Extract from the act Of Congress Of Sd


March, 1915, section 1S.
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"And be it further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the Postmaster General, in all
future lettings of contracts for the transpor-
tation of the mail, to let the same, in every
case, to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient
guarantees for faithful performance, without
other reference to the mode of such trans
portation than may be necessary to provide
for the due celerity, certainty, and security
of such transportation; nor shall any new
contractor hereafter be required to purchase
out, or take at valuation, the stock or vehi-
cles of any previous contractor for the same
route" ....


~ Bidders will be careful to read the
forms and instructions appended to this ad-
vertisement. They are requested to state in
their proposals, the mode by which they in
tend to convey the mail. Where the size and
weight of the mails, or the speed called for
in the schedule shall require it, the contracts
will be made for coach, steamboat, or rail-
road conveyances, as the case may be; and,
consequently, such routes will be let to bids
proposing such mode of conveyance. In all
other cases the routes will be assigned to bids
proposing the cheapest mode Of transporta-
tiOn