Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-03-09

I Fines will he imposed. uni ssS The cetsrluenes
ba promptly and satisfactorily e<ps!hei - eIiin
Gates OF postmssrers, the shiiits Of other cred
liable persons, FOX falling t. srri in contract toe
/ fcc neglectng 20 take the rlsil fon. deliver
int pos: office; suffering X Owing either TO tn
| urSui:sbleness OF ID paoe or manner Of carry :;
i BE- injured, DESTROYED robbed. or lost: and tc
| ref1 sing, sNer densrd, TO cOnvey The mail a. Se
qu' ntly IS the contractor n concerned Il
rur ming, a coach, car, = 81 auhcat - route.
| G The Postmaster General may snnr1 the contrsc
Tor repeated failures TO agreeabiy to contract
for disoot ing the post Office laws, the instruc
lions OF The Department.; for refusing 70 discharge
carrier when required by the Department to do so
Tor assigning the contract without the assent Of III,
SAID; or for transporting persons or packages CON
| veyinG u ailable matter ont of the mail
! !. The postmaster General msy order an increas,
CT service on route by allowing therefor pro rats
| increase on the contract pay. He may chan.
| the schedule Of arrivals and departures withou
| increase OF pay, provided he does not curt,i Tin,
| amount Cf running time. LIE msy also order n,
decrease Of speed, he allowing, within the rest,io
tons or the law, apps rata increase OF pay for tbs
additional stock or carriers IL any. The contrsc,o
may, however, in the ease Of increae- Of sne.ed y
nIu ish the contract - giving prompt notice to th
Department that he prefers doing to CARVING th
order into sfect. The Postmaster General nav Ais,
eurtai or discontinue the seryioc, at pre- rata de
| ere 'se Of pay, allowing one months extra com
pensation on the amount dispensed with. whenever
In his OPINION the pubic Interests do not require thu
sae or in he desires TO supers eie IL BY differ
| emf grade Of TRANSFORMATION.
s. Payments viii be made for the service 5y collee
lions from or drafts on PostmBsters, or otherwise
after the expiration Of each Quarter-say in Febru-
sry, Nay, Angus, end November.
Ihc distances are given according Ia the bes
Information; but no increased pay will be allove5
should they be greater than ad ycrtsed il the rosnt
to be supplied be correctly stated. Bidders must in
form themselves on this pO;ui
10. The Postmaster General l. prohibited BY law
from knowingly making contract for the transpor
tat,on Of the mails with any person who shaI hsy,
entered into or prorOs, 20 enter into any combine
tion &c prevent thr making If any til for rrsi
contract hy any other person persons, or wli6
shall have made any agreement, shall have givsr
or performed, or promised 20 give or perform, an,
&C.. -iders.ioD whatever or 10 do or not [, do any
thing whatever IN order to induce any other rerso,
persons not 10 bed for mail contract. Pariiculs
attention is called g the 2sth sectG 9: the act OF
1885, prohihitin. combinations tc pteyrnt bidding
Il. hid received after time, viz: m oft the 10th
Apri', 1855. or without the guaranty required D.,
law, or that combines several routes in one sum N
compensation. cannot be consdrre, ia cCmpetitiou
with src@nar proposal reasonable ia amount
IL. Bidders should, in all cases, first propos. tl
service strictly according to the advertisement and
then, II they desire s,rrotiy for different service.
and II the regular bid be the lowest offered for lie
axerosed service, TIC other bias may be considered
II the alterations propo-ed recomme nded by IL,
postmaSters aud citizens interested or ii thsv sbal
appear manifestly ri ht ami proper.
IL There should De but one route bid for in =
Proposal.
H. The route, the service, the yearly nav. IN
name aud residence Of the bidder. ami those OF -acL
member of firm, where n company Offers should
ne distinctly stated, also the mode Of conveyance
a higher mode than horseback be intended. III.
words with due CELEBRITY, certainty, and security
inserted t. indicate the mode Of CONVEYANCE vii
constitute - STIR Bit"
10. Eijd are rsguestei 20 rs. as far as pract
cable t. printed Of p.op-,sai furnish ID ~ III.
t4p 4rtm-pt 20 write GU, IN iu the UNI Of h, I,
e.dS, AID TO re Az pies CT hem.
