The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-01-18
INSTRUCTIONS.

railroad and steamboat routes DELAY
than is necessary to deliver aud receive the bags
g The mail is be conveyed in preference to
and 10 their entire exclusion, if its weight and bulk require
Post office blanks, mail bags, and the special agents OF
the Department. the exhibition of their credentials,
be conveyed without further charge mail lines admitting
| OF such conveyance.
a. Mail agents to be conveyed without charge the
principal railroad and steamboat lines, where the of the
mails and the number of The offices will require their employ
men by the Department and, that case separate apart
men tor the asserting and saekeepng of the mail pro
ded by the contractor under the direction the Department
s. In all there is to be forfeiture of the pay of the
trip when the trip is not forfeiture Of at least one-fourh
part oil when the running arrival far behind time
to lose the connexon with depending mail and forfeiture
of due proportion of when grade Of service rendered
inferior TO that in the contract These eures may in
penalties of higher amount according the nature
or frequency OF the failure and the importance OF the mail
g. Fines will be imposed unless the de- nquency be salts
facory explained in due lime, for failing take from,
deliver at post Office the mail, part of it for suffer
ing to be wet injured, lost, destroyed conveying
in place or manner that exposes depreciation loss,
injury Tor refusing after demand to convey mail by any
coach, railroad car steamboat which the repu-
ay the route beyond the specified number trips
the contract and for not arriving at the time and for
setting up running express to transmit commercial in
teigence in advance of the mail penalty will be exacted
equal TO quarters pay
T. The Postmaster General may annul the contract for
peated failures for violating the post Office laws for dis
obyng the instructions of the Department for refusing
discharge carrier when required by the Department for
signing the contract without the of the Postmaster
General or for setting up running express aforesaid
g. The Postmaster General alter the contract and alter
the schedule, he allowing pro compensation,
within the restrictions imposed by law for the additional
required, for the increased speed if the employ
additional stock carriers rendered necessary but the
contractor in such renqush the contract timely
notice, he prefers it to the change. The Postmaster Gene
raj may annul the curai the service and pay
when he wishes to dispense with the SERVICE in whole
part place higher different grade of service the
he AZ,
| pensed with.
g. The paymentswl be made through drafts post offices
or otherwise, after the expiration of each quaersay Feb
| ruary NAV, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according to the best norma
tons but increased pay will be allowed they prove
be greater than advertised if places correctly named
IL. The Postmaster General prohibited by law from
knowingly making contract for the transportation of the mail
with any person who shall entered into any
proposed to enter into any combination, prevent the
making OF any bid for mail contract by any other person
PERSONS or who shall have made any agreement shall have
given performed promised give perform any
sderation TO do or not to do thing whatever induce
any other person not TO bid for mail Particular
ention is called to the 2Sh section of the of 1885, proh
biting combinations to prevent bidding. :,
10 or without the guaranty required by law that
bnes several routes in of compensation be
considered in competition with the regular proposal adj
Judged to be extravagsnt
49, bidder may offer, where the transportation called for
in the advertisement difficult impraccabe certain
sons, substitute inferior mode of conveyance
ermit service specified number of days. weeks months
He may propose omit Office that inaccessible
on the Stage road, the railway steamboat landing
the case may be be may offer to substitute inferior
mode Of supply in such He propose different
days and hours of departure and arrival provided no more
running time is asked, and il is obvious that mail
ion other public accommodation is preudiced. He may
ask for more running time to the trip during specified num-
Der Of days. at certain Of peculiarly bad roads but
beyond these changes, proposal for different from
the n in
titon with regular bid aside for extravaganza and
where bid contains any OF the above alterations dsad
vsnages will be estimated in comparing with other proposals
IA. There should be but route bid for in proposal
5 The route, the service the yearly pay, the bidder
and residence and the Of each member Of the
firm, where company Offers should be distinctly stated
also the mode conveyance, higher mode than horse
back is intended.
6 The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed to the
First Assistant Postmaster General with email Proposals
IN name the State territory ]" written the face Of
letter. and should be dispatched in time be received by
before the 18th April next at 10 o'clock A. NJ II should
be guaranteed and the suciency OF The guaanors should
be duly certified. (See forms
H. The contras be executed by or before the
July next
ls Postmasers Offices situated upon or near railroads
but than eighty rods from depot, will Immediately az
ter the lh May report that fact The Department
stating their exact distance from the railroad depot ard how
otherwise supplied with the mall enable the Postmaster
General 10 direct the proper supply be made from the rail-
road by mail messengers from and sfer the Let July next
49, Under the act OF March g. 1885, the route be let
TO the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
fol performance without other refere mode Of
poraton an may be necessary provide for the due CELEBRITY
certainly, and security Of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode Of conveyance that
inadequate for the respect certainty security
and celebrity Of the mails aside from any accommodation for
travel, it will not be entitled to the route
20. When the bid does a mode Of CONVEYANCE IL
will DO taken and understood be for the lowest mode
conveyance, to wit on horseback When proposes to
carry according TO the sdvesement and mode convey
is stated for the route in the advertisement il will
considered as offering only for horseback conveyance
81. Since the passage OF The Of March g. ls45 ner
description Of bid has been received Il specifics no mode Of
conveyance, but engages carry the mail with certainty CO.
ery, and security, using the Of the law These bids
are called from the which they designated ON
the books Of the Department "stdr bids II has been de-
oided, after mature consideration. that bid PROPOSING spc
cc mode Of conveyance Of high grade coach
transportation TO be preferred TO the bid The expert,
Of the Department enables to lay down the following
| rules viz
When the mail the route is not so large as to reouire
two horse coach conveyance bid if the lowest will be
preferred to the specific bid.
81 When the mails Of such size and weight ne n ren
der necessary expeden in reference to them alone 70
provide wohorse coach conveyance the specific bid though
The highest will be preferred the star bid to the extent of
moderate difference IN the compensation in case the differ
ence not such 10 interfere with the policy of the new law
which looks to reduction in the Of transportation Er
cepuons however, may be allowed where the star hid il made
by the present Of the stock on the route and il
Hest that the reasons for preeng the specific bid do not
exist in his case.
3D. On routes Of the highest class where four coach
or steamboat transportation reouired bv the s orJ i'm