The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-29
PROPOSALS COR carrying the mails of the Uni.

PROPOSALS Cor carrying the mails of the Uni
l. ted States in steamboats, from the 18th day o (
November next TO the first day Of July, 1854,
the following route in Mississippi and Louisiana,
will be received at the Contract Office OF the Post
Office Department in the city of Washington,
til a. IN of the 18th Of September next, to be de-
cided by the following day:
No. ELL. From Vicksburg. by Warrenton,
Grand Gulf St. Joseph's, Rodney, Water Proof,
Natchez, Fort Adams, Red River Landing, 81
Francisvilie, Waterloo, Port Hudson, LobdelIa
Store, Baton Rouge, Brulee Landing. Manchac,
Plaquemine, Ibervile, Bdvou Goula, New River,
Donaldsonville, Tureaud, Convent, Bonnet Care,
Edgar, Taylor, and Logan's Landing, to New
Orleans, 374 miles, six times week, and back,
from 1st October to lst July, and triweekly real
due Of year.
Leave vicksburg daily, except Wednesday, at
Arrive at New Orleans In 60 hours by p. IN.
Leave New Orleans daily, except Sunday, at 8
p. m. ... .a..- .r... 80
Proposals to omit, during the period OF ak times
a week service, the Sunday trip going down, and
the Wednesday one returning, will be considered.
--a. b. a. NOTES.
The contracts ars to nc oseeaied by The FIRST Of
September next Should the Department appoint
travelling agents for the route, they to be con-
veyed free OF charge. Deduction will be made for
trips not performed, and fines imposed for those
not run agreeably to contract. The Postmaster
General may annul the contract for repeated
failures, or for violating the Post Office laws. He
may alter the contract or schedule, PROVIDED ne
allows pro rata extra pay for additional stock
made necessary by tho change, and one months
extra pay all curtailments ordered in the ser
vice. No extra pay will be made should the
distance be greater than advertised. The mails
to be taken into and from the Post Offices
named: also. TO and from any Offices that may Be
established within q quarter Of mile of the river,
during the contract term. The bids should be
guaranteed by one or more responsible individu-
ais, and the suficency of the guaranty duly
certified. They should be addressed to the SECOND
Assistant Postmaster General, endorsed mail
Proposals for route III" The contracts 10
be executed by the 10Th day of November next,
and will be in the form Except in the respects
herein particularly mentioned) usually required
| in this Department when the service ia performed
in stea mboats. ,s.s .'v i. r''.
The Department reserves to itself the right to
decline to accept any of the proposals, II the com
pensation proposed il deemed too high; or to defer
| decision thereon until the bids may be submitted
to Congress for direction; the final decision on
such bids to be made. in the latter case, by the
10Th of March next, and the service to commend
if required, on the first day of July thereafter.
The contracts in that case to be executed by the
first OF June next.
Form ofG Guaranty.
.'The undersigned - guaranty that, if the
bid of ----- for carrying the mail on route 5.7ll
be accepted by the Postmaster General, he Cor
they, as the case may beg shall enter into the con
tract required by the Postmaster General prior to
the 18th day Of November next, with at least two
good and sufficient sureties." .- ..., 5a
81 Form Of Certificate. ..
'sThe undersigned, Postmaster of -. certi-
fes that he is well acquainted with the guarantors
above named, and their property, and that they
sufficient and able to make good their guar
anty." (signed.)
Dated -.
A modification OF a bid. in any of its essential
terms is tantamount to a new bid, aud cannot DO
received, as to interfere with the regular com
petition, after the last hour for receiving bids
N. X. HALL, Postmaster General.
Posr OFFICE DEPAnTmEsT, July %, 1852.
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