Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-06
INSTRUCTIONS
(As To rerularly Numbered route,

(As to regularly Numbered routes)
Embracing conditions 20 Be incorp1rdted in N, oo,
tracts 10 The ertentthc DeprT1nten, aay dem proper
j. Seven minutes are allowed TO each intern-,ai.
ate Office, when not otherwise specified Coz assortng
the mails: but on railroad and steamboat rou,rs
th-re IL to be no more delay than is sufcisp for an
exchange of the mail bags.
2. On routes where the mode Of conveyance admt.
Of it the special agents of the Department. ,Iso
post Office blanks mail bags, locks and KEYS are 10
be conveyed without extra charge.
3. On railroad and seamboat lines British and
Canada mails, when offered 20 be conveyed with.
cut additional pay; also the route aeents of he De
partment, for whose exclusive use while travelling
with the mails, q commodious car, or apartment in
the centre Of a car, properly lighted warmed and
furnished at adapted to the assortment
and due security Of the same, is 10 he provide. 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 not satisfactorily eN
planned three times the ray Of the trip may he
deducted. For arrivals far behind time as 10 break
connexion with depending mails, and not sufficiently
excused oneourth Of the compensation for the trip
is subject to forfeiture Deduction may also be or
dered for grade of performance inferior to that
specified in the contract For repeatod delinqueuces
of the kind herein specified enlarged penalties pro
portioned to the nature thereof and the importance
of the mail, may be msde
s. For leaving behind or throwing of the mails or
any portion Of them for the admission Of passenger
or for being concerned in setting up running an
the mail, quarters pay may be deducted.
". Fines will he imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by ccTtif-
Gates Of postmasters, the ada-its Of other cred
liable persons, for failing to arrive in contract time
for neglecting TO take the mail from deliver il
into, post Office: suffering IL lowing either TO the
unsuitsbleness Of the place or manner Of carrying
) to be injured, destroyed robbed, lost; and for
refusing, after demand, to convey the mail as fire..
qusnty as the contractor runs, or is concerned in
run ming, coach, car, or steamboat on . route
Z The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures 60 sgreesbly to contract
for dsobeying the post Office laws, or the instruc.
tons Of the Department. for refusing to discharge
carrier when required by the Department to do 40;
for assigning the contract without the assent Of the
Postmaster General; for running express nfore.
said or for transporting persons packages con-
veying mailable matter out Of the mail.
s. The Postmaster General may order an increase
Of service a route 10y allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He may change
the schedule of arrivals and departures, without
increase of pay, provided he does not curtsil the
amount CT running time. He may also order an
increase of speed, he allowing. within the rrsric
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 10 the
Department that he prefers doing TO carving the
order into effect. The Postmaster General may alec
curtail or discontinue the service, at pro rata de-
crease Of paw allowing months extra con-
pensation on the amount dispensed with, whenever
in his opinion the public interests do require the
same in he desires to supersede il by differ
-Bt grade of transportation.
9. Payments will be made for the service by coec-
ton OF, or drafts pos.mssters otherwise ster
the expiration of each quarter-say in February,
May, Auguet, and November.
TO- The distances are given according TO the best
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 IL
form themselves on this point.
il. The Postmaster General is prohibited BY law
unak n no
tation of the mails with any person who shall have
entered into. proposed to enter into, any comhns
ton TO prevent the making Of sny bid for d mail
contract by any other person or persons, or who
shall have made any agreement, shall hsve given
or performed, or promised 10 give or PERFORM any
consideration whatever, or 10 do or not t. do any
thing whatever in order tn induce any other person
Or persons not to bid for mail contract PARTICULAR
attention is called TO the 2Sth section of the act Of
1886, prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding
II. bid received after time, viz; a ofthe 10th
April, 1854, OK without the guaranty required hy
law, or that combines several routes in sun of
compensation, cannot be considered in competition
with a regular proposal reasonable in amount
Is. Bidders should. in all cases. first propose for
service strictly according to the advertisement and
then, if they desire, separately for different service:
and if the 7giadr bid be the lowest offered for the
advertised Service the other bids may be considered
if the alterations proposed recommended by the
postmasters and citizens interested, if they shall
appear manifestly right and proper.
