The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-03-16


to as often as the advertisement requires In the a
stated in the schedules, aud by the following mode of
yeyance, TO wit' Here state how is to be eonveyed
the annual sum oil ,
Dated
Form of guarantee to accompany each bidi
"'The undersigned there insert the name of the m
antor or guaranrorsl guarantees that there insert nam
bidder OF bidders the case may bel ~,
Cor their) bid Tor carrying the mail from 10
accepted by the Postmaster General shall enter into
legation prior TO the first day of July next with god
sufficient sureiies to perform the service proposedS
Dated.
1. Seven minutes allowed for opening and closi
but railroad and steamboat there is to be NO.
delay than necessary deliver and receive the ~
2 The mail Is to be conveyed in preference 10 sao
gers, and to their entire exclusion If its weight and G
require 1t. "~'
s. Post office blanks, maii-bags and the special a0D
the department, on the exhibition OF their credents
TO be conveyed without further charge mail lines ad
ting OF such conveyance.
Mail agents be conveyed without charm ~
principal railroad and steamboat lines, where The s
the mails and the number OF the officers will REQUIRE q
employment by the department and in that cnra " ne
rate apartment The asserting and saiekecnns la
mail IS to be provided by the contractor, under The arc,
OF the department NN
5. In all there is 10 be forfeiture of Tho ra
trip, when the trip Is not forfeiture of al leas
fourth part OF It when the running arrival is So far ~
hind time TO lose the connexion with de pending NJ
and forfeiture OF due proportion OF il when ga1
OF service rendered inferior TO that in the contract, b
lorieitures may be increased into penalties of Mon
amount according to the nature frequency of the fa
and the importance Of the mail
la
isfacorily explained in due time for railing 10 ale f
or deliver az post office, the mail, any part OF ii. IL
suffering TO be Wet injured, lost, destroyed Tor con
veyng II place or manner that exposes IL depn
ton, loss; injury for refusing after demand convey
contractor regularly runs on the beyond the spee6
number OF trips in the contract, and for arriving Al ~
init commercial intelligence in advance of the mail n ps
atty VIII be exacted equal to a quarters pay. r
4 The Postmaster General may annul the contrac, e.
repeated failures, for violating the post office laws m Nv
obeyng the instructions of the department. for resn
discharge carrier when required by the department f
assigning the contract without the Posn
ter General or tor setting up running express ne
said "NHS
8. The Postmaster General may alter the con,r,c, m
alter the schedule he allowing pro rata increase o
pensation, within the restrictions imposed by law for %
additional service required or for the increased sal
the employment of additional stock or carrier. is rnd
necessary but the contractor may in such case renoni
the contract on timely notice if he prefers il 10 he hi
The Postmaster General may annul the contract or cnT
the service and pay, when he wishes dispense with t
service IN whole or IN part or place higher different
ira pay on the amount dispensed with
g. The payments will be made through drafts ON post Of
hces or otherwise, alter the expiration OF each Quarter m
in February, May, August, and November. '
TO- The distances are given according the best no
nation but no increased pay viii be allowed should thew
prove to be greater than Is advertised if the places are cor
recty named
H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
knowingly making contract Tor the transportation Of the
mail with any person who shall have entered into any COM
the making of any bid for mail contract by any oe
person or persons, or who shall have made agreement
or sa nave given or performed, or promised give
perform, any consideration to do, do ANYTHING
whatever to induce any other person to bid for ma
contract Particular attention is called TO the 2Sh section
OF the act OF 1885, prohibiting combinations prevent bid
ding
r. bid received after time to wit the 9TH of MAY ney
at m, without the guaranty required by law or thai
combines several routes in OF compensation can.
not be considered In competition with regular proposal
not adJudged TO be extTavagant.
l3 bidder may Offer where the transportation called
for in the advertisement is difficult or impractcable at Ger
tain seasons substitute an inferior mode of conveyance
NH otI
months He may propose omit office that is inacces
sible or Is not on the stage road the railway,
boat landing, as the be he may offer snb
tute an inferior mode of supply in such He may pro-
pose different days and hours of departure and arrival
provided no more running time is asked and is obvious
that no mai conneNon or other public accommodation
Preudiced He may ask for running time the trip
cniary bad roads but beyond these changes proposal
for service different from the advertisement will prevent
aside for extravaganza; and where bid any
the above alterations, their disadvantages win be estimated
IN mParing il with other proposals.
a. There should be but bid for in proposal
10 The route, the service, the yearly pay the bidders
firm, where company Offers should be distinctly stated
liso The mode OF conveyance, if higher mode than
horseback is intended.
l6 The bid should be under SEAL addressed to the
First Assistant Postmaster General with AIai PropoaL
y me state OF written on the face of the letter and
should be despatched in time be received by before
he 7th OF May next at O'Clock, a.
a. The contracts are to be executed by before the h
Is Under the of 81 March, 1885, the route is be
ct to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees
or faithful performance without other reference to the
node OF transportation than may be necessary provide
or the due CELEBRITY, certainty, and security of such
,oration.
When the lowest bid proposes mode of conveyance that
inadequate Tor the route in respect the certainty
y and celebrity OF the mails, aside from any accommoda
ION for travel it will not be entitled to the route.
IT, When the bid does not name mode of conveyance
will be taken and understood to be for the lowest mode
conveyance, to wit: on horseback. When it proposes TO
AIRY according to the advertisement and mode of
eyance stated for the route in the advertisement will
bar pvupep
70 Since the passage of the act Of March g. 1916
description of bid has been received specifics no mode
Y, celebrity, and security, using the terms of the law
hese bids called, from the in which they
as been decided after mature consideration that bid
losing specific mode of conveyance of high grade
ohorse coach transportation is to be preferred to the star
nd. The experience of the department. enables it lay
own the following rules, viz
When the mail on the is large require
wohorse coach conveyance, bid if the lowest will
e preferred to the specific bid.
I'll. When the mails of such size and weight as
ender II necessary expedient in reference them
lone, to provide twohose coach conveyance the specific
id, though the highest will be preferred TO the star bid
ne extent of moderate difference in the compensation in
the difference such as to interfere with the policy
( the new law, which looks n reduction in the Of
Exceptions however may be allowed
took on the route and it manifest th the pre-
srring the specific bid do not exist IN his case.
r. On routes OF the highest class where fouhorse coach
steamboat transportation required by the size and inn
oriance of the mails the preference for the specific bid
ence than the inferior coach routes subject however,
the exceptions above stated.
70 modification of bid, in any of its essential terms
iantamonn to new bid and cannot be received, as
interfere with regular competition, after the last hour set
'r receiving bids
C. JOHNSON,
Postmaster General
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Feb. o. 1877
Feb Civ
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