Help needed on Marlboro contest question II

I don't know if anyone else thought about this but I think the $5.00 per was not with regards to the cost for a wagon to make the pass but the cost for a letter to be sent via the Pony Express. The reason I say this is because the clue said it was a "multi state bargain". The letter going from Missouri to California would be a multi-state bargain. I'm not sure that the wagon crossing would be multi-state. Just thought I'd share. I think the answer our team went with was "Salt Lake City Station" but it could have been Salt Lake City House.

I don't know if anyone else thought about this but I think the $5.00 per was not with regards to the cost for a wagon to make the pass but the cost for a letter to be sent via the Pony Express. The reason I say this is because the clue said it was a "multi state bargain". The letter going from Missouri to California would be a multi-state bargain. I'm not sure that the wagon crossing would be multi-state. Just thought I'd share. I think the answer our team went with was "Salt Lake City Station" but it could have been Salt Lake City House.

I think the deciding factor between the two answers would be the "then it got even better." With the drop in price, it sure was better! So, you're probably still right.

jeez wrote:

I think the deciding factor between the two answers would be the "then it got even better." With the drop in price, it sure was better! So, you're probably still right.

I can't find the reference, but the price dropped in taking the pioneers west also.

thanksforthehelp wrote:

I don't know if anyone else thought about this but I think the $5.00 per was not with regards to the cost for a wagon to make the pass but the cost for a letter to be sent via the Pony Express. The reason I say this is because the clue said it was a "multi state bargain". The letter going from Missouri to California would be a multi-state bargain. I'm not sure that the wagon crossing would be multi-state. Just thought I'd share. I think the answer our team went with was "Salt Lake City Station" but it could have been Salt Lake City House.

By gum, I think you're right on this one. I had not found that one at all, but I found it now ...

When the Pony Express began, it cost $5.00 per ½ ounce to send one letter. By the time the Pony Express ended, the price had dropped to $1.00 per ½ ounce. ...


That explains the "then it got even better" perfectly, as well as the multi-state bargain, and the choice of the word "stop".

Dang!

There goes another one down the tubes.