Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-07-19
DROP0sALs FOB NAIL STEAMSHIP sER-
VICE sEIMhEN SAN FRANCISCO, IA.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

wA-HINGroN, june 5, IS72
aud 4 he aS te Jane eiIs
entitled An act making appropriations for the
service 81 the Post Once Department for the year
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred AMI twenty.
thrte; when sections are II the words and figures
CSC. 3. And the Postmaster General is
hereby authorized to contract with the loves bid
der within three months after the passage of this
act after sixty days public notice, for term #
ten years from and after the first day Of October,
eighteen hundred aLc seventy three, for the cen.
VcyaEce Of an additional monthly mail ca the said
route at compensation not TO exceed the rate pr
voyage nov paid under the existing contracts aud
on the same conditions and limitations prescribed
b. existing acts ct Congress IL reference thereto,
and ne rec nsotlye Contracts made In pursuance
tbs section shall be required to carry the United
contracts, without additional charge on ali she
steamers they may run upon said line, or any part
Preridsd, Thai eli steamships hereafter accepted
Tor saIi service shall Lot &c less Than four thous
and tons register ach, and shah be- bnilt Of iron and
with their engines anc machinery shall be wholly Of
American construction, and sha he 80 constructed
ast3 o. fesily adapted 70 the armed naval serN ice
OF the United States m Of ,anl before accept
sI Inc I ~, 9s S2em they SIe inspected shall
master General whether this condition has been
complied with: PTOridsd, That ia all cases the on
ceIs OF the 81 employed in the service herein pro-
Nided Tor shall . citizens of the United States aud
that persons II foreign birth, who have according 10
lsN eecAIed thelT lhtthtloE 10 become Cit 1eI sof
tn United states, may be emP!u Yed though tney
81 any act specified in the act of J une tW.r-
~ eight. eighteen hundred and siKtyfOur, aud the
TF ht in Of war take for the u the United
States Of the steamers II aid line aud In slch
rtJea. The price paid shall ia 10 case exceed the
orig nal cosS Of the vessel taken aud this prsyi
eTs OF the Brazilian tine hereinafter provided for
- Sec o. 1Eat Il the contract for the increase Of
and Japan 10 semi monthly service shall be made
with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, or shall
be performed in the said compsny ships, or the
ships OF lts successors interest, moneys pay
able under such contract ball b. paid whia the sad
Q is IN int
and run the line Of steamships the trsnsporta-
ton o. ireght aud passengers At present rup be
nus Of Panama, By the said Pacific Nal STEAMSHIPS
company ana no Logger: PTorilsf. That sAiI re
gGrement shall IA ali poets apply 70 any party
contracting Tor The NAL service betT San FTA.-
Csc ans China and Jspan as wei a. 10 the Psoifc
HAL Steamship Company"
PROPOSALS
VIII be receive at the Post Office Department, "a
Tie city u Washington, until 3 O'Clock . m. on
MONDAY, the 18th day of August, 1872, for con
Yeying the ais Ot tie United States. by means u
an add itioIsl monthly line Of hrst class American
tons register each, and OF sufficient number 10 per
form ~ I've ESnnd TIPS Per annum. b,tween the
tChius,l touching 81 Yokohama, tJapan,l with >
main lire between Yokohama snd shanghai, Chi
La, FOR contract term Of ten years from ant after
the hrst de! Of October, eighteen hundred and sew
Each bid should name the time proposn4 90 be &C.
cuped in performing the passages each way, iu-
Guiding stoppsges NJ intermediate ports; aad also
The ieHg Of lhe 81 Ppages a. each Of the inferno
s.,
proposed days and hours Of departure from each
port, as well as the proposed days and hours q
arrival, should also accompany each bid. The de-
partures must be arranged as to alternate al
equal and gglaT intervals with those of the Sres-
ent monthly line during its continuance, forming
regular semi monthly service in connection there
with; such schedules. however 20 be subject To me
approval Of the Postmaster General, asd 90 ADJUST.
meDt alteration by his order from tina 10 time
az the Interests OF the postal service may require
The steGms!ps offered for the service must be
American buiit steamships of the FIRST class ia All
respects conforming TO the requirements Of the laws
authorizing che service. aud bef acceptance they
viii be subject 10 iilsxection aud survey kv An exn
renced naH al constructor 10 be detailed for that
purposeby the Secretary OF the Navy.
PrgH DsAls must conform ia 81 particulars to the
provisions and requirements Of the acts of Congress
approved February u. ISIS, and February i. 1857,
ard Of sections and Of the above cited act Of june
factory testimonials that the bidder or bidlers and
their suarautors, are men II property and abund-
aDtly able to mske good their tender and guarantee
The BIDDER or biddsrs must be an American c.ti-
The bidder 5 name aud residence. and the name Of
each snlbel Of tie ann, when partnership Offers,
sho1ld be distinctly stated Ii made By corporation
the bid must be accompanied 6y duly authenti-
and a list If Officers and directors.
All bids exceeding the Of five Thousand dollars
pay abls to the order OF the Postmaster General,
upon soiae solvent national bank, az not less than
posed in such bid or bds such check or draft q be
subject 70 all the conditions and provisions of exist
ing laws W respect to forfetures.
Any assignment or tranefer Of an ocean mail con-
tract is expressly forbidden by law. Such assign
ments OF transfers are null aud void, and the Post
tract in case Of its being urderlet or assigned.
Proposals. should lie sent under seal 10 - The
Mail Proposais sssn a,,d CHA h me So %9sds
written the fsce Of the address, and they should
Eth day Of August nexi, which viii be the last day
for receiving proposals under tbs sdyeg,senent.
je7-fsw Postmaster General