Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-02-16

express conveying commercial intrlieence sSess N
sAs mall, Q qusrter's pay may Be deducted.
l .. nnes VAL o imposed. unless the delinquene,
% promptly and satisfactorily explained be- errt;r
GATES OF postmasters, the sf8davitso OF other cr
table persons for falling arrive In contract i'm;
ior negecting to take the mail from. or de liver n
INTO, post once; suffering It lowing either 30 IN.
unsuitableness of the place or manner of cnrrv;ns
p TO be injured, destroyed, robbed, lost and fos
| refusing, after demand, to convey the mail 80 fire.
quently as the contractor ruins, is concerted ir
| running, coach, car, or steamboat on q route.
o. The Postmaster Geucralm may annul the ountrs q
Tor repested failures TO sgfeesbly to coutrsr;
ior disobeying the post ONCE laws, the instruc-
tons of the Department. for refusing TO ditshar,,
. carrier when required by the Department TO do
Tor assigning the contract without the If the
Postmaster General for running an expressz- at0Ie
sa,d; or Tor transporting persons packages eOD-
/ vey1ng mailabls matter ont of the mail.
.. The Postmaster General msy order an iacr sase
CT service on route by allowing therefor pro rats
| increase on the contract pay He may chang,
| the schedule Of arrivals snd departures, without
increase Of pay, provided he does not eurtsii the
amount OF cumming time He NAV as.s ord.u 40
increase of speed b. allowing, within the rsstric
tons OF the law, pro rsts increase of pay hr the
additional stock or carriers, If any. The contractor
may, however, in the of increase Of speed r..
inquish the contract by giving prompt notice ~ ths
Department that he prefers doing carr yng the
order into effect The Postmaster General NAV also
eurtai or discontinue the service, at pre- rata de-
crease Of pay, allowing months extra com
pensation on the amount dispensed with, wbe, sver
in bis opinion the public interests do require the
same OF 10 he desires to supersede II by differ.
snt grade of transportation.
s. Payments viii be made fcr the service by cJl;ec
lions froEf or dests rostmasters, othersSlse
after the expiration Of esch csfter-say In rehru-
ary. May, August, and Noveffbsf.
9. The distances are given according 20 the best
information but no increased pay will be allowed
should they be greater thauadrertsed IL the points
20 be safplei be correctly stated Bidders must in
form themselves on this point.
10. The Postmaster General Is prohibited by Law
from knowingly making q c0fitfscf fsr the trsnspOr
tation OF the mails with any person Tb6 sban ha-.
entered into, or propost 10 enter into any ccmbia
ton to prevent the making of any bid for mail
contract by any other person or persons, or Who
shall have made any agreement, or shall have given
or performed, or promised TO efve perform. any
consideration whatever to do OF not C. 10 any.
thing whatever, in order to induce any otsr psfsn
or persons not to bid for mail contract. ParicUiaf
Is called 10 the 18th section of the act of
1886, prohibiting combinations to prevent birding
IL. bid received ufter time, viz: m ofthe 10th
April, 1855; or without the guaranty required 10y
law, or that combines several routes In W
compensation, cannot be 5orsiserea in comp et,tiou
with regular proposal reasonable IN ai1ount.
IL. Bidders should. In all cases, first protos for
service strictly according to the advertisement and
then If they desire, separately for different service:
and IL the regular bid be the lowest offered for
advertised service the other bids may be considered
If the alterations proposed recommended By ile
postmasters ard c.irsns interested, il they shall
appear manifestly right ffsd proper.
Is. There should be but one route std foi IL =
proposal.
Ii. The route, the service, the yearly psy. In.
name and residence Of the bidder, and those If elcb
member Of q firm, where a company offers she uld
be distinctly stated, also the mode Of conveysuc, II
higher mode than horseback be intended The
words ~itf due seleffty, certainty, and security"
Inserted to indicate the nltde Of conveyance EilI
constitute a star bid"
Is. Bi1d,rs reQueste, 10 rs. rs far a, ~ 4ssL
cable, T. printed ron of proposal Furnished y 4
mart N lrf n mn h. ~
bids, I'D to re ain copies CT hem.
