The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-11-11
IMPROVING STAR ROUTE SERVICE.
Contracts for all Routes in South Car.
lima to be Let.

Contracts for all Routes in South Car
lima to be Let.
For years and years the Star Route
Mail Service has been in the grasp
of spectators and grafters, and tho
service has been, in consequences, rs
inefficient aud unsatisfactory ms it
we'll could be. Spectators have made
it n regular business to take con
| tracts for hundreds of routes scntt or.
ed from ono end of the country to
the other, and have them sub let tho
contracts ut a lower price t. iynor,
ant or uninformed persons who had
service they bound themselves to per
form for a term Of years. These sub
contractors were frequently induc- d
to sign contracts by misreprrsenta.
ton by glib takers sent out by the
star rnuto spectators, and when
they discovered thnt they were tied
to a losing job they have not known
how to get out OF it, All Of which
was as detrimental. to tho Service rs
it was profitable to tho spectators.
Under the new regulations the spec
ulators are barred out and only per
sous living contiguous to tho route
arc permitted to take the cont act for
carrying The mail. The following OK,
tracts from the notice inviting bids
sent ont by tho post Office depart
mcnt gives all the important par.
ticulars relative to the letting Of new
contracts:
Proposals will be received ct the
Office of tho second Assistant Post,
master General, postolfice department,
until < p. IN, ct December !, 1908,
for carrying the mails of tho United
States Oh the routes and by the
schedules of departure and arrivals
specified III the State Of South Caro-
lima, from July 1, 1901, to Juno 80,
1908. Decisions announced on or
Before February 1, 1901. Contracts
to be executed nnI filed in the tie
partmcmt within sixty days after the
date Of acceptance Of bids.
No bid submitted under this ud
vcrtiscmcnt will be considered unless
the bidder shall agree in his bid that
! in the event Of the service being
..sr' g., g." t.', he will give his per,
s.n.. ~.,., IN to the performance
. p. ''., and will reside ON or
O., .''.,t no route Tho words
., @t nous to the route" as
u.," ,. .... elton, are to be con
, o,l uc,l aS meaning within the terri
tory regularly served by a postollice
on tho route.
a contractor who shall fail to give
his personal supervision to the per
formanc" Of his service, or TO reside
on or contiguous to his route, as
agreed, may expect 20 be declared Il
failing contractor, and that the ser.
vice will be rc-lct, and he and his
suretics will bo held liable Tor any
dumago that may DO suffered there.
by.
All persons are cautioned not to
allow their names to be used us bid
dcrs unless they intend to personally
perform or supervise the service.
Every bidder is required to make
oath that the bid is made in good
faith and with the intention to ontc"
into contract to perform service in
case said bid shall DO accepted" a
person subscribing to such oath, but
not intending to enter into the busi-
ness of carrying the mail, either in
person or by an employe, is guilty Of
perjury and is subject to the penal
ties prescribed for such offensc.
In addition 10 carrying tho mails
TO the various postollicos on the star
routes covered by this advertisement,
the carrier on each route (exccpt
where otherwise specifically stately
will be also reqnirch to deliver mail
into all boxes aud hang small bags
on cranes or posts that may be
erected along tho route, and to col
lcct mail from boxes, and to collect
tho bags or satchols from tho cranes
or posts under the following condi
tions:
Amy pc; son living on or noar any
star route herein described, and not
within tho corporate limits Of any
town Or within 50 rods Of any post
office, who desires his mail deposited
ut n given point on tho limo of the
route by the carrier ON said route
may provide or erect suitable box
or crane on tho roadside, located in
such manner rs to bo reached as
conveniently MS practicable by the
carrier without dismoanting from the
vehicle or horse, and such person
shall file with the postmaster at the
postoflice to which tho mail is ad.
dressed (Which shall bo ono of the
postoflices on tho route on either side
Of and next to tho box or crane) q re