Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-11-11
CARRYING NAILS.
Contracts to be- Let for E lg h-ld
County Routes.


comforting willlPostmaslrr BrunSon
il rtgar, TO the |, tting of the "ii-
tracts for the star mail routes III
Edgefeld Cuunty. Il e r e o f % re-
these mail routes have be en-
let to spectators, who in turn
suL-!et them to carriers. BY the
present, SYSTEM the routes arr
brought directly within the reach
uf each individual Carrier.
Proposals will he rec' ived at the
office of the Second Assistant Post
master General, postoffice depart
ment, until t p. III. Of December /,
1903, for carrying the mails OF tn"
United States on the routes anu BY
the schedules of the departures and
arrivals. specified in the State OF
Sou,h Carolina, from July l, 1904.
to June 81, 1908. Decisions annOunc-
ed on or before February l, 1901
Contracts to be executed and tile"
in the department within sixty
days after date of acceptance o.
bids.
No bid submitted under this ad-
vertisement will be considered un-
less the bidder shall agree in hi
bid that in the event of the service
being awarded to him he will CIV
his pers nal supervision to the per-
fnrmanca ot the same. and viii re-
side OH or contiguous to the route
The words SON or contiguous to
the loutr", rs used in this section
IL. to be construed as nearing
within the territory regularly
served by post office ON tn roate.
A contractor who shall fai! tr
give his personal supervision To the
performance of his service, or to re-
side ON or contiguous to his route
as agreed, may expect tn bs' de-
clared a failing contractor, and thai
the service will be r'-!rt, and h'
n hissuretieS held liable for any
damage that may he suffered there
ny. {.
All pers ms are cautioned not t.
allow their names to be used as bid.
tlerS unless they intend to personals
lv perform or supervise the service
| Every bidder Is required to maxi
oath "that the bid is made in goo
faith and with the intention tn en-
ter intn contract 60 perform service
in ease said hid shall br accepted
A person subscribing to such oath
hut not intending to enter into the
business If carrying email, either
in person or by an employee, /.
guilty of perjury and is subject tt
the penaltips prescribed fnr such
offense.
In addition to carrying The m ills
tn the various post offices ON The
star routes, c',vrre by this adver
tlsement, the carri'r on each r,'ut'
Except where otherwise Sp elf ~ :
~ statph) will ne also required t.
leliver mail in to all hoXes anC
hang small bags nr Satrhs l. contain
ing mail on cranes or pn>is tina
may be erected along the route
and to collect mail from hoXrs, am
to collect the bags or satchrls from
the cranes or posts under the fol
lowing conditions:
Any person living on or near N!
star route herein described, an'
not within the corporate limits %
any town or within 50 rods Of any
post Office, who desires his rnail d.
posted at given point on the linz
of the route by the carrier on Salt
route may provide and erect suita
ble box or crane on the roadside
located in such manner rs tn b.
reached az conveniently as practi
cable by the carrier without dis
mounting from the vehicle q
horse. and such persons shall fiIs
with the postmaster at the pos
office to which his mail is: address
] ed (Which shall, be ,one Of the TIVE
post Offices on the route on eithe
side of and next to the bnX or crane
a request in writing for the delivery
of his mail to the carrier on th'
route for deposit at the designated
point, attbe risk Of thes addressee
The small bag or satchel above
mentioned as we'll as the box %
crane, must be provided by tll'
person for whose use It'll Is intended
without expense to the department
1t shall be the duty of the post
master at every such postoffice, up
on written order from any person
living on or near the star route, L
deliver to the proper mail carrie
for that route and mail matter
placing in the respective satchels
where such are used, the mail fo
the person to whom such satchel
belong-with instructions as to The
proper mail box or crane at which
said mail matter shall be deposited
hut registered mail shall not be 81
delivered unless eXpresslyrequestet
hy the addrcssee i'm his written or.
der. No mail matter so delivered
to a carrier shall be past annthe
p0stoffice ON the route before being
deposited into mail box or hun!
ON a crane CT post.
The mai! carrier must be reliable
and trustworthy persons, of goot
character and Of sufficient inteIli
gence 10 properly handle and dc
posit the mail along the routes.
The department does not pre-
scribe any particular design of hn1
or satchel to be used fnr this service
Tut the person providing eithe
should see that it is Of such charac
! ter as to afford ample protection t,
his mail. The box or crane should
he SO located on the roadside tina
the carrier can de. osit the mai
without leaving his vehicle or horse
and vet not where it will obstruc
public travel.
Full information relative &
schedules, distance and number ~
trips of each route, will be found il
book of advertisement on file a
each post office.
No. 20S49, Edgetield to Trenton R
R. Station (Eo),7 mile and back, times
week Bond. 5000. Box delivery ant
collection not required,
No. 2O35O, Edgefield, by Rop.,rs tt
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