Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-01-28

WASHINGTON, Jan. III, 1858.
The Post Office Department has just
completed its Quadrennial advertisement
for Mail contracts in the North West
bids for which will be received till April
and the Contracts let for four years from
July LIST. In the present condition of the
Treasury, and with the large deficit in the
receipts of the Department as compared
with its expenditures, it is difficult of
course to obtain any additional mail faciI-
tiles. But, having spent some time with
ting mail routes in the 9th District, and
having had some suggestions for improve
ment in the service adopted, l thought it
might be as well to give the proposed mail
contracts a free insertion in the Register,
its politics prohibiting it from obtaining
the official advertisement, which | need
scarcely say was neither expected nor asked
for.
The old Weekly mail route from South
Bend, via North Liberty, de-, to Mon on
Bradford Station on the n A. e. ). II. II. }
has been divided. 1t is now advertised as
follows:
South Bend, via SYMPTOMS Prairie
and North Liberty, to West York, Semi
Weekly.
Plymouth, via Yellow River, North
Ben |, Winamac, Pulaski, Buffalo and Fla
ver,ille to Monon Weekly.
Peru via Chill, Paw Paw, DC, to War
saw, tri- weekly.
Dr., D,.o,,,o So,,or.,t al y
to Marion, weekly.
Peru via Mexico. Perrysburgb, Five
Corners and Green Oak to Rochester week
ly.
LoganSporte via Blu, Grass, kcwana,
Bruces Lake AMI Aubbenaubbce to Vel
low River. week. Y.
The Daily mail from South Bent to Lo
gansport has been raced, the Department
having learn that the mail carried by it had
very much diminished. 1t is now advcr-
tiscd in two routes as Fri weekly, lcav-
ing Logansportc Monday Wednesday and
Friday evenings, reaching Plymouth at
night laying over there, and arriving at
South Bend next day at noon Returning.
leave South Bend at T. NJ Tuesdays;
Thursdays and Saturdays, laying over at
Plymouth. reaching Logansport Monday,
Wednesday and Friday night The routes
North and South of Plymouth are let sep
arately
Rensselaer, by Pleasant Grove and Da-
wilson to Francesvillc, weekly.
La Porte by Door Village and West
vile to Valparaiso, tri- weekly.
Michigan City by Waterford to La
Porte, tri-weekly. Bids for daily invi-
ted.
Plymouth by Sligo to Knox, week. y
Bids for semi-weekly United.
Knox by Toto and Bogus Run to San
Pierre, semi-weekly.
The Railroad service remains as at pres
emit
Where the Department has been induced
to invite bids for more frequent trips than
arc now run, it will depend upon how low
they are made whether they will he ac
ccptel trust those interested in in
increased mail facilities will see espe tally to
this
In a short time, persons desiring to com
pete for these routes will find, at all the
Post Offices, a book, containing full par
ticulars of the service on each days on which
the mails is to be carried, forms of bids,
dc. shall have few copies, which will
be sent to the first APPLICANTS for them;
but as these will not supply 1.-THE of all
who wish to bid, those desiring to become
mail contractors should obtain a paper
containing the official advertisement or rely
upon the copy which will be i'll the hands of
their T. Nj. ). {.