Star-route Contracts. Hearings Before a Subcommittee...on H.R. 2270, H.R. 4408, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 10, 11, 1937. (75-1). |
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... lower than a man in other lines of the service is receiving ? Mr. COLE . I could not answer that question . This average of $ 924 each simply means that the average length of the 13,819 star routes in the United States is 22 miles , and ...
... lower than a man in other lines of the service is receiving ? Mr. COLE . I could not answer that question . This average of $ 924 each simply means that the average length of the 13,819 star routes in the United States is 22 miles , and ...
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... lower figure than the contracts now running call for ? Mr. COLE . Those are the figures for the contracts that are about to expire - for the existing contracts . Mr. JENKS . You have no figures of the new contracts ? Mr. COLE . I do not ...
... lower figure than the contracts now running call for ? Mr. COLE . Those are the figures for the contracts that are about to expire - for the existing contracts . Mr. JENKS . You have no figures of the new contracts ? Mr. COLE . I do not ...
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... lower . What that means I do not know . Mr. JENKS . That is easily explained . Four years ago conditions were worse than they are at present . More people were anxious to get some kind of work . Today that condition does not exist to ...
... lower . What that means I do not know . Mr. JENKS . That is easily explained . Four years ago conditions were worse than they are at present . More people were anxious to get some kind of work . Today that condition does not exist to ...
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... lower bids . That could not be determined until bids were received . Mr. HAINES . I did not understand that the $ 152,000 represented an annual cost . Mr. COLE . Yes ; this is at an annual rate . It costs that much per annum . Mr. JENKS ...
... lower bids . That could not be determined until bids were received . Mr. HAINES . I did not understand that the $ 152,000 represented an annual cost . Mr. COLE . Yes ; this is at an annual rate . It costs that much per annum . Mr. JENKS ...
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30 days 4-year intervals ACKERMAN additional service adver advertisement allow extra pay amount applicant for renewal ask for bids asso August 11 average bill bond BOWEN Budget BURCH Bureau carrying the mail Chairman civil service CLUETT COLE compensation Congress Connecticut contract section contract term contracts at 4-year counties traversed Delaware destruction of bridges detours discontinuance of ferries enacted into law evidence and testimony FRANK CARLSON Gainesville gentlemen glad HAINES Hampshire HAROLD CLUETT hear HILDEBRANDT House of Representatives JENKS Jersey KOPPLEMANN LUCKEY Maryland November 16 OFFICE AND POST Post Office Department POST ROADS post-office inspector postal laws Present contractor President readvertised regulations rendered satisfactory service renewal of contracts renewal of star-route Revised Statutes Rhode Island Route Carriers Rural Free Delivery service rendered star star-route carriers star-route contracts Statement showing subcommittee successful bidders survey TAYLOR title 39 tract Vermont West Virginia
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Page 1 - No proposal for a contract for star-route service shall be considered unless the bidder is a legal resident of the county or counties traversed by the roads over which the mails are to be carried, or a legal resident within the counties adjoining such county or counties; except that proposals for carrying the mail tendered by firms, companies, or corporations shall be considered: Provided...