Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-16
4 Formal Notice OF the Posionlce De.
partment Inviting Proposals
for Lettings.
a vERy LInGrny SCHEDULE or
ROUTES.
American Mail To Foreign Countries
10 no Carried In American
Vessels.
ny Telegraph to tho Nswsf
AMERICAN MAIL.
Proposals In,iied for American Com.
psui-- to Garry %.

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WAsniNuToN, July IA formal
notice Of tho postoiilce department in
wiling proposals. for ocean mail lettings
was Issued today. II cites tho act ~
March ~. 1891 aud Il unusually ex.
plicll, because the act OF Congress re-.
puircs that the advertising " the route
must set u forth In ull and all
the details Of time, trips, etc. The law
requires the inaerilon Of the advertise.
mont In at least two daily paper. Of
fourteen of this principal citius, hut no
appropriation was made for advcrtis-
Ing, ~ tho postmaster general N hamp.
cred by the small appropriation made
annually 10 cover the ordinary adver.
Using OF the department.
The conditions u the bids, claaslnca-
ton " the vessels and the Instructions
10 bidders are not made part Of the nd.
vcriisemout, hut are TO be had on sp.
plicaiinn. The schedule OF route IL
very lengthy.
Proposals ARE Invited from steamship
companies for carrying the American
mails TO foreign countries In vessels Of
American build or construction, ana
~ the highest speed In their classes,
over routes infinitely described. The
/ advertisement IN the result " three
months Of conference at the depart.
ment.
In tho fiscal year ended June 80,
| 1870, lust 40 Couts were earned by
/ American ships Ia carrying United
States malls TO Europe. Daring the
same period there was paid 20 foreign
ships si,3D1,GGS for conveying malls
from the United States TO Europe.
The Postmaster. General seeks by adj.
vcTtiscmout 10 change this unfavorahlo
showing by putting a first class rapid
weekly erTvlce on the two transatlantic
routes, one 10 Great Britain direct and
tho other to u continental port. lie
seeks, also, hy similar means 10 cxpo-
tlito nud make more frequent and 70.
liable the malls 10 Central and South
American ports, and 10 Australia aud
Asia. Details Of these arrangements
appear ~ the advertisement.
COmpcndiously stated, the American
ports, from which the service II pro-
posted 10 start, are Boston, New YORK,
Philadelphia. Baltimore, Newport
News, Norfolk, Port Tampa with
service from Mobilc), New Orleans,
Galveston, San Francisco, Seattle, and
Tacoma. Absolutely new service for
American ships Il invited for trans
Atlantic lines from New York, Boston
aud baltimore, "a line 20 BuenOs AyTes
from New York aud one from Phila.
delphia, n line from Port Tampa to
Venezuela and the east coast Of South
, America. A linz 10 same ports as pro-
Jrctcd from New Orleans and GAlve-
rtOn, aud new lines from Aspinwali,
: calling ut ports ON tho north coast OF
Central America and ports Of tho
Spanish main n nuw linc from the l'Aci-
Ne coast from san francisco toe hilcand
~ the west coast Of South America IL
: proposed, aud new line from Seattle
aud Tacoma 10 China aud Japan; also
. n new limo from San Francisco 10 Mel.
! bourne.
Provision has been made to seCur,
quicker service, reducing the time by
Unc.iOurth to Panama aud as much NJ
six days between Panama and San
Francisco. Seryic. between New
York md Brazil " 10 DO reduced IL
! nineteen days, instead u twenty-five
anI upwards, NJ now. This new
service, In connection with the en-
lArgcment 81 the old, will require the
building of n number Of ships, with All
aggvgst. tonnage OF 10000 tons and
at probable cost Of from 81, 000, 900 Il
s3O,00O,00O. II Is hoped other line,
| lItIttfA WIN w lhNlA'i W wv HNlil
further investment Of capital.
Newport News or Norfolk has boor
D chosen NJ the best point for the uppel
= southern coast. and Port Tampa start
r ing nj Mobile, New Orleans or Calves
toni rs the best ports for the lowe
, southern coast. While u small part o
. tho service can be put on Immediately
o It will require the whole term Of thre,
. years u put on many Oitho large ships
3. Three. years IL the limit prescribed by
1 the law. The most Important require
ments are that only American bull
steamships, conducted after the lates
types and with all modern appliances
q shall he employed; they mustbu owne'
, aud oillccred by American citizens, AM
!. their crews must contain u certain pro
;. portion ~ American citizens. Tn
g use VI these steamers as government
a transports or cruisers upon the pay
! ment 10 tho owners Of the fair actua
value OF the same, IN stipulated. Pm
o posals viii be received until : o'clocl
o October %, 1904. Tho contracts ar
a for ten Year..