Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-04-18
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email Proposals in Iname the State or terrtory,1'
written on the the face of the letter; and should be
dispatched in time to be received by or before
the 10th April next, at 10 O'Clock a. NJ.
should be guaranteed, and the suiacency Of the
guarantors should be duly certified, (See forms.)
II. The contracts are to be executed by or before
the LIST July next. ~.
IS. Postmasters at Offices situated upon or near
railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot,
will Immediately after the nth May next, report
that fact to the Department, stating their exact dis
! lance from the railroad depot, and how otherwise
supplied with the mail, to enable the Postmaster
General to direct the proper supply to be made from
the railroad by mail messengers, from and after the
LIST July next. s-,...
10. Under the act of March ;, 1s45, the route is
to be let to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient
guarantees for faithful performance, without other
reference to the mode of transportation than may be
to provide for the due celebrity, certain
ty. and security of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes a mode oil convey
ance that inadequate for the route in respect to
the certainty security, and celebrity of the mails,
aside from any accommodation for travel Will
not be entitled to the route.
90. When the bid does not name mode Of
conveyance, il will be taken and understood to be
for the lowest mode of conveyance, to wit, on
horseback. When it proposes to carry according
to the advertisement, and no mode OF conveyance
is stated for the route in the advertisement, 1t Will
be considered as offering only for horseback Goa
| veyance.
81. Since the passage OF the act Of March 3, 1s45,
new description of bid has been received. 1t
| specifies mode Of conveyance, but engages to
carry the mail with certainty, celebrity and sccuri-
ty, using the terms OF the law. These bids cal
led. from the manner In which they designated
| on the books OF the Department., sssfar bids" 1t
has been decided, after mature consideration, that
o bid proposing specific mode of conveyance of as
! high grade as two-horse coach transportation is
| to be preferred TO the star bid The experience of
the Department enables it to lay down the follow
ing rules, viz: ....-=-
When the mail on the route is not so large as to
require two horse coach conveyance, star bid, If
the lowest. will be preferred tn the specific bid.
%. When the mails are Of such size and weight
as TO render it necessary expeaient, In reference
to them alone, to provide two horse coach convey
ance. the specific bid, though the highest, will be
preferred 10 the star bid, to the extent of mode
rate difference in the compen sation, lii the diff
ference is not such TO interfere with the policy Of
the new law, which looks to a reduction in the cost
! of transportion. Exceptions, however, may be
allowed, where the star bid is made by the present
owner of the stock the route, and il is manifest
not exist in his case.
%. On routes Of the highest class, where four
horse coach or steamboat transportation is requir
ed by the size and importance of the mails, the pre-
ference for the specific bid will be. if necessary,
carried to greater extent of difference than the
inferior coach routes subject, however, to the ex
ceptions above stated.
81. modification of bid, in any Of its essen
tial terms, is tantamount TO bid, and cannot
be received, so as to Interfere with regular COM
petition, after the last hour set for receiving bids.
J. COLLAMER, Postmaster Genera
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, January 1850.