Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-04-07

NLic, S~&AnsUss N1rsottNlu6, Oe1AItCNu. CaIloTs>
oolumsHs, Dshicnera, Dalton, Etovah. Tiorrne.
franklin, Port Gaines, fsrt Valley, Grifhp, Raw
insvilie, Indian Springs, Jonesboro', Knoryill.
MonteEura, Marietta, oxfcrd, Penhsld. Palm az
Mays, Social Circle, stpn. Mountain. summsrvil,.
starkville, Tunnel Hill, Villa Rica, Wsy,rIr
wsynesvilIe, West Point, wrishtsboro; also Cha,
tanoegs and Benton, Tenn; Centre, o,eo.a, wssdo.
vice. and jacksonville, A'a.
In the State Of FLORIDA, postmsster Of ofs,,
ct the cosrt-house or eounty-sest Of each county:
and at Appalachicola, hicsnopy, Dellville, Cam
eelltown, yasper, Jennings, Mandarin, Noel Rsl,
0cals, PDatka, Quincy, Warrington.
eztenf The Depdrtment may deem proper
1. Seven minutes are allowed b. each interm,dl
ate Office, when not otherwise specified for asserting
tue mails; but on railroad and steamboat route,
there TO be no more delay than is sufficient for an
exchange Of the mail bags
2. On routes where the mode Of conveyance aanit,
Of ii, the special agents Of the Department also
post office blanks mail bags locks and keys, are 10
b. conveyed without extra charge
8. On railrcsd and steamboat lineS Rrft;sh ara
Canada mails when offered to De conveyed with
out additional pay; also the route agents of the De
partnent, LOT whose exclusive use while travelling
with the mails, commodious car or spartment in
the centre Of q car, properly lighted warmed .n5
furnished, ard adapted to the convenient .ssovfnt
aud due security Of the mails, IL to be providea
the contractor, under the direction Of the Depars
Dent.
4. No pay will be made for trips not performed.
and for each Of such omissions not satisfactory on,
planned three times the rsy OF the trip NAV n.
deducted For arrivals 50 far behind time TO bresk
counexion with depending mails, ~ not sufhciept,
excused. onefourth of the compe for the tr.
IL subject to forfeiture. Deduction may also be or.
dered for grade Of performance inferior 10 that
specif ed in the contract FOrrepeated denQuepcie
Of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties pro-
portioned to the nature thereof and the important,
Of the mail, may be made.
S. For leaving behind or throwing Oh the malls or
any portion Of them for the admission Of pasengeIS
or for being concerned in setting up running en-
express conveying commercial intelligence ahead a
the mail, quarters pay may be deducted.
9. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by oertiS
Gates Of postmssters, the sfadavts Of other cred
liable persons, for failing to arrive In contract tins.
for neglecting to take the msil FROM deliver II
into, post Office; suffering 1t lowing either 10 the
unsuitableness Of the place or manner Of carrying
i TO be injured, destroyed robbed or lost and Tor
refusing, after demand, 70 convey the mail Is RE-
quently the contractor runs, or Is concerned In
running, coach, car, or steamboat on q route.
7. The Postmaster General may annul the contrsa
for repeated failures TO agfeeably TO contract
for disobeying the post Office laws or the instruo-
tons Of the Department; for refusing TO discharge
a carrier when required by the Department TO do so
for assigning the contract without the assent Of the
Postmaster General: for running EXPRESS afore
said; or for transporting persons or packages con-
veying msilabie matter out of the mail.
8. The Postmaster General nsy order an increass
CT service a route by allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He may change
the schedule OF arrivals and departures, without
increase of pay, provided be does not curtail the
amount of running time. He may also order an
increase Of Speed, he allowing, within the restrc
tons Of the law pro rata increase Of pay for the
additional stock or carriers, If any. The contractor
may, however, in the OF increase Of speed re-
lnQush the contract by giving prompt notice TO the
Department that he prefers doing to carrying the
order into effect. The Postmaster General may also
curta or discontinue the service, at Pre- rata de-
crease Of pay, allowing one months extra COM
peasation on the amount dispensed with, whenever
in his opinion the public interests do not require the
same or in case be desires to supersede il by differ
ent grade of transportation.
9. Payments will be made FOR the service by cclec
tons from, or drafts on postnasters, otherwi5e
after the expiration Of each quarter-say In Febru-
airy, May, August, and November.
10. The distances are given according TO the best
information; but no increased pay will be allowed
should they be greater than advertised IL 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 a contract for the transpor>
taton Of the mails with any person who shall have
entered into, or proposed TO enter nto any combine
ton TO prevent the making Of any bid for q msil
contract by any other person persons, or who
shall have made any agreement, or shall have given
or performed, or promised to give perform, any
consideration whatever, or 70 do not to do any.
thing whatever, in order to induce any other person
or persons not 10 bid for mail contract Particular
attention is called to the 18th section Of the act of
1886, prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding.
IL. bid received after time, viz: 3 ? m ofthe 18th
April, 1855. or without the guaranty required by
law, or that combines several route. in one sum OF
compensation, cannot be considered in competition
with regular proposal reasonable In amount.
H. Bidders should, in all cases, first proposs for
service strictly according 20 the advertisement and
then, If they desire separately for different service
and if the regular bid be the lowest offered for the
advertised service the other bids may be considered
he alt "A
postmaers and citizens interested, or if they shall
appear hanifestly right and proper.
a. There should be but one route bid for In
proposal.
Is. The route, the service, the yearly psy, the
name and residence Of the bidder, and those Of each
member of Q firm, where a company offers, should
be distinctly stated, also the mode Of conveyance
O higher mode than horseback be intended. The
words "wth due CELEBRITY, certainty, and securityD
inserted to indicate the mode Of conyeyCnce, VIII
constitute a " star bid.n
ID. Bidders are requested to use as far as pract.
cable tie printed form Of proposal furnished by the
department., TO wlitc on: in full the cum of their
BIDS, and to re ain copies Of them.
No altered bids can be considered, and no bIis
once submitted can be withdrawn.
Each BID must be guaranteed BY tro refpors.b.s
persons General guarantees cannst be admitted.
IL. The bid should be sealed: superscribed snail
Proposals, State Of -" addressed TO the SEQ
and sent By mail, not by, or to- sg-nt and po.t
masters Will net enclose proposals Tor e;t Of sny
kind) ie their quarterly ;eturns.
Is The contracts are to be executed and returned
to the Department by before the LIST ofJuly 1885,
but tie service must b. commenced on the mail day
next after that date, whether The ntraots be exc
cuted or not No proposition for transfers will be
con ds'ed Until the contracts are executed in cue
form and received at the DEPARTMENT; And hen 10
transfers viii be allowed unless good and eufoient
recsons therefor are given, to be determined by the
department.
TO- Postmasters at Offices on or near railroads, but
rods frrr
diately after the 10th OF April next report thei,
exact distance from the nearest station, and how
they are otherwise supplied with the msil 10 enable
the postmaster General to direct mail messenger
supply from the LIST Of July next
=, 70 Section IL Of an act Of Congress- approved
harcn 1913, provides that contracts for the trans
portation OF the mail shall be let In every csse &c
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient GUARANTEES
Tor faithful performance without other reference TO
the mode OF such transportation than may be neces
sary 10 provide for the due celebrity, certainty, AID
security Of euch ira Importation" Under thi. Law
new description of bids hiss been received. II does
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