Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-27
INSTRUCTIONS,
(As to regularly numbered routes

EStOTuSINg COhdbtDHS 10 OF incorporated ftf
tracts to The eztertthe Department may dee,n prp>r
1. Seven minutes are allowed To- each intsrm.ai.
ate Office. when not otherwise specified for asserting
the mails; but on railroad and steamboat routes
thre Is to te no more delay than is sufficient for an
exchange of the mail bags.
2. On routes where the mode of CONVEYANCE admits
ef 1t, the special agents of the Department. also
post Office blanks mail bags, locks and KEYS are 10
be conveyed without extra charge
J. On railroad and Steamboat lines, British and
Canada rails, when offered to lie convene 81 with
out additional pay; Also the route agents Of the De-
partment, for whose exclusive use while travelling
with the mails, commodious car or apartment in
the centre OF car, properly lighted. warmed, and
furnished ard adapted to the convenient assortment
and due security Of the same, is 20 be provided by
the contractor, under the direction Of the Depart
ment.
4. No pay will be made for trips not performed;
and for each of such omissions satisfactorily 81.
planned three times the ray Of the trip NAV he
deducted For arrivals far behind time as 10 break
conueXion with depending mails. and efficiently
excused, fourth of the improvisation for the trip
is subject 10 forfeiture Deduction may also b. or.
dered for a grade of performance inferior 20 that
specified in the contract For repeated deipQuencies
of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties pro-
portoned to the nature thereof and the importance
of the mail may be made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing of the malls or
any portion of them for the admission Of passengers
or for being concerned in setting up running an
express conveying commercial intelligence ahead os
the mail. quarters paw NAV be deducted
g. Fines will be imposed. unless the delinquency
he promptly and satisfactorily explained by certif-
Gates OF postmssters, the afdHvitsoG other cred
liable persons for failing TO arrive In contract time
for negecting to take the mail FROM or deliver Il
into, post Office suffering Il lowing cit her 10 the
unsuitableness Of the place or manner of carrying
III 10 be injured, destroyed robbed, lost; and
refusing, after demand. to convey the mail fire.
quently as the contractor runs, IL concerned In
running, q coach, car, or steamboat on q route.
Z. The Postmaster General may snnul the contract
for repeated failures TO sgreeably to contract;
for disobeying the post Office laws or the instruc-
tons of the Department: for refusing to discharge
a carrier when required by the Department to do so
for assigning the contract without the assent of the
Postmaster Genera for running an express sfore-
aid; or for transporting persons or packages con-
veying mailsble matter out of the mail.
s. The Postmaster General msy order an increase
Of service route by allowing therefor pTp rats
increase on the contract pay. He may lh.n.s
the schedule Of arrivals and departures, without
increase of pay, provided he does not curtail the
amount of running time. lie may also order
increase of speed, hs allowing, within the restric
tons of the law pro rata increase Of pay for the
additional stock carriers, If any. The contractor
may, however, In the case Of increase of speed
nquish the contract by giving prompt notice the
Department that he prefers doing TO carrying the
order into effect. The Postmaster General may also
curtail or discontinue the service, at pro rata de-
crease of pay, allowing one months extra COM
pensation on the amount dispensed with, whenever
in his opinion the public interests do not require the
ent gFade Of transportation.
g. Payments viii be made for the service by collsc
ton Of or drafts postmasters otherwise s,teT
the expiration of e;ca qusrter-say in t.uary,
May, August. and November.
10. The distances given according to. the bert
information; but no Increased pay will be allowed
should they be greater than advertised, if the points
TO be supplied be correctly stated. Bidders must in
form themselves on this point.
II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by Law
from knowingly I-aAins contract for the transpQr
tat.on If the mails with any person ~h0 shall have
entered into, propose TO inter- into. any combaa
ton TO prevent the making Of any ibid for mall
contract by any other person or persons, who
shall have made any agreement, shall have gwen
or performed. or promised to give or perform. any
consideration whatever, or IN do or not Il do any
thing Whatever in or Ter to induce any Other person
persons not bud for mail contract. Particular
sttenton is called to the 2sth section of the act Of
1886, prohibiting combinations to prevent tiuding.
