The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-02
THE DAILY UNION
MAILS TO GALVESTON.

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i States, from the lstof March, 1886, to the 25li
OF February, 1885, with right to the department tc
extend TO the 30ih Of June 1850, from Mem Orleans
IN Louisiana. TO Garsson, in Tsros, 450 miles and
back, wall be received at the Contract Office Of the
Post Office Department, until the 25th day Of jan
,ary, 1886, to be decided by the 3lst day of said
January. III
Leave New Orleans every Saturday at 10 a. m.
arrive at Galveston every Monday by 10 a. m.
Leave Galveston every Tuesday al 10 a. m,
arrive at New Orleans every Thursday by 10 a. m.
The proposals should specify the mode Of con-
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 sgreeably to the pro-
visions of an act Of Congress-, approved March Sd,
lS45, those proposals (beng acceptable in other
respects) will be preferred which shall engage to
carry the mail in steam ship or ships, and shall
stipulate 10 deliver said ship ships to the United
States, or TO their proper officer, on demand made,
TOR 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 ascertaned by four APP
praisers-appoialed two by the President of the
United States, and two by the owner or owners,
with an umpire in ease OF disagreement, TO be APP
pointed by the President ofihe United States.
The bidder may propose different schedule of
days and hours than the one above specified. He
may ask for annual sum Of compensation; or, in
lieu thereof certain proportion of the hostages
crning on the Matchmaker conveyed over the route;
and ne may offer to carry the mail more frequently
than once week.
Articles of contract to be executed by the ac-
cepted bidder and by his surees by or before the first
day of March next The contract in 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
ferior 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 no the post Office at the port Of
landing, the mail belonging thereto, any part of
said ma for suffering the mail, any part Of it,
be wet, injured lost, destroyed for conveying il
in place or manner that exposes it to depreciation,
loss, or injury; for refusing, after demand made, to
convey mail by any additional steamship or ves-
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 transm
ting intelligence or furnishing the means Of trans
hitting intelligence, in advance of the mail. The
Postmaster General may annul the contract for re-
peated failures for violating the post Office laws; for
disobeying the instructions of the department; for
refusing to discharge a carrier when required by
the department.; for assigning the contract without
the consent Of the Postmaster General for setting
up or running an express, as aforesaid.
The Postmaster General may alter the contract
and alter the schedule, he allowing a pro rata in
crease of compensation, within the restrictions inn
posed by law, for the additional service required or
for the Increased speed, if the employment Of ad-
dtonal stock carriers is rendered necessary but
the contractor may in such case, relinquish the
tract on timely notice. if he prefers it to the change
The Postmaster General may also discontinue or
curtail the service, he allowing one months extra
pay on the amount dispensed with; and the contract
nj me he ted y ninf
of the two houses of Congress-"
The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid
ders name and residence, and the name Of each
member Of the firm where company offers, should
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 the
guarantor; the second with that Of the bidder; and
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 be
shown, by the written certificate of postmaster, or
other equally satisfactory testimonial, to be man
Of property, and able to make good his guarantee
This guarantee so certified, should accompany each
bid:
"The undersigned --, guarantees that ---,
ais bid for carrying the mail from to ---- be
accepted by the Postmaster General, - shall en-
ter into obligation prior to the lst day Of March
next, with good and sufficient sureties, to perform
the service proposed.
"Dated -"
The bid should be sent under seal to the First
Assistant Postmaster General, and the words "Ma
proposas-G Galveston mail" written on the face of
the letter, and should be despatched in time to be
received by or before the 25th day Of January next
which will be the last day for receiving proposals
under this advertisement.
c. JOHNSON,
Postmaster General.
PosT OFrIcE DEPARTMENT.,
Washington, October IL, lS45.
p S.--lf the bidder shall not consider himself
able, or prepared, to commence service az early as
the LIST Of March next, he will specify in his propo
sails the day which he will put the service in ope
ration. c. J.
October ll--lawtD3l