Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-01-22

AGENTS OF the department, on the exhibition Off,;
credentials, are TO be conveyed without f0,.s4
charge, on mail lines admitting Of such CONF
ance.
4. Mail agents are TO be conveyed will.
charge on the principal railroad and stea,aI 0ut
lines, where the size Of the mails and the nn,'S
Of the officers will require their employmer,
the department; and in that ease, separs,.y
partment for the asserting and safe-keepine Of -
mail is to be provided by the contractor, unde, -
direction of the department..
5. In all casee there is to be forfeiture of ;,
pay of the trip, when the trip is not run; fo,s:
ture OF at least one-fourth part Of it when the M
ming or arrived is SO far behind time as to los..a
connexion with depending mail; and forfo;,'Ms
of due proportion of it when grade of so.N
is rendered inferior to that in the contract, IN
forfeitures may be increased into penalties ofbss
er amount, according to the nature or fraonasn'
of the failure and the importance of the mail
g. Fines will be imposed, unless the deIino,.-
cy be satisfactorily explained in due time hr 81,
ing TO take from, or deliver at, post of;co az
mail, or any part of it; for suffering it to bs VIC
injured, lost, or destroyed; for conveying i, ;n
place or manner that exposes it to depreJafon
loss, injury; for refusing after demand to co.,
vey mail by any coach, railroad car, or s,s.na
boat, which the contractor regularly runs on n.
route beyond the specified number of trims in ,I'
contract and for not arriving at the time set ,rs
for setting up or running an express to transm.
commercial intelligence in advance of the mai;
penalty will be exac,ed equal to quarters pay
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the -,
tract for repeated failures; for violating the no.
Office laws for disobeying the instructions N.
department; for refusing to discharge carrie,
when required BY the department; for assiqpD.
the contract without the consent OF the Postm,s
ter General, or for setting up or running an e1.
press as aforesaid.
8. The Postmaster General may alter the cor.
tract, and alter the schedule, he allowing a pro
rata increase OF compensation, within the restr;c.
tons imposed by law, for the additional service "a
quired, or for the increased speed if the emplov.
ment of additional stock carriers is rendered ne.
cessary but the contractor may in rsuch case. "a.
linquish the contract on timely notice, if he nrs.
fers it to the change. The Postmaster Gener,,
may annul the contract or curtal the service. and
pay when he wishes to dispense with the service
in whole or in part, or place higher or different
grade OF service on the route, he allowing ons
months extra pay on the amount dispensed with.
8. The payments will be made through drafts
post offices or otherwise, after the expiration of
each quarter, say in February, May, August, and
November.
10. The distances are given according to Ii.
best information but no increase pay will be al.
lowed, should they prove to be greater than is .d
vertised, if the places are correctly named.
ii. The Postmaster General is prohibited bv
law from knowingly making a contract for III.
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 any
other person or persons, or who shall have MAIDS
any agreement 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 2s,h section
of the act of 1896, prohibiting combinations to
prevent bidding.
IL. A bid received after time, to wit: the 10th
March next, at a m, or without the guaranty re.
quired by law, or that combines several routes in
one sum of compensation, cannot be considered
in competition with regular proposal not I'D.
judged to be extravagant.
H. bidder may offer, where the transportation
called for in the advertisement is difficult or i'm.
practicable at certain seasons to substitute an in
terror mode OF conveyance, or to intermt servicea
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 q
steamboat landing, as the case may be; or he NAV
offer TO 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
prejudiced. 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
aaIu L.
sidered in competition with regular bid not set
aside for extravaganza; and where a bid contains
any of the above alterations. their disadvantages
will be estimated in comparing it with other pro.
posas. 90
IA. There should be hut one route bid for in
proposal.
Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
bidders name and residence, and the name ofeach
member OF the firm, where a company offers
should be distinctly stated-also the mode of con.
veyance, if higher mode than on horseback il
intended.
Is. 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 lie despatched
in time to be received by or before the 10th March
next, at 9 o'clock m.
IL. The contracts are to be executed by or BE-
fore the LIST Juy 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 LIST July next.
l9. Under the act of Sd March, ls45, the route
is to be let to the lowest bidder, rendering fufi-
Gent guarantees for faithful performance, without
othe; reference to the mode of transportation than
may be necessary 10 provide for the due celeriy,
certainty, and security Of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes a 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 not name mode Of
conveyance, it will be taken and understood to bs
tor the lowest mode of convey to wit horse
back. When it proposes to carry according to
the advertisement and no mode of conveyance
stated for the route in the advertisement, it will DO
considered as offering only for horseback convey
ance.
4 Il. Since the passage Of the act of March )
ls45, new description of bid has been received
Ii specifies 40 mode of conveyance but engages to
carry the mail with certainty, CELEBRITY and secui'
8 ty, using the terms of the law. These bids are
called, from the manner 10 which they are deslg'
4 mated on the books of the department, "star bids
1t has been decided, after mature consideration