The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-18

MAILS To GALVESTON

MAILS ~ 0hSV lOlSs
DROPOSALS-to carry the mails Of the United
i States, from the LIST Of March, 1916, to the 25ih
of February, 1850, with right to the department TO
extend TO the 3Oth Of June, 1850, from Nsp Orleans,
In Louisiana, TO Gairssion In Tsras, $50 miles and
back, will be received at the Contract Office Of the
Post Office Department, until the 25,h day of jan
uary, 1886, to be decided by the 3lst day of said
January.
Leave New Orleans every Saturday at 10 a. m,
arrive at Galveston every Monday by 10 a. m.
Leave Galveston every Tuesday at 10 a. m,
arrive at New Orleans every Thursday by 10 a. m.
The proposals should specify the mode Of con-
veyance, whether by steamship sailing-packet,
and set forth the size, rate and description Of the
vessel, with sufficient particularly to enable the
decision to be made on the advice Of the proper
officers Of the naval SERVICE whether the is or
is not convertible into ship-of-war. And special
notice is hereby given, that, agreeably to the pro-
visions of an act of Congress, approved March Sd,
l845, those proposals (being acceptable in other
respects) will be preferred which shall engage to
carry the mail in steam ship or ships, and shall
spuate TO deliver said ship or ships to the United
States, or to their proper officer, on demand made,
for the purpose Of being converted into vessel or
vessels Of war; the United States being bound on
their part TO pay the fair full value thereof at the
| time Of delivery, to be ascertained by four APP
praisers-apponted, two by the President Of the
United States and two by the owner owners,
with an umpire in case of disagreement, to be APP
pointed by the President Of the United States.
The bidder may propose different schedule Of
may ask for an annual sum Of compensation; or, in
lieu thereof certain proportion Of the hostages ac-
cruing on the Matchmaker conveyed over the route
and he may offer to carry the mail more frequently
than once a week.
Articles of contract to be executed by the &C
cepted bidder and by his surees by before the first
day Of March next The contract is to provide
among other things that the pay of the trip is to be
forfeited when the trip is not performed, and due
proportion when grade of service is rendered in
erior to that specified in the contract and that fines
may be imposed, unless the delinquency be salts
factorily explained in due time, for failing to take
FROM or to deliver into the post Office at the port
landing, the mail belonging thereto, or any part Of
said mail; for suffering the mail, any part Of it, tc
be wet, injured, lost, destroyed for conveying i
in place or manner that exposes il to depreciation
loss, or injury; for refusing, after demand made "a
| convey mail by any additional steamship or YES
sci run by the contractor on the route, over and
above the specified number Of trips in the contract
and for not arriving at the time set also for transmit
ting intelligence, furnishing the means of trans
hitting intelligence, in advance Of the mail. The
Postmaster General may annul the contract for re
disobeying the instructions of the department. fol-
refusing to discharge carrier when required by
the department; for assigning the contract withOu
the consent of the Postmaster Genera for setting
| up or running an express, as aforesaid.
| The Postmaster General may alter the contract
and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata In
crease of compensation, within the restrictions i'm
posed by law, for the additional service required, Of
for the increased speed, if the employment of ad
ditiOnal stock carriers is rendered necessary; blu
the contractor may, in such case, renquish the con
tract, timely notice. il he prefers it to the change
The Postmaster General may also discontinue o.
curtail the service, he allowing one months extrt
pay on the amount dispensed with; and the contrac
"may at any time be terminated by joint resolution
of the two houses of Congress"
| The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid
der's name and residence, and the name of eacl
member Of the firm where company offers, shoule
| be distinctly stated in the proposals.
The following is the form Of the guarantee, which
should be filed the first blank with the name Of III,
guarantor; the second with that of the bidder; ant
the third and fourth with the beginning and termi
mating points of the route and, after being dated
should be signed by the guarantor, who must b
shown by the written certificate of postmaster, O
other equally satisfactory testimonial, to be MAJ
of property, and able to make good his guarantee
This guarantee, SO certified, should accompany eaci
bid:
"The undersigned ---, guarantees that ---,
ais bid for carrying the mail from --- to - b.
accepted by the Postmaster General, -- shall en-
ter into obligation prior to the lst day of Marcl
next with good and sufficient suretes, TO perform
the service proposed.
1 "Dated --."
The bid should be sent under seal to the FRS
Assistant Postmaster General, and the words "Mai
proposals. Galveston mail, }" written on the face o
| the letter, and should be despatched in time to b.
received by or before the 25th day of January next
which will be the last day for receiving proposal
under this advertisement.
| C. JOHNSON,
| Postmaster General.
| Posr OFFIcE DEPARTMENT.,
Washington, October II, l845.
| p S.--lf the bidder shall not consider himsel
able, or prepared, to commence service as early u
the LIST of March next, he will specify in his propo
sails the day on which he will put the service in ope
ration. G. J.
October ll--lawtD3l