The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-02-15
different grade of transportation.

say in February, May, August, and Novem-
ber.
10. The distances are given according to the
best information; bat no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised,
lfthe points to be supplied be correctly stated.
Bidders must nform Themselves on this point,
and also in reference to the weight OF the mail,
the condition Of roads, hills, streams, sc. and
all toll bridges, ferries. or Instructions OF any
kind by which expense may BE- incurred. No
claim tor additional pay, based on such grounds,
can BE- considered; nor for bridges destroyed, or
other distractions, increasing distance, occur
ring during the contract term. Offices estab-
Iished after the advertisement IS issued, and al
50 during the contract term, are to be supplied
with extra pay il toe distance be not Increased
II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by
law from Knowingly making a contract Tor the
TRANSPORTATION Of the mails with any person
vino shall haze entered into, or proposed to en-
ter intc, any combination to prevent the max
ing OF am Gid for 4 mail contract by any ether
person OF persons, or VINO shall have ma.ie any
agreement, or shall hav" given or performed, or
promised 10 give or perform, any consideration
whatever, Or TO do, O. not 20 do, any fHlng
whatever, Il, order to induce ANY other person
or persons not TO bid ior mail contract
-. A bid received after time, or without the
guarantee required by law, OF that combines
several routes in one sum OF compensation,
cannot be considered in competition with re-
GUAR proposal, reasonable in amount.
13. Bidders should, in all cases, frs; propose
for service strictly according 20 the advertise
Inent, and thrD, If they desire, separately, for
different service: and ii the regalGr bid hp the
lowest offered for the advertised service, the O.
ther propositions may be- considered.
II. There should be out one route bid for in
proposal.
Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay,
the name and residence of the bidder, that is,
bis usual post Office addressl and thos- oi each
member ola firm where company offers, sho'd
be distinctly stated; also, the mode Of convey
ance. ifa higher mode than horseback be inten-
dfd The words awth due CELEBRITY, certain
~, and security,'' inserted to indicate the mode
of conveyance, will constitute ';Sfar bid."
When s.star bid'' is intended no specific con-
veyance must be named.
IG. Bidders are requested to Use, as far as
practicable, the printed form of proposal lnrn-
ished by the department, TO write out IN iuii
tae sum Of their bids, and to retain copies Of
them.
No altered bid can be considered, and no bid
once submitted can be withdrawn.
Each bid must De guaranteed by two rpspon-
sible persons. General guarantees cannot be
admitted.
II. The bid should be sealed; superscribed
email Proposals, State of -" addressed Csc
cond Assistant Postmaster General" Contract
Office, and sent by u,pii, not by or to an agent,
D. I'm
letters of anv kind) in their quarterly returns.
49, The contracts are to BE- executed and re-
turned to the department by or before the first
ofJuly, 1886, but the service must be commen-
ced on the mail day next after that date, whe-
ther the contracts be executed or not. No pro-
position for transfers will be considered until
the contracts are executed in due form and re-
ceIved at the department.: and then no transfers
will be allowed unless good and sufficient rra-
sons therefor are given, to be determined by the
department.
l9. PostmasterS at Offices on or near rail-
roads, bnt more than eighty rods from station,
will, Immediately after the 10th of April next,
report :htr exact distance from the nearest sta
ton, and how they are otherwise supplied with
the mail, to enable the Postmaster General to
direct mail messenger supply from the first of
July next.
90 Section g of an act of Congress approv-
ed March 5, 1916, provides that contracts for
the transportation of the mail shall be let, Gin
every case to the lowest bidder rendering suiii-
cient guarantees for faithful performance, with
out other reference to the mode of such trans
portation than may be necessary to provide for
the due celebrity, certainty, and security OF such
transportation" Under this law a new des-
cription OF bids has been received. 1t does not
specify a mode Of conveyance, but engages to
trke the entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY,
certainty, and security, using the terms of the
law. These bids are styled, from the manner
IN which they are designated on the books OF
the department, ssstar did," and they Will be
construed as providing for the conveyance ofthe
entire maII, however iorge, and 1c6nferer Esay
be The mode necessary 10 iasare lis ''ceierjfg,
certainty, and security"
In all cases where the lowest grade of ser
vice is believed TO be sufficient. the lowest bid
will be accepted, if duly guaranteed, ia prefer
ence 20 a ssstar'' or specified bid.
When the lowest bid is not 'sstar" bid, and
specifies either no mode or an inadequate mode
OF conveyance, It will not be accepted, but set
aside for specific Bad proposing the necessary
service.
When the bid does no; specify mode ot
conveyance. also when ii proposes 10 carry sac
cordng to the advertisement" ;" but withon; such
specification. it will be considered as a proposal
for horseback service.
81. A modification Of bid, in any Of its es-
sential terms, is tantamount 10 new bid, and
cannot be received, So as to interfere with regu-
lar competition, after the last hour Sc, for re-
ceving bids
2l. Postmasters are 10 be careful not 10 cer-
tify the suficiency Of guarantors Or sureties