The Davenport gazette., 1850-04-04

provided no more running time is asked, and !.
obvious that no mail conncxion or other nnh,;s
ACCOMMODATION is prrjudced. He may All g.
more running time to the tip, during a speciGsa
number OF days, at certain seasons Of pccu,ia,u
had roads; bnt bey ond these changes. a money!
ior service d ilerent from the advertiser eni un
nreyent its being considered in competition WIN
regular bid not set aside for extiayagance. a,a
where bid contains any ol the above altera,ions
their disadvantages will be estimated IN comna,'
ing il With other ptoposels.
Ia. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal
bidders name and residence, and The name of
each member Of The firm, where a company or
fers. should be Iii tinctly stated also the mode or
conveyance, ii higher mode than on horseback
is intended.
IS. The bid should be sent, under seal address.
ed TO the First Assistant Postmaster 6 General WIN
email Proposals in name the State or Teni'or
written on the face Of the letters and should be
dispatched ip time TO be received by before hs
| 10th April next, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. II should
be guaranteed, and the sniiciency Of The guarsn.
tors should be duly certified. (See ionns)
| H. The contracts are 10 be executed BY or he.
fore the lst July next.
| 10. Postlnasters at Offices situated upon or near
railroads, but more than eighty rods from depo,.
will Immediately after the lilh Of Nay next. r..
mort that fact to the Department, stating their ex.
act distance from tile raj road depot, and how
otherwise supplied with the mail, to enable lie
Postmaster General 10 direct the proper supply 10
he made from The railroad by mail messengers.
from and after the first July next.
10 Under the act OF March ;, 1916, the route
is to be lie. TO the lowest bidder, rendering snf.
Glen, qua, antics for faithful peri rnance without
other reference to The mode OF Transportation than
NAV be necessary to provide Tor the due eeleri,,
certainty and security Of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode OF con.
veyance that is inadequate for the route, in re.
specl to the certainty, security and celefl,y Of The
mails, aside from any accommodation for travel,
il will not be entitled 10 the route.
90. Wien The bid does no, name mod. Of
con. eyance, it viii be taken and understood 10
be for the lowest mode Of conveyance, 10 Wit, ON
horseback. When it proposes 10 carry aceor.
ding 10 the advertisement, and no mode Of con-
veyance is stated for the route in the advertise.
men., it will be considered as Offering only Tor
horseback conveyance.
81. Since the passage Of the act Of March Sd,
l8i5, new description ofbid has been received.
II specifics no mode OF conveyance. but engages
10 carry the mail with certainty, celeri,y and Sc.
cusiiy. using The terms Of the law. These bids
are called, from The manner in which they are Dc.
ssnated on The books Of the Department, '.star
bids" II ha. been decided, after mature consid.
Grafton, that bid proposing specific mode Of
conveyance Of as hgha grade astwo-horse coach
transportation, is 10 ne preferred TO the star bid
The experience OF the Department, enable tito
lay down the following rales, viz:
When the mail on the route is mol so large as
10 require two-horse coach conveyance, star bid,
if the lowest will be preferred TO The specific bid
4 - Whent the mails are Of such size and weight
as TO render il necessary expedien;, in reference
10 them alone, TO provide two-hcsse coach con.
veyance, the specific bid, through the highest,
will be preferred 10 the star bid 10 the extent oi
moderate difference inthe compensation, in case
tile diff renee is not such rs 10 interfere with The
policy Of the new law, which looks TO a reduction
in the cost oi transportation. Executions, how
ever, may be allowed where the star bid is made
by the present Owner OF the stock on the route,
and il i manifest that the reasons for preening
the specific bid do not exist in his case.
%. On routes Of the highest class, where four.
horse coach or steamboat transportation is re.
qnired by the size and Importance Of the mails,
the preference for the specific bid will BE- il nee-
essary, carried to greater extent OF diiErrehfe
than Oh the in erior coach routes; subject, how
ever, 10 the exceptions above stated
"A A modification of bid, in any OF lis essen
tal terms, is tantamount to a new bid, and ran.
not be received so as 10 interfere with regular
competition, after the last hour set for receiving
bids.
I j. COLLAMER, Fo,tn,Gsser General
PoSr-oFrI Der N NJ ESr. Janua y, 1850.