L. bii received after time, viz: m OF the 10th
April. 1854, or without the gu ranty required by
law, that combines several routes in st,m ~
compensation, cannot be considered in conn sliton
with 4 regular proposal reasonable IN amount
13. Bidders should. in all cases. first prcp for
service strictly according TO the advertisements and
then. If they desire, SslIrdtiy for different service
and if the g,ir bid be the lowest Offered for the
advertised service the oter bids may he dered
if the alterations proposed commended 10y the
posmaSers and cIpZens interested, or II they shall
appear uaufcstly right and proper.
IL. There should be but enc rout- bid for 10 Q
proposal.
Is The route the service, the yearly pay, the
and residence Of ihs bidder, and those Of zach
member of firm, where a company Uffels, should
be distinctly stated also the mode of Conveyance,
higher mode than horseback be intended. The
words with due CELEBRITY certainty, and security,
inserted to indicate the mode OF conveyance, will
constitute a " star bad"
l6. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
to the Second Assistant Postmaster General, super
6cribed :. Mail Propose Is in the State of -
shol,ii he anfiaI sufficlpnry the
guarantors certified (see forms) and should be dis
ached in time to be received by or before A. N. OF
the 10th Of April, 1854.
II. The contracts to be executed and returned
to the Department by before the LIST of July, 1874
Is. Postmasters at Offices railroads, tut
more than eighty rods from a station, will imne
diately after the 10th of April next, report Their
exact distance from the nearest station, and how
they otherwise supplied with the mail, 70 enable
the Postmaster General to direct mail messenger
supply from the LIST of July next
~. Section Is Of an act Of Congress- approved
March 3, 1885, provides that contracts for the trans
portion of the mail shall be let in every case 70
The lowest bidder rendering sufficient GUARANTEES
for faithful performance Without other reference 70
the mode of such transportation than may be necef
sary 10 provide for the due CELEBRITY, certainty ana
security of such transportation Under this law
a description of bids has been received IL does
not specify a mode Of conveyance, but engages 10
take the entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY, cerah
ty, snd security, using the terms Of the law Ihes
bids are styled, from the manner IN which they tH
designated on the books of the Department, "nar
bids and they will be construed providing iof LIE
entire mail, hOtoerer large, and tchdferer may !"
the mode of coUreyGRos necessary 10 insure as eee'As
certGinfy, dhd security"
Such bids WILL therefore, be accepted in preiefsh
to higher bids for specific modes of conveysncs on
routes where the lowest mode Of conveyance ltHA'S
on horseback, } is known to be insufficient
In all cases where the lowest grade OF ser'ioe
believed to be sufficient, the lowest bid VIII &c t%
ted, if duly guaranteed, in preference TO s'Ai "
specific bid. .s.s
When tire lowest bid is not star bid, and specinss
either mode or aninddequdte mode of cou'e.sn ~
IL will not be accepted, but set aside for specne ~
proposing the necessary service.
When the bid does not specify mole oil coz
veyance, also when il proposes to carry "scooraps
to the advertisement, but without such specin,eu.
il will be considered as proposal for horsepseh
vice. -,
20. A modification of bid in any Of its essentsl
terms, is tantamount to q new bid, and cannot "
received, as TO interfere with regular compeu0r
after the last hour set for receiving bds. Ia.
81. Postmasters are 10 be careful not 20 esI.,,
the suficiency Of guarantors suretles witnou'
knowing that they persons of sufficient resfoo.
sibility; and all bidders, guarantors, and sureues
distinctly notified that a failure 10 enter nv
perform the contracts for the service proposeu Hf
the accepted bids their legal liabilities VIII DC q"
forced against them.
e. The contract. will be substantially In the form'
heretofore used in this Department except IN tns
respects particularly mentioned in these instru
contractors will be required 10 deliver the mAhs NM
the post Offices the ends of the routes and in'o
the immediate post Offices not more than eighty io1'
from the railroad or lanGing. -.
o. Present contractors and persons known a INC
DEPARTMENT, must equally with others, procus