The Atlin Claim
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2011-09-07
issued: 1903-05-02
description: The Atlin Claim was published in Atlin, a remote community located in northwestern British Columbia, close to the Yukon border. The Claim was published by the Atlin Claim Publishing Company, and ran from April 1899 to April 1908. Although a number of different editors worked on the Claim, the two longest-serving editors were Alfred C. Hirschfield and William Pollard Grant.
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note: * i-.. - *��� >* VOL. S. ATLIN, li. C, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 190; NO. 19S. Contracts to Be Let For the Mail Service To Atlin From tho Railroad���Two Separate Contracts for'Sum- mer and Winter Services. Circulars have been senl out from Ottawa calling for bids for carrying the Yukon . and' Atlin mails, summer and winter. Separate contracts are lo be1-let for the services during the two seasons. Tenders for the services will'be received at'Ottawa up till noon of ��� May 22nd. The Atlin service calls for 700-pounds per week each way, and the contract about to be let' will continue in force for a term not exceeding four years ; the Postmaster-General reserving the right to terminate the .contract at any time previous' to the expiration of the four years should- the public interest, in his opinion, require it, upon giving the contractor three month's previous notice- of his intention. All expenses on the route for tolls; . ferries,'etc., must'.be defrayed by the contractor. Each tender must state the price asked per annum in, words at' length,"-and to be accompanied by the written guarantee of two responsible parties, undertaking that, iu the event of the tender being accepted, the contract shall be duly executed by the party tendering for the price demanded; undertaking also to become bound with the contractor in the sum of $1000 for the due performance of the service. For the winter services the contractor has to provide suitable sleighs drawn by horses or dogs as circumstances will admit of, and will be required to erect and maintain suitable stations along the route, and he will also be required to provide for the defense of the mail whilst en route from the weather or from any other cause of injury aud from dangers of every kind. The present contract, with the Canadian Development Company, expires early this summer, and the new contracts will virtually ��� come into effect upon the acceptance of tenders. An Extraordinary Meeting. An extraordinary meeting of the Pine Cree…
note: Print Run: 1899-1908 Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Atlin (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0169707
language: English
lat: 59.566667
long: -133.7
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Atlin, B.C. : Atlin Claim Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text