Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-13
INSTRUCTIONS,
{As 70 regularly Numbered routes

IuCSS 70 Ose crtcht INC Dt1FtHcN may Cccsa foIsr.
i. Seven minutes are allowed to each intsrm-d.
ate Office, when not otherwise specified, fnr asserting
the mails; but on railroad and steamboat routes
th re is 10 he delay than is sucient for an
exchange Of the mail bags.
2. On routes where the mode Of conveyance admit.
Of IL, the special agents of the Department, also
post Office blanks, mail bags, locks and keys are TO
be conveyed without extra charge
3. On railroad and steamboat lines, British and
Canada mails when offered are TO be conveyed 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. property lighted. warmed. and
furnished. ard adapted % the convenient assortment
and due security of the same, is 70 he provided nv
the contractor, under the direction OF the Depart
ment.
L. No pay will he made for trips not performed;
and for each Of such omissions not satisfactorily on,
planned three times the pay &C the trip NAV h.
deducted. For arrivals far behind time as 10 break
connexon with depending mails, snd not Sufhcieuty
excused fourth of the compensation for the tim
is subject TO forfeiture Deduction may also b. or.
dered for a grade Of performance inferior 10 tbs,
specified In the contract For repeated delinquenci..
Of TIE kind herein specified, enlarged penalties pro
portioned to the nature thereof and the importanc.
of tlIr mall may be made
S. For leaving behind throwing of the mails or
any portion Of them for the admission of passcnger
or for being concerned i'm setting up or running an
express conveying commercial intelligence ahead Of
the mail, q quarters pay may be deducted.
G. Fines will he imposed. unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certih-
Gates of postns the sidayits Of other cred
table persons for failing TO arrive in contract tim.
for negerting TO take the mail from, deliver II
nto post offer; suffering il lowing either 10 IN.
unsuitahleness of the place manner Of carving
III "a be injured destroyed. robbed lost: and for
refusing after demand, to convey the matt as fro
quentiy as the contractor runs, Is concerned in
| running, coach, car, OF steamb boat on a route.
a. The Postmaster General may anrul the contract
for repeated failures TO run agreesbly to contract
for dsobeying the post Office laws, or the instruc
tons Of the Department. fdr refusing b discharys
a carrier when required by the Department to DO sr
for assigning the contract without the of the
Postmaster General for running express as afore
said; or for transporting persons or packages con.
yeying mailable matter out of the mail.
8. The Postmaster General msy order an increase
Of service on route by 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 curtail the
amount of running time. lie may also order an
increase of speed, he allowing. within the restri
ions 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,
inquish the contract by giving prompt notice 10 the
Department that he prefers doing to carrying the
order into eject. The Postmaster General also
curtail or discontinue the service, pro rata de-
crease Of pay, allowing one months extra CON-
pensation on the amount dispensed with, whensver
in his opinion the public interests do not require the
same or 10 case he desires TO supersede il by differ
g. Payments will be made for the service by coleo.
tloa of, or drafts on postmasters otherwise, ser
the expiration of each quarter-ssy in February,
May. August and November.
To- The distances ARE given according 10 the bet
informs;ion; but no increased pay will I've alosed
SHOULD they he greater than advertised IL the Ioinp
To be supplied he correctly stated Bidders mus in.
{ 'rm the mselrcs this point.
II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by Law
from knowingly akiug a contract for the transpO.
taton Of the mails with amy person who shall have
entered into or propose To inter into. any cOmhn
ton 20 prevent the making Of any hid for mail
| contract 10y any other pcrsou persons. Who
shall have made any agreement, shall have given
OF performed. or promised 10 give perform. any
con- Iteration whatever, to do not (, do any.
thing whatever, in order to induce any other person
| or persons not t. h i for mail contract arcus,
attention is called to the 2Sth section of the net al
| 1896 prohibiting combinations TO prevent bidding.
II. bid received after tim. viz: = m 0fthe 10th
April. 1854, or without the IN rsuty required by
law, or that combines several routes in one sum II
compensation, cannot bc considered i'm competition
with regular proposal reasonable in amount.