No aiiet-d bids can he considered, and II bi,s
once tu.nd led cen he withdrawn.
Each d mart be guarsntSed by two responsible
persons General auiees capnst tie stnait 81.
l6. I'll bid should b. srast; fuperscritet Nal
Proposals, State If or Torri'ory OF IDS II ?
may b. aidrt ssed " Second lis u 70. =
master Gen raj, Contrac. Office a1d sest ~ mail
y, nr 70, sn agent, and Postmssters wi ! not
enclose r.cppals, Tor letters 81 any kind) 10 TIER
quarterly r-tuTfs
to the Department by before the Ist Of uSus 1882
but the service pust b. mmepced on the t1s.i do
next after tina. date, whether The ntracts be Fx
euled or not Ne p-oP-s,ton for transier' viii be
fIIf. End recsiycd ct the DEPARTMENT; ard hen 10
osfsrs will Be allowed unless good and ,uc.eut
reaons therefor arc given, to be determined by the
department.
Is. Section IS Of an act Of Congress, approved
March g. 1915, provides that contracts for the trans
porteon Of the mail shall he let in every 10
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient gua-antirs
for faithful performance, without other reference 20
the mode of such trauspot .s.ion than may bt ss
sary TO provide for the due celebrity, oertsiu!y AID
security Of such ira Importation" Under this 'sv
q description of bids has been received. II docs
not specify a mode of conveyance, but engages 20
take the entire mail each trip with celebrity certain
ty and security using the terms Of the law. These
bids styled, from tn q amer In which they
designated on the books 81 .hs Depart nenf. ,dr
buds" and they will be construed is prTdng FIR the
entire mail, hotcerer large, and rkdte5ef nay u
N, rce ~ conveyance neccssGryto insure its "c,tfy
certainty, and t,csrity!'
In ali cases where the l5Ses, grade Of service 10
believed to be sufficient, the lowest I'D f 70 sesep
ted, If duly GUARANTEED in preference to s"seE 8.
specific bid.
When the lowest bid is not star bid and ,ec.fes
either no node Inadequate mode Of vance.
1t will not lie accepted but set aside for specific bid
proposing the neceSssI service.
When the bid does not specify q mode CT con.
veyance, Also when It proposes to carry according
t. the ADVERTISEMENT, but without such specification
II will be considered as pIorsal fsr korsebsck ser
vice.
10 modification Of bid, in any Of its ca s.ttiea
terms, is tantaponnt to a nsw bid, and cannot lie
received So to interfere with regular comp, ttiyn
after the last hour set for receiving bids.
20. Postmasters to he careful not IN cettty
the suf1ciency of guarsntors or sureties i'll oIt
knowing that they persons Of sufficient IespOn-
sibty; and all bidders, guarantors and sureiiE
distinctly notified thst failure to enier INTO ar
perform the contracts for the service proposed Scr in
the accepted bids their legal liabilities will be en-
forced against them.
81 The contracts will BE- substantially in TIN &
heretofore used in this Department except in the
respects particularly mentioned in these inSfuc
lions; and on all railroad and steamboat routes toe
contractors will be required to deliver the mails to
the post offices at the ends Of the routes and into all
the Immediate post Offices not more than eighty rods
from the railroad or landing.
% Present contractors and persons known ut the
Department, must, equslly with others, procur
guarantors and certificates of their suicency sub
stautially i'm the forms above prescribed. The
tifcates Of sufciency must be signed by q poStInaS
ter. at one of tee lao,s bf psmed or judge of
q court of record.
JAaE5 CAMPBELL,
feb Is-F4w Pos master 9enersl
THE LATE MR.. MEADE'S PICTURES.
TI,O BE EAFFLED FOR IN 400 CfIhN-ss
/ AT 425 EACH