The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-21

WAsEAGIos, June -, 1885,.
The Bids for Coryin9 ne Overland Mais-Difnlie5 in
the tray Of Carrying ose he CHARACTERIZATION 81 tie
Department 10 Close uiI any Of The Tzders, d. DE-.
The Postmaster General has come to session relative
proposed for conveying the mail overland
@ san Francisconot that the bids unsa sAclory by
no means several them Commensurate with the
Of Congress, snd others below the there
stipulated In my opinion, Judging from al can learn
the government, doubts the ability OF any OF the pro.
posed contractors to carry out their DBL cations and
such contracts could only be made the expiration OF the
existing with the mall steAms company, (July 1851
in OF failure OF the land should be lei
withOu, any mail facilities at all category disastrous
with the Pacific coast and especially so
to the monetary exchanges with that distant aud important
region The difficulties attending the ordinary overland
passage IN 1875. have net been sens bly, sneoracd aud
tors in California and the eager contractors for the pro
posed NAL carriage. vord seem 10 elterail any rational
expectation Of the completion OF the wagon -oads aUhor
ized b. the as Congress within period Of three or sorr
years
The bidders propose carry the rails Passenger, aui
through twenty Ave days Burthe,ed those
mails wiz be b. three or four times the number Of
papers OF the ordinary routes the residents o. Caorna
beng chiefly from toe Eastern sta,es hcr dead weigh,
viii be proogous for the Old fashioned land carriage.
But sselgers would be capable a. bearing the "a
tsGc Of oonlnusg the Journey sitho1i enc Or more
sopvaycs, inyovi1g quite serious addt cna expenses
ana delay. And asay, the uncertainty, And n mes
insy ,Ae'e dey' N ias sniss.on Of god, saying
nOth.ly o. tne rt-s Tue lluCANF q QUta4n INST.
against robbery, &c would apparently leave
but meHRre decree o. proe from tha sorrceS IN the
progress VI time and ma tbs age Of pfOtgors aiyanco
meat no doubt az these objections or dEegitcs VII he
surmopn,ei bp greatly az the Whole co-ar would re-
1ce to 3ee tue lana NAL route fairly AID practically
atlhe' nposs bic 70 shut our eyes b TIER piaring
prominence % the incon7erence AID ioss which the
country woud srstaia from ary positive rersnce being
placed UPON the exclusive existence TIE carriage OF the
male u the psCGc pro need Neither must Il be
i0rgo.Ca that. after arrival az San fanc SEQ the maj
mate. wo n require &c he Distributed ,monr thirteen
dde rent points between san Diego At the south AMI
- n Washington Territory, a service u0E eun.
brared wian the coatrsc, o. t1e MAI Steam.
tbr COMPANY Mrch ou,ory is raised against the
poly en- Dyed By thst comna1F, aus g-icv0rs one
voud seem fad ing from Their recently overloaded shps
and their large ulvtdeads-a Monopoly which every
vOcd icioicc sire, TO exit gughed bui ariluz
from the possession o. capita than from invtdious
pylegts-jJi fee ssis aed that TIE Pos. oce Depart.
inert a RES q mature,y before commit NJ the u:cress
o. the Fac Or commerce by placing rs sole dependence
uniriel land route 0. DO miles.
The Sprcss companies would reap fch harvest from
such uncertainty the great BODY q he corrcspon-
derce IL san francisco would TAT INTO tier hams
DE- stamped envelopes, AMI adj Ou' tax OF cent.
per ecr, which tdey charge, Z rdeec they az
sLll further advance the rates.
Shfevd aad iujoo1s politicians seen 70 thlS thai the
Ncaraxs rosie vii no, soon be reOpeusd they deem
hesitate about admitting "Ios Yankees 70 fair
Intercourse with their respective eocntr,es without
some security gAnsi tie nl!buslers.
General Smith 10 here, and Genera Scott "a expcctSi,
BON specsl a. nnons from the go-erameo, WHAT'S
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