Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-01-01

: 80 " nis1esls, Oh the eA nlhIti0n of ha:
credentials, are to be conveyed without f,,.I
charge, on mail lines admitting of sucb oa ulner
ance.
a. Mail agents are to be conveyed ~,
charge on the principal railroad and eteaa' ,lOu
lines, where the size of he mails and the mr..
OF the officers will require their employment. 81
the department; and in that ease. n senar...y
partment for the asserting and safe-keen;no IS -.
mail is to be provided by the contractor nndo. Se
direction Of the department. '''
5. In all casee there is to be forfeiture &c =,
pay Of the trip. when the trip is not run; fors.;
ture OF at least one-fourth part Of it when the r
nlng or arrived is SO far behind time as to losss M
connexion with depending mail and forfa;,s s'e
OF a due proportion of it when grade of serS:'
is rendered inferior to that in the contract. Th~
forfetures may be increased into penalties ofb;.s
er amount, according to the nature or freonsH'
of the failure and the importance of the mail
s. Fines will be imposed, unless the deIin,r.u
cy be satisfactorily explained in due time fo4 f,,
ing TO take from, or deliver at, post Office IL.
MAIL or any part OF IT.; for suffering it to be wa.
injured, lost. or destroyed; for CONVEYING !, ;e'
place or manner that exposes it to depreds,;aIs
loss, or injury; for refusing after demand to "OS
vey mail by any coach, railroad car. or s,oan all
boat, which the contractor regularly runs m s
route beyond the specified number of trims in W %e
contract, and for not arriving at the time Sc, -.
for setting up or running an express to transn:
commercial intelligence in advance of the mail
penalty will be exacted equal 10 quarters nav
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the -,
tract for repeated fixtures for violating the No.,
Office laws for dsobeying the instructions Of n.
department; for refusing TO discharge carrie.
when required by the department; for assipp;na
the contract without the consent OF the Postn.ss
ter General, or for setting up or running an ex
press as aforesaid.
s. The Postmaster General may alter the ~,
tract, and alter the schedule he allowing ~.
rata increase OF compensation, within the r.s,r;.
tons imposed by law, for the additional service -
CURED, or tor the increased speed, if the emnor-
ment OF additional stock carriers is rendered NJ
cessary but the contractor may, in rsuch case -
linquish the contract. on timely notice if he Drs
fers it to the change. The Postmaster Gener.I
may annul the contract or curtail the service AMI
pay when he wishes TO dispense with the sery;c.
IN whole or IN part, or place higher or differsn,
grade OF service on the route, he allowing one
months extra pay on the amount dispensed With
9. The payments will be made through draft.
on post offices or otherwise, after the expra,ion ~
each quarter, say in February, May, August, and
November.
10. The distances are given according to ,hs
best information; but no increase pay will be Al.
lowed. should they prove to be greater than is adj
vertlsed, 1t the places are correctly named.
ii. The Postmaster General is prohibited nv
law from knowingly making contract for ths
transportation of the mail with any person who
shall have entered into any combination, or prO
posed to enter into any combination, to prevent
the making of any bid for mail contract by auv
othor person or persons, or who shall have made
any agreement, or shall have given or performed
or promised to give or perform, any consideration
to do, or not TO do, anything whatever to induce
any other person not to bid for a mail contract
Particular attention is called to the 2ath section
of the act of 1886, prohibiting combinations to
prevent bidding.
IL. bid received after time, to wit: the 10Th
March next, at a m, or without the guaranty re-
CURED by law, or that combines several routes in
one sum of compensation, cannot be considered
IN competition with regular proposal not ad-
judged to be extravagant.
ID. A bidder may Offer where the TRANSFORMATION
called for in the advertisement is difficult or inn
practicable at certain seasons to substituts an in
ferior mode of conveyance, or to ntermit service
specified number OF days, weeks, or months. He
may propose to omit an Office that is inaccessible,
or Is not on the stage road, the railway, or at
steamboat landing, as the case may he or he may
offer 10 substitute an inferior mode of supplying in
such cases. He may propose different DAYS and
hours OF departure and arrival, provided no more
running time is asked, and it is obvious that no
mail connexion or other public accommodation is
prejudlced. He may ask for more running time
to the trip, during specified number of days, at
certain seasons of peculiarly bad roads; but be.
yond these changes proposal for service different
from the advertisement will prevent its being con.
sidered in competition with regular bid not set
aside for extravaganza; and where bid contains
any OF the above alterations. their disadvantages
will be estimated in comparing it with other pro-
posals.
IA. There should be hut one route bid for in a
proposal.
Is. The route, the service, the yearly paw, the
bidders name and residence, and the name ofeach
member Of the firm, where company offers,
should be distinctly stated-also the mode of con.
veyance, if higher mode than on horseback is
intended.
10. 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 be received by or before the 10th March
I next, at 9 o'clock, a M
II. The contracts are to be executed by or be-
| fore the lst July next.
IS. Postmasters at offices situated upon or near
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 otherwise
| supplied with the mail, to enable the Postmaster
General to direct the proper supply to be made
from the railroad by mail messengers, from and
after the lst July next.
| Al9. Under the act of Sd March, ls45, the route
is to be let to the lowest bidder, rendering stuff.
cient guarantees for faithful performance, without
Other reference to the mode of Transportation than
may be necessary TO provide for the due CELEBRITY,
certainty, and security of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode of con.
veyance that Is inadequate for the route in respect
to the certainty, security, and celebrity of the mails.
aside from any accommodation for travel, it will
not be entitled to the route.
20 When the bid does pot name mode Of
conveyance, it will be taken and understood to be
for the lowest mode of conveyance to wit on horse
back. When it proposes to carry according to
the advertisement, and no mode of conveyance is
stated for the route in the advertisement it will be
considered as offering only for horseback convey
ance.
81. Since the passage of the act of March 8
ls45, new description of bid has been received.
1t specifies no mode of conveyance, but engagesto
carry the mail with certainty CELEBRITY and secur-
ty, using the terms of the law. These bids are
called, from the manner in which they are desig-
mated on the books of the department, "star bids
1t has been decided, after mature consideration,
that bid proposing specific mode ofconveyance