Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-01-29


agents q sns department, on the exhibition ofs-.
credentials, are to be conveyed without f,..s
charge, on mail lines admitting Of such eons .s
ance.
A. Mail agents are TO be conveyed .;a
charge on the principal railroad aad s.ear,I9
lines, where the size of he mails and the r'.ss
of the officers will require their employmea.
the department; and in that ease, a seDa,...y
partment for the asserting and safe-kespinp os -
mail is to be provided by the contractor, unds.
direction Of the department.
B. In all easee there is to be forfeiture os,
pay of the trip, when the trip is not run: sa.s
ture OF at least one-fodrth part of it when the m
ming arrived is so far behind time as to
connexion with depending mail and forss s Toe
of due proportion Of it when grade of .ss's
is rendered inferior 70 that in the contract M cs
forfeitures may be increased into penalties ofh;sS
er amount, according to the nature or freon.sn-
of the failure and the importance of the mail
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the deI;n,.
cy be satisfactorily explained IN due time fs zen
ing to take from, or deliver at, a post off,. >,
mail, or any part of it; for suffering il to he ue
injured, lost, or destroyed; for conveyino i
place or manner that exposes it to depfelafaI
loss or injury; for refusing after demand to coA
yey mail by any coach, railroad car. or ,,ss"
boat, which the contractor regularly runs on W..
route beyond the specified number Of trims IN I'
contract and for not arriving at the time set .-S
for setting up or running an express to tr,nrax
commercial Intelligence in advance of the mail
penalty will be exacted equal to quarters pas
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the cor.
tract for repeated failures for violating the po.s
Office laws for disobeying the instructions of H..
department; for refusing to discharge a carS.t
when required by the department; for assisn;na
the contract without the consent OF the Postm,ss-
ter General. or for setting up or running an az.
press as aforesaid.
8. The Postmaster General may alter the co,-.
tract, and alter the schedule, he allowing nro
rata increase OF compensation, within the res,r;c
tons imposed by law, for the additional service
quired, or for the increased speed, if the emnov.
ment of additional stock carriers is rendered NJ.
cessary but the contractor may, in rsuch case r..
linquish the contract. on timely notice. if he n,.
fers it to the change. The Postmaster General
may annul the contract curtail the service. and
pay when he wishes to dispense with the service
in whole or in part, or place higher or difersn,
grade of service on the route, he allowing on.
months extra pay on the amount dispensed with
9. The payments will be made through draA.
on post Offices or otherwise after the expiration Of
each quarter, say in February, May, August and
November.
10. The distances are given according to III.
best information but no increase pay will be Al.
lowed, should they prove to be greater than is id.
vertised, if the places are correctly named.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited BY
law from knowingly making a contract for the
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 tor q mail contract by any
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 to do, anything whatever to induce
any other person not 10 bid for 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 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.
| l3. bidder may offer, where the transportation
called for in the advertisement is difficult or i'm
practicable at certain seasons to substitute an in.
feror mode of conveyance, or to inter1ait service
specified number of days, weeks, or months He
may propose to omit Office that's inaccessible,
or is not on the stage road, the railway, or at
steamboat landing, as the case may be or he NAV
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 connection 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
from the advertisement will prevent its being con-
sidered in competition with a regular bid not set
aside for extravaganza; and where bid contains
any OF the above alterations their disadva ntages
will be estimated in comparing it with other pro-.
posals.
Ia. There should be bu. one route bid for in
proposal.
Is. The route, the service, the yearly paw, tho
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 is
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 Ee despatched
in time to be received by or before the 10th March
next, at 9 o'clock, m.
II. The contracts are to be executed by or DO.
fore the LIST 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 LIST July next.
l9. Under the act of Sd March, ls45, the route
is to be let to the lowest bidder, rendering suG-
Gent guarantees for faithful performance without
othe; 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 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 Did does not name a 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 ID
the advertisement, and no mode of CONVEYANCE 10
stated for the route ia the advertisement, It will
considered as offering only for horseback convey
ance.
4 81. Since the passage of the act of March
ls45, new description Of bid has been received
1t specifies mode of conveyance, but engages to
carry the mail with certainty, celebrity. and secur'
= ty, using the terms of the law. These bids ere
called, from the manner in which they are deslg
mated on the books of the department, "st0r bids
1t has been decided, after mature consideration
:, that bid proposino snec;f;c y,oda ofconyeyence