The national Republican., 1867-05-01
pROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS. FOR MAIL STEAM.
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| POST oFFIcH DupAuTMHHT,
. Ir wAsnIHeror, March 10, 1889.
In accordance with the Proylsions o. the act Of
Congress approved March 2, 1857, which IL in the
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steamship service between the Uhitsd States and
the Hawhiitn Islands.
ssniatfpss oJ ths 0naei Staies Of Ansrfca In Con-
oress assembled, That the Postmaster General be,
and he IL hereby authorised TO invite proposals, By
one OF more nsw,pspers published in the cities Of
washington, New York, Boston, and San Francisco,
respectively, for mail stsamship services betvesn the
por, o. Honoiulu, In the Hawaiian Islands, By mean,
o. monthly lioe Of hrst-eass American sea going
steamships % be Of not less than Thousand tons
Bovernmeh msasurement, each, and Of sufhcient
lumbar to perform twelve round trips Per .nnun
eeswssn ,sd Ports and Y contrast with ths loves.
steamship Of said ME shall sspsr, from The port
81 San Francisco with the mails for the Hawaiin
which shall .mopni 10 mora than seventy Ave thou.
sand dollsrs for the twelve round trips per annum
nor unless the same Be- from citizen or citiiens OF
the United States, and accompanied BY hh offer %
good and suleient suress talso oiurens Of ths Uni
tsd statss for the fsithful performance Of such
trsst: And provided further That before the accept
srl for The sah service they shall be subject TO IA
atruetOr to Be detailed for thai purpos. By the sse
M Postms sstsr oeasiai. "
sac 4 And bs Il arthsr enacted, That any con.
Sndsr % he suiSorty of III. sut .ss 20 nto eject
or before the hrst day Of January, hundred
and sixty eight, and shall In addition 70 the usual
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have transported, free Of expense on each
and every steamer, mail agent TO ,ate charge Of
semmodaiiops for that pnIposs shall be assgned;
that IN case q failure from sny e,use 70 Psrfcrn
contract, pro rata deduction may be made from
the compensation account Of such omitted voyage
or voyages that suitable hnes and penalties may be
inpo.sdfOr ds.ys and !r,sGularies Ia the perform;
shall have the power al any time 10 dstermins the
eontrae In ease Of s bsipg underist or assigned to
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VIII be received at the Posi- once Department, In
WspNsspAY the iS.S ssy of Juiy tor e. eon1.y
ing the mails Of the Unitsd States, by means Of q
monthly line Of nrst class American going steam
ships TO be OF not less than one thousand tons Gov
srnmsnt measurement each, and Of an Client lumber
70 perform twelve round trips per Annum, between
the port Of San frsnsseo, In the United states and
tlls port Of Honolulu, In the Hawaiian Islands, for
contract term Of not than ten years, to begin
from the day the nrtt steamship ofth aAid line shall
leave the port Of sAu Francisco with the malls for the
Bach bid Ahould name the time proposed 10 be Os.
ouplsd In performing the passage each way between
San franeiseo and Honolulu and schedule Of sailing
from and arrival at zach port should also accom-
psny each bid such schedule, however, to be sub.
Get to the approval Of the Postmaster General aud
10 alteration BY his order, from time to time, the
iatsrests Of the postal service may require.
The steamships offered for the service must be
American steamshps Of the hrs class In all respects
and before acceptance will be subject to inspection
and survey by experienced naval constructor, to
be detailed for that purpose by the Secretary Of the
Navy.
Proposals must conform In all particulars to the
provisions and requirements Of the Aforesaid act Ap
proved March 2 1887, and must be properly guar.a-
tsed with satisfactory testimonials, that the bidder
bidders and their guarantors are mln Of property
and Abundsntly able TO make good their tender and
guarantss. The bidder's name and residsnce, and
ths name Of each member Of the arm whom com.
psny ofers should be distinctly stated In the propo
sails II an Incorporated company, copy Of the char
ter Of incorporation must also be ANNEXED to the bid
Proposals should be sent, scaled under cover, to
the address Of the 'PostmAstsr General, Washing
ton, D. o. supsrseribed ,'PoRRIas DEsH," with
the words Nail Proposals. Foreign Mails written
tho fIee Of the address and they should be dis
patched In time to be received at this Department on
or before the 10Th day Of July, 1857 which will be
the last day for receiving PROPOSAL. under ths dver
tissment. ALEX. w. RANDALL,
mhX'wot Postmastsr General,