The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-11-21
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO BID.
DERS FOR MAIL
CONTRACTS
PosToFFICE DEPARTMENT.

The persistent efforts Oh certain per-
sons TO connect themselves in a specu-
lative way with proposals for carrying
the mails. has led the Depa4 tment to
publish this notice.
The following letter was recently ad-
dressed TO resident Of a Western state
in which the mail contracts are apoul
To be rect:
MT. ....................
"S.r:-The Department is in receipt OF
a letter from Mr.. r. w. Va.Ie, Assls.-
ant Railway Mail Service. dated a.
Portland. oregon, on the 23rd ultimo,
in winch he says that YOU called nm
the day before relative TO submit .ng
proposals for carrying The mai. unaer
the advertisement, of September IS. Ito
for the term of Iour years, beg mn .ng
July /. 1906.
He credits you with saying at this
interview that you expect 10 5.d on
thirty or forty routes wnere you ownsd
or had an interest In the stock and
would perform The service; that in these
cases the local bidder IN whose name
you would put in the proposal, wouIo
either have an interest in the equipment.
nave control OF the equipment; that IN
both cases the bidder wou d be qualified
TO bid under Departmental regu atoms.
since h lived on The rou.e and wou.u
give The service ms personal supeIv.s-
ion, and the fact that an outsider haa
an interest IN or owned the equipmen.
could not justly De held 10 be a ' o..
ton OF or contrary TO the regulation
governing the award of contracts.
III you are correctly quoted in tn.
above. and # it is your intention 20
Aause proposa to be submit ed as ind
Gated. the Department invites your a.
tention to the following: ff
The avert rt.semenl lnviling proposal
provides that no bid VIII be cons.dere~
unless the b.daer lives within the te.
IN
on the route; that the contractor NUT
give his personal supervision to the pei
formance of the service. AL persons are
cautioned not to allow their names t.
be used as bidders unless they intend %
personally perform or supervise the SCI
vice. The form of proposal prescribed
reqires the bidder to state that tn.
proposal is made in my own interest
and not by me as the agent or repre-
company. In short, the spirit of the
advertisement is in accordance with IN,
policy of the Department adopted in
February. 1900, TO el.m.na specu ativ
bidding from mail contracts.
-Four years ago Tin SEPTEMBER, 1901
the Department issued an advertisement.
covering the same section of country as
the one no wpending. and while the AN
guage was not Identical the same pole,
been executed under that advertisement.
II was found that In some cases the
nominal contractor was not actually
performing the service and did not have
the pecuiary ability to do so, but was
figurehead or a representative of yours.
and that you were the real party In In
(rlrest. The Department then took acton
u annul some of these contracts. and
under date of June IL, 1903 you addressed
a letter to this office which you person
ally presented on that date. In this let
ter you explained your connection with
the service, claiming that you went into
the bus ness In good faith. and that II
the Department continued to annul the
contracts II would result in your finan-
cial ruin. You then made the fol owing
statement: Realizing that the Depart
ment does not wish any so-cal ed pro-
fessional connection with mail routes
whatever. / beg to respectfully state
that II my bidders are permitted to per-
form the service no won their hands
will not. In future. have anything to
40 with any mail route while the De-
partment imposes the present restr c.
TONS The Department accepted this
statement as being made in good faith.