The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-27
OCEAN MAIL SERVICE.
The First Contracts Awarded Under Il
New Lnw-iimount OF tho Subsidies,

The First Contracts Awarded Under the
New Lnw-imount OF tho Subsidies.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Oct. o6.-This
afternoon Postmaster General Wanama.
ker opened proposals for supplying the
proposed increase in the ocean mail ser.
vice under the act OF March 3, 1891.
Twelve bids were received, no two Of
them, however, we're for the same ser.
vice. The first bid was No. 13 OF the
schedule.
From Newport News to Rio, Brazil,
by st. Thomas, Martinique, Barbados,
Para, Pcrnambuco and Bahia. Twenty.
six trips per year. Bidder was the
United States and Brazil Mail Steam.
ship Company, the compensation asked
being 81 per mile for vessels OF the third
class and GGS cents per mile ior vessels
oil the fourth class.
The second bid was No. 1, OF the
schedule from Boston to Liverpool by
Queenstown. Once week, iiity-two
trips per year, in vessels OF the first
class. The bidder was the Columbia
Safety Steamship company, bid 81 per
mile.
The third bid was No. 81, OF schedule
from San Francisco to Panama, touch
ing twice each month, going and re.
turning, at the following ports: San
Diego, California, Mazatlan, San Bias,
Mansanillo. Port Angel, San Jose, Libcr.
tad, San Juan and Punta Aransas. The
bidder was the Pacific Mail Steamship
company, at GGS cents per milo for YES.
sells OF the fourth class and 81 per mile
for vessels OF the thHd class.
The next bid was No. -, OF theschcd-
ule. From New York to Colon, SO trims
per year. The bidder was the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, ut 81 per
mile.
Tho next bid was No. ~. From San
Francisco to Hong Kong, by Yokohama,
once in every 2S days-l3 trips per year
in vessels OF tho third-class. Bidder
was the Pacific Mail Steamship Com.
pany, at 81 per mile for vessels OF the
third.class and 50 for vessels OF the Sec
ond-class.
The next bid was No. 90. From New
Orleans to Colon, touching (going and
returning) at Grcytown and Blue Fields,
Mica raugua, Port Limon, Costa Rica
once in two weeks, % trips per year,
vessels OF the third.class. Bidder was
the Pacific Mall Steamship, at G2c per
mile for vessels OF the thlrd.class.
The other bids were: Schedule No.
IS, from Galveston to I.aguay. Bidder
Tohn n Flnri. rt., mn, nil,
Schedule No. II, from New York to
Bucnos Ayres, Argentine. Bidder Wm.
Ii. Hughes, OF New York, 50 per mile.
Schedule No. 35, from New York to
Santiago dc Cuba, by Nassau. Bidder
New York and Cuba Mail Steamship
Company at 66S per mile.
Schedule No. 35, from New York to
Havana, once each week. Bidder, The
New York and Cuba Mail Steamship
Company, at 81 per mile.
Schedule No. 81, from New York to
Tuxpan, Mexico, by Havana and Tam.
pico. Bidder, New York and Cuba Mail
Steamship Company at 81 per mile.
BY the bids received at the Pos.Onice
Department to-day for ocean mail let
tings for service upon the lines now per.
forming service, the time averages upon
the various routes is reduced in amounts
varying from 10 to so per cent,
This, OF course neccssita.es addi.
tional ships, and including thu
four new routes proposed for, il
would seem that there must be not less
than seventeen ships built Mt cost o.
not less than Sli, ,000, 900. ii all the bids
are accepted the amountof subsidy re
quircd will be about one million and {