The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-04-18

Independence from Fort Des Moines, ~ miles
and back once week,
Indanolo from Fort Des Moines, % miles and
back once week. -
Kirkvills IRON Fountain Springs, miles and
back once week.
I.oyclia from Abba, 9 miles and back once
week. ,h,.L
Mon,acu,e from Apple Grove, Il miles and
New Holland from Lasro, miles and back
mi Nine Eagle, from Princeton, 20 miles and back
once week. "a, -, ho.L
paran City from Red Rock 9 miles and BACK
once week. ILL. aud
Portland from Business Corners two miles anu
Port Louisa from Toolesboro', Il miles anu
back once week -, ,oan ,r;l.s
Salt Lake, California from Kane, i,V'o 'n'es
and back Sin times year.
South Fork from Centrevll'e, IL m'ies a''u o's"
spragueviile from Spring Brook, miles anu
back once week. ,Ah..
Union Mills from Oskaloosa, u miles and bacS
once week. .ah.,.
Walnut Fork from Fairview, IA miles and BACK
Well,s Mills from Bloomfield, 90 miles and
b ,ck once week. -,
YANKEE Settlement from Colony, II miles and
back once week.
Form for Bid uhsre no change from adfefnse'
meat IS contemplated ty the ttfder.
81 Tor we, as the case may be,) here write tie
name or names in full Of here slate the residence
or residences hereby propose to carry the man
on No. from 20
as often as the advertisement requires, inthe lime
stated in the schedules, AMI BY the following
mode Of conveyance, 10 Wit: tiIe'e state now
il is 10 be conveyed for the annual sum Of
Dated
Form efd guaranty 70 accompany each 6'a.
"The undersigned here insert the name OF the
guaran,er or guarantors] guarantees that mere m
scrt name Of bidder, or names Of bidders, as me
mail from 10 be accepted BY the Post
master General, shall enter into an obligation
piror to tile first day OF July next, with good and
| sufficient sureties 10 perform The service piopos-
cd,
Dated
Form ef Cethf az.
The undersigned, postmaster OF !.
certilies tina, the gu rantots above named are SUI
ticen, and able TO make good their guaranty"
Dated
INSTRUCTIONS.
|. Seven minutes are allowed Tor opening and
closing the mails at all Offices whe no particular
time is specified. but on ,iroad and steamboat
routes there is 10 be no delay than Is neces-
sary to deliver and receive the bags
2 The mail is 10 be conveyed in'pre.erence 10
passengers, TO their entire exclusion, If its weigh.
and bulk require it,
g. Post-otlice blanks. mil bags, and the spe-
cial agents or The Department on The exhibition Of
their credentials, are to be conveyed, without
further charge, OH mail lines admitting Of such
conveyance.
4. Mail agents are 10 be conveyed without
charge, on the princi pal railroad and. steamboat
line, where the size Of the mails aud Tie number
OF Offices will require their appointment by the
Department.; and in that case. separate apart
neht Tor the asserting and sale-keeping OF the
mail, is to be provided by the contractor, under
the direction ofthe Department
5. In all cases, there is TO be forfeiture OF the
pay ofthe trip, when the trip is hot run; forfeit,
ure OF al least fourth Part il, when the run
mag or arrival is so Gar behind time as 10 lose The
eonnexion with depending mail; and forfeit
are Of due proportion o! il, when a grade Of
service is rendered, inferior TO that in the con-
tract. These loriei'utes may b. increased into
penalties OF higher amount, according 10 the ma
,urc or frequency Of the fA ure, and the impor-
lance OF the mail.
4 Fines will be imposed, unless the dein-
tucuGy uc tNptduSu III uHe tttnt, tuT
failing, TO take from deliver at, rost. office,
the mail, or any par, oft; FOL suffering it TO be
wet, injured, lost or destroyed; or conveying il
IN place or manner that exposes il to deprada-
ton, loss or Injury; tor refusing, after demand 10
convey a mail by any coach, railroad car or
steamboat, which the contractor regularly runs
on the route, beyond the specified number oftrips
IN the contract. and Tor not arriving in the time
set: and for setting up and running an express 10
FRS al in al nj
the mail, penalty will be exaeted equal to a
quarters pay.
T. The Postmaster General may anhul the con-
tract for repeated failures: for violating the post
Office laws; for disobeying the instructions Of the
Department.; Tor refusing TO discharge carrier
when required by the Department; Tor assigning
the contract without the consent Of the Pos,mas-
ter General, or for setting up and running an ex.
press, as aforesaid.
9. The Postmaster General may alter the con.
tract, and alter the schedule he allowing proraa
increase Of compensation, within the restrictions
imposed by law, for the additional service re-
quir.d, or for the increased speed il the employ
,nent OF additional stock or carriers is rendered
necessary; but the contractor may, in such case
relnqnsh the contract on timely notice, if he
prefers IL TO the change. The Postmaster General
may annul the contract, or curtai the service and
pay, when he wishes to dispense with the service
in whole or in part, place higher or different
grade Of service on The route, by allowing one
months extra pay on the amount dispensed with.
g. The payments will be made though drafts
on post Offices otherwise, after the expiration
Of each qaartef-say, in February, May, August
and November.
TO- The distances are given according 10 the
best information;bu no increased pay will be al
lowed, shonld they prove to be greater than is adj
veItsed, if the places are correctly named.
~. 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 combination, or pro.
posed 10 enter into any combination, to prevent
the making Of any bid Tor mail contract by any
other person or psrsons, or who shall have made
any agreement, OF shall have given or performed,
or promised to give or perform, any consideration
to do, or not to 90, anything whatever TO induce
any other person not 10 bid for mail contract.
Particular attention is called 10 the cath section
OF the act Of 1896, prohibiting combinations TO