The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-03-18


names in full of there the residence or resdence
hereby propose to carry the mail on No. from
to often as the advertisement requires in the time
stated in the schedules and by the following mode con-
yeyance, 10 wit; There state how is TO be conveyedl for
the annual sum oil 5 N
Form of guarantee to accompany each bid,
"The undersigned there insert the name of the guar
anor guaantorsl guarantees that There insert name Of
bidder of bidders, the may bel if hi,
Cor their bid for carrying The mail from to be
accepted by the Postmaster General shall enter into OBJ
legation prior to the first day Of July next with good and
sufficient sureies to perform the service proposed"
Dated.
L. Seven minutes allowed for opening and closing the
mails at all offices where no particular time is specified.
delay than snecessay to deliver and receive the bags
2 The mail is TO be conveyed in preference pasen.
gers, and to their entire exclusion If It's weight and buk
g. Post office blanks maibags and the special aren't. =,
the department. the exhibition of their credentials are
10 be conveyed without further charge on mail lines admit
4 Mail agents to be conveyed without charge on the
principal railroad and steamboat lines, where tie size of
the mails and The number of the officers will require their
employment by the department; and in that case Sem.
apartment for the asserting and safe keeping Of he
mail to be provided by the contractor, under the direction
of the department.
5. In all there be forfeiture fthe pay of the
fourth part OF it when the running arrival is so far be-
hind time as to lose the connexon with depending mail;
Of service rendered that in the contract @9" Tad
oe,aares may be increased into penalties Of higher
and the importance of the mail.
O. FINES wi be imposed, unless the delinquency be
or deliver at post office, the mail any part OF for
suffering II to be injured lost Destroyed for con.
veyng in place manner that exposes il to deprel.
ton loss or injury for refusing after demand convey
mail by any COACH railroad car steamboat which the
regularly runs ON the route beyond the specified
number OF trips in the contract and for arriving at the
'e set ana Tor setting up or running am express
mt conmert al intelligence in advance of the ninl pe.
atty VIII be xacled equal to quarters pay
Z. Inc postmaster General may annul the contract for
repeated failures, for violating the post office laws for dis
obeyng the instructions Of the department for refusing to
assigning the contract without the the pomas
ter General or Tor setting up running express afore.
g. The Postmaster General may alter the contract and
alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata of com
pensaon within the restrictions imposed by law for the
aaii'oha service required or for the increased speed
the employment of additional stock rendered
necessary; but the contractor may in such case relnDu
the contract timely notice. if he prefers it to the change
ihe Po5tnas'er General may nnnu the curiail
service IN whole or in part, or place higher different
grade OF service on the route, he allowing months
| ira pay on The amount dispensed with.
y The payments will be made through drafts post of.
heGs or after the exPation each quarter say
nation bu, increased pay win be allowed should ahey
fecly named.
II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
knowingly making contract for the transportation of the
mail with any person who shall have entered into any
binaon or proposed to enter into any combination, pre-
vent the making Of any bid for mail by any other
person persons or who shall have made any agreement
sa or % % IN ed I
whatever to induce ay other person not to bid for mail
OF the act OF 1885, prohibiting combinations prevent bid
~ bid received after time to wit the 9TH of Nav nex
at a. without the guaranty required by law, thai
combines several routes in one sum Of compensation
not adiudged to be extravagant.
ID bidder may Offer where the transportation called
for in the advertisement is difficult npractcable
tain seasons to substitute inferior mode of conveyance,
or to inerm service specified number of days. weeks
sbie, the stage road the railway or at a steam
boat landing as the may be he may offer subs
pose different days and hd" Of e departure and ar
provided no more running time is asked and is obvious
preudccd He may ask more running time to the trip
during specified number of days at certain of
cu'iary bad roads, but beyond these changes proposal
for service different from the advertisements will prevent
aside for extravaganza; and where bid contains any
the above alterations their disadvantages will be estimated
in conn pairing it with oherproposas
ID The route the service, the yearly pay the bidders
firm, where company offers should be distinctly stated
also the mode OF conveyance, if higher mode than on
l6 The bid should be under SEAL addressed to the
First Assistant Postmaster General, with EMAIL Proposals
should be despatched in time to be received by or before
the re- 7th no, Of May next at o'clock, a. M
a. The contracts to be executed by before the lt
July next
l3 Under the act of Sd March, 1915 the route is to DO
let to the lowest bidder, rendering sufficient guarantees
for faithful performance, without other reference the
Tor the due celebrity certainty and security of such
portation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode conveyance that
is inadequate for the in respect the certainty
y and CELEBRITY of the mails, aside from any accommoda
ton for travel, it will not be entitled to the
~ 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
according to the advertisement, and mode
veyance is stated for the the advertisement will
be considered offering only for horseback conveyance
20 Since the passage of the of March g. 1916 new
description of bid has been received 1t specifies mode
oil conveyance but engages TO carry the mail with certain
Y, celebrity, and security using the of the law
These bids are called, from the manner in which they
designated on the books of the department. bids
has been decided, after considerations that bid
posing specific mode of conveyance of high grade
wohorse coach transportation is be referred the
bid The experience of the department. enables lay \
down the following rules, viz:
When the mail on the route is large require /
two-hore coach conveyance, star bid if the lowest will
be preferred to the specific bid
81 When the mails o such and weight 10 L
render it necessary expcdient, in reference them
Alone provide wohore coach conveyance the specific
bid though the highest will be preferred the bid
the extent of moderate difference
case the difference is such interfere with the policy
OF the new law, which looks TO reduction in the cost
transportation Exceptions, however, may be allowed \
where the star bid is made by the present of the
stock the route, and il manifest that for
ferng the specific bid do not exist in his
o. On routes of the highest class where forhose coach
or steamboat transportation is required by the size and m
will be, if necessary carried greater extent of dHe-
than the inferior coach subject
to the exceptions above stated.
23 modification OF bid in of its essential terms
is tantamount to new bid, and cannot be received
to interfere with regular competition, after the hour set
for receiving bids.
G. JOHNSON,
Postmaster General I
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Feb. Q, 1917.
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