The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-03-21


provided no more running time is asked -.
obvious that no mail connexion or o,i,ss saO MM
accommodation is prejadiced. lie NAV =. puollc
more running time to The tip, dn,ng sn NJ. 10
number Of days, al certain seasons Of nrs.,Alea
bad roads; but beyond these changes ap,su''a'ly
for service fferent from the adyertisenm.op osai
prevent its being considered in compei;,;"' VIII
regular bid not set aside for extravagan. WIN
where bid contains any Of the above altsss,; aug
their disadvantages will be estimated in como
ing il with other proposals 'ps'
Ia. There should be but one. route bid e., !.
proposal. !,
bidders name and residence, and The n r.s,s
each member Of the firm, where a comns sme q
fers, should be distinctly slated; also ,he 'ncy ~
conveyance, il higher mode than on hoIsh.sas
is intended.
l6 The bid should be sent, under seal aad,...
ed to the First Assistant Postmaster General s
email Proposals in name the State or Terr,, "sa
written on The face Of the letter; and shonn
dispatched 10 time 10 be received BY or belors ~ pe
10th April next, at 10 O'Clock A. M il shoa u,
be guaranteed, and the sullicicncy Of the pua.s nay"
tors should be duly certified. (see forms1 '"
| n. The contracts are 10 be executed BY Or h..
fore the LIST July next.
| 10. postmasters at Offices situated upon 4, T..
railroads, but more than eighty rods from ,s ua
will Immediately after the llth Of May ncx, ~
port that fact to the Department, stating the;,s
act distance from the rairoad depot, and h..
otherwise supplied with The mail. 10 enable NV ~
Postmaster General 10 direct the proper snnnln.
lie made from the railroad by mail messe essen" ~
from and after the first July next. %
/ 10. Under the act OF March 8, les5. the rou,.
is to be let to the lowest bidder, tenerino ,nS
cient guarantees FOR faithful performance, William,
other reference to The mode ofiranspo,taon th,n
may be necessary TO provide Tor the due ce.r,r
certainty and security OF such transportation. :
] When the lowest bid proposes mode Of "a,
spect to The certainty, security and celer.y ofs.
mails, aside from any accommodation for tr,r,,
| il will not be entitled TO The route.
1 90 When the bid does not name mud. i
| conveyance, it will be taken and understood !.
be for the lowest mode OF conveyance, 10 wit IN
horseback. When it proposes TO carry aeeo,.
ding TO the advertisement, and no mode Of con.
veyance is stated for the route in the advertise.
ment, it will be considered as offering only i,
horseback conveyance.
81. Since the passage Of the act OF March ID
| l2i5 new description ofbid has been received
II specifies no mode of convey ance bat engage.
10 carry the mail with certainty, CELEBRITY and e.
curly, using the terms Of the law These bds
are ca led, from the manner in which they are a.
sgna,ed on the books Of the Department cir
Jiar" u has been decided, after mature con.t
Grafton, that bid proposing specific mode Of
conveyance Of as higha grade as ,wo-horse coach
transportation, is 10 De preferred TO the star ba
The experience Of the Department enable; 10
lay down The following rules, viz:
i When the mail on The rou'e is not so large 81
TO require twohorse coach conveyance, a stan BIZ,
if the lowest. will be preferred to The specific BID
/ 81 When the mails are of such size and weigh,
as TO render II necessary or expedent, 10 reference
TO them alone, TO provide two-horse coach con.
veyance, the specific bid, through the highe.'
will be preferred 10 the star bid, 10 tie extent d
a moderate difference in the compensation, in case
the difference is no. such AZ TO interfere with II,
policy Of the new law. which looks 10 reduction
in the cost Of transportation. Exceptions, how.
| ever, may be allowed where the star bid is maze
by the present owner OF the stock on the route
and it Is manifest that the reasons for preferinl
| the specific bid DO no, exist in his case.
%. On routes Of the highest class, where four
horse coach or steamboat transportation is ie
quired BY the size and Importance o! The nsl'
the preference Tor the specific bid viii be, il nee
essary, carried 10 . greater extent Of ditlrreao
than on The inferior coach routes; subject, how
ever, 10 the exceptions above stated.
"a modific alton Of bid, in any OF lis essen
tial terms, is taniamoantto a new blt, and can
not be received so as TO interfere with reguls
competition, after the last hour set for receiyln
bids.
COLLAMER, Postmaster General.
PosT-oFrtE DEragrMssT, January, 1850.