Evening star., 1902-08-15
Bids Opened at the Post
Office Department.
NO AWARDS AT PRESENT
PROPOSALS EXCEED THE APPRo-
PRIATI0N.
Congress Allowed Only $500, ooo-Ad
justment Among the Different
Cities Necessary.

Bids were opened today by the acting
Postmaster General for the rental of pneu-
matte tube service in Boston. New York,
Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Washington, Chi
cago and st. Louis, several of the bidders
or their representatives being present. The
bids greatly exceed the appropriation of
$5O0,OW granted by Congress to be used
for this purpose for the fiscal year 1909.
1t was announced after the opening that
no awards would be made at present, as it
will be necessary to make some adjustment
among the different cities in order TO come
within the appropriation. Following are
the bids:
Eastern Cities.
Bostor-Pneumatic Tube Company. route
No. 1. s37,624 per annum, or S23.51 per
mile; route No. 3, SS7.36O or $4,000 per
mile.
New York city-New York Mail and
Newspaper Transportation Company. route
No. I, S439,500 per annum, or sl6,T T99 per
mile.
Brooklyn-New York Mail and Newspaper
Transportation Company, SIS, l36 or SIG, I99
per mile
elpha-Pneumatic Transit Com
pany, route No. 4, s129.9l4. or $1,000 per
mile; American Pneumatic Service Com
pany Of Boston. $2S,274 per annum, or
s2l 100 per mile; s6SOl9 per annum, or
$4,000 per mile: s104,0s5. or 800 per
mile; s115,924, sl3.5U per mile; s13O. 4J0,
or $4,000 per mile, on routes l to 6, re-
spectively.
Washington.
American Pneumatic Service Company.
route No 1, 1O-inch line, s22 100 per annum
or s15.90O per mile; S-inch line s24.IS6 per
annum or s17.40O per mile: route No. =, 10
inch line, s31, $50 per annum or SIG 800 per
mil 81 - ila
Bachelor Pneumatic Company, route No.
l. $4,000 per annum or 1921 per mile.
Chicago.
Chicago Pneumatic Service Company.
route No. 3. sl53, ,564 per annum or SIG. $50
per mile; route No. 4. sl04,65s per annum
or s16,990 per mile; route No. l. S155 900 per
annum or s16,750 per mile; route No. 10,
s160.197 per annum or SIG $50 per mile.
The Illinois Pneumatic Service Company,
bidding on all the routes, submits the fol-
lowing: Eight-inch. $50. 324 per annum or
$20,216 per mile; 10-inch. S29. 100 per annum
or Sl9, 400 per mile; S-inch, S4S,02o per an
mum or $4,000 per mile; 10-inch. $40, ,I35 per
annum or $4,000 per mile: S-inch, S141 6S5
per annum or S16,4I5 per mile; 10-inch,
Sl3O.o4S per annum or $15, $50 per mile; s.
inch. $10O.S60 per annum or SIG, 400 per mile :;
10-inch. S93,972 per annum or S15,2S0 per
mile; S-inch. $22,950 per annum or S2550O
per mile: 1O-inch. S19,s90 per annum or
So, 100 per mile; S-inch, $50. 400 per annum
or $19SO0 per mile: 1O-inch s4S 9GO per an
mum or $4,000 per mile; S-inch, Sal. .6S5
per annum or S18,475 per mile; 10-inch,
S13O.54S per annum or S15.1SO per mile; s.
inch. S25.S!0 per annum and per mile; 10
inch, $25.3 per annum and per mile; s.
inch. S51,675 per annum or Sl9,5O per mile;
10-inch. S5o.350 per annum or $4,000 per
mile; S-inch, S141,6S5 per annum or S16,475
per mile: 10-inch, $130,54S per annum or
.$15, $50 per mile.
St. Louis-Batchellor Pneumatic Tube
Company, routes one and two. S.995 per
annum. or $40, 1874 per mile, and STOOL per
annum, or S21 267 per mile respectively.
The ST. Louis Pneumatic Tube Company
bidding on all routes, submits the following
Eight-inch. S4S ,267 per annum, or $500 per
mile: ten-inch, S462S3 per annum. or S14 $3.50
per mile; eight-inch, $57 .120 per annum, or
$4,000 per mile; ten-inch. S55.335 per an
mum. or $4,000 per mile; eight-inch, S65 ,,2J
per annum, or $4,000 per mile; ten-inch.
S51 600 per annum, $4,000 per mile;
eight-inch. S5J,71 per annum. or S16.Jo0 per
mile; ten-inch, $54 $50 per annum, or $4,000
per mile.