Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-11-01

the times Of arrival and departure Crowded be
curtsil the running tme without increasing the
pay.
drafts pos;masters, ctaeraise, sfter the exri
ration Of each quarter-say in February, May, Au.
gus L ard Nov,mlcr.
The distances given accarling n the hest
ipforma.iop; bot Increased ray will be allowed
Should they he grea er thar sveI ell, if tbs point.
10 Ia supp led b. C. rrcCty STATED.
no. TIE Postmaster General is prohibited Nv Law
from knowingly making contract for the trsnspor
tstiou of the mails with any person Woo shall have
entered into or propose 10 enter into, any cumhina
ton to prevent the making Of any bid for a mail
contract by any other person or persons, or who
shall have m3de any agreement, or shall have given
or performed or promised TO give or perform, my
consideration whatever. nr 10 do or not t, do any
thing whatever in order TO induce any other person
persons not II BID for mail contract. Particular
attention Is called to the 18th section of he act o.
1855, prohibiting combinations to prevent biddine.
IL. 4 bid r.t eIyed utter Tine, VIE: m Of tbs Sd
April, 1854. or. without the guaranty required by
law, ar that combines several routes in ~ n OF
compensation. cannot bs considered in competition
with a Tegu ar proposal reasonable iu amount
IL. A bidder may ofer, where the aDsI o;tation
CALI d for by the advertisement is difficult OF in
practicable at certain seasons, tn substitute in
ferior Of conveyance, 10 in;ermt - r, ice
specified number &c days, weeks or months. He
may propose to omit Inaccessible Office. not
on the stage or railroad. ct steamboat lnnlcg.
as the case may be; or he may offer to substitute
rose diierent times OF arrival and departure, pro
vted no mere running time is asked. and mail
conneNiop preudiced. He may ask additional run
uiug time fer the trip, during specified number of
days. in of bad roads; tut beyond III
changes q proposal for service offering from that
called for y the advertisement will not be consie,
ed in competition with regular bid reasonable in
amount. Where bid contains any such alterations
their disadvantages viii be estimated in comparing
1t with other proposals.
Is. There should be but enc route bid for in a
proposal.
IL. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name ard residence of the bidder, and those eff each
member of firm, where company offers should
be distinctly stated, also the MODE of conveyance,
higher mode than horseback be intended
Is. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
to the 'econd Assistant Postmaster General, super
scribed :" Mail Proposals in the stata of -"
1t should be GUARANTEED, and the sufiiciency of the
guarantors certified (see FORMS and should he dis
patched in time TO be received by before A. 81 Of
the 81 of April, 1854.
1G. The contracts are to be executed and returned
to the department by before the LIST of July, 1854
IL. Unier the act Of March B. 1915, the routes are
to be let to the lowest bidders teaGerug sufficient
guarantees, without other reference to the mode of
transportation than may be necessary for the due
CELEBRITY certainty, and security of such Transports
ton. When ihS lowest bid proposes mode of con-
yeyance inadequate 10 the due CELEBRITY, certainty,
and security ef the mails, it viii no. be accepted.
is. When the bid does not specify a mode Of con-
yeysnce, aso when it proposes to carry according
to the advertisement" but without such specification
it will be considered proposal for horseback
vice.
TO- Since the passage ef the ct of March ,, 1s45,
new description of hid has been received. 1t does
not specify q mode Of conveyance, but engages to
take the entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY, certain
ty, and security, using the terms Of the law. These
bids are styled, from the manner in which they
designated on the books of the Depart nent, STIR
bids" The experience Of the Department enables it
to lay down the following rules viz:
When the mail on the route is not so large as to
require twohorse cosch ccRyeyance star bid if the
lowest, will always be preferred to the specific hid
When the mails are of such size and weight to
render it necessary, in reference to them alone, to
provide twohorse coach conveyance the specific bld
though the highest for coach service If ecludgcd
be entirely sufficient for the route will be preferred
to the star bid IL the difference is not such
to interfere with the policy of the law of lSi5, which
looks to reduction in the cost o; transportation EX
ceptions however, may he allowed where the star
bid is made by the owner of the stccs now used on
the route in the performance of coach service.
On routes of the highest class, wte.e four-horse
coach or steamboat transportation Is uired by the
and the importance of the mails ard the specific
bid is adudgc1 sufficient FOR Their route the preference
fer the specific hid will b. if necessary, carried to
greater extent OF difference than on inferior coach
routes.
20. modification of bid, in any of its essential
terms, is tantamount TO new bid, aud cannot be
received as to interfere with regular competition
after the laht hour set for receiving bids.
Il. PostmaSters to he careful not to certify
the suffciency of guarantors sureties without
knowing that they arc pei sons OF sufficient reSron
sitiity and all bdtcrs guarantorS and sure.ics
distinctly notified that failure 10 enter into
perform the contracts for the proposed for in
the accepted bids their legal liabilities will be en-
forced against them.
%. The contracts will be- substantially in the forms
heretofore used in this Department except in the
respects particularly mentioned III these instruc-
tons; and steamboat routes the contractors wb1
be required to deliver the mails into the post offices
at the ends of the routes and INTO all the immediate
post offices.
3. Present contractors and persons known at the
Department, must, equally with Others. procure
guarantors and certificates of their sufciency sub
stantrlly in the forms above pre- cribed. The
tifcates OF sufEcency must be signed by Postmas-
ter, or judge, or clerk of n court of record
JAMES CAMPBELL.
Postmaster General.
PoST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, October l3, 1888.
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