Ia. There should be but one route hid for in q
proposal.
Is. The route the service the yearly paw, the
and residence Of the bidder, and those Of each
member Of q firm, where a company offers, should
be distinctly stated also the mode of conveyance,
higher mode than horseback be INTENDED. The
words with due celebrity certainty, and security.
Inverted to indicate the mode cf conveyance, VIII
constitute =" star bid
10. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
to the Second Assistant Postmaster General, tGIcT-
scribed snail Proposals in the Ststaof -"
1t should be guaranteed, and the sufciercy Of the
guarantors certified, (see FORMS and should be di
patched In time to be received by or before A. NJ
the 10th of April, 1854.
Ii. The contracts are to he executed and returned
to the Department by or before the LIST OF july I-
Is. Postmasters at Offices on or near railroads tut
more than eighty rods from a station, will imne
distely after the 10th of April next, report Their
exact diStsnce from the neare7t station. and how
they are otherwise supplied with the ms to enable
the Postmaster General to direct mail nesssngel
supply from the LIST ef July next
~. Section Is Of act of Congress, approve
March 3, 1885, provides that contracts for the tan
portion Of the mail shall be let, in every case
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantee
for faithful perform ance, without other reference
the mode of such transportation than may be nrcer
sary TO provide for the due celerity, certainty, SH
security of such transportation Under tins iEs
new description of bids has been received IL oOe
not specify q mode Of conveyance, but engage"
take the entire matt each trip with CELEBRITY, certain
ty and security, using the terms Of the law Ines
bids are styled, from the manner IN which tbey ar
designated on the DOCKS OF tie Department,
BIDS, and they viii be construed as providing lor III
entire mail, hOipereT large, and tctoterT nloy .
The mode Of Conveyance necessary 20 inss Us ceteT1
certainty alb security
Such bids WILL therefore. be accepted in prefereIce
TO higher bids for specific modes Of conveyance Gu
routes where the lowest mode Of conveyance tbat r.
on horseback, } is known TO be insufficient :.
In all cases where the lowest grade OF service ;
believed to be sufficient, the lowest bid will ac
ted, if duly GUARANTEED, in preferences 20 sar u
specific hid.
When the lowest bid is not a star bid and specifies
either mode an fn0deqaose mode OF con'eysno
it will not be accepted, but set aside Tor secinc o
proposing the necessary service.
When the bid does not specify mode oil cor,
veyance also, when il proposes to carry accoraips
to the advertisement" but without such sPecibcau
it will be considered as proposal for horseuaoA FIJI
vice. --J. .:a ..I
20. modification of bid in any Of its essentisi
terms, is tantamount to q new bid and csnno. y
received, TO interfere with regular competuO'
after the last hour set FOR receiving bids. -.
81. Postnasters are to be careful not To ceru:
the suficency Of guarantors fureties Wlthou'
knowing that they are pereons OF suffsient AZ.
sibility and all bidders, guarsntors and surri'
distinctly notified that on failure to enter into
perform the contracts for the service proposed io
the accepted hids their legal liabilities VIII DC C.
forced against them. 80 -'-- 49,.
%. The contracts will be substantially in the icfh'
heretofore used 10 this Department excep. -
respects particularly mentioned in these lns INST.
tons; and on all railroad and steamboat rouIe -
contractors will be required TO deliver the mails
the post Offices ut the ends of the routes ana INV
the immediate post Offices not more than eighty iV
from the railroad or landing. - ,,hs
%. Present contractors and persons known ~ 49,
Department, must equally with Others, proeuh
gusrantors and certificates OF their sufhcienct -,
stantially in the forms above prescribed. Inc
tifcates of suffciency must be signed by pos'~"