No a'er-d bii' can bs considered, and no liz.
oace sut ni'tsd esl te witt3fswn.
Ia, h b must bs guarart. ed by 70 retponsib
Pes ms Gsneral qua Rntcs. cam he admitted
10. ihs bill Should be sealed; supers rihed "M,i
PrS lOshlS, State If CT re Tri:ory OF -,S(as II
cssc may 3D. addressed Z" second Asis,snt Pc
master Gtu ia, Contract Oricc, and PC try rctl
mt y, "r ., IN agent, anu pNstmas'ers will 70
enio.e oposAls Tor letters Of any kinc) In tn, ir
Qusr !erig returns
II. The contracts are 70 be executed and rsturpei
TO tire Department by before the Is. Q. uly 1855
but the -rvce must b. mmenced on the rail Ca
mex. aft tia: date, whether he C ntracts ba sx
cutei o. -ot No prop sition fcr tran .ers W !, b.
con Il Iced Until the contracts are executed IN dua
form aud received ct the d-tertfnent; ard her u
"a sters vii re allowed uni ~ good and fufcien
ressonE theTe:o: are given 10 be terminal ty tn
depar tInent.
Is. Section Is Of an act Of Congress spprcyea
March 3, 1915 provides that contracts for the tran
pOrtasio Of the mail shall he let q IN ever clse
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient GUARANTEE,
Tor faithful perform ance without other reference
tne mod OF such transportation than Elay be nee
s-ry 10 provide for the due CELEBRITY. certain tv a
security of such transportation Under this lay
new description Of bids has been received II doe
not sneci'y mode OF CONVEYANCE, but engages 4
take the ntTe mail each trip with CELEBRITY certain
ty, ard security, using the terms Of the law Tbes.
bids ylel, from the manner in which tLeT :,
designated on the beck. Of the Department '':f1'
tf, srI they will De construed providinI for n
entire neil, h0scerer large, and s.Iieuer naay D.
The I1ode ~ Conveyance necessory 20 insurc is ceeTfy
cvfalaty and security"
Ia ali cases where the lowest grad Of service l.
believed ID be sufficient, the lowest bid will be accep
ted II duly GUARANTEED, in preference TO starr o,
specific hii
When the lowest bid Is rot star bid, ard specific
either mode Inadequate mode of CONVEYANCE
it will not be accepted bat set aside for specific hi
proposing the necessary service
Wien the BID dos not specify a mode Of con
veyance, Also when II proposes to csrry 'accordin-
t. the adTertisemr but with 1ut such specification
&c will be considered proposal for horseback Ser
vice.
20 A mobilization Of a bid, In any Of its essentia
terms, Is ;antamount 10 a new bid, and cannot be
re- eived, 80 as to iDterere w regular competition
after the last hour set for receiving lids.
70. Postmasters are to be careful not TO certib
the sufhciency OF gu3raptors or surcties witbc,r
knowing that they are pertnus OF sufficient respon
sbiy and all bidders, guaramtOrs and suretiee ar.
noti6ei that failure to enter into OF
perform the contracts for the service proposed for IL
the accepted bids their legal liabilities will be- en-
forced AGAINST them.
n The contracts will I've substantially in the form
heretofuvo used in this Department, except In TIA. |
respects parti .uiary mentioned in these instruc
tOps: ami all railroad and steamboat routes the
contractors will be- required to deliver the mails int
the post CceS at the ends of the Routes and into al
the immediate post Offices not more than sig hty rod.
from the railroad or landing
e. Present contractors and persons known at ia.
DepaIt ment, must, equally with others. procur
guarantors and certificates of their sufcieucy rub
stantialy in the forms above prescribed HE. cor
t6catas of suiciency must be signed by a postmas
ter, at one Of the Ilsoss before nsmed OF judge o.
a cour. Of record.
JAMES CAMPBELL,
jeb lb-T4H Pos master Gensrtl