Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-28
DR0POsALs FOR MAIL BAGS.

PosT OFrICE DEPARTMENT,
srALrn rnoros AIS will he r:ssivs fSsi' =. T. .bs ls
partment uutii nine O'Clock M. the 2Ist day OF
hgra1 aar nsEt * FOR four years the
v.e. Mail Bags Of The following description S 'e to
,LEAiHER MAIL. POUCHES
sssth h and say eight inches in
Vi anS qr,s forty m I9shss in length
and forty two inchas in circumference
~ szs s ,,,, No rasurin thirty inohes IN leng.h
Cf size No. 5, measuring tErnty six inchcs in
length and twenty egEs Inches In cireamfer. ::.
The body Of these pouc aes is to bc r,.aa Of vood
M sDa Substantial bag leather. well tanned xeix Jog
seven ounces TO The square foot the bottom (of
aasar s aaG Ss o" b BE-
strongly secured with the best icon rivets, well
LEATHER HORSE MAIL BAGS,
tssddle bags form.J
OF ae No IN z inches s bs bs
widest psrts ends OF Sotons ssins foss M
Of sis" No 2 me ssurinx forty five inche in length
and eigi .een inches in Eidt " t1s widest parts
the ends or bottoms be ing twelve by twenty
@fssssi" .s 9ehss s. sD1sh
the ends or bottoms hcing ten by t~enty inches.
til 1ss sss ' to e. Cd zvsnx sna no ss
aa 4ss to 1 w. h
if iveted, 10 be so dane as not to chsie horse OF
'd''' CANVASS MAIL SACKS.
OF size No. I, measuring forty three inches in
leagth and sixty two inches in circumference.
and and fortz eight inches chs sGa's in @ a.
or size No. 3, measuring thirty-two inches in
length ard thirty eight inches in circumfer-
Tie sacks of sizes numbered aud are To be made
upon whish n su4icient humber OF eyslet hoIss-at
least ten to the former and eight to the lst.er.are
with good aud su fiicent hemp cord to Lace and tie
h AZ sTs to b snc sna as tns
In view OF tho prcsen. scarcity snd high price of
The cotton duck rnnyass of which the mail sacks
have hitherto been made, it is daemed mex pedient
to limit the proposed mat.ri. Of such sacks to cot
quality ef material to be oersd bidders are there
fore invited to 81 smt spssin"a mail sacks made
h.sxipg or Of amy material posse essing TsS1lste
i an snnomic.l saSssitus. for eo,son canvass and
the Postmaster Genersl will make such selection
with the bids, the most advantageous to the De
Proposals for improvement nts In the form eon-
sruction, we'll ss in the materiss. OF any of the
shove de.e bed bags and pouches are invited. And
we'll a. price 81 any 80 Il mp
will De considered in determining the lowest And
W-HM sriicIes contracted for are 70 be delivered
as the sxpsn. Of The e9ns}scsor II Bosto As ca
h sas ehis and Pitssburs. Pennsyi1Hnia; Bal anore,
Ssio
times a. the Department may order, And they are
spsct, 10 the specimens adopted a. the standard
f. proposA. should specify the price of each ar
No propoa.i viii DO considered II not pani ed
with specimens Piles of each article bio for,
showing the cohsrnction, size and Quality OF ma,
written guarantee from The psraons proposed as
the postmaster OF the place Where they reside that
for the due perform ance OF the contract, in case
such proposal be accepted;
this De pa rtment before the 2ist day of April
Bext, and thos. which shall have accom- inied the
s4s Rls4Hs'A' form the ''',s 'as contracts TO 0s
distinctly marhed with the number denotins its
SIZE, and have Aft Ied TO il sample of materials
nesther or canvas! sad ofsscs ~ it hd9s i made
with safety and convenience, be used in the mail
service win be paid for at the prices specified in tile
A decision on the bids viii be sde or bsfort
the 9th Cay of May next; and the accep ed bidder
ith sufficient bond and sursties, on befofe the
23d DAY Of june, 1853.
The aysTaxe number Of mail aga annually re-
| GO IN all pouches
6iH horse mail bags: and
! 25,Hsrcany8ss mail sacks,
But the Postmaster General will reserve the righ
| TO order more less mail bags of the kinds abov
described to he furnished and received the want
and interest OF the service may seem to him to de
maj d curing the term for which the contracts ar
The proposals sb ould be transmitted in Sc Ale,
envelope, endorsed "Proposats tor Mail Bags " ant
be adtret sed 10 the L. stmaeter General washing
ton, b. q. BLa
Ia 2i-wHw PostmRSter General.
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