The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-12
THE DALEY UNION
MAILS TO GALVESTON.

PROPOSALS. TO carry the mails Of the United
States, from the LIST Of March, 1886, TO the 26lh
of February, 1850, with right TO the department to
extend the 30th Of June, 1850, from NsO Orleans
ia Louisiana 10 Galveston ia 1sras, $50 miles and
back, will be received at the Contract Ofice Of the
Post Office Department, until the 25th 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 d. 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-
yeyancc, whether by steamship or sang-packet,
and set forth the size, rate, and description of the
vessel, with sufficient particularly 10 enable the
decision to be made, on the advice OF the proper
officers of the naval SERVICE whether the same is or
Is moi convertible into ship-of-war. And special
notice is hereby given, that, agreeaby to the pro-
visions of an oct Of Congress, approved March I'd,
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
shpuato TO deliver said ship ships to the United
States, or to their proper officer, demand made,
for the purpose of being converted into vessel
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-- 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
The bidder may propose different schedule Of
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 on the Matchmaker conveyed over the route;
and he may offer to carry the mail more frequently
than once a week.
Articles of contract are to be executed by the ac-
cepted bidder and by his surcles 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
ferior to that specified in the contract; and that fines
may be imposed unless the delinquency be salts
factorily explained in due time, for falling to take
from, to deliver into, the post Office at tbs port of
landing, the mail belonging thereto or any part Of
said mail for suffering the mail, any part Of it, to
DC wet injured, lost or destroyed; for conveying il
N place Or manner tina! exposes i to depreciation,
loss, or injury; for refusing after demand made, to
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, or furnishing the means Of trans
hitting intelligence, in advance Of the mail. The
Postmaster General may annul the contract for re-
peated ailures 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 or for setting
up OF 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 inn
posed by law, for the additional service required, or
for the increased speed, If the employment of ad-
dona stock or carriers is rendered necessary; but
the contractor may in such case, rclinqush the con-
tract on timely notice. if he prefers il to the change.
The Postmaster General may also discontinue or
curtail the service, he allowing one months extra
pay 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
der's name and residence, and the name of each
member Of the firm where a 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 termi-
mating points Of the routes 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 a man
Of property, and able to make good his guarantee.
This guarantee, so certified, should accompany each
bid.
''The undersigned --, guarantees that --,
mis- bid for carrying the mail from --- to -- be
accepted by the Postmaster General, -- shall en-
ter into obligation prior to the LIST day of March
next, with good and sufficient surctcs, to perform
the service proposed.
dated --."
The bid should be sent under seal to the First
Assistant Postmaster General, and the words Small
proposas--G Galveston mail written on the face Of
the letter, and should be despatched in time to he
received by before the 25th day Of January next,
which will be the last day for receiving proposals
under this advertisement.
G. JOHNSON,
Postmaster General.
PosT OFrcE DEPARTMENT.,
Washington, October IL, le45.
p. S.--If the bidder shall not consider himself
able, prepared, TO commence service as early as
the LIST Of March next he will specify in his propo-
sails the day which he will put the service in ope-