Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-11
BIDS O MAIL
ROUTES IN
TERRITORY
Speculative Contractors Barred by
Rule Limiting Bidders 10 Peo-
pie Living in the District.

New Mexico from July |, 1906 to
June 30, 1910. The bidding Is limitec
to persons living within the delivery
districts of offices supplied from
routes on which proposals are made
who will, II awarded a contract. live4
On or near the route and give the
service their personal supervision
Contracts awarded under these adj.
, vertisements will require carriers ON
mail routes to collect and deliver
nail 10 all persons living along roads
travelled by them who comply with
certain requirements of the depart
ment. This will give a service SINH
lar to regular rural delivery service.
Formerly professional or suecula
tive contractors we're awarded con
tracts on many routes which they
usually sublet to persons living on the
routes often resulting In poor service;
this system finally became very un-
satisfactory, second assistant post
master general. limiting the bidding
20 persons who would agree in their
bids to live on or near the routes and
personally supervise the service II
awarded a contract. This order prac-
| iica''y barred the professional con-
tractor and the improved service
throughout the country is evidence OF
the wisdom of the action taken. He
further improved the service ny es-
tablishing delivery and collection OF
mail by carriers on star routes max
ing it efficient and satisfactory.
All postmasters in New Mexico
have pamphlet advertisements with
lists Of all star routes and instructions
to bidders. Any person desiring to
make a bid on a route should call on
a postmaster for blank proposal and
instructions as to making bids.
Bids will he received at office Of
second assistant postmaster general,
Washington, D. c.. until 4:30 p. m.
December 5, 1905.
The following Is a list of star routes
in New Mexico with present pay per
annum, by counties, on which bids are
in. tied:
San Juan county-Durango. Colo.
to Jewett. 81 900. Blanco to Aztec,
$3.50: Largo to Aztec 500; Pendle-
ton to Az.cc. $b7S; Shttr..k tn Jew
lett, $416; Laboca to Ignacio, Colo,
$240.
Taos county-Tres Piedras to Hope
well, $500: Ojo Caliente to vallecitos,
$3.50; PenascO to Trampas $317.78:
Penasco to Berranca Station In. o.,
1887. so; Taos to Barranca Station In.
o., $1,04S.36: Talpa to Ranches OF
Taos. $120: Taos to Servilleta Station
In. o., $96O.11; Arroyoseco to Twin
ing, $498: Valdez to Lobo, $99: Pima
to Costilla. 500; Questa to San Luis
Colo, $1,693: Costilla to Eastdale.
Colo. $115: Questa to Elizabethtown,
SLIGO.
Santa Fe county-Santa Cruz to
Truchas. s110: Namhe to Espanola
$260.55; Glorieta to Fecos, 1912; Cow
Spring to Lamy, 500; Gallisteo to
Kennedy. $50: Cerrillos to San Ped
70, $1,000; Tldefonzo to Rio Grande
Station en-. o., $3.50.
Colfax county-Elizabethtown to
Taos $50; Springer to Elizabeth
town, s2,09S: Badly to Ute Greek IN.
o., $500: Cimarron to Ponil, $2O9;
Springer to Roy, s2.4o0; Raysdo to
Springer, $3.50; Maxwell City to Daw-
son, $500; Chico to Maxwell City
$500. Chico to Gladstone, 1900; Van
Houten to Ration. $500: Ration to Gar.
oiner. $16S.92; Bell to Ration, $500;
Cafskill to Sopris. Colo, $500; Yer
n.eio to Tercio. Colo. $3.50: Aurora to
Black Lake $216.
Mora county-Wagon Mount tn Au
rora, $3.50; Watrous to Cleveland,
1911 Chacon to Cleveland, 1915; Mora
to Guadalupita, Sass; Mora to Ledou
500.
Union county-Folsom to Valley
1920: Folsom to veda, $3.50; Cuate to
Veda, $3.50: Clayton to Beenham
; $1,353: Beenham to Albert. $780, go;
, Chaplain to Barney. $500: Pasamonte
to Beenham, $240; Dehaven to Buy.
eros 1886: Leon to Bueyeros, 500;
Logan 10 Gallegos, $SS6.67.
:. Quay county-Tucumcari to Endee
!, $S25.62; Tucumcari to Puerto, S42O:
, Quay to Tucumcari. $299: Montoys
to Sanchez. .$1,256.51.
San Miguel county-Bell ranch t.
: Tucumcari, $3.50; Gonzales to Shoe
) maker. $500; Sapelloto Beulah S195:
Las Vegas to Rociada, $1.064I4; Las
Vegas to Hot Springs, $3.50; Las We
gas to Mineral Hill, 3466: Las Vegas
to Gallinas Springs, 979O.O5; Co~az0u
TO Cfaperito, $3.50: Tecolote to Cha
pellt. $149: San Jose to Ribe'a Si0:;
San Miguel to Ribera, $40; villanueva
to Ribera. $170.SO; Cowles to Pecos
$500: Las Vegas to Santa Rosa
$1,437.2S.
Sandoval county-ThOrnton Il
Bland. $1,O95; Hagan to Algcdones
foo; Placitas to Ber1aN To-, $IS5. Der
n",i'lo, $165; Berna!i'lc to Cuba, 81
376.2s.
Bernalillo county-AlbuquerQue tr
Perea. $2,42310; Albuquerque to OLD