Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-02-26


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a. Mail agents are to he conyevaa
charge on the principal railroad and Without
lines, where the size Of he mails and tho ~aost
of the officers will require their emplov,nOnbes
the department; and in that ease san " BY
partment for the asserting and safe. keenn"' 'aea.
mail is to be provided by the contractor ns. o. The
direction of the department.. = The
5. In all casee there is TO be force;,,,.
pay Of the trip. when the trip is not run u he
ture Of at least one-fourtt part of it when - nsi
ming or arrived is SO far behind time as 10 ,o fGa
connection with depending mail and . soss e The
of due proportion of it when grade Of e0te-
is rendered inferior to that in the contr,c, ses
forfeitures may be increased into penal,io. tatss
er amount, according to the nature or e. ugh
of the failure and the importance of the
6 Fines will be imposed, unless the AL"
cy be satisfactorily explained in due time
ing TO take from. or deliver at, post OF u.
mail, or any part of it for suffering il 10 ~ 'A'
injured, lost or destroyed; for convey;nr vet
place or manner that exposes it to denrs1'.m'
loss, or injury; for refusing after demand -
vey mail by any coach. railroad car, q, .,' e'A
boat, which the contractor regularly runs ~ YAM
route beyond the specified number of Trim. %s
contract and for not arriving at the time 80, ue
for setting up or running an express to tr,D' He
commercial intelligence in advance of III. ,..s1
penalty will he exacted equal TO quarters n.E
Z. The Postmaster General may annul tbpJ
tract for repeated failures; for violating ,hs WI
office laws; for disoheying the instructions of%
department; for refusing 10 discharge =, o..t
when required by the department; for asss1s"ls
the contract without The consent OF the poS,ns
ter General, or for setting up or running 40
press as aforesaid.
8. The Postmaster General NAV alter ,h.
tract and alter the schedule. he ALLOWING >OA'
rata increase OF compensation. within the ra,,r;'
tons imposed by law, for the additional se,,;o.
quired, or for the increased speed, if the .mnlo.
ment of additional stock or carriers is renJa-oI
cessary but the contractor may, in rsuch case -.
llnqulsh the contract. on timely notice, if h. ~.
!ers it 10 the change. The Postmaster Gep,,,,
may annul the contract or curtaiI the >e,yir- al
pay when he wishes to dispense with the serv,.
in~whole or in part, or place higher or dffe,,n,
grade of service on the route, he allowing an.
months extra pay on the amount dispensed viii
8. he payments will be made through dr,b.
on post Offices or otherwise after the expiration n
each quar.er, say in February, May, August, and
November.
ID The distances are given accordin1 to IL.
best information; bat no increase pay will be Al.
lowed. should they prove to be greater than i, ,d
veftised, if the places are correctly named.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited /,
law from knowingly making contract for IL.
transportation of the mail with any person WI.
shall have entered into any combination. or M,
posed to enter into any combination, to prevent
the making of any bid for mail contract BY ,ny
other person or persons. or who shall have mad.
any agreement. or shall have given or performed
or promised to give or perform. any consideration
to do. or not 10 do, anything whatever to Undue.
any other person not to bid for a mail con,ract,-
Particular attention is called TO the 2aih seciO,
of the act of 1896, prohibiting combinations to
prevent bidding.
IL. A bid received after time. TO wit: the lOh
March next. at 8 a m, or without the guaranty n.
qulred by law, or that combines several routes il,
one sum of compensation. cannot be considerd
in competition with regular proposal not 3D.
Judged 10 be extravaeant.
ID. bidder may Offer where the transportation
ca led tor III the advertisement is difficult, or inn
practicable at certain seasons to substitute An in
terror mode OF conveyance, or TO intermit service
specified number Of DAYS, weeks, or months. H.
may propose to omit an office thatis inaccessibI,
or is not on the stage road. the railway, or at
steamboat landing, as the case may he or he NAV
offer TO substitute an inferior mode of supplying in
such cases. He may propose different DAYS and
| hours OF departure aud arrival. provided no nor.
running time is asked, and it is obvious ,ha, no
mail connection or other public accommodation j,
| preJudlced. Tie may ask for more running tim.
10 the trip, during specified number of days. AZ
certain seasons of peculiarly bad roads hut be-.
You'd these changes proposal for service diff rent
| fr0y
sidered in compt ti,ion with a regular bid not set
aside for extravaganza; and where bid contains
any of the above alterations. their disadvantages
Will ne estimated III comparing 1t with other pro.
posals.
Ia. There should be bu, one route bid for in
proposal.
Is. The route. the service, the yearly p,v, III.
bidders name and residence, and the name ofsach
member OF the firm, where a company Offers,
should be distinctly stated-also the mode of con.
veyance, if higher mode than on horseback ID
| intended.
l6. The bid should be sent under SEAL address.
ed to the First Assistant Postmaster General, with
" Mail proposals in the State Of -" written
on the face Of the letter and should he despatched
in time TO I've received by or before tho 10th March
next at O'clock, m.
fore the LIST .Iu next
IS. Postnasters at Offices situated upon or nr,l
railroads. but more than eighty rods from depot
will. Immediately after the list April next report
that fact to the department. stating their exact dis
lance from the railroad depot, and how o.herws.
supplied with the mail, to enable the Postmas,
General to direct the proper supply to he msd
from the railroad by mail messengers, from AM
after the LIST July next.
l9. Under the act Of Sd March. Is45, the rost
is to be let to the lowest bidder, rendering sufd
Client guarantees for faithful performance witbOu
"the; reference to the mode of transportation thai
may he necessary TO provide for the due ccleiIy
certainty. and security Of such Transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes a mode of con
veyance that is inadequate for the route in respc
10 the certainty, security, and celebrity ofthe mall
aside from any accommodation for travel, it vi
not be entitled to the roue
~. When the bid does not name a mode
conveyance. it will he taken and understood to b
for the lowest mode of conveyance. to wit on hOrS
BACK. when 1t proposes TO carry according
the advertisement and no mode of conveyance
stated for the route in the advertisement it will
considered as offering only for horseback conve
ance.
4 81 Since the passage of the act of March
ls45, a new description Of bid has been receive
4 1t specifies no mole Of conveyance. hut engages
carry the mail with certainty. CELEBRITY and secur
8 ty. using The terms of the law. These bids 81
called, from the mann'r in which they are desl
4 mated on the hooks of the department, "star bids
1t has been decided. after mature eonsideratlOT
4 that bid proposing specific mode ofconveyanc
of as high grade as two-horse coach transports
ton is TO be preferred to the star bid. The Ell
: perence Of the department enables it to lay dow