The North-Carolina standard., 1847-01-20

tTavagance, and where bid contains any of tbe a.
win be estimated IN co
"A. There should be but one route bid for;
posal. aaai ,ti taf 81, 9isas7 - y. III III pro.
10. The route. the service, the yearly nav H.
der's name and residence and the name ef e DID
Der of the firm, where company Offers mem
tinctly stated-also the mode of I GiS
mode than on horseback is intended. : iigher
! 16 The bid should be sent under seal addra,
the First Assistant Postmaster General with e
Proposals in the State Of p written on tb Mail
the letter and should be despatched in time to lace
ceived by or before the 10th March next at o,cIe
H. The contracts are to be executed by or befo,a
.1st July next the
roads, but more than eighy,rods from depot will -
medistely after the 1st April next report that fat IN
department stating their exact distance from the rsroa
depot and how otherwise supplied withthe mail t
able the Postmaster General TO direct the proper sen
to be made from the railroad by mail messengers Py
and after the 1st July next. HoM
19. Under the act OF Sd March, lS45 the ro,,,
be let to the lowest bidder, rendering sufficient
ties for faithful performance, without other reere
the mode of transportation than may be 10
vide for the due ceery certainty, and security Of oS
transportation. such
When the lowest bid proposes mode of convsr,.
that inadequate for the in respect TO the ccrt
V security, and CELEBRITY of the mails, aside from an.
accommodation for travel, it will not be entitled TO o
route. " me
20. When the bid does not name mode convey.
ance 1t will be taken and understood be the lowest
mode Of conveyance, to wit; ; on horseback When -
proposes to carry according the advertisement and
mode OF conveyance is stated for the route in the ad
tisemen it will be considered offering only for bors
back conveyance.
81 Since the passage of the act of March 8, ls45
description OF bid has been received. 1t specifies
no mode of conveyance but engages to carry the mail
with certainty celerlty and security, using the termo
OF the law. These bids called from the manner in
which they designed the books of the department
sc star bids 1t has been decided, after mature con
sideration, that bid proposing specific mode Of con-
Veyance of as high grade horse coach tranS,o
ofInn IN he nrpf cd TO- !
ence OF the department enables lay down the follow
ing rules, viz:
When the mail on the route is not so large as 70 To-
qure tWo-horse coach conveyance, star bid fhe low
est, will be preferred TO the specific bid.
% When the mails of such size and weirbt ast
render 1t necessary expedent in reference to them
alone to provide two-horse coach conveyance hs
specific bid, though the highest, will be preferred h
the star bId to the extent of moderate difference in
the compensation, in the difference is not such AZ
to Interfere with the policy of the law which looks
to reduction in the cost Transportation. Exceptions
however, may be allowed where the star bid Is made by
the present owner of the stock the route, and it is
manifest that the for preferrng the specific bid
do not exist in his case.
%. On routes of the highest class, where ourhorse
coach or steamboat transportation is required by the size
and importance of the mails the preference for the
specific bid will be- if necessary, carried to greater
extent of difference than the inferior coach routes
subject, however, to the exceptions above stated
"a. A modification of bid, in any of its essential
ed, to interfere with regular competition after The
last hour set fer receiving bids.
C. JOHNSON,
Postmaster General
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT., coo ,ot
Nov. 2s, 1916. 0SS-l2t'