Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-11-15

The times AZ arrival and departur, f,-o,,,-
psy. w ih'ressiBg u.
( :. Payments will he made for the s.r,,...,
crafts" N p5stmaSterS or Otherwise .G.r trough
'a'an OF ,ach quarterly in February n ehF'
; cl:t and y, v,mhrr ''' Nay, Au.
lh- Instances are given according IN a.,
'n'"F nation lat no Increased pAy viii > IN o~si
N' u.d they be gyra'Cr ihsn slvcrti-.i AZ a 'orei
!" lie supplied hs G rrecily STATED Finis
~. he Postmaster General Is rrolb;,,,
, I'm N"""ihSl masking = contract for In, tr,, "a"
,S.'n 81 me mails with say person NLu ,hsnh -.
uttered into or proroS, q 10 enter into apx | la's
. u"n 10 Prevent the NAL king of any la =. oluha-
%httsct 10y any other perfoH OF rcrsons o. mai
4 Ni' HaN' made any agreement. or shall hsvs
/ ~, l1'lotho'I or promised To give or Perform ~
consideration whatever OF TO 10 ortpo, , - shy
l''iiS Whatever, in order Ia induce -py o,br
VI ftt"hS not IN ha fox mail contract par,;aSn
st,entIon Is called Ia the 2Sth section of NJ A
I n f.U,!Ii1i'E '"mhnatlons 20 prevent biddip,
II; IVA Received after time, VIZ: . "A m 81 IL
APRIL 1904, or without the guaranty r,o,,i,nT ~
law or mat combines several routes in ON - y
N" le">a'l"h, cannot he considered in comre,,,;
WIN regular Proposal reasonable la suorrf "'oh
IL bidder may ofc- where tho ,-.rS,.
CARED Tor 10y the adNcr;is, mrnt Is ,liffrui, h
pract cable 1t certain reasons to ,urs,;,r, " lN'-
icri"r mo Re ot conveyance, or 10 INTERIM, .i
Specified number of DAYS. weeks or rrC.,h RS
may propose Ia omit an Inaccessible Orc -. ne
on the stage or railroad or 1t s,eanho,, MOI
re the case may be: lac NAV offer 10 s,,b,;.u
! iuIeT'Or M de oil supply In such cases n. ma,
pose different times a; arrival and d,r,.rt,,r' ~
ri,ie.i ho mere running time is asked ana ~ PIC,
connexion prejudiced. lie NAV ask .dd,tion., a'
ming time for the trip. during q specified purrb.- .
days IN seasons Of very tad roads: Int h.vor5 a. !
changes proposal for service di@erin- ~, a
called Tor 10y the advertisement will NOT l.. cors,t
81 in competition with regular bid rrasop.lS !.
amount Where a bid oontsns any such slrcrst;or.
their disadvantages viii be estimated in coInrprr
II with other proposals.
Il. There should be but one rout. lid s,r
proposal.
IL. The route. the service. the yearly nav -.
Maine and residence of tn. bidder, and thosr .f .srh
member of firm. where company offers should
br distinctly stated. also the mode Of CONVEYANCE n
higher mode THAI horseback De intended
IL. Inc Ind should be- sent under seal addressed
10 te second Assistant Postmaster General, .uTer-
tcribed Mail Proposals in the Ststso -
Ii should Ice guaranteed, and the suflciencv Of IN.
Suarantors certified, (sec FORMS and should 10 dis
la'ched in time to be- received 10y or before NJ Of
the 81 of April, ls5i.
l6. The contracts are TO I've executed and returned
TO the Department by or before the lst of july 1854
IL. Tn Ter the act Of March ., lS45 the routes arr
TO be- let to the lowest biIcrs rendering sufic.pt
guarantees, without other reference to the mode N
transportation than NAV la nr,.cssary for the an.
celebrity, certainty, aid security II such trausror,
ton. When the lowest hid proposes n mode of con
veyance Inadequate 10 the due celebrity. certsiuty
ana security Of the mails, il will not tr accepted
IS. When the bd does not <pecify mode Of CON
t. the advertisement, hut without such S;cfifrat,,1
II will he eOnsil' red proposal Tor horseback ar
vice.
Ia. Since the passage ii the act of March : Is!5
a new description ot NJ hes teen received IL doc,
not specify mode OF conveyance. but epgar.st %
take the entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY certain
~ and security, using ia" terms Of the law Tlpss
bids styled. from the amer IN which the, s-s
designated on thu book Of the Department star
buds The experience "f the Department enable. #
To lay down the following rules viz:
When the mail on the routr i. not so iar-e as 10
require twohorse coach conveyance star hid il th-
lowest, viii always he preferred Ia the specific hid
When the mails Of such size and weight a, 70
render II necessary. in reference 90 them alone 10
provld" twO-horsc coach conveyance, the specific hid
though the highest. for coach service if aJmI,cd Ia
I've entirely sufficient for the route will lc nrefsrrI
Ia the star lid. iIr the difference il uot such >.
to interfere with the policy of the Law of lSi5 which
looks To reduction in the cost OF Transportation ~
ceptoDs however. NAV he allowed where the .isr
bid is made by the owner Of the stock now usod ON
the route in the performance of coach service
On routes of the highest class, VIE four.horrs
coach or steamboat transportation j. required by The
size and the Importance of the mails and the specific
bid i uGget sufficient for the route the pre,rrpnc.
Ter thu specific lid will be- il necessary, carried 10
greater extent Of difference than tic inferior coach
routes.
~ A modiics ion Of bid in any Of its es,eut,
terms, Is tautamount TO n new hid and cannot b.
received, to interfere with regular comr.titiop
after the last hour set for receiving bids.
81. PostmaSters to bc careful not n cprtif,
the suftic:enry of guaranturs OF suretieS without
knowing that they are persons of sufficient rpspoR
sbilv: and all bidders, guarantors and suret-s are
distinctly notified that failure to enter into o,
perform the contracts for the service proposed for in
the accepted bid. their legal liabilities will be ell
forced against them.
D. The contracts will be substantially in the form.
heretofors used in this Department, EXCEPT in the
respects particularly mentioned in these inStEuc-
tons; and on steamboat routes the contractors will
he required to deliver the mails into the post Offices
at the ends Of the routes and INTO all the immediate
post Offices.
d Present contractors ard persons known At ire
Department, must, equally with others procure
guarsntors and certificates If their sufcicrry sub
stantiSlly la the forms above pre-cribed. The csr
tificates OF sufhciency mus be sgned by postmas.
ter, OF a judge, or clerk Of court of record.
JAMES CAMPBELL.
Postmaster General.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, October l3, 1873
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