Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-09-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
BLECTRIC TELEGRAPH. BETWEEN. THE
- ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC STATEA
TnIAsuRY D.aAnrMnNr, July 10, 10,

TREASURY DIaARrMsNr, July 10, isos
Proposals viii BE- Ieceived at this Department
until ne tenth Gay 81 september next pursuant to
AN ACT to f.cilits.s coins,anication between the
ssasis ssasts ssd Hoa 81 ksseP
sentaticss Of ths United States Of AmsreG N Cen-
under the drectlon Of the Piesid emf Of sSe
United States, is hereby authorized and directed
@ Of th % .e sSa Ss
fulflmsnt Of which shall te guaranteed by respoa-
trsots, for the nse BY the Governme1t OF line or
IN ns .S Of tSss BE
en- hundred and sixty, from some point or pSinis
on the vest line Of tie State q Missouri D say
other cities in the Atlantic. Southern. and Wss-
tern st "a % the city OF san francisco in the
shall the contract to the lowest n rssspossSe
bidder or bidders, provided such prefer does not
Cd s% ss Has
10 hereby granted to the said parties to whom said
od ne S the sS
term, such unoccupied pubic lands of the United
and nj
repairs along said line, rot exceeding at any station
exceed one in fifteen miles on an average ofthe
whole distance, unless SAID land, shall be required
road or other purposes, and provided tn no right
e Pre- empt any Of said lands under the laws Of the
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actual operation and payments hereunder shall
osase Whenever the cont actors fail to comply with
be entitled TO priority the ofthe line lines.
ana shall have the privilege, when authorized by
win say mIIIssIy posts Of the United sssts:, and
to use the same for Cover 0m ent purposes: And
i,nd ins or nes With the mllitsr, posts Of the
contract, on P;ymgsnt Of the regular charge: FOR
That saon Charges shall not s1oeed thres dosf:
for q single dispatch of ten words, With the usual
sfsstsr length, provided that nothing SsTeln con-
aimed shall confer upon the said parties AM, sx-
60. Or dear the sovsrn%ens d Inc unitsd sIste.
from graphing, from time to time, similar fran
Sec l"d BE- i fnrtke1 snaeisd, Th.. the said
contractors, or their assign, shall have the right
ritolle. ofthe United States, branch line, 80 as to
ha scs ,n .h. rr hv ns or lines with and
for said line or lnes under, over any unapprO-
any roats or fouss WHICH h tb ss sd eon
tractors may select with the free use during the
Is be .
along o sad line or Lines: not s1Seedng At any sta
to exceed in fifteen miles on an average Of the
xnole DISTANCE; b1t should any Of said quarter
Isilrosd purposes, the said Contractors shall re-
the e, muo Is be
fsnd for like USE in ITS stea Oh ea u"i '"oon'
Of The sd If
the business done for the Government as herein,
sssisns, shall at the ordinary rats Of charges or
.is messsasss exceed the price coptracted to
~ shall, upon said accounts being duly authenti
csss Gs5s The Of SUCH
e any time, free of COST TO the Coast survey the
Smthsonlan InstIt9tion, and the National Ob.er
vatory, Tor scientific purposes: And proc.dsd fur
th.r. hat messas received from any individuiI,
Sompsny, or Corporation, or from any telegraph
mini, shall be impartialIy transmitted in the order
OF their the &sosptOn excepting that the dispatches
yidsd Jxv'heT, That Congress- shall at any time
Approved June Is, 1850.
| The lowest offer for the use of such telegraph.
Tor the public service, will be aoce pied, provided
the terms and o2nd,tlons the sot shall
conformity with the nth section Of the act Of july
the line or lines shall be comp etsd Within the time
presorioed, and that the guarantor shall then
IF the to fs for the
under said act, al the offered In the proposals
and ' promiss that the sse s sease
june ss G the Ing 'o Or
lines OF magnetic telegraph shall be comp sted and
act and that we viii then sxeeu he With !a bs
| parties slgnIng the within proposals an obliga-
| lon 70 tho United States in due form, IS sure
| possls." III 'a'n p'o-
| Dated At
| The above guarantee must be accompanied with
the oeftHcats OF United States DISTRICT attorny
or DISTRICT judge. stating that h. is acquainted with
each OF the persons signing the guarantees, and
knows them to be men OF sufficient property to
make good the above guarantee "
a., The Proposals. and ggsIant must be sealed up
Washington, D. :" and endorsed up roposa1s ~,
fscino tr.egIaPh" HOWELL COBB,
~ III zawh'W&S. Secretary of the Treasury,
279 ,PPoIENrINI, 0O6
S.l0 Z lila SITS. CONNECTIONS. Wsii.,I, 80,