Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-04-18
INSTRUCTIONS.

closing the mails at all offices where no particular
time is specified; but on railroad and steamboat
routes there is 10 be no more delay than is neces
sary to deliver and receive the bags.
,. The mail is to be conveyed in preference to
passengers, and 10 their entire exclusion, if its
weight and hCis require il.
.. Post Office BLANKS, mail bags, and the specia!
agents OF the Department., on the exhibition Of
their credentials, to he conveyed without fur
Their charge, on neil lines admitting Of such con-
reyanCe.
4. Mail agents are to be conveyed without charge
on the principal iaaoad aad steanbC lines here
the size of the mails and the number OF the offices
will require their employment by the Depar, ment !;
and in that case, separate apartment for the as
sorting and safe keeping of the mail is to be pro-
Vided by the contractor, under the direction Of the
! Department.
8. In all cases there is to be forfeiture of the
pay OF the trip when the trip is not run forfeiture
OF at least one-fourth part Of it when the running
or arrival is far behind time as to lose the con-
nexion with depending mail; and forfeiture of a
due proportion OF when grade OF service is rem
defed inferior to that III the contract These for
FIXTURES may be increased into penalties Of higher
amount according to the nature frequency of the
| failure and the Importance OF the mail.
.. Fines Will be imposed unless The delinl uenfy
be satisfactorily explained in due time for failing
to take from, or deliver al, post Office, the mall
any part of it for suffering it to be wet Injured,
! lost, or destroyed; or conveying it in place or
manner that exposes it to dcpredation loss, in
jury; for refusing after demand TO convey mail
by any coach, railroad car, steamboat, which the
contractor regularly runs on the route beyond the
speeliled number OF trips in the contract ard FOR
not arriving at the time set; and for setting up
running an express to transmit comm crc:al ncl-
gence III advance Of the mall penalty viii be eX-
acted equal to 4 quarters pay.
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures; for violating the post
oifce laws; for disobeying the instructions of the
DEPARTMENT.; for refusing to discharge a carrier
when required by the Departments for assigning the
contract without the consent of the Postmas se =
General, or Tor setting up or running an express
aforesaid.
s. The Postmaster General may alter the con-
tract and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata
increase Of compensation, within the restrictions
imposed oy law, for the additional service required
Or for the increased speed, if the employment of
ADDITIONAL stock or carriers is rendered necessary
bt' the contractor may. in such case, renqusf the
contract, on timely notice, if he prefers it to the
change The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract or curiaL the service and pay, when he wish
eS TO dlspe nSe with the in whole in part,
or place higher or different grade of service on
the route he allowing one months extra pay the
amount dspened with.
9. The payments will be made through drafts on
on post offices otherwise, after the expiration of
each quarter-Say in February, May, August, and
November.
10. The distances are given according to the best
iioi nation; but no increased pay will be allowed
should they prove to be greater than is advertised
II the places are correctly named.
III. The POSTMASTER General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the trans
portation OF the mail with any person who shall
have entered into any combination, or proposed to
enter into any combinations to the making Of
any bid for mail contract by any other person or
persons, or who shall have made any aare, ment,
snail have gwen Or performed, promised to give
or perform, any consideration to DO, not to do
any thlnS whatever to induce any other person rot
to bid for mail contract. Particular attention is
cahed 70 the 2sth section Of the act Of 1886, prohi
biting combinations to prevent bidding.
II. bid received after time, to wit, the 10th
April next, at 0 ms or without the guaranty re-
CURED by law, or that combines several routes in
Gre sum OF compensation, cannot be considered in
competition with the regular proposal not adjudgcd
to be eXtrayagant.
IS. bidder may offer, where the transportation
called for In the advertisement is difficult ini
practicable at certain easons, to substitute in
terror mode 9f conveyance, or TO intermit ser
vice specified number of days weeks, or months
He may propose to omit an Office that is inaccessi
ble or Is not on the stage road, the railway, at
steamboat landing, the may be; or he may
offer to substitute an interior mode OF supply 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 %
mail connexlon Or other public accommodation is
pfeJudlced. He may ask for more running time to
the TIP, during specified number Of days, at
tam seasons of peculiarly bad roads; but beyond
these changes, proposal for service different from
the advertisement viii prevent its being consider
Cd In competition with regular bid not set aside
iof extravaganza; and where bid contains any of
the above alterations, their disadvantages viii be
estimated In comparing it with other proposals.
II. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal.
10. The route. the service the yearly paw, the
bidders name and sidsnCe. and the name of each
member ofthe firm, where company offers, should
be distinctly stated; also the mode Of CONVEYANCE.
If higher mode than on horseback is intended.
20. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
to the FIRST Assistant Postmaster General, with