Yesterday I published information from "Congressional Series of
United States Public Documents, Volume 1693," "Offers for
Carrying the Mails." Here is one more record:
Route No. 13127
From Ocracoke to Hatteras, 20 miles and back, once a week
Bidders’ names:
Wallace S. Austin.................Sum per annum: $275.00
Perry Coleman Howard……Sum per annum: $258.00
William H. Fulcher...............Sum per annum: $235.00 Accepted March 8, 1875.
Contract made with William H. Fulcher, dated March 8, 1875, at $235 per annum.
Leave Ocracoke Friday at 8 a.m.; arrive at Hatteras next day by 10 a.m.
Leave Hatteras Saturday at 10.30 a.m.; arrive at Ocracoke next day by 4 p.m.
Bond required with bid $200.
Our latest Ocracoke Newsletter is the curious story of Vera/Charlie Williams. You can read it here: http://www.villagecraftsmen.com/news052114.htm.
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Independent contractors are the unseen workforce of the federal government. Until Al Gore brought the $ 800 toilet seat to the David Letterman show. Then the public's eye was opened to Defense contractors and their awards of the bids. Was it a toilet seat or a 600-dollar coffee pot? Much like concession stands at National park sites the vendor has to bid to get the job-- lowest bid . Now the over the road carriers/ truck drivers --the ones that bring the mail to smaller P.O.s during the wee hours of the morning are the unseen much forgotten cogs in the wheel of delivery.
ReplyDeleteHow can it be? Ocracoke to Hatteras by boat took 14 hours. Hatteras to Ocracoke took 17.5 hours. Could prevailing winds make that much difference?
ReplyDeleteI think it had more to do with schedules.
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