Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-28

email Proposals in [name the State or territory,''
written ON the the face Of the letter. and should be
dispatched in time to be received by or before
/ the 18th April next, at 10 O'Clock A. M. 1t
should be guaranteed, and the suificency of the
guarantors should be duly certified, (See FORMS
II. The contracts are to be executed by or before
the LIST July next.
IS. Postmasters al tffices situated upon or near
railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot,
VIII Immediately after the nth May next, report
that fact to the Department. stating their exact dis
lance from the railroad depot, and how otherwise
supplied with the mail, to enable the Postmaster
uehefa 10 direct the proper supply TO be made from
the railroad by mail messengers from and after the
LIST July next.
10. Under the act of March 3, 1915, the route is
10 be let TO the lowest bidder rendering sufficient
guarantees for faithful performance, without other
to the mode of transportation than may be
necessary to provide for the due celebrity, certain
". and security of such transportation.
when the lowest bid proposes amode Of convey
ance that Is inadequate for the route in respect to
the certainty, security, and celebrity OF the mails,
ASIDE from any accommodation for travel, it will
not be entitled to the route.
90 When the bid does not name mode of
conveyance, 1t will be taken and understood to be
tor the lowest mode of conveyance, to wit, ON
horseback. When it proposes to carry according
70 the advertisement, and no mode OF conveyance
Is stated for the route in the advertisement, it win
be considered as Offering only for horseback con-
veyanCe.
81. Since the passage Of the act of March 3, 1915,
new description OF bid has been received. 1t
specifies no mode of conveyance, but engages to
carry the mail with certainty, celerity and secur
ty, using the terms of the law. These bids cal
lea, from the manner in which they are designated
on the books OF the Department., ssStdr bids.' 1t
mas been decided, after mature consideration, that
bid proposing specific mode of conveyance of as
nigh grade as two-horse coach transportation is
to be preferred to the star bid The experience OF
the Department enables ii 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.
*. when the mails Of such size and weight
as 70 render 1t necessary expeient, in reference
10 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 0lHerence In the compensation In the diff
ference is not such TO interfere with the policy Of
the new law, which, looks TO reduction in the cost
Of transportion. Exceptions, however, may be
allowed where the star bid is made by the present
owner OF the stock the route, and il is manifest
not exist in his case.
-. On routes Of the highest class, where four
horse coach or steamboat transportation is rcouir-
ed by the size and importance of the mails the pre-
ference for the specific bid will be. if necessary
carried to greater extent of difference than on the
inferior coach routes subject, however, 20 the ex-
ceptions above stated.
"a modification OF q bid, in any of its essen
'lal terms, Is tantamouns to bid, and cannot
be received, so as to Interfere with regular COM
pcH'ioh ater the last hour set for recciving bids.
j. CoLLAMER, Postmaster General.
FCsT OFFICE DEPARTMENT., January 1850,