The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-14
BILL

following bill IN the U0lte0 States san
ate:
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the United
States Of America tn Congress assem-
6Led, That there shall be established,
built, operated, and carried on, in con
nection with the Postcm .e Department
of the United States Government, a
postal Geographic system, in the man
ner and by the means hereinafter in
this Acs mentioned and specified Such
postal Geographic system and the es-
t8blishmenJ, building. and operation
thereof shall be under the general con
troll and direction of the Postmaster
General OF the United States, and said
Postmaster General is hereby empO~
cred required Immediately upon the
passage Of a Act tt prescribe end
cause to be prepared plans and specl
fc atoms for the construction OF the
lines Of said postal telegraph, connect
ing the principal postofi2 as Of the
United States as hereinafter eDeCii d,
and such lines shall be tult ard put IL
oOaration in connection with said post
Offices az the carries practicable cate
Except az hereinafter provided, con
tracts for the building uf such lines OF
telegraph ard { = supplying the nec"s
sary instruments ard appliances eos
nacted Herewith snail be awarded 10
AID executed with The loweat r22p5n
sl0ie bidder or bidders. after such no
tlce, by advertisement, in the locality
IN which such work or construction l.
to be doDe, or IN which such ius5ru
ments and 8DplianC, S are to furnished.
90 shall bedcemad reasonable and sufti
Gent by the Postmaster General
Such notices, by advertisements. shall
describes generally the work to be done
and the instruments I appliances to
b. furnished, and shall be published
for not less than thirty days, nor fer
more than ninety days, III at least n
newspaper Of general circulation pub
IIShei at the place at which such work
OF construction IS TO be dOle or such
instruments or appliances furnished;
and If the york TO be done Consists OF
the construction OF a telegraph line Be
tween two cities, then suca notice shall
be published in at least one newspaper
OF general circulation published IN
each such terminal cities. IN all ad
varfisements for buds, aud in eli bids
f,r work or for appliances, and in ali
c,ntrac,s made for such work and sup
plies IL connection with Jna COu5rruC
ton AMI operation Of said postal Ceie-
graphic system It shall b. provided
that the wires. cables, i07ulat3rs. poles,
to 'ghs, i4srrum ,nts, id batteries
snail b # TIRE best material, reasonably
adapted IL every respect tor the high
est efficiency, and n, Inferior maucrlai,
Instruments. batteries, or work shall
b. accepted ur paid foc under any
tract made undsr the provisions Of Eh S
Act.
SEC , That the construction OF The
Telegraph lines provided for in Tbs
Az shall DE begun simultaneously, g.
hearty az DrGct c bic, al the following
places. manly: Portland, in the Safe
OF Maine; Seattle, in the State O
Washington; BJston, in the State Of
Massachusetts; Portland, in tie State
Oregon; New York, ii the State Of
Nsa York; Philadelphia, in the State
Of Pennsylvania; Baltimore, in the
State of Maryland; Washington, in the
District Of Columbia; RicbmoLd, in
the State Of Virginia; Raleigh, in the
State OF North Carolina; Charleston,
III the State OF South Carolina; Slvan
nah, in the Slate Of Georgia; Jackson
VILE, in the State Of Florida; Mobile, in
the State Of Alabama; New Orleans,
III the State OF louisiana; Galveston, IN
tire State of Tex2E; Cincinnati and
Cleveland, IN the State of Oaio; De-
trOIt, in the State of Michigan; chi
cagO, In the State of Illinois; Mtnne
ap lis, In the State of Minnesota;
Omaha, in the State OF Nebraska; St
L uls and Kansas City, in the S ate of
Missouri; Denver, in the Safe of Col
ortdO; Salt Lake City, in the State of
I an; Eureka, Sacramento. San Fcan
CISCO, Los Angeles, and San Diego, in
the State OF California; and the work
Of construction ehall continue with all
reasonable dispatch along the routes
eetrc ed by the Postmaster General
unGIl every town "a the UuItet States
o. four hundred inhabitants or more
On al hayo been connected by the tele-
or .phic wires Of the postal telegraph