Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-02-21
BURLINGTON HAWK-EYE.

email Proposals in rname the State or territory,l"
written the the face Of the letter. ana 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 sulficiency of the
guarantors should be duly certified, (see forms.)
II. The contracts are to be executed BY or before
the lst 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 otherwlse
supplied with the mail, to enable the postmaster
General to direct the proper supply 70 De mace from
the railroad by mail messengers, from and after the
LIST July next.
10. Under the act Of March 3. ls45, the route is
to be let to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient
guarantees for faithful performance, without otner
reference to the mode of transportation than may be
necessary to provide for the due celerty certain
ty. and security Of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode OF convey
that is inadequate for the route IN respect 10
the certainty, security, and CELEBRITY OF the mails,
aside from any accommodation for travei,h Will
not be entitled to the route.
20. When the bid does not name mode OF
conveyance, it will be taken and understood to be
for the lowest mode of conveyance, 10 VIII, on
horseback. When it proposes to carry according
to the advertisement, and no mode OF CONVEYANCE
is stated for the route in the advertisement, VIII
be considered as offering only for horseback con-
veyance.
a new description Of bid has been received. 1t
specifies mode Of conveyance, but engages to
carry the mail with certainty, CELEBRITY, and securi-
ty; using the terms of the law. These bids are cal
led, from the manner in which they are designated
on the books of the Department., ssfdr bids.'' 1t
has been decided, after mature consideration, that
a bid proposing a 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.
20. When the mails are OF such size and weight
as to render it necessary 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 difference in the compensation, in case the diff
ference is not such to interfere with the policy Of
the new law, which looks to reduction in the cost
OF transporhon. Exceptions, however, may be
allowed, where the star bid is made by the present
owner Of the stock the route, and it is manifest
tnat the reasons for preferring the specific bid do
not exist in his case.
-. On routes Of the highest class, where four
horse coach or steamboat transportation is requr-
ed BY the size and importance Of the NAILS the pre-
ference for the specific bid will be, il necessary,
carried to greater extent Of difference than the
inferior coach routes, subject, however, to the
ceptions above stated.
-. A modification Of bid, in any of its essen
tal terms, is tantamount to q new bid, and cannot
be received, so as to Interfere with regular COM
petition, after the last hour set for receiving BIDS
J. COLLAMER, Postmaster General.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT., January 1860.