The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-03-04
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whsn uet ohsrws specified is assrng 10 nais hot on
railroad and steamboat routes ,hsfs b nos delay
than i sufficient Tor sxchspEs Of ths shailtsts
> On routes whore The mbds q tontsyance admits d it
the special agents Of the Department. also pc. ocs blanks
mail bags locks and keys to be conveyed without extra
charge,
g. On railroad and stesnbost lines, British and Cnsd;
Nails when ofssed are be conveyed without additional
also the agents of the Department for whose ex
elusive use while travelling with tie mails commodiouftar
OF apartment in the centre Of properly lighted warmed
and furnished aud adapted the convenient assortment and
due security Of the is to be provided by the CONTRACTOR
under the direction Of the Department.
No pay will be made for trips not performed and for
such omissions satisfactorily explained three times
the pay of the trip msy be deducted For arrivals 80 far be-
hind time break connection with depending mails md
sufficiently excused, one-fourh of the compensation for
the trip subject to forfeiture Deduction may also be or
dered for grade Of performance inferior that specified in
the contract For repeated denquencies of the kind herein
specified enlarged penalties proportional he nature there
! of and the Importance OF the mail, may be made.
s. For leaving behind, or throwing off the nails or any
portion of them for the admission of passengers for bns
concerned in setting up running express conveying
commercial intelligence ahead of the mail, quarters pay
may be deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates of post
masters, the adavs Of other credabe persons, for
failing to arrive in contract time for negecting to take
the mail from, deliver it into, post office for suffer
ing it, lowing either to the unsuiabeness of the place
manner of carrying it. to be injured destroyed, robbed
lost and for refusing, after demand to convey the mail
frequently the contractor fhns is concerned 10
| running, coach, car, or steamboat on a route
Z, The Postmaster General may snnul the contract TO-
repeated failures to run agreeaby to contract for dobey
ing the post Office laws the instructions of the Depart,
ment for refusing to discharge carrier when required
by the Department to do for assigning the
without the of the Postmaster General for runnius
express aforesaid for transporting persons OF
packages conveying mailable matter of the mail.
s. The Postmaster General may order increase of
vice 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
of pay for the additional stock carriers, If any.
The may, however, in the onerease speed
fenquish the contact By giving prompt notice the Depart
men that be prefers doing SO carrying the order into effect
The Postmaster General may also cua discontinue The
services at no rata decrease ct Y m nc alw one months
extra compensation onhe dispensed with, whenever
in his opnop the public interests do require the same
OF in he desires to supefsede it by different grade q
transportation.
g. Payments will be made for the service through drafts
posmases otherwise after the expiration OF each guar
ter-say 10 February, May, August, and November
TO- The distances given according to the best nforma
ton but increased pay will be allowed should they be
greater than adversed if the points to be supplied correct
" stated
ii. The Postmaster General is prohibited by Law fro
knowingly making for the transportation OF the mails
with any person who shall have entered ino OF PROPOSED TO
enter nto combination to prevent the making OF any bic
for mail contract by any other person or PERSONS OF wAe
shall have made any agreement shall have given per
formed, promised TO give perform, any consideration
whaeVe to do, or not to do any thing whatever eer
TO induce any other person persons not bid ot mail con
Particular called the 2sh section of the
of 1885, prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding.
H. bid received after time, the 4th of April 1853 at
or without The guaranty required by law, that combines
compensation cannot be considered
E competition with regular proposal reasonable in amount
ID. A bidder may Offer where the transportation called
for by the advertisement difficult impraccabe certain
seasons to substitute sn inferior mode of conveyance
ptermt sspecfed number Of days weeks months
lie may propose to omit inaccessible office, not
on the stage raroad al steamboat landing, the
may be he may Offer to substitute inferior mode
of supply in such He may propose different times Of
arrival and departure provided running time Is
asked. and mail connection prejudced He may ask adj
Ciona running time for the trip, during specified number
of days. in of very bad roads; but beyond these
changes, proposal for service differing from that called m
by the advertisement will be considered in competition
with a regular bid reasonable in amount Where bid
contains any such alterations, their Disadvantages will be
estimated in comparing it with other proposals
IA There should be but route bid for proposal
5 The route the SERVICE the yearly pay, the and
residence of the bidder and those of each member of m
where company offers, should be distinctly stated also
the mQue OF nlgpcl mode IMAM horseback
be intended.
Is. The bid should be under SEAL addressed 10 the
Second Assistant Postmaster General, superscribed Mail
Proposals in the State OF ." Ii should be guaranteed,
and The sufcency of the guaranors certified, (see fos
and should be dispatched in time be received By OF before
A M, of the 4h April, 1858.
IT, The contracts be executed and returned to the
Department by or before the LIST of July, 1853.
49, Posmasters at offices railroads, but mole
than eighty rods from depot will, Immediately after the
4h of April next report their distance from depot and
how they are otherwise supplied with the mall enable the
Postmaster General direct mail messenger supply from
The LIST of July neyt
l9. Under the of March 3d. s45 the routes are to
be let the lowest bidders rendering sufficient guarantees
without other reference the mode of transportation thar
may be necessary for the due celebrity certainty, and
cury Of such transportation. When the lowest bid pro
poses mode Of conveyance INADEQUATE to the due cele
t, certainty and security Of the mails will not be
cepted
20. When the bid does not specify mode of convey
ance also when proposes to carry according to the 40
vertement, but without such specification it will be con
sldered as proposals for horseback sersioe
II. Since the passage of the act of March 3d. le45,
new description of bid has been received does not spec
~ mode of conveyance but engages to take the entire
mail each trip with ceey certainty, and security using
the terms the Jaw. These bids are Styled from the
manner which they are designated the books OF The Re
par.ment star bids" The experience of the Department
enables it to lay down the following rules, viz:
when the mail on the is not large as to require
two-horse coach conveyance, bid, if the lowest VII
always be preferred to the specific bid G,i
When the mails of such size and weight to renbefl
necessary, reference alone, provide twonorse
coach conveyance the specific bid though the highest fol
coach service, adjudged to be entirely sufficient for the