Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-07
BURLINGTON HAWK-EYE.

email Proposals in [name the State or territory,F'
written on the the face Of the letter; and should be
dispatched in time to be received by or before
the 18th April next, at 10 O'Clock A. N. 1t
should be guaranteed, and the suticiency 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 18th May next, report
that fact to the Department, stating their exact dis
lance IRON 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.
10. Under the act of March ;, 1s4o, the route is
to be let to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient
for faithful performance, without other
reference to the mode of transportation than may be
necessary to provide for the due celebrity, certain
ty. and security Of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes amode Of convey
ance that Is inadequate for the route in respect to
the certainty, securty ana eelerity Of the mails,
ASIDE from any accommodation for travel, it will
not be entitled to the route.
20. When the bid does not name mode Of
conveyance, 1t will be taken and erstood to be
Tor the lowest mode Of conveyance, to wit,
horseback. When it proposes to carry according
20 'he advertisement, and no mode OF conveyance
Is stated for the route in the advertisement, it will
be considered as offering only for horseback con-
reyance.
~As SiASe the passage OF the act VI lSAJ,
a new description OF bid has been received. II
speclhes no mode Of conveyance, but engages to
carry the mail with certainty, celebrity, and secur
", using the terms Of the law. These bids cal
led. from the manner in which they are esignated
on tho books of the Department, sssfar bids" 1t
mas been decided, after mature consideration, that
bid proposing specific mode of Conveyance Of as
nigh 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 to the specific bid.
~. When the mails OF such size and weight
as 70 render eXpedient, in reference
to them alone, to provide two horse coach convey
ance, the specific bid, though the highest, will be
preferred TO the star bid, to the extent Of mode
rate diierencc in the compensation, in the diff
ference IS not such TO interfere with the policy OF
the new law, which looks to 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 it is manifest
that the reasons for preferring the specific bid do
not exist i'll his case.
20. On routes Of the highest class, where four
morse coach Or steamboat transportation is requr-
ea 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
interior coach routes, subject, however, to the
ceptions above stated.
"a. modification Of bid, in any of its essen
tai terms, is tantamount to a new bid, and cannot
be received, so as 10 Interfere with regular
pesition, after the last hour set for receiving bids
J. COLLAMER, Postmaster General.
PCsT OFFICE DEPARTMENT., January 1860