Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-05-15
OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE TO
~ CALIFORNIA
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, April 20, II

POsr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, April 20, 1887.
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Department for the fiscal year ending 3lth June,
Sec. 10. That the Postmaster General be and he
10 hereby authorized to contract for the conveyance
OF the entire letter mail from such point on the Ms
at a cost not exceeding three hundred Thousand
aDd thousand ID dosTs for Weekly or SIX hnn
dred thousand dollars for seml-weekly service to be
at the option Of the Postmaster General.
Sec IL. That the contract shall require the ser
or spring wagons, suitable for the oonveyance Of pas
sengers as well as the safety and security Of the
:" Sec. IL. That the contractor shall have the right
OF empion to three hundred and twenty acres Of
any land not then disposed of reserved, at each
point necessary for station, not to be nearer than
ten miles sSa each &c s smd that
Sec. IS. That the said service shall be performed
gha days for each trR and that be-
General shall be satisfied of the ability, and DISPOSE
ton oithe pa5tss bonaeds and il good faith to per
the service to commence within twelve months after
Proposals will accordingly be received a. the Con
tract Office of the Post Office Department until p.
under the provisions Of the above act.
Besides the starting point the Mississippi river,
bidders will name the intermediate points proposed
to be embraced in the route and otherwise designate
ITS course as nearly as practicable.
Separate proposals invited for semi monthly
weekly, and semi -,ceekiy trips each way.
The decision upon the proposals offered will be
made after the Postmaster General shall be satisfied
of the ability and disposition of the parties good
faith to perform the contract.
A guarantee Is to he executed with good and suf-
hcent suretles, that the contract shall be executed
with Ike good security, whenever the contractor or
ontactors shall be required to do so by the Post
master General, and the service must commence
within twelve months aterthe date of such contract.
Form Of PROPOSAL.
-, OIL county Of, state OF -, propose
to convey the entire letter mail for the term of six
years. from the date specified in the contract for
commencing service, from -, on the Mississippi
river, by, to San Francisco, California, agreeabfy
to the advertisement of the Postmaster General of
the 2th April, 1857, in good fourhorse coaches or
spring wagons. suitable for the conveyance Of pas
sengers, as well the safety and security of the
Of dollars weekly. each way, for the annual sum
Of dollars; Senlt-IceekLy, each way, for the an
nuai sum Of - dollars.
Dated. (Signed.)
Form Of Guarantee.
The undersigned, residing at 49,, State Of, IN
dertake that if the foregoing bid for carrying the
mail on the route from on the Mississippi rive err,
to San Francisco. California be accepted by the
by the Postmaster General enter into the necessary
obligation to perform the service proposed with good
and sufficient sureties.
This ICE do understanding distinctly the obIiga-
The 27th section of the act Of Congress OF July 2
1856.
Dated. (Signed by two guarantors.)
The Undersigned, postmaster Of, State Of
-, certifes, under his oath of office, that he is
acquainted with the above guarantors, and knows
them to be men Of property, and able to make good
their guarantee.
Dated. (Signed.)