Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-03-02

the mail quarters pay nay be deducted.
Lnes Hni De imposed. unless the delinquenc,
os promptly and satisfactorily explained n, ,.r,;s
Gates OF postmasters, oHkhs adasits Of othst cr.s
table persons, for falling 70 arrive in control
for negiecting to take the maui from. or deliver
into, post Office, suffering 1t lowing either A. ~.
Aleness Of the place or manner OF c.rvr;r'
to be injured, destroyed, robbed or lost. and "a
refusing, sitter demand, TO convey the mail a. N.
quenty as the contractor runs or is concerned iI
running, coach, car. or steamboat on q route a
The Postmaster General may annul thecontrsc
repeated failures 70 run sgieeably TO contract
for disobeying the post Office laws or the instruc
tons Of the Department. for refusing 10 disehars,
carrier when required by the Department to DO 50
for assigning the contract without the assent of thu
postmaster General for running express es afore
said; or for transporting persons or packages con
Veying maiabls matter out of the mail.
T. The Postmaster General msy order An increase
service On route by allowing therefor pro rats
increase on the contract pay. He NAV change
the schedule of arrivals and departures, without
increase Of pay, provided he does not curtaiI the
amount Of running time. He may also order en-
increase OF speed, he allowing within the restric
ons OF the law, apro rata increase of pay for tn,
stock or carriers, If any. The contractor
IN the case Of increase Of speed,
that be prefers doing 90 to carving IA.
order into effect. The Postnss ter Gener.l m.r .I
eurtah OF discontinue the service, at pre- rata dc.
| crease OF pay, allowing one months extra cou.
pensation on the amount dispensed with, vbens,e,
his opinion the public interests do not require the
same, or In case he desires to supersede Il by differ
eat grade Of transportation.
3. Payments will be made for the service nv coi.o
lions from or drafts on postmasters, or otherwise
after the expiration Of each qusrter-ssy in fehrp
| AIRY. May, August. and November.
y. The distances are given ACCORDING In fbe he,t
Information; but no increased nav will he siloxe,
should they be greater than adv ertised il the pont
TO DE supplied be correctly stated Bidders must in
FORM themselves this point.
10. The Postmaster General IL prohibited nv Law
from knowingly making q contract for the traneoor
tatson OF the mails with any person who shall have
entered into or propose to enter In 20 any cmbins
aon 70 prevent the making of any bid for a mail
contract by any other person persous, or who
snail nave made any agreement, or shall have given
or performed, or promised to give or perform an,
consideration whatever, or 70 do oT not [, do any
thing whatever, in order to induce any other pers6p
or persons pot to bid for mail contract Particular
attention - called N the 18th section of TIC act OF
1896, prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding
IL bid received after tIae, viz: m of the 10th
fprli, 1000. or without the guaranty required by
law, or that combines several routes in onc sum of
compensation. cannot be considered in competition
WIN Irregular proposal reasonable in amount.
IL. Eriders should, in all cases. fret proposa for
service strictly according to the advertisement. ami
then II they desire separately for different service
and II the regular bid be the lowest offered for III.
advertised service the other bids may be considered
IL the alterations proposed recomme pSed by the
postmasters and citizens interested OF Ii they "a ali
appear manifestly right aud proper.
ID There should be but one route bid for In .
ffJpossl-
IA The route the service, the VARY nav IN,
Rame and residence Of the bidder, and those OF each
member OF q nrm, where a company offers should
be distinctly stated also the mode Of conveyance 4,
a higher mode than horseback be Intended. The
words with due celebrity, certainty, and security"
inserted to indicate the mode Of conveyance viii
constitute a STIR bid"
10 Bidd rs are -equestei 70 Us, as far as praeti.
cable TIE prin ed rm Of proposal furnished ty the
department 20 wife GU, ia IL the tum CT tn, In
bid. AID to re ain copies Of them.
NO a'terad oid7 ca1 b. eoosil sred and NO l lis
once III mi ted Gao lie withdrawn.
Each bid must be guarant I'D by I 70 res pons:ll.
PEI sons deneral goa antees caunst be admitted.
10. Inc bid should be sealed; sup ersIibed Mai
Proposals., State q or territory of -,"(.s lbs
care my baO aidrs sssd I" Second Assistant Pot
master 6tnAral," Contract 0fice, and Sc I tymqa
y, or 70, an agent, and post,aas. ers WILL rot
enclose proposals, Tor lett Of any kind) In their
quar- erIy returns.
H. The contracts are TO be executed and retu rped
TO the department by or before the lst of July 1855
bot the service NUT b. C mmeLced on the mail das
mex af-r tina: date, whether be ntrscts be ex-.
GU Ell or not No op sltion FOX transfers Il d,
con lte Cd urt the contracts are executed IN due
fDrm m received at the artment; and hen I g
IA sfeTs will be allowed unless good anu suecient
reai ons therefor are given to be determined BY the
department.
1s. Section Is of act Of Congress, approved
March 3, 1885, provides that contracts for thersus
porlaon of tie nail shall be let in every case TO
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees
for faithful without other reference 10
the mode OF such transportation than may be E.ces
sary to provide for the due celsrity certainty and
security of such ira nsportation." Under thi, law
new description Of bids has been received 1t does
not specify a mode of conveyance, but engages to
take the entire mail each trip with celebrity, certain
ty and security using the terms Of the Law. These
designated on the books of the Department, star
lids: and they will be construed providing for the
entire hail, however large, and iohaterer may be
The ode % Conveyance necessary TO insure its ceey,
cpTtliu.g. and se[>1frifuN
In all cases where the lowest grade Of service il
believed to be sufficient the lowest bid will Re seosp
ted II duly guaranteed, in preference to star"
specific biz.
When the lowest bid is not star bid and specifies
either no node or an inadequate mode of convey ance
1t will not be accepted, but set aside for specific bid
proposing tie necessary service.
When the bid does not specify a mode Of con.
veyance also, when il proposes to carry according
to the advertisement" but without such specification
will be considered as proposal for horseback
vice
% modification Of bid, in any of its essential
terms, lie tantamount TO . new bid, and cannot le
rec eved to interfere with regular competition
after the last hour set for receiving bids.
20. Postmssters to be careful not to certify
the suficiency OF guarantors suIeties without
knowing thst they persons Of sufficient respon.
sibiity and all bidders, guarantors and suretes
distinctly notified that on failure to enter into
perform the contracts for the service proposed for 10
the accepted bids their legal liabilities viii be en-
forced against them.
heretofore used In this Department, except in the
respects particularly mentioned in these instruc
tons; and all railroad and steamboat routes Q.
contractors will be required to deliver the mails into
the post Offices at the ends of the routes and INTO all
the immediate post Offices not than eighty rode
from the railroad or landing.
y. Present contractors and persons known at To.
Department, must, equally with others, procur,
gudrantors aud certificates of their suiciency sub
stantially in the forms above prescribed The cor.
tfcates of suficiency must be signed by a pOstmas
ter, st oue Of the lAcss b:f re n.med, judge OF
a court OF record.
JAMES CAMPBELL,