Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1893 — Lively Competition. [ARTICLE]

Lively Competition.

A man recently offered to carry the mails between Boonsborough and Keedysville, Md., daily, except Sunday, free of charge. The distance between the two towns is about three miles, and the bidder thought that he bid low enough to secure the contract. It was not awarded to him, however, for another man offeied to do the work for an annual compensation of one cent, and to him the contract- was awarded. The man who ‘offered to deliver the mail free of charge is now wondering why he was not permitted to do so.