The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-03-14

provided no more running time j. asked, and il il
obvious That no mail connexion or other public
accommodation is rrejldced. lie may ash for
more running time 10 the tip, during a specified
number Of days, at certain seasons Of peculiarly
bad roads; but be. ond-these changes, proposal
Tor service Il frerent from the advertisement will
prevent is being considered in competition with
regular bid not set aside for extravaganza: and
where bill ontains any of the above alterations,
their disadvantages will be estimated in compar-
ing il with other proposals.
ID. here should be bul one rome bid Tor in
proposal.
-. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
bidders name aud residence, and the nane Of
each member Of the fam, where a company Of
fes, should be di tihciiy stated; also the mode Of
conveyal ce, il higher mode than on hstst1back
is intended
10. Tie hid should he eens, under zeal, address
ed to the First Assistant Postmaster General, tn
"Mail Proposals in name the Sta'e or Terri'oryl''
written on The Lace Of the letter; and should be
18th April next, at 10 O'Clock A. M. II shoull
be guaranteed, and the sn!Eiciency of the guaran.
tors should be duly certified. (see rorms)
II. Tie contracts are TO be executed by or be-
fore The Ist July next.
IT, posiInasters at Offices situated upon o. near
railroads, bnt more than eighty rods from depot,
will Immediately alter the ilih Of May next, re-
It'll Tie CAe
act distance from Tie raj road depot, and how
oiheru Use supplied with the mail, 10 enable the
Postmaster General 10 direct the proper supply 10
lie 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 lei 10 the lowest bidder, rendering suii-
ceni GUARANTEES for faithful peri finance, without
other reference 10 the mode Of trans poia;ion than
may be necessary TO provide for The due celebrity,
certainty and secariit of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode OF Con-
veyarce that is inadequate for the route, in re-
speci TO the certainly, security and telefi.y Of the
mails. aside from any accommodation for travel,
it will not he entitled TO the rone.
90. When the bid does not name mode Of
con, eyance, it vii be taken and understood to
be for the lowest mode OF CONVEYANCE, to wit, on
horsebacf. When il proposes to carry accor-
ding 10 the advertisement, and no mode Of con-
veyance is stated for the rone in the advertise
Ineni, il will be considered as offering eniy tor
horseback conveyance.
81. Since the passage Of the act Of March Sd,
1915, a new description ofbid has been received.
10 carry the mail with certainty, CELEBRITY and &C.
curitv, using the terms Of the law. These bids
are ca led, from the manner in which they are d,
signa'ed on the books Of the Department, ssstar
bids" II has been decided, after mature consid-
GRAFTON, that bid proposing specific mode -
cOnVeydHc2 OF as Hign CIaue as tWO-ilOFSe COACH
transportation, is TO preferred to the star bid.
The experience ofthe Department enables il TO
lay down The following r.les, viz:
When tie mail on the route is not so large as
10 require two-horse coach conveyance, star bid
if the lowest, will be preferred 10 The specific bid.
% Whenlh mails are of such size and weight
as 10 render il necessary eypedient in reference
10 them alone; to provide two-horse coach con.
vesance, the specific bid. through The highest,
will be preferred to the star bid, 10 the extent OF
moderate difference intle compensation, in case
the diff renee is not such rs to interfere with the
pol cy Of the new law, which looks to reduction
in the cost oil transportation. Executions, how
ever. may be allowed where the star bid is made
by the present oWnei Of the stock on the route,
and il is manifest that the reasons fer pre- .ering
the specific bid do not exist in his case.
%. Oh routes Of the highest class. where four
horse coach or steamboat transportation is re-
quired by The size and importance ofth mails,
the preference for the specific bid will be, il
| essary, carried to a greater extent Of difference
than on the Inferior coach routes; subject, how
ever, to the exceptions above stated.
"a A modification Of bid, in any Of lis ESSEN
tial terms, il taniamount 10 new bid, and can
not be received so as to interfere with regular
competition, after the last hour set for receiving
bids.
| J.COLLAMER, Postmaster General.
| Pos--oFiJ E DEF MkNT, Janua y, 1880.