Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-02-23

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be promptly and satisac torily explained bv cert;a
Gates OF postmasters or the adayits Of Other cred
perpens, for falling to arrive in contract tims
for neSl citing to take the mail from. or deliver h
into, post Office; suffering Il towing either 20 IN.
unsui :abeness Of the place manner Of carrvins
i to lie injured, desro red, robbed or lost end ~,
| refusing after demand. to convey the mail as frr
quen.y as the contractor runs. or is concerned In
| running coach, car, cr steamboat on a route
| o. The Postmaster Geleralmay annul the coutrac,
Tor repeated failures 70 agieeabIy to contract
for dsobeying the post Office laws, or the instruo
lions OF the Department; for refusing to discharge
carrier when required by the Department to do 40
or assigning the contract without the assent of the
postmaster General for running an express a. afore
said; or for transporting persons or packages con
i veying mailable matter out of the mail
Z. The Postmaster General may order an iucrease
CT service on route by allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He NAV chang,
ihe schedule OF arrivals and departures, without
| increase Of pay, provided be does not curtsI ths
amount Of running time. He may also order AN
increase Of speed, he allowing within the rsstric.
IONS OF the law, apro rata increase of paw for the
additional stock or carriers If any. The contractor
may, however, in the Of increase of spaed "a
nquish the contract by giving prompt notice to IN.
department that he prefers doing 10 carving the
order into effect. The Postmast General NAV also
eurts or discontinue the service, at pre- rata dc.
| 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
same or in case he desires to superssde 1t by differ.
0Dt grade OF transportation
3. Payments will be made for the service nv colla
tons from, drafts on postmasters or otherwise
after the expiration Of each quarter-say In Febru-
airy. May, August, and November.
y. The dista ices are given according to the beat
information; but no increased pay will be allowed
should they be greater than advertised if the point.
to be supplied be correctly stated. Bidders must In.
form themselves on this point
IT, The Postmaster General Il prohibited BY Law
from knowingly making contract for the transpor
tatton Of the mails with any person who shall have
entered into or propose to enter into any combine
ton to prevent the making of any bid for a mail
contract by any other person or persons or who
snail have made any agreement, shall have given
or performed, or promised to give or perform any
consideration whatever or to do or not L, DO apy.
tnnS whatever in order to induce any other person
Q. persons not TO bid for mail contract Particular
attention Is called the 28th section of the act Of
1886, prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding
IL a old received after time, viz N of the 10th
April, 1855. or without the guaranty required by
law, or that combines several routes in one sum OF
compensation, cannot be considered in competition
with regular proposal reasonable in amount
H. Bidders should, in al cases frst propcsa for
service strictly according TO the advertisement and
then II they desire, separately for different service
and II the regular bid be the lowest offered for the
advertised service the other bids may be considered
II the alterations proposed are recommended by the
postmasters and citizens Interested or If they shall
appear manifestly right and proper
Ii. There should be but one route BID for In
proposal.
Ia. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence Of the bidder and those OF each
member OF q firm, where a company offers should
De distinctly stated, also the mode of conveyance II
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 bid"
Is. Bidders are requested TO u.s.. as far az pract-
cahe TIE printed form of proposal furnished by the
Department. to white out in ia | the Ium of their
bids, and to re. ain copies Of them.
No altered bids eau be considered, and no bids
once submitted Gao he withdrawn.
Zach BID must be guaranteed BY two responsible
persons General qua ahtees cannst be admitted.
10. The BIZ should be sealed; superscrited M all
Proposals, State Of or territory of -,"ns tie
csse nav bs,) addressed Secoai Assists nj Pot
master Gen RAIL- Contract Office and seat ty mail
not by or t., sn agent snd postm ssters viii not
enclose proposals, Tor isttsrs Of any kindly In their
quarterly returns.
II. The contracts are to be executed and returned
to the Department By before the LIST of july 1855
but tie service must b. mmerced on the mail day
next after tina: date, whether lie ntracts be exc
cu.ed or not No proposition :or transfers will be
conil1ercd Until the contracts are executed In due
iofm ana received at the department.; and hen no
rsosfers will Be allowed uniess good and sufficient
reasons thare;of are given, to be dstsrned by the
department.
1S. Section Is Of an act Of Congress approved
March 1s45 provides that contracts for the trsns
portation Of the mail shall be let in every case to
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees
for faithful Performance without other reference to
sary to provide for the due CELEBRITY certainty aud
security Of such transportation" Under this law
new description of bids has been received 1t does
not specify q mode or conveyance but engages TO
take the entire mail eacE Grip with celebrity, certain
ty and security, using the terms of the law These
bids styled, from the In amer in which they are
designated on the books Of the Department, 81 star
6fs aud they will be construed providing for the
entire mail, hooerer large, and toha:cser may be
the mode Of conveyance Necessary TO insure its ceiey
certainty, and security"
believed to be sufficient the lowest bid will be accep-
ted, duly gGaraLtied, IN preference to STAR
specific bill.
When the lowest bid is not star bid and specifies
either no mode or an Inadequate mode Of conveyance
it will not be accepted, but aside for specific bid
proposing the necessary service
When the bid does not specify a mode Of con.
yeyance eiso, when proposes to carry according
to the advertisements" but without such specification
1t Will be considered as proposal for horseback
vice.
10 modification Of bid, in any of its essential
terms, is tautamount TO q new bid, and cannot be
received to interfere with regular competition
after the last hour set for receiving bids.
20 POstmasters are 10 oe careful not to certify
the suficiency Of guarantors or suretes without
knowing that they persons of sufficient respon-
sbility and all bidders guarsntors and suretes are
distinctly nOtided that failure to enter into or
perform the contracts for the service proposed for in
the accepted Lids their legal liabilities will be en-
forced against them.
q. The contracts will be substanti IN the form.
heretofore used in this department. except in the
respects particularly mentioned in these instruc
lions and all railroad and steamboat routes the
contractors will be required TO deliver the mails into
the post offices at the ends Of the routes and INTO a..
the immediate post offices, not more than eighty rods
| from the railroad or landing.
u. Present contractors and persons known at the
Department, must, equally with others, procure
guarantors and certificates of their suficsncy sub
stantisly In the forms above prescribed. The Ger.
thcates of suniciency must be signed by postmas.
ter at one Of the places bsf 20 named judge Of
| q court Of record.
JAMES CAMPBELL,
feb 16-Eiw Postmaster Generxl.