, 1854-01-28

persons or packages conveying mailable matter out
Of the Inail.
/ 7. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease of service on the route by allowing there's
for a pro rata increase on the contract pay. lie
NAV also order an increase Of -rcrd, he GLOWING
within the restrictions nf the law, pro rata in
crease of pay for the ad iiiono stock or carriers,
If any. The contractor may, h,yeSer. in tnc case
of increase of speed rclEqu-h tie contract by Civ
ing prompt notice to the DeP'rfhcnt that he pre-,
fcrs doing SO to carrying the order into effect
The Postmaster General may also curtal or dis
continue the service, al pro rata decrease Of pay
if he allow one months extra compensation on
the amount dispensed with, whenever in his opin-
ion the public interests do NOT require the same,
or in case he desires 10 snpersede it by different
grade of transportation. He may also change the
times of arrival and departure (provded he does
not curail the running time without incrcsging
the pay.
8. Payments will he made for the se.yice
through drafts on Postma,ters, otherwise, after
the expiration Of each quarler-say in Fcbruary.
May, August. and November
i 0. The distances are given according to the
best information; but no increased pay will be
sllowed should they be greater than advertised, if
the points to I've supplied he correctly stated.
10. The Postmaster General is prohibited by
law from knowingly Masking contract for trans
poration Of the mails with any person who shall
have entered into, or proposed to enter inIo, any
combination to prevent the making of any bid for
mail contract by any other person or persons, or
. or who shall have made any agreement. or
shall have given or performed or promised to
give or perform, any consideration whatever, or 10
do or not to do any thing whatever in order to in
duce 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 com
binahons to prevent bidding.
II. A bid received after time, viz. q. m. Of
the Sd April, 1854, or without the guaranty re-
qu!red by law. or that combines several routes in
one sum Of compensation, cannot be considered in
competition with regular proposal reasonable in
, AMOUNT
1 ~. A bidder may offer, where the transporta.
ton called for by the advertisement is difficult or
impractcable at certain seasons, to substitute an
inferior mode Of convey anee, TO inteTm service
aspecifed number Of days, weeks, or months. He
may propose to omit an inaccessible office, or one
not on The stage or railroad, or at steamboat
landing, as the case may be or he may offer to
substitute an inferior mode Of supply in such ca
Sos. He may propose different times Of arrival and
departure, provided no more running time is asked,
and no mail conne1ion prejudiced. lie may ask
additional running time for the trip, during Fpe
|CiuNu VI uhyEB III HNAbOub VI very pduI
roads, hut beyond these changes q proposal for
service differing from that called for by the advcr
iiSement will not be considered in competition with
regular bid reasonable in amount Where bid
contains any such alterations, their Disadvantages
will be estimated in comparing il with other pro-
poSals.
ls. There should be but one route bid for in q
proposal.
IL. The route, the service, the yearly paw. the
name and residence Of the bidder and those Of
each member Of firm, where a company offers,
should be distinctly stated, also the mode Of con
veyance, if higher mode than horseback be in
intended.
| Is. The bid should he sent under seal, cd.
dressed to the Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, SuPerseIibed snail Proposals in the State
Of -" Itshould he guaranteed, and the suf-
feiOnoy Of the Ruarnntor' certified (see forms,)
aud should be dispatched in time to be received by
or before A. VI. Of the 3d Of April, 1854.
! 10 The contracts arc to be executed and re-
turned to the Department by or before the LIST Of
July, 1884.
IL. Under the sci Of March 3. Is45, the routes
arc to be let to the lowest bidders rendering sufh-
cient guarantees, without other references to the
mode Of transportation than may be necessary for
tho due celebrity, certainty, and security Of such
transportation. When the lowest bid proposes
mode Of conveyance inadequate TO the due celeTi>
", certainty, and security Of the nails it will not
be accepted.
Is. When the bid does not specify nsAs of
conveyance, also, when il proposes to carry "ae-
eording to the advertisement" but without such
specification, il will be considered as proposal
\ for horseback service.
1 10. Since the passage Of the act Of March 3,
1 ls4J, new description Of bid has been received.
Il docs not specify 4 mole Of conveyance, but en-
cages TO take the entire mail each trip with eeler
ty, certainly, and security, using the terms Of the
law. These bids ere styled, from the manner in
which they arc designated on the books Of the
Department, 'staT bids" The experience Of the
Department enables 1t to lay down the following
rules, viz
When the mail on the route is not 90 large a
to require two-hOrse coach conveyance, star bid,
IL the lowest, will always be preferred to the -
ei6e bid.
4 When the mails are Of such size md weight as
TO render il necessary, in TefeFanee to them alone,
20 provide tWO-horse coach conveyance, the speci-
lic bid, though the highest, for coach service III
adjudsed to be entirely sufficient for the route,
will be preferred 10 the star bid, in case the differ
ence Is not such as to interfere with the policy of
the law Of is45 which looks to a reduction in the
cost oftFanspoTtation. Exceptions, however, msy
bs allowed where the star bid is made by the own.
er Of the stock now used on the route in the per-
foFmanee Of coach service.
On routes Of the highest class, whore iour-horss
coach or steamboat transportation is required by
the size and importance Of the mails, and the sps-
ei6e bid Is adjudged sufficient for the route, the
preferences for the specific bid will he, if neccssa
~, carried to greater extent Of difference than
on the inferior coach routes.
30. A modification Of bid, in any Of i,s ss-
seniial terms, is tanlamount to a new bid and
cannot be received 80 as to interfere with regular
competition, Sfler the last hour set for receiving
bids.
a.. PosimasisTs are to be careful not to cert.
fy che sufieieney Of guarantoTs or sureties with.
out knowing that they are persons Of sufficient
responsibility and all bidders, guSFaniOrs, and
sufeties distinctly notified that on failure to
enteF into perform the contracts for the service