The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-19
CARRYING
THE MAILS
Bids Wanted for Service
In Honolulu.
THREE WAGONS NEEDED
Postmaster General Offers Oppor-
tunity to Hawaiians to Take
Contract.

Postmaster General Smith has adver- /
tised for bids in Honolulu for the car
rying of the United States mails be- |
tween the general postoffice and the /
various steamer docks and the railway |
depot The mails must be carried in
wagons especially constructed, painted !
and lettered according to designs fur
nished by the postoffice department.
Three sizes of wagons are advertised |
for No. / is to be a large wagon for
two horses. No. is medium sized
wagon for one or two horses, accord
ing to the condition of the streets, and
No is for one horse. The reason fol
having three wagons in service here is
on account of the uncertainty of the
amount of mail, owing to the length
of time between deliveries Of mail mat
ter by the steamers.
The bids must be in at the office of
the Superintendent of the Railway
Mail Service by December "a in order
that he can forward them to Washing
ton the next day by the Peking. They
must be in the hands of the postOffice
department by January 8.
! This service will go into effect on
May L. giving the contractor sufficient
time between the awarding of the con-
tracts and the date of the commence
ment of the service to get his wagons
ready.
The wagons are very neat in appear
lance. The roof of the top must be wa
terproof, the front and sides must be
covered with strong wire screens, with
Adjustable black waterproof curtains.
Panel doors protected by wire screens
} are to be placed in the rear of each
wagon. permitting the easy handling of
the mails.
According to the terms of the con-
tract the wagons must be new and are
to be kept at all times in condition
suitable for the proper performance of
the service. affording protection from
the depredations, inclement weather or
other injury. The postoffice department
( will allow no lettering on the wagons
except United States Mail" together
with an appropriate number.
The routes in the city to be covered
are as follows:
From the general postoffice to Oahu
Railway & Land Co., four trips daily,
ten minutes each Brewers dock. eight
minutes; Oceanic S. s. dock, eight min
utes; Inter-Island S. S. Co, nine min
utes; Wilder's s. S. Co, ten minutes;
Pacific Mail dock. twelve minutes.
The contractors will be required to
perform quick service between the rail-
way station and the steamship docks
and between the steamship docks and
the general postoffice. This will also
include the United States Naval dock
as we'll
The old wagon now in use by the de-
partment will be discontinued. Nc
mail will be allowed to be carried ex-
cept in the wagons contracted for, and
these will be kept securely locked while
in transit so that there is not the
slightest opportunity for mail bags to
be lost or stolen
With this service and with all the
improvements which have been added
to the office paraphernalia and the
coming free city delivery, Honolulu is
rapidly acquiring the metropolitan
aspect which Uncle Sans various pub
lie services give.
This city route will be known as No
4SO.OO1 for the period commencing May
1. 1901. and June 80. 1902 The bids
must be accompanied by bond OF
So 00O
Mr.. Carr has made all negotiations
Tor the carrying of Inter Island mails
and will forthwith submit his recon-
mendations to the Second Assistant
Postmaster General at Washington tc
arrange for the service according to the
federal regulations
! AS to railway mail clerks and clerk.
TO accompany the Island mail steamers
nothing has been done as to them Sc
far This service viii be established
later.
Ihe star routes for mail service il
7, Hawaii is now in the hands of the de
fartment at Washington and tn,
award will be made soon.