The Washington union., 1857-05-08
overland Mail Route to california.

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overland Mail Route to California
Posr orna ruArrursr,
A n ACT of Congress- approved Sd March, 1851,
nen for the aeal year ending soh June 1855 provides
% 10 That the Postmaster General be- and he Is hereby aulho.
point on the Mississippi river as the contractors may select 20 san
three hundred thousand dollars for semi monthly four
hundred and any thousand dollars for weekly hundred Cu
sand dollars Cor semweek service TO DO performed monthly
weekly semiwekly tho option Of The Postmaster
sa With sooa s coaches @ sy q p @ wagons suitable so ss per- or
the Of passengers wen as The safety and security Of the
contractor have right pre- mp,n to
reserved At each point necessary for station not to be than
ten miles from each Others aud provided that IMMORAL land shall be
src shall performed Within twenty ass
Postmaster satisfied Of The ability and disposition Of
The parties bona d and in good faith. perform the said contract
the the service toeommence within twelve mouths after the
Proposals accordingly oace q the
Pos, once pepaasn, until p M g the Il day q June 1867 @
Besides the starting point on the Mississippi river bidders viii
points proposed 70 be embraced tho ana oAor
Separate proposals arc invited for se saAl i and
upon proposal. as the pOst
master General shall bo satisfied Of the ability and disposition Of The
parties in good faith to perform the contract
guarantee 70 30 esecaled with good sufficient sure,es
contractors shall be required
ehea ana tne service must commence Within w~ve months ae
the date of such contract
Form d Proposal
l. -------- Of -------, county OF -------- s,ato
Of propose letter mail, Tor The term
service, from Mississippi liver BY 70 saa
sass s se Ap s e s % se s, @ q he sss
suitable for the Of passenser wc
sum dollars; uiy each way for he annasl sum
dollars semi '"ey each way for the annual sum q dollars
fs1m ss Gua,u.ass
The undersigned, residing State Of ------ IN
aertake that the foregoing bid for carrying the mail
be accepted ~ the Postmaster General hc bidder shah
CURED by the Postmaster General enter into tho obg,
TA s'o u.sandag dainciy e ellgaion hasiaa
summed q, onaraaoy under ne 2h ssp n Tie act g Congress e
Dated (ssnea by two guarantors.)
Firm q csnisoo,e
ls.u The anasrsaed 20 pes%asr e ss. r., : STATE q
and knows them to be men Of property ana able make
good their guarantee
Dated oasncdl
Containing conditions aco,oraed ne eaieni e
department may dTn proper
No pay win be made for trips performed and for
may deducted Deductions grade II per-
quenccs Of ihc Kind herein spcciae enlarged penaes
the thereof and the importance may
being ctnsernsd ID setting
up Or running an express conveying Intelligence in advance malt
g. Fines will be npocd delinquency promptly
satisfactorily explained by certificates Of aav
other credible persons failing time for ne
glectng to take the mail from deliver
lowing either TO the uhsuitbencss OF the
rying ~ to BIO injured destroyed robbed
sing after demand convey the mail frequently
Il concerned In running coach
The Postmaster General annu the repeated
ngreeably for violating
dsoyng the instructions Of the refusing discharge
carrier when required by the department to do
contract without the assent the Postmaster Gcnera
express as aforesaid or for transporting persons packages
ing mailahlo matter out OF the mail 4
8 bid received after tho Inst day and hour named without
required ny w cannot Do considered in competition with
regular proposal reasonable IN amount
he roue tne me yearly pay the name and residence Of
the bidder Chat his usual post Office address and those Of each
member o. h where company oilers should be distinctly stated
Altered BIDS should not be submitted should bids sub
lhs'ea % wanuIawn. III
aanid The bid and should b. ] na % SanSo M & os
as o Tha .e denar,naont ,sc no ,h, y, ,, III u. ,,
bidders n 80 ''A
hid should tn,