The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-01-07

demand mail by coach railroad steamboat
1 numb e IL S aD nd s NOT ssDe @
SEE and o setting up or ,nnng an express
Postmaster General may annul the repeated
ares for violating the post once laws; for dssbeyng the in
Of the department, refusing discharge carrier
the Of setting up
Postmaster General alter the and alter the
the Sssseons imposed BY % for the adoSa
or Tor The speed II the Of additional stock
rehn1uish the contract on timely notice he prefers to the
service dispense
s % n'e $o Or pay the d
The payments through post Offices
alter hs sspson oil each qaar'er-ay IN February
TO- given according the information
no pay Win be should they prove to be greater
H. The Postmaster General prohibited by law from knowingly
any proposed
into continuation to prevent the making Of bid for mail
amy s'h shall have given psSsd
to Induce Ghs, nc not to bid for r, mail Q,
prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding ,
"a bid received after time to wit the a., April next at M
routes in Of compensation cannot be considered in
is diou or nj certain seasons TO sub
e an inferior mode Of or to inerm service
cited number Of days weeks months He propose to omit
or at steamboat landing the be- or he offer to
poss day and hours Of departure and arrival peSi no
oo l%i n No e mail . @
running time to the trip during specified number Of days at
proposal service different from the adve viii
Ss e and where bS sav of the above ae
tons their will be estimated in comparing with
a. There should be but one route for in proposal
nas S n Of pay the
offers should be distinctly the mode of
e. a The First
on the the ee and IN
By the sacnc
should r be duly certified !ses or%s3 Nv ,.. H.. n v
than eighty rods from depot Will after the oath April
next fact to the o stating their % dis
enable the Postmaster General to direct the supply be
July next.
d bs % s mn Of nn
cuIity Of such transportation
ous tn The h
Of the mails aside from accommodation for travel will
when the bid does mode Of will be
Wit horseback When sssodng the
the will be considered Offering only horse
ii Since passage is45 description
bid has been received specifies mode of but
ans The the law These bids are from the
ne" IN a hay Ssn IN s 90 saS hs
bid proposing specific conveyance high grade
twohorse coach transportation to be preferred the star bid
The experience of the department enables lay down the follow
ing rules, viz:
When the null the require twoorse
coach star bid the lowest will be preferred the
specific bid
When the mails of such size and weigh. render
expedent reference to them alone provide
twoore coach the specific bid though the highest
will be preferred the bid the extent OF moderate differ
in the compensation the difference such
with the policy the law which looks reduction
the cost of transportation Exceptions however be al
lowed where the bid present of
stock the route and manifest that the for preeng
the specific bid do not exist in his
On OF the highest class where fourhoe coach
steamboat transportation required by the size and Importance Of
the mails the the specific bid will be
carried greater of difference than the inferior coach
routes; subject however to the exceptions above stated
"a modification bid Of its essential terms
bid received interfere with
gular competition, after the last hour for receiving bids
C. JOHNSON Postmaster General
Posr OrricE DEPARTMENT, Dec 49, l845
Dec. 23-lawi2w