Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-01-27

Nave. socisI Circle Stone Mountain. sunm.r,,,i.
; starkrille, Tunnel Hfll, Villa Ria w,yerIv'
! wsynssviiie, West Point, wrishtsboro, ,'ro Chat,
tanoesa AMI Benton, Tenn Centre, ooeO's, weedo
In The STATE Of FLORIDA, postms.ters Of ossc.s
st ths court house or oounty+eat Of each county;
beIltown, jasper, Jennings, Mandarin, Mos-ly Hail
Newport, Nee smyrna, Pico Q, rsmpa Uche Anna,
0cals, Piistka, Quincy, Warrington.
Condstsons 20 b. fnoorporaed On Tie confyacts 10 hs
szteRt The Department may dec~ prcpT.
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermedi-
the mails; but railroad and steamboat routes
there is TO be more delay than IL SUFFICIENT for
| exchange Of the mail bags.
| T. On routes where thu mode Of conveyance admits
| Of II, the special agents Of the Department, also
post Office blanks, mail bags locks and keys are 10
| be conveyed without extra charge.
8. On railroad and steamboat lines, British and
Canada mails when offered 10 be conveyed with
out additional pay; also, the route AGENTS Of the De-
partment for whose exclusive while travelling
with the mails, connexions car, or spSrtm' Mt In
the centre OF q car. properly lighted. warmed and
furnished ard adapted 10 the snient assortment
and due security Of the mails, Ia 20 be provided By
the contractor under the direction Of The DrpsrI-
4 ment.
| T. No pay will be made for trips not performed
and for each Of such omissions not satisfactorily
planned three times the ray Of the trip may he
deducted For arrivals far behind time 30 break
connection With depending mails, spd not sufficiently
excused oneourth Of the conpens alton for the trip
Is subject to forfeiture Deduction may also be
dered for a grade Of performsnoe inferior 70 that
spechedin the contract For repeated delinQ
Of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties pro
po-toned TO the nature thereof and the importance
| Of the mail, may be nad&
| s. For leaving behind OF throwing on the nsis or
portion Of them for the admission Of passenger,
| or for being concerned in setting up running an
express conveying commercial intellieence ahead q
| the mail, quarter pay may be deducted
8. Fines viii be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certh
Gates OF postmssterS, the ,davits Of other cred
table psrsens, for falling 70 arrive in contract time
L for negectng 70 take the mail from, deliver Il
into, post Office; suffering Il (owiug either 20 the
| unsuitabieness Of the place or mannS Of carrying
III TO be injured, destroyed. robbed lost and for
refusing, sfer demand 20 convey the mail as fro
quently as he contractor runs Is concerned in
| running, cosch car, OF steamboat o route.
:. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures 90 run sgreesbly 90 contract
Il frr disoeeyng the post Office laws the instruc
L tons of the Department. for refusing 10 discharrs
a carrier when required by the Department 10 do 40;
for assigning the contract without the assent ef the
Postmaster General; for running express sfore
said or for transporting persons packages con-
Il Neying mailable MISTER out Of the mail.
/ S. The Postmaster General msy order increase
CT service on route by allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He may change
| che schedule OF arrivals and departures, without
increase OF pay, provided he does not curtsil the
/ amount Of running time. lie may also order
increase Of speed. he SLOWING within the restric-
tons OF the Law, aPro rata increase Of pay for the
additional stock ar carriers, any. The contractor
l msy, however in the Of increase of speed,
the contract by giving prompt notice % the
Department that he prefers doing TO carrying to
order into effect. The Postmaster General may al
| crease Of pay, allowing one months extra com.
/ pensstion on the amount dispensed with. whenever
IN his opinion the public interests do require the
same, or in case he desires 20 suPersele bys differ
/ Q & grade of transportation.
O. Payments will be made for the service by collec-
tons from, or drafts on pcstmssters, otherNiss
after The expiration Of esch quarter-ssy in Febru-
Il ary May, August and November.
/ 10. The distances are given according 10 the bset
information; but no increased pay will he allowed
should they be greater than advertised IL the points
10 be supplied be correctly stated Bidders must IN
/ form themselves on this point.
Il ii. The Postmaster General II prohibited by Law
from knowingly making contract for the trsnspor-
i tst'on of the mails with any person who shall have
entered into. propose 70 enter into any combine
| ton to prevent the making Of any bid for a mail
L aontract by any other person or persons, or who
shall have made any agreement, shall have given
| or performed, or promised to give perform, any
| consideration whatever, or TO do not {, do any
thing whatever in order to induce sny other person
or persons not 70 bud for mail contract Particular
attention called TO the 18th section OF the act Of
1886, prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding.
IL. A bid received after time, viz 2 N the 10th
| Apr J, 1875, or without the guaranty required by
law. or that combines several routes In sum "
compensation, cannot he considered in competition
with regular proposal reasonable in amount
IL. Bidders should, IN all eases, first propose fof
then, If they desire separately for different service
ami If the regular ID BE- the lowest offered for the
sdvertised service the other bids may be considered
If the alterations proposed srs recommended by the
po-tmasters and citizens interested or If they shall
| appear manfestly right and proper
i Ia There should b. but one rout- lid Tor in o
proposal
name and residence Of the bidder, and hose If each
memh 7 q hrm, where a company Offers, should
be distinctly stated also the mode of cow ey ance IL
ii n hsrhpr fhap horot ha NJ dei he
| words with due CELEBRITY. cert. "a"
l in -erted to indicste the mode 81
| constitute " StIF bad"
/ 10. Bid1' rs -equeste 20 uss,
| cable, tie p-iu "a { I'm Of p-op zeal fuTlisu
| dspsrtmsGt, TO wTite ous in ~ thu Ium O.
/ BIDS 70 re ain c, pies Of hem.
l No alter 4 bids can be considered, an no bids
Il once su''mi ted ca Re vitbdr- vn.
/ Each bid must be suarrnts by two re. ponsible
| eesoDs General qua sn'eeS csnnst he admitted
IL. The bid should pe sealed: supeTscribed Mail
i Proposals, state Of -" addressed 90 the Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster General" Con rat Ofioe,
md s'nt By adf, no! b., or %, an &c Mt. and pot
m~sters will net eEclos. proposals for lett Ct any
sind) ia thsir quarterly returns.
is. The contracts are TO he executed and returned
the Department or before the list OF July 1855,
| but the service mu b mmerced on the mail day
next after tina, drte, Nheth-r The ntrscts be .I'-
| cute or not No Proposition for tran iers will be
| con Iiered Until tie contracts executed in due
| form and received az the partms ut; add hen NO
transfers " i'll be allowed unless good and fuf cent
sons therefor are given, to be determined by the
Z department.
i9 Postmasters at Offices on or near railroads hut
| more than eighty rods from a station, will rume-
diately after the 10th Of April next, report their
| rxact distsnce from the nearest station. and how
they otherwise supplied with the msil to enable
the Postmaster General 20 direct mail messenger
/ supply from the lst ef July next.
| 80. Section is Of an act Of Congress, approved
March b lsi5 provides that CONTRACTS for the trans
portation of the mail shall be let, in every 20
| the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees
for faithful Performance without other reference &c
the mode Of such transportation than may be
sary 70 provide for the due celebrity, certainty and
security OF such transportation" Under this Law
description of bids has been received. Ii does
| not specify q mode Of conveyance, but engages 70
take the entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY, certain
ty and security, using the terms of the law. Thss
/ bids are styled, from the manner in which they
aesignated on the books Of the Department. a0r
BIDS" and they viii be construed prosdng for the
entire mail, hosoeper large and schaasSer rsay b