Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-02-28

tsMai Proposals in name the State or territory,s
written 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. NJ. 1t
should be guaranteed, and the sutficiency Of the
guarantors should be duly certified, (See forms }
n. The contracts are to be executed by 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 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.
49, Under the act Of March ), ls45, the route is
TO be let to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient
guarantees for faithful performance, without other
reference to the mode OF nsportaou than may be
necessary to provide for the due celebrity, certain
| ". ana security of such transportation.
| when the lowest bid proposes mode of convey
ancc that Is inadequate for the route in respect to
The certainty, security, and celebrity of the mails,
asiae from any accommodation for travel, it will
not be entitletito the route.
~. When the bid does not name mode of
| conveyance. it will be taken and understood to be
| ior the lowest mode OF conveyance, TO wit, on
| horseback. When it proposes to carry according
| 10 the advertisement, and no mode of conveyance
is stated for the roate in the ADVERTISEMENT it will
be considered us Offering only for horseback con-
| veyance.
sHee we passage OF inc act Oh March 1919,
new description Of bid has been received. 1t
specifies no mode Of conye yance, but engages to
carry the mail with certainty celebrity. and sccuri-
", using the terms OF the law. These bids cal
led. from the manner in which they designated
on the books OF the Department., ssstar 5ds.'' II
has been decided, after mature consideration, that
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 to the specific bid.
~. When the mails are Of such size and weight
as 70 render 1t necessary or expedien 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 a mode
rate difference in the compensation, case the diff
ference is not such interfere with the policy OF
the new law, which looks to reduction in the cost
OF fansportion. Exceptions, however, may be
allowed, where the star bid is made BY the present
owner OF The stock on the route and it is manifest
thaf the reasons for prefcrrng the specific bid do
not exist in his case.
70. On routes of the highest cllss. where four
morse coach or steamboat transportation is requir-
cd oy the size and importance of the nails the pre-
ference for the specific bid will be. if necessary,
carried to greater extent of difference than on the
interior coach routes, subject, however, to the cx
ceptionS above stated.
"a. modification of bid, in any Of its essen
tiai terms, Is tantantount to bid, and cannot
be received, SO to Interfere with regular COM
petition, after the last hour set for receiving bids.
J. CoLLAMER, Postmaster General
PosT OFFICE January 1S5o.