H. Bidders should. in all first propose for
service strictly according to the advertisement spd
then, if they desire. Syo1ately for different service
and II the regular hid be the lowest offered for the
advertised service. the other bids may I've considered
If the alterations proposed are recommended by The
postmasters and citizens interested if they shall
appear manifestly right and proper.
Il There should be but one route bid for in
proposal.
10. Inc route. the SERVICE the yearly paw, inc
name and residence Of the bidder and those ef ech
| member Of a firm, where a company offers, should
be distinctly stated, also the mode of conveyance
| a higher mode than horseback lie intended. The
words with due celebrity, certainty, and security
| inherited to indicate the mode Of conveyance, viii
constitute +" star hid
ID. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
to the Second Assistant Postmaster General, super
ecribed {" Mail Proposals in the stateof -
1t should be GUARANTEED and the suficiency Of the
guarantors certified, see FORMS and should be DIS
patched in time to be received By before A. NJ Of
the 10th Of April, 1854.
Il. The oontracts-are to be executed and returned
to the Department by before the LIST OF july lsi
Is. Postmasters at offices on near Railroads bui
more than eighty rods from a station, will imme
diately after the 10th OF April next. report Their
exact distsnce from the nearest station and bow
they are otherwise supplied with the mail, to ensbe
the Postmaster General 20 direct a mail messenger
| supply from the LIST of July next
IL. Section Is OF an art of Congress, approved
March >, 1885 provides that contracts for the rans
portion of the mail shall I've let, " in every case 10
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarsnues,
for faithful performance, without other reference
the mode of such transportation than may b. Noes,
sary to provide for the due CELEBRITY. certainty, and
security of such transportation" Under this las
new description OF bids has been received. Ii dces
not specify a mode of conveyance, but engage"
take the entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY, certain
| ty. and security, using the terms Of the law 1hc-
bids styled from the manner iu which they Sr
designated OH the hooks Of the Department. aH
bids and they will be- construed providing Tor ts
entire mail. h0ICsrer large. and DhdfcrST "tdy
TIE mode ~ eDaUeydHcs necessary 20 UlSre as ccI7b
! certainty, ahd security"
Such bids Will, therefore, I've accepted in preference
! u higher bids for specific modes of conveyance on
routes where the lowest mode of conveyance ltnst ~
J on horse bach. is known 10 lie insufficient -
In all cases where the lowest grade Of service %
believed be- sufficient. the lowest bid viii he acrr
ted, if duly guaranteed in preference u star OF
specific bid.
When the lowest bid is not star bid, and specifies
either 40 mode Inadequate mode of ccnveysnct,
il will not lie accepted, but set aside for specific ha
proposing the necessary service.
! When the bid does not specify q mode Of con-
veyance. also, when il proposes 10 carry 'acccroDS
to the advertisement but without such specification
il will be considered as proposal for hersebsck r
vice.
90 modification Of bid, in any of its essential
terms, is tautamount to = new bid, and cannot
received, 30 a. to interfere with regular competoh
after the last hour set for receiving bids
Il. Postmasters are TO be careful not 10 ceru!
the sutficency Of guarantors or suretles withoO'
Knowing that they are pcrsuns of sufficient reslcL
soity and all bidders, guarantors. and surrtirs'
distinctly notified that n failure 10 enter ln1o "
perform the contracts for the service proposed iot
the accepted bids their legal liabilities Will DC u"
| forced against them.
-. The contracts viii b. substantially in the io,
heretofore used in this Department, except 10 lD'
respects particularly mentioned in these lnsloe
tons; and on all railroad and steamboat routes ~
contractors will he required 10 deliver the nAils
the post Offices at the ends Of the routes ana nv
the immediate post Offices, not more than eisnp i'
! from the railroad or landing. -.
% Present contractors and persons known al W.
Department. must equally with others, prVuh
guarsntors and certificate. Of their Sufhcicney 80
stantially in the forms above prescribed. Inc c.
tifcates of suffciency must b. signed by POSTUM
! t.r, or jaJgc, or clerk az = co,rr. of r~cord
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