The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-19

NAILS TO GALVESTON.

lJROIOGhLD W po usoho VI INV O'beNu
j States, from the LIST Of March, 1876, to the 18th
of February, 1850, with right TO the department TO
extend to the 3Oth Of June, 1885, from rNsw Orleans,
ia Louisiana, 10 Galveston ia Ttras, $50 miles and
back, will be received at the Contract Once OF the
Post Office Department, until the. 18th day OF JAN
ggary, 1876, to be decided by the Sist day oil 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-
veyanco, whether by steamship or 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 same 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 81,
l845, those proposals (being acceptable in other
respects) viii he preferred which shall engage 70
carry the mail in steam chip Or ships, aid shall
stpuete TO deliver said sbjp or ships to the United
States, or TO heif proper officer, on demand made,
for the purpose Of being converted into vessel or
vessels of war; the United States being bound oh
their part to pay the fair full value thereof at the
time Of delivery, to be ascertained by four APP
praisers-appointed, two by the President of the
United States, and two by the owner or owners,
with an umpire in case Of disagreement, to be APP
pointed by the Presidem Of the United States.
Lie UluucT may prOposc stucuuIc W
days and hours than the one above specified. He
may ask for an annual sum Of compensation; or, in
lieu thereof, certain proportion OF the hostages ac-
cruing the Matchmaker conveyed over the route;
and he may offer to carry the mail more frequently
than once a week.
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 contracts and that fines
may be imposed, unless the delinquency be salts
factoriy explained in due time, for failing to take
from, to deliver into the post Office at the port Of
landing, the mail belonging thereto, or aiiy part Of
said mail; for suffering the iail, any part of it. to
be wet, Injured, lost, or destroyed for conveying II
in place manner that exposes il to depreda,ion
loss, OF injury; for refusing, after demand made, to
convey mail by any additional steamship or YES
sci run by the contractor OH 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, 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 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,
aud alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in
crease of compensation, within the restrictions inn
posed by law for the additional service required,
for the increased speed, if the employment of adj
dltiou stock carriers Is rendered necessary but
the contractor may such case rclibquish the
tract timely notice, if he prefers it to the change
The Postmaster General may also discontinue or
curtai the service, he allowing one months extra
pay on the amount dispensed with; and the contract
may at any time be terminated by joint resolution
of the two houses of Congress-"
The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid
dcr's 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 filled, 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 tcrmi.
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, certified, should accompany each
bid:
nis bid for carrying the mail from -- to -- be
accepted by the Postmaster General, - shall en-
ter into an obligation prior to Ue LIST day of March
next, with good and sufficient sureties, to perform
the service proposed.
"Dated -." ~
Inc bid SHOULD be sent under seal TO the First
Assistant Postmaster General, and the words email
proposals. 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 OFFICE DEPARTMENT.,
Washington, October III, 1s45.
p S.--lf the bidder shall not consider himself
able, or prepared to commence service early as
the LIST Of March next, he will specify in his propo-
sails the day which he will put the service in opc-
ration. G. J.
October 1l-lawtD3l