Washington telegraph., 1850-03-06

feture of at least one-fourth part of it when IL.
running or arrival is far behind time as 10 lo.
the connexion with depending mail; and f.,
feiture Of due proportion of it when GRAD. >,
service is rendered inferior to that in the contra,
These forieitures may be increased into penal,;s.
of higher amount, according to the nature or fro
quency of the failure and the importance of N.
mail
6. Fines will be imposed unless the delinousno,,
be satisfactorily explained in due time, for faIin1
to take from or deliver at, a post Office, the m,;s
OF any part of it, for suffering it to be wet, injured
lost, or destroyed; or conveying it in place .,
manner that exposes it to degradation, loss, or in.
jury; for refusing after demand to convey mai
by any coach, railroad car, or steamboat, wb;ch
the contractor regularly runs on the route beyond
the specified number Of trips i'm the contract ana
for not arriving at the time set; and for setting mn
or running express to transmit commercial in.
telligence in advance of the mail, penalty will
be exacted equal 10 aquarter's pay.
7. The Postmaster General may annul the cor
tract for repeated failures; for violating the DOS,
office laws; for disobeying the instructions of the
Department; for refusing to discharge a carrier
when required by the Department.; for assigning
the contract without the consent OF the Postmas,s
General, or for setting up or running an express as
aforesaid.
8. The Postmaster General may alter the cor
nro
rata increase Of compensation, within the res,ric.
tions imposed by law, for the additional service
required, or for the increased speed, if the empov
ment of additional stock or carriers is render.d
necessary; but the contractor may, in such case
relinquish the contract, timely notice. If he prs
fers it to the change. The Postmaster General
may annul the contract curtail the service and
pay. when he wishes TO dispense nth the serycs
i'm whole or in pert, place higher or differep,
GRADE of the he allo,yin,,
months extra pay on the amounl dispensed with
y. The payments will be made through drafts
post offices or otherwise, after the expiration
of each quarter-say in February, May, Augus,
and November.
10. he distances are given according to the
best information; but no increased pay will be al.
lowed, should they prove TO be greater than is ad
verlised, iflhe places are correctly named.
IL. The Postmaster General is pryhibitad he
law from knowingly making 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 al y bid Tor IN all contract by any
other person or persons, who shall have made any
agreement shall have given performed, or
promised to give or perform, any consideration 10
do, or not to do, anything whatever to induce any
other person not TO bid for a mail contract. Par.
ticular attention is called 10 the 2SIh section Of the
dCL VI iCOO, ColuutudtIOuS 10 prevent
bidding.
IL. A bid received after time TO wit, the 18th
April next, at j IN, 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 ad-
judged to be extravagant
l3. A bidder may offer, where the ,ranspcr-
taiion called for in the advertisement is difficult
or impractcable at certain seasons, 10 Subsiituts
service specified number OF days, weeks or
months. He may propose to omit office
that is inaccessible, or is not on the stage road,
the railway, or at a steamboat landing as The
case may be; or he may offer TO substitute an
inferior mode of supply in such cases. lie may
propose different days and hours of departure
and arrival, provided running time is
asked, and it is obvious that mail come xou
or other public accommodation is pre- judicec-
He may ask for more running time 10 the trip,
during specified number of days. at CERTAIN
seasons of peculiarly bad roads; but beyond these
changes proposal for service different from the
advertisement will prevent its being considered
in competition with a 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
proposals.
IA There should be but one route bid for in
a proposal.
s. The route the service, the yearly pay
the bidders Lame and residence, aud the name
OF each member Of the firm, where a company
Offers should BE- distinctly stated; also the mode
OF conveyance, il higher mode than on horse
back is intended
l6 The bid should be sent uuder SEAL address
sed to the First Assistant Postmaster General,
with Mail Proposals in name the Stale aud
Territory" written on the face Of The letter; and
Shn ha IISn bpd in h. hy
before the 10th April next, at 10 o'cock A. NJ
1t should be guaranteed, and the suffciency of the
guarantors should be duly certified. (Sre lorms)
IL. The contracts are 10 be executed by or be-
fore the lst July next.
lS. Postmasters at Offices situated upon or near
railroads, but more Than eighty rods from depot,
will Immediately after the lth May next, report
that fact to the Department. stating their exact
distance from The railroad depot and 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
~. Under the act Of March g. lS45; the route
is TO be let 10 the lowest bidder, rendering sufficient
guarantees for faithful performance without other
reference to the mode of transportation than may
be necessary to provide for the due ceerty, cer-
taInty, and security Of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode Of con-
veyance that is inadequate for the route in respect
to the certainty, security and ceerty OF the mails,
aside from any accommodation for travel, il will not
be entitled to The route.
~ When the bid does not name a mode Of con-
veyance, it will be taken and understood to be for
the lowest mode of conveyance, TO wit, on horse
back. When IL proposes TO carry according to the
advertisement, and no mode OF conveyance 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 s.
IS45. new description of bid has been received
1t specifies nu mode of conveyance, but en-
cages to carry the mail with certainty, celerIiy
and security, using the terms Of the law. These
bids are called, from the manner in which they are
designated on the books of the Department, "sfar
BIDS" 1t has been decided after mature con-