Washington telegraph., 1850-02-20

heee ioT'eitufes may De Increased into Penaities
of higher amount according TO the nature or fire.
quency of the failure and the Importance OF the
mail.
g. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained in due time for failing
to take from deliver at, post office, the mail.
or any part oft for suffering it to be wet, injured.
lost, or destroyed; or conveying it in place or
manner that exposes it to degradation, loss, or in.
| jury; for refusing after demand to convey a mail
| by any coach, railroad car, or steamboat, which
the contractor regularly runs on the route beyond
the specified number of trips in the contract, and
for not arriving at the time set and for setting VI,
or running an express to transmit commercial in.
| teiiIgence in advance of the mail, penalty will
be exactej equal 10 aquarters pay.
| Z. The Postmaster General I'M anuul the oon-
tract for repeated failures; for violating the post
ot1ce laws; tor dsobeying the instructions of tho
| Department.; for refusing to discharge a carrier
| when required by the Department; for assigning
the contract without the consent OF the Postmaster
General, or for setting up or running an express as
| aforesaid.
| 8. The Postmaster General may alter the con.
| tract, and alter the schedule, he allowing a pro
rata Increase OF compensation, within the restric-
| tons imposed by law, for the additional service
required, for the increased speed if the employ.
ment OF additional stock or carriers is rendered
necessary; but the contractor may i'm such case.
relinquish the contract, timely notice, if he pre-.
fers it to the change. The Postmaster General
may onnui tho contract sa-te;i the service and
pay. when he wishes to dispense with the service
IN whole or IN part, o. place higher or different
grade of service on the route, he allowing
| months extra pay on the amount dispensed with
y. The payments will be made through drafts
on post offices or otherwise, after the expiration
OF each qoarier-say in February, May, August
and November
i0. The distances given according to the
pest information; but no increased pay will be al
'o"eo should they prove to be greater than is sd.
| Fe,useu1 II the places are correctly named
ii. The Postmaster General is prohbitad by
law from knowingly making a contract for the
transportation oil the mail with any person who
'"0' nav" entered into any combination, or pro.
posed TO enter into any combination, TO prevent
'he making OF aiy bid Tor nail contract by apx
other person or persons, who shall have made anv
agreement or shall have given performed, or
promised to give or perform, any consideration TO
| 40, or not to do anything whatever to induce npy
other person not TO bid for a mail contract. Par.
tcnlar attention called TO the 2Sth section of the
act OF 1886, prohibiting combinations TO prevep,
bidding.
! IL. A bid received, after time, to wit, the 10th
AprlI next at iO IN, o. without the guaranty re-
qured 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. extravagaut.
l3. bidder may offer, where the transpor
| \ tucu
or impTacticable at certain seasons 10 substitute
an inleror mode Of conveyance or to intermit
service specified number Of days, weeks or
months lie may propose to omit an Office
that is inaccessible, or is not on the stage road.
the railway, or at a steamboat landine as The
case may be; or he may offer to substitute an
inferior mode of supply in such cases He NAV
propose different days and hours of departure
and arrival, provided more running time is
asked, and 1t is obvious that no mail connexon
or other public accommodation is prejudced-
tie may ask for more running time 10 the trim
during a specified number of days, at certain
seasons OF peculiarly bad roads; but beyond these
changes a proposal for service different from the
advertisement will prevent its being considered
in competition with regular bid not set aside
Tor extravaganza; and where bid contains any
of the above alterations. their disadvantages
will be estimated in comparing 1t with other
proposals.
IA. There should be but one route bid for in
a proposal.
ID. the route the service, the yearly nav.
the bidders name and residence, and the name
of each member Of the firm, where a companv
offers should b. distinctly stated; also the mods
Of conveyance, If higher mode than on horse-
back is intended
10. The bid should be sent uuder seal. sddres.
sed 10 the FIRST Assistant Postmaster General.
with Mail Proposals in Inane the State and
1eHAory,J written on the face of The letter: ana
should be dispatched in time to be received bv or
before The 10th April next, at 10 o'clock A. M
Ii should be guaranteed and the suiiiciencv of The
guarantors should be duly certified (See forms)
~. he contracts are to be executed by or be-
fore the lsl July next.
Is Poslmasters at Offices situated upon or near
railroads, bat more Than eighty rods from a depot,
VIII immediately alter the lth May next, report
that Tact to the Department, stating their exact
distance from The railroad depot, aud how other
wise supplied with the mail. TO enable The Post.
master General TO direct the proper supply TO be
made from the railroad by mail messengers. from
and after The lst July next.
10. Under the act OF March g. 1896, the routa
is to be let to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient
guarantees for faithful performance without other
reference TO the mode of transportation than NAV
be necessary to provide for the due ceIenty. cer.
iNhty, aud security Of such transportation
Tben 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
as de from accommodation for travel il will moi
be entitled TO the route.
90. When the bid does not name mode Of con.
veyance it will be taken and understood to he for
the low est mode Of conveyance, TO wit, on horse
back. W hen IL proposes 10 carry according 10 the
advertisement, and mode Of conveya nce is stat
ed for the route in the advertisement, il will be
considered as offering only for horseback convey
ance.
II. Since the passage Of the act of March g.
iS45. new description of bid has been received.
1t specifies n" mode Of conveyance, but en-
cages TO carry the mail with certainty. CELEBRITY,
and security, using the terms Of the law. These
bids are called from the manner in which they ale
designated on the books Of the Department, ''star
bids" IL has been decided, after mature con-
sideraon, that bid proposing specific mode of
conveyance of as high grade as two-horse coach
Transportation is 10 be preferred to the star bid.
The experience of the Department, enables i TO
lay down the following rules, viz:
When the mail on the route is not so large as to