany such as the law and advertisement
CURED
) Certainly not against bidders as defective in form
himself
ej The exclusion wa, ofrrsgular bidders. There wal
not regular bidder under the advertisement in point
FORM and soo irregular also in point OF substance
d) There was but Ons bidder the Cowes and Bremen
route and he was the highest bidder under the advertise
menttoo high for acceptance So 33 higher per trip thar
silss last bid-smonnting TO difference for the
1--WE years Of more than half million Of dollars His BIZ
was not GUARANTEED any more than Milss original bid III
Negotiated Sh far ascertain that he had no as
sociatesthat he insufficient Of himself for the under
taking but looked to Bremen Tn,
Law expressly requiring this matter should go exclusively
into the hands Of American citizens 1t seen that
would not answer to make contract in that quarter even
the other objection as to price could be obvated
which however there was nothing said to encourage any
expectation
~ This an allegation which the facts disproye as Ii.
sequel will show.
I) What PAIN were taken is matter Of no importance.
i the allegation is that such guarantees In due form
furnished by most Of the bidders by single one of hs
bidder soo, or any one else must meet Il with aa
contradiction There but four bidders smith Mann
Mills and soo neither Smith Mann Minis &c
furnish guaranty sloo took pains" to be sure bu
paper Purpong to be guaranty, bat utterly failed tc
show as the law and regulations require to make any
conference.-the for doarmuoh less the vast amour
that such Transaction would require The adyertsemen
say. in the most imperative language this must ,1oSn
thcate Of postmaster other equally satisactory ties
timonial" No such esreats Of Posnassr furnish
tempt comply with the law ending in failure 10 meet I'd
acquisitions. II just fatal entire omission On th
make up decision Upon respective merit. 81 The pro
posas idle to say that under such circumstances he
could consider Ms's bid because not garantiedfo,
the same reason he could not consider soos Mans
and he people must be len destitute of ms hdgs
omitted as they do Ia hundreds Of instances to append
guaranty To their bids. ..#.~0 s. ,.'
C. This is incorrect in point offact -....
W The time Of making the decision is unimporant ex
eept in regard 10 the liability Of taken under the
act Of 1896 There were such gusfsnto this case 10
be affected by the decision and mattered therefore IN
legal point Of visw whether made the sl Jan.
as bid were taken under he act Of 49, and IN p pespse 10
their liability. the time Of decision unimp ortant
III But when the only bid the latter route is set inside
for sufficient causewhen it is improper and impossible 10
award the contract to Of being too high and
for reasons would make Illegal to n VIII n he
denied that he then make contract with anoherl
W This argument is highly technical, but fatal one
to Mr. sloo's bid. It assumes that Nos, and were adj.
vertsed separate and distinct routes and then In the
strongest admits that Mr. Sloos was Constellation
combination bdthst is that II combined two routes
and consolidated the whole service in one offer, This
makes an illegal bdone that the Postmaster General is
prohibited by law from considering The 23d section OF
bination bid shall be recriusd"
o. With neither OF those bidders could legal contract
() But Mr. Mss last bid did not exclude single regu
arbid or bid that the department could have made legal
(mJ They not sent for because here already and
the Postmaster General held kind and free
the subject Of the bids Mr. Mann frankly stated his pc
cuniary inability for great undertaking and
that he could name as his associates in the
prise. And when the final arrangement was made ex.
pressed himself grafed il had resulted in the selection
of the Bremen route Mr. soo repeatedly told OF the
Objectionable feature of his bid the condition advance
will! be that he does withdraw to this day
ohergentlenen Of prominent standing in connsxion with
the steamboat and navigation interests We're conversed
with and requested to enter into the competition But they
declined offering for the Bremen route. and 1t not TIL
that Inquiries were addressed TO TIE postmaster Of New
York learn who Mills and his associates were what their
responsibility &c. and steps taken form contract on
the basis Of his proposal
M But those four trips amount to onesixh of the annual
service The pro rata Of that sixth $3.50 year add II
Mann's bid over Miss and it amounts to
Sl06666 per s53s33 for the whole term of 1--WE
years-a sum worth saving certainly.
(o) "With permission to stop at Hamburger and Ant
werp"to place them in the right order and the bid
places them "at Antwerp and Hamburger" To STOP at
Bremen-an expeditions trip toon bid that proposes TO
beat the Cunard line from two to four days why this
the railroad from Washington to New York and back pi
permission 10 stop at PH,bug and Boston Could the Post
ing himself and rendering the whole thing ridiculous and
except Tor ths single purpose Of advancing 100000
(p) Mr. Mills had authority to insert those point, in
his Bremen bid The advertisement did name them on
Of avre Is no bid according to the NO
such service Is proposed In IT, much less the
scheme going from Heyre the sched to Antwerp and
returning again to the North Sea- pass the mouth OF the
Weser and 60 north to the Ebe and ascend that river TO
Hamburger and return again the Weser before making the
port OF Bremen. Independent Of the practical absurdy
the Postmaster General had right consider any such
proposition because his advertisement had submitted no
such plan of service to public competition
~ Certainly they are worth something; but the other
service in the conneXion which placed by the bids
to Bremen worthless also. This any intelligent man will
see at glance II the boat stops at iIavre the mail will be
taken out and despatched over land to Antwerp Bremen
and Hamburgh which poins they will If
the circuous oil the Seheld Sc long time in nd.
of the steamer The would require h
and the boats would get mails to bring this way from the
Hamburger, Bremen and Antwerp merchants; they would
come mgch quicker by the more direct conveyances
~ What of that Mr. sloo asked s3Q5 900 for those 30
trips, and not cent less.
(s) But which Mr.. sloo would not perform short of
s3l50OO
a. What misuse of figures and of language! He
the government s25OoOo what IN. service would
he worth, depends wholly upon the amount Of hostages
takes the cost of the service as showing lis worth Ac.
cordng to this datum the route costs the more
we will see how II comes out. TIE Service to Havre
s1s sw co trips ys was worth to the government
hot the rate Of MHss bid why aid he not take his
own bid, which $4,000 higher for the twenty trips
Ss C to S os tina. ,eDsar would
year by not contracting for the Haye service with sioo
And how does attempt g make or thi. loss ny get
ting in lieu Of from Mills four additional trips 10 Coges
aud Bremen which trips worth but sssse7 because
the department gives only that for that services and
the Postmaster General sscrifce by his extraysganes
IN sfIAg Rnis FOR the four trips all the difference
ssss ss ayear, amounting for Eve year, sons AN
mec process be had sqpsd instead Of lost But the thing
" not beyond correction II Mr.. Mfls win consent 10
change the csntsct 10 lake sigs sss Year tsre
FOR those four trips Mr. soo vn DE forced 10 sdmR &C
eorng W the principles of his eslepaton. that the gov
u skt hkufss cert N Doe Or the strsngest
We sver sstneseed why this iAssr contfivsncs Vi
avoid placing soos bid alongside Of Miss and 10 com