The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-02-23


that they Of property and able to make good their
guaranty.
Dated ~ fSignedl
INSTRUCTIONS,
En6rdcing conditions to be incorporated IN the cons
tracts 10 the extent The Department may deem proper
L. Seven minutes arc allowed to each intermediate Office
when not otherwise specified for asserting the mss but
railroad and steamboat routes there is be delay
than Is sufficient for an exchange Of the mail bags.
g. On routes where the mode Of conveyance admits Of il
the special agents Of the Department also post office blanks
mail bags locks and keys to be conveyed without
charge.
g. On railroad and steamboat lines, British and Canada
mails when offered, to be conveyed without additional
pay also the route Of the Department. for whose
elusive while travelling with the mails commodous
apartment in tho centre Of car properly lighted, warmed
and furnished and adapted the ment and
due security Of the same be provided by the contractor,
under the direction of the Department.
A. No pay will be made for trips not performed ard for
each of such satisfactorily explained three times
the pay Of the trip may be deducted For arrivals far be-
hind time as to break connection with depending mails, and
not sufficiently excused, fourth Of the compensation for
the trip subject forfeiture Deduction may also be
dered for grade Of performance inferior that specified in
the contract For repeated delnquences OF the kind herein
specified, enlarged penalties proportional to the nature there
Of and the Importance Of the mail, may be made.
s. For leaving behind, throwing of the mails, any
portion Of them for the adDs ion Of passengers for being
concerned in setting up running express conveying
commercial intelligence ahead Of the mail quarters pay
may be deducted.
g. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be prompt
and satisfactorily explained by certificates of posmnsers,
the adavits Of other crodtabe persons, for failing
in contract time for negecng lake the mail from,
deliver nto post Office for suffering it, lowing either to
the unsuiabeness Of the place Of carrying it, to be
injured destroyed robbed lost and for refusing after de-
mand to convey the mail frequently the contractor
runs, concerned in running, coach, car steamboat,
a route.
T. The Postmaster General may annul the for
peated failures TO sgeeaby to contract for dsobeyng
the post Office laws the instructions of the Department
for refusing discharge carrier when required by the De-
pnrnent to do for assigning the contract without the
Of the Postmaster General for running express
aforesaid for transporting persons packages conveying
malable matter out OF the mail.
g. The Postmaster General may order increase service
route by allowing therefor pro rata increase the
contract pay He may also order increase of speed he
allowing, within the restrictions Of the law, pro in
of pay for the additional stock carriers, II any
The contractor however, in the of increase Of speed
elnqssh tho contract BY giving prompt notice to the Depart
ment that he prefers doing carrying the order into effect
The Postmaster General may also cura discontinue the
service, At pro rata decrease of pay, he allow month
extra compensation the amount dispensed WITH whenever
bis opinion, the public interests do require the same
or Ia ia he desires to supersede il different grade of
transportation.
posmasers otherwise after the expiration Of each quarter
say in February May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according the best inorma
ton bu, increased pay will be allowed should great
stated.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
knowingly making for the transportation of the mails
with any who shall have entered into proposed
enter into combination prevent the making OF bid
for mail contract by any other person persons, who
shall have made any agreement shall have given per-
formed promised TO give PERFORM any consider
whateve to do not to do, any thing whatever, in
order induce any other person pcsons bid for
mail contract Particular attention is called the 2sh
ton Of the act Of 1886, prohibiting combinations to proven,
bidding
IL bid received after time viz the 4lh Of April 1853,
combines several routes in Of cannot he
considered W competition with regular proposal reasonable
in amount
49, bidder may Offer whore the transportation called for
by the advertisement difficult mpraccabe at certain
TO substitute inferior mode of conveyance, 10 in
temit service specified number Of days weeks months
He may propose to omit inaccessible ofhce moi
on the stage railroad, at steamboat landing, Al
the may he he may offer to substitute an inferior
mode OF sutply in such He may propose disren
times of arrival and departure. provided run
ming time is asked, and mail connerion prcjudced HI
may ask additional running time for the Tip during speci
fed number Of days, in Of very bad roads bu
beyond these changes proposal Tor service differing from
hs, called for by the advertisement will be considered
composition with regular bad reasonable in amount
Where bid contains any such alterations, their disaa
ges will be estimated in comparing with ether proposals
Id. There should be bu, bid for in proposal
Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
and residence Of the bidder and those Of each member Of
firm, where company offers, should he distinctly stated
also the mode Of conveyance II higher mode than horse
back be intended.
l6 The bad should be under seal addressed 10 IN
Second Assistant Postmaster General super.cribed Ma
Proposals in the State Of .v II should be guaranteed
and the sn6ciency Of the gussnors certified (see FORMS
and should be dispatched in time he oceved by beior
| . A. M. of the 4th April, 1889
H. The contracts be executed and returned h
Department by or before the lst Of July 1851
IT, Postmsster Offices or near railroads, b,
more than eighty rods from depot, will. Immediately
ter the 4h April NEXT report their distance from depo
and how they otherwise supplied with the mail,
sble the Postmaster General direct mail messenger sur
| ply from the LIST July next
ls. Under the oct Of March Is4b, tho roueSe TO be
to the loves, bidders rendering sufficient guarantees witho,
other references to the mode Of transportation than bc M
cessy for the due celebrity, certainty. and security OF sue
transportation. When the lowest bid proposes mode Of cor
vsyance inadequate TO the due CELEBRITY, certainty and sou
| nty Of the mails, IL will not he accepted.
20. When the bid does not specify mode OF conveyance
also whom proposes carry according TO the
but without such specification, IL will he con"deren "
proposal for horseback service.
al Since the passage Of the act OF March b $780, ne'
description Of bid hiss been received II docs not specify
mode Of conveyance but to take tho entire mall eao
rp with celety certainty and security, using the terms
the law Those bids styled, from the manner IN whis
tbcv ara daspatAd the books Of the Department. a0