Evening star., 1863-04-03
PROPOSALS FOR MAIL BAGS.
POsT OFFICE DEPARTMENT.


January IL, 1861
SEALED PROPOSALS win be received At this De.
April next, fr fu rnsh hing for -four years froa the
lst day OF July 1853 in such Quantities and at such
vice, Mail Bags of the following description, to
LEATHER MAIL POUCHES
OF size No. |, measuri ing forty eight inches in
length and sixty inches 10 circumference
and forty eight inches in ci cumference
OF size No, measuring thirty six inches in length
Of size No. 4, measuring thirty inches in length
nc and an, thirty M six inches in circumference. :,
VI size No. ;. measuring twenty six inches IN
The body of these p uches is to be made of good
and substantial bag leather vel! tanned weighing
for sizes numbered | and not less than eight
Ieyen ounces to the square foot the bottom tof
circular CIRCULAR form and the !" be Of good sSirting
strongly secured with the best iron riyets, well
LEATHER HORSE MAIL BAGS,
SADDLE bags forin.l
OF size No J. measuring forty eight inches in
length and twenty one inches in width at the
wiuest parts the ends or bottoms bang four
Of tee ter by swens, slx inshss ftx
and eighteen inches i'll wild al the widest parts;
the ends or bottoms being twelve By twenty
OF size No ), Measuring fort! two inches in ength
ana nsars II width M 1T I'll the widsst part
The Sc bags are to os made of good and sn hstsu-
TIA tai esg leather, well tanned, weighing not less
than seven ounces to the square foot the seams to
be securely formed and well and gy sewet, or
iveted, to be SO done as not to chafe horse
CANVASS MAIL SACKS.
VI h.ae n, 10 n,easnring iorty IhIee inches IN
VI SIZE no 2, meas'.in ing forty inches in length
OF sr No. ssh1 sasrn aanF N in
irnsth and thirty eight inches in circumfer
The sacks of sizes numbered and are to be made
with ao;ing Or hem At the top, two inches wide,
upon which a sufficient number of feyrlnt h0les--at
q ~ tt.r-
l. ', si2nsht Snn they are each TO be provli
III, N thoroughly. Al are to IL marked lin inse N ana
outside u. 5 Mail in large distinct and durable
IN view of the present scarcity and high price of
the Gotten duck or canvass II which the mali SACKS
10 uit the prol mat4ri Of such SACKS t, cot
ton alone or 70 pleser be STANDARD "a to kin
quality Of material to he offered. BIDDERS there
fore invited to submit specimen mail sacks. made
o cotton, tax, hemp, or jnte canvass, or duui-a
an eo"noniical substftui" for cotton canvass, and
the Postmaster General viii make such selection
thtreirom rs hn my deem to b., in c0nn"xou
VITA the BIDS, Inc most advantageous to the De-
Proposals for improvements in the form or con-
ruciOI a we'll aS III the materials, of any 1t the
above desc -ibed bags ant pouches are invited And
the relative price and ala to the service As
well as specified price Of any su n Hprnvemcnts
VIII he consldecsd IL determining the lowest AMI
~ All articles contracted for ar to be delivered
at the exre,u Of the CONTRACTOR IL Bos,ol ! Ma ~
chusetts, New York and Albany, New York; Phi
ad phia and Pittshnrs, fennsyi yanis; Bal tnore
lucky Cincnnati, Ohio; St. Loais, Missouri AMI
Chicago. Illinois N suci quantities and at such
to be rigds inspected before delivery, ana noI .
are to be received which interior. in any
spect, to the specimens adopted "a the STANDARD
The proposals should specify the price of each ar
toe proposed to be fu rnished
No proposal will be .sdrred if not accom- ,nird
with specimens or samples of each article bid for,
show ing the Construction. size aud quality of ma
Dflprpi a
written guarantee from thr persons proposed IA
sureties. twhose responsible ity M st be certified by
the postmaster OF the place whore they resid. that
they = Ill become responsible, on sufficient sond,
Tor the due per.urna aAce II TIE contract, in case
such oposal be accepted.
The specimens samples must b. delivered at
this Department before the 2ist day of April
next, and thns. which shalt have accomp ln led the
cceptei proposals will, in ,onnexlon with such
rsPoSa'a sdPs for" the basis Of the contracts to be
Every specimen submitted should he vel, and
distinctly marked with the number denoting its
we, and have affixed TO il sample of the materials
tleather or canvass ofwhica 1t is made.
Ali specimt ms deposited by bidders which can,
with safety and convenience, he used in tne mail
service will be paid for at the prices specified in the
proposals relating to the same.
"A decision on the bids will be made on or before
the 9th day of May next; and the accep ed bidder
or bidders Will be required to enter into contract,
With sufficient bond and sureties, on or before the
25d day of June, 1858.
The average nur,tAr "f mail ags annually re-
quired win probably not exceed the following es-
Inmates, to-wit
GN horse mail bags: and
% ,stG canvass mail sacks,
But the Postmaster General will reserve the right
to order more less mail bags of the kinds above
described I" BE- furnished and received the wants
and interest OF the service may to him to de-
maj d, during the term for which the contracts
The proposals should be transmitted in a Sc sled
envelope, endorsed Proposals for Mail Bags and
ton, D. c. N. BLaIR.
ia 2l-wlGw Postmaiter General.