Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-02-24

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Msry's Social Circle, stone Mountain. sunmsrville.
Stsrkvflle, Tunnel Bill villa hea. nsyrly,
Wsynesvine, West Point, Wriehebcset efo Chat
tanocsa and psston, Tenn; Centre, oeeosA Wsede
wee, and Jacksorville, Ala
In tie STATE Of FLORIDA, postmsssen % esAss
ct the court house or eountyssat Of ssoh county;
and a. M,s. H.tsn Mos.ls Hs
Newport, New Smyrna, Picolats, fsmpa. uche Ann,
ocals, Pilstha, Quincy. Warrington.
Conditions 10 be Incorporated IN De conracts 70 DC
eztent The Department may deem proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed tO each intermedt
ate ofce when not otherwise specified, for asserting
the mails; but on railroad and steamboat routes
there Is to be no more delay than s sufficient for sn
exchange of the mail bags.
q. On routes where the mode Of conveyance admits
81 IL the special agents OF the Department, s4so
post Office blanks, mail bags locks and keys, are 20
be conveyed without extra charge
3. On railroad and steamboat lines, British and
Canads mails when offered 20 be conveyed with
out additional pay; also the route agents Of the De-
partment, for whose exclusive while travelling
with the mails, coDnodious car, or apartment in
the centre Of q car properly lighted, warmed, and
furnished ar adapted TO the convenient assortment
and due security Of the mails l. to be provided by
the contractor, under the direction ef the D~pars
ment.
4. No paw will be made for trips not performed:
and for each Of such omissions not satisfactorily ex~
p.ained three times the pay Of the trip may be
deiurtsd For arrivals far behind time 10 break
cOnneNlOn with depending mails, tn0 not sum&enIy
excused, oueourth Of the compensation for the trip
il subject to forfeiture Deduction may also BE-
d red for a grade Of performance inferior TO that
ecif ed In the contract Forrepestsd delinquencses
of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties, pro-
p,rtioned to the nature thereof and the importance
the mail, may be made.
s. For leaving behind or throwing OF the mails or
any portion If them for the admission Of psssengerk
or for being concerned in setting mp running an
express conveying commercial intsligence ahead of
tse mail, quarters pay may be deducted.
Q. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by cer6-
Gates OF postmasters, the adsvits Of other cred
liable persons for failing 20 arrive in contract time
for neglecting to take the mail from. or deliver Il
into, post Office suffering II lowing either 10 the
unsutableness Of the place or manner Of carrying
it 10 be injured, destroyed, robbed, or lost and for
| refusing, after demand, TO convey the mail fire.
quently as the contractor runs, or Is concerned in
running, a coach, car, steamboat on a route
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures 20 run agreeabiy TO contract
for disobeying the post Office laws, or the instruc
tons Of the Department; for refusing TO discharge
a carrier when required by the Department 10 do
for assigning the contract without the assent Of the
Postmaster General for running n n express sfore
said; or for transporting persons packages
yeying rusilsble mstter out Of the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may order an increase
CT service on route by allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay. lie may change
the schedule of arrivals and departures, without
increase Of pay provided be does not curtsil the
amount Of running time. He may also order
increase Of speed, he allowing, within the restric
tons Of the law pro rata increase Of pay for the
additional stock carriers, IL any. The contractor
may, however, in the case Of increase Of speed,
InQuish the contract by giving prompt notse TO the
order into effect. The Postmaster General may ssOA
cIrtail or discontinue the service, at pre- rata do
crease Of pay, allowing one months ertrs com
pensation on the amount dispensed with, whenever
in his opinion the public interests do not rv1uire the
same or In be desires to supersede IL BY differ
e1t grade of transportation
Q. Payments will be made for the service by colle
tons from or drafts on pOstmasters, or otherwise,
after the expiration of each ouartsr-say In Rebru-
| airy, May, August, and November.
10. The distances given according 70 the beet
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 In
| form themselves on this point.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by Law
from knowingly making contract for the transpOr
taton Of the mails with any person who shall have
entered into, proposed 10 into any combine
ton TO prevent the making Of any bid for a mail
| contract by any other person or persons, or who
| shall have made any agreement, shall have given
| or performed, or promised 10 give perform, any
consideration whatever, or to do or not 10 do any
thing whatever, in order 70 induce any other person
or persons not 10 bid for mail contract Particular
attention is called 70 the 18th section Of the act Of
1856, prohibiting combinations TO prevent Bidding
IL. bid received after time, viz m ofthe 10th
April, 1885. or without the guaranty required BY
law, that combines several route. in one sum Of
compensation, cannot be considered in competition
with regular proposal reasonable in amount.
ID Bidders should, in all cases. first proposs for
service strictly according 20 the advertisement and
then, If they desire separately for different service
and II the regular bid be the lowest offered FIR the
aiyertsed service, the other bids may lie considered
II the alterations proposed are recommended by the
postmasters and citizens interested or If they shall
| appear manifestly right and proper.
IA There should be but one route bid for In Q
pr pposal.
Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay, 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 conveyance
\ higher mode than horseback be Intended. The
words with due celebrity, certainty, and security"
| inserted 20 indicate the mode Of conveyance, win
| constitute q :" star bad"
IL. Bidders are requested 10 U.s., far practL
caDe, tie printed form Of proposal Furnished by the
| department, 70 write out In flu the rum OF heir
| bids, and to re'ain copies Of them.
No altered bids can be considered, and no lids
| once submitted can be withdrawn.
Zach BID must Ice guaranteed by too responsible
| FeTs M General qua -antees cannot lie admitted.
IL. The bid should b. sealed: superscribed Mail
| Proposals, state Of - addressed 10 the Sec
| ond Assistant Postmaster General" Contrast Once
sna sent oy NAL not by or 70. an agent, and pot
pNa sln net enclose proposals Tor lett,rs CT any
| ktpd) liz their quarterly returns.
| 10 Inc contracts are 10 be executed and returned
department by or before the LIST ofJuly, 1855,
put the service must Be ccmmenced on the mail day
next alter that date WHETHER The ntrscts De exc
cuted or not No proposition for transfers will be
consldered uotil the contracts are executed In due
| ipfm ana received at the department.; and hen NO
transfers viii be allowed unless good and fuetcent
reasons therefor are given 10 be determined by the
| department.
le. Postmasters at Offices on or near Railroads but
more than eighty rods from q station, will imm--
diatey after the 10th Of April next. report their
exact distance from the nearest station, and how
Icy are otherwise supplied with the mail, to enable
me postmaster General TO direct mail messenger
| supply nom the LIST Of July next
~ Section is Of an act Of Congress, approved
aarcn 3 1873, provides that contracts for the
portaton of the mail shall be let in every case 20
the lowest bidder rendering SUFFICIENT GUARANTEES
LOT sithfu performance, without other reference 20
the mode OF such transportation than may be peoee
say to provide for the due CELEBRITY certainty and
1 security OF such transportation" Under this law
| new description OF bids has been received Il does
not specify mode Of conveyance, but engages tc
take the entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY c-rtsn
y and security using the terms Of the law. These
bids are styled from the manner in which thew are
| sesignsted on the books Of the Department star
o1ds and they will be construed providing for the
entire mail, hosoeucr large, and schatepcr may BE-