The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-02-05

10 competition with regular bid not set asde for
extravagance; and where bid contains any Of the
above alterations, their disadvantages will be est
mated in comparing II with other proposals.
Ia. There should be but route bid for in a
proposal
Is The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
bidders name and residence, and the name OF
each member of the hrm, where company oilers,
should be distinctly stated; also the mode OF con-
veyance, if higher mode than on horseback is in,
tended.
TO- The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
TO the First Assistant Postmaster General, with
small Proposals in the State or Territory OH
written the face Of the letter; and should be dis
patched in time to be received by or before the ist
Of April next, at 10 o'clock, Ii should be
guaranteed and the sufiiciency of the guarantors
be duly certified. (Sce forms.)
H. The contracts To be executed by or before
the LIST Of July next
Is. Postinasters at offices situated upon
railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot,
will Immediately after the 18th April next, report
that fact to the Department. stating their exact dis
tapces from the railroad depot, and how otherwise
supplied with the mail, to enable the Postmaster
General TO direct the proper supply to be made from
the railroad by mail messengers, from and after
the LIST of July next. 1
10. Under the act Of March 3, 1915, the route 10
to be let to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient
guarantees for faithful performance, without other
reference TO the mode OF transportation than may
be necessary 10 provide for the due celebrity, Ger
tainty, and security of such transportation
When the lowest bid proposes a mode OF convey
ance that ia inadequate for the route in respect
the certainty, security, and celebrity Of the mails
aside from any accommodation Tor travel, II Will
not be entitled to the route.
20. When the bid does not names 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 mode of conveyance is stated
for the route in the advertisement, it will be con-
sidered offering only for horseback conveyance.
81 Since the passage of the act of March 8, 1916,
new description of bid has boon received. II spe-
cifies mode of conveyance, but engages 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 designated on
the books of the Department, tst0v bids" 1t has
been decided, after mature consideration, that
bid proposing a specific mode Of conveyance OF as
high q grade two horse coach transportation Is
to be preferred to the star bid. The experience of
the Department enables it to lay down the follow
ing rules, viz: tshaHBp3 sH 81
When the mail on the route is not 80 large as to
require two borse coach conveyances star bid, If
the lowest, will be preferred to the specific bid
E22. When the mails OF such size and weight
to render 1t necessary or expedient IN reference
to them alone to provide two horse coach convey
ance, the specific bid, though the highest. will be
preferred to the star bid, to the extent OF mode
rate difference in the compensation in case the diff
s not such to interfere with the policy OF
the new law, which looks to reduction in the cost
Of transportation Exceptions, however, may be
allowed, where the bid is made by the present
owner of the stock the route, and it is manifest
that the reasons for preferring the specific bid do
not exist in his case. i1 s4ah
%. On routes of the highest class, where four
horse coach steamboat transportation is required
by the size and importance Of the mails the prefer
encc for the specific bid will be, ifpecessary, car
ricd to greater extent of difference than on the
inferior routes, subject, however to the ex-
ceptione above stated. W asr~ R
"a. A modification Of bid, in any of it's essen
tial terms ia tantamount TO new bid, and cannot
be received SO as to interfere with regular compe-
titon, after the last hour set for receiving bids
TO- Postmasters required to be careful and
not TO certify the sulhciency of guarantors or
ties without knowing that they are persons of suf
ficent responsibility; and all bidders guarantors
and suretcs distinctly notified that failure
to enter into perform the contracts for the ser
vice proposed for in the accepted bids, their legal
liabilities will be enforced against them.
26. The contracts will be substantially in the
forms heretofore used in this Department, except
in the respects particularly mentioned in these in
structons and conditions; and on all railroad and
steamboat routes the contractors will be required
deliver the mails into the post offices the ends
of the routes and into all the post offices not
than eighty rods from the railroad or landing.
Ssiaoi1Af 1ftc N. X. HALL, Postmaster General
Posi- OrrfcE DEPARTMENT, Jan. 18th, 1851.
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