The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-03-01

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az ree mefi. or shall have given or perfprm-.
! considerationlo do, or not tof1o, any thing
whatever1o induce any otherperson MOTTO
bdfof mail contract? Particular aiien.,
ion,s called to ,ires 2Sthisecion Of the act
! Of 1886, prohibiting combinations 10 pre-
hVen',bpdding. - - a,St SIS
| l2t A hid received after lime, 10 wit. The
T, 10th prrl next, al 10 a IN, or. without the
guaranty replied by law. OF ahai comb.
nAs.several routes in one sum OF compen.
sation. cannot he considered 10 Competition
with a reg alar proposal not adjudged 10 be
exiravagant. .r 81, ~. = 4 s.-a4 =. ,.
| l3. "A bidder NAV offer, where the trans.
potralion ca,Ied.for in the Advertisements is.
difficult orimpraciicabe, al certainseasons,
10 substitute an interior mode. ofs cor veye
ancp; or 10 intermit service "a specified
number, Of days. weeks, or months He
may propose 10 omit an Office that 10 mac.
cessib1e, or IS not on. the stage road, the
railway, or the steamboat landing, as the
case may be-. or he may offer 10 substitute
an Inferior mode ofsnpply IN such cases.
He may propose different days and hours
| OF departure and arrival, provided no mole
run.ing time is asked, and il is Obvious
| that no mail come kim or other public ac-
commoda,ion is preiudiced. He may ask
| tor more running tlme 10 lhetrip. during
| specified number of DAYS at certain seasons
of peculiarly. bad roads; bu,, beyond these
| changes a proposal for service different
rom tie advertisement will prevent lis be-
ing considered IN competitor with regular
bid not sci aside for extrsvaganre; and
,uI, oyo a Nh Dr, a, n
terat,ons, their Disadvantages will be-. esii-
mated iescombaringi ii with other proposals.
IA; fksre should be but one route bid
form a proposal. -
10; The route. the service, the, yearly
pay, the bidders name and residence, and
The ''naipe or.each member of the firm,
where a company offers. shomldsbe distmct-
! isIated; also the mode of cor veyancA, il
"a higher mode than on horseback is in,end-
ed. ~
r. l6. The bid should he sent under seal,
addressedto the First Assistant Postmaster
General, with email, Proposals in Tnams
the State and Terrlory,1' written on the
face OF the letter. and should be dispatched
IN time to be received byso before the 10th
April next. al lOo'cloek \ NJ. IL should
be GUARANTEED. and the snfficiency OF the
eiarautors should be duly certified. (Sss
torms.) ~ t-.s 49, go. -
T. w.. The Contracts are to- be executed BY
or before the lst July mkt ~
lS Postmasers al offices situated upon
or near railroads, but more than eighty.
rods from depot; w1lI'irnmediately afler
the llIh May next. report thai fact 10 the
|; Department, stating their exact distance
from the railroad depot, and how others
wise supplied with the mail 10 enable the .
Postmaster General to direct the proper
supply TO be made from the Railroad by mail
messengers, from and after The first July
neXi.
10. Under the act of March B., le45, the
route is to he Iefto the lowest bidder. tens
,lering sufficient GUARANTEES for faithfut per-
Torrance, without 6ther reference TO e,mode
Of transportation than may be necessary 10 .
provide for the due CELEBRITY, certainty, and
security of such transportation. 49, f. &,
When the loves, bid proposes mode Of
conveyance that is inadequate for the route
in respect to fre. certainty, security, and &c.
lerity of the mails, usidsfroul any accommo-
dationfor travel, it will not be entitled to tho
route. .-
20. When the bid does not name mode Of
convey ance, 1t @ili he taken and understood
wit, on horsshack. When il PROPOSES to car.
ry.accordng to the advertisement, and no
mode of conveyance is.stated, for the route
in the edvertisement, it will be considered az
offering. only for horseback conveyance.
-. Since the passage of the act OF March
3, 1915, n new description of hid has been
rece,trd' 1t specifies no mode Of convey
ance, Int engages 10 carry the mail with cer-
tainty, celebrity, and security using the terms
ofthe iHw. These bids are called, from the
manner in which they are designated on the
hooks fthe Department, '!sfqr bids" 1T has,
been decided, after mature consideration, that
a bid proposing a specific node Of conveyance
as high grade as two-horse coach trans
puftation is to be preferred to the star bid
Pie experience Of the Department enables it
to lay down the following rules, viz;
When the mail on the route is not so large
as 10 require two horse coach conveyance, a
star,hi', if the lowest, will be preferred to tho
specific bid. -. = - ~. 49,
%. Wheffthe mails arc Of such size and
weigb tn renderit .necessaryior expedient,
in reference to them alone, to provide two
horse coach conveyance, the specific bid,
though the highest, will he preferred to the
star bid, TO the extent ofa mode differ
ence in the Compensation, in case the differ. '
erce is not such as to interfere with the poll :
CIV of the. new law, which looks to reduc.
ton IN the cost Transportation. Excep-
tions.s however, may he ,alloTed. where tho Z
star bid is made blythe present nwner Of tho
stock on the route. and It is manifest that the.
reasons of preferring the specific bid do, not
exist IN his case. - 't sia--
90 On routes Of the highest class, where
70 r.horse coach or steamboat, Transportation
IS required by tn size and Importance Of the
mails. the preference for the specific bid will
hr. Unnecessary, carried to a erea ter extentof ,
difference than on the inferior coach routes,
subject, however, to the exceptions above.
stated. ~ - = -
a.. A modification Of hid, in any Of it,
essential terms, is tantnm mount to new hid,
md cannot he received, IN as to interfere with
'egular comoetition, after the last hour set for
receiving. bids t4-A
= y. CoTLAMER, Postpiaster General.
Posr orflrE pErARrNEsr, January, 1850.