Show california A plan is pending before congress namely the construction of a post road over the mountains from the valley of the mississippi to san francisco A charter is applied for by W bayard esq by which a contract is to be made with him to carry the california mail semiweekly for a year a very considerable saving on the present contracts to enable him to do this a right odway of way is to be granted him to construct a road practicable for horses horse sor or mules with a grant of oc cas ional sections efland of land for stations and provisions for man and beast for which be he is to pay 10 cents per acre ile he is to keep on each section 20 men and 60 horses or mules permanently manent ly stationed the transportation of the mails is to be commenced within 12 months from the passage awe age odthe of the act and the entire sum of GOO annually is to be expended on the road and its appurtenances for the first seven years at atthe the end ofia years the entire road is to revert to the united states boston atlas |