Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-28
MisoensnsousoUA
MAIL PROPOSALS..

(Extraet from the act app,ecsd Sd Masehisss.,
lSsc. ls. And be itJnrfher enacted, That 70 IN.
sure as far a may be rractceble an equal sno
formed among the several railroad companies IN the
United states for the transportation OF tne HE'LL
range and divide the railroad routes including those
in which the service is partly by railroad ana partly
OF the mails the speed with which they are convey
ed and the Importance Of ths ser1lce ana t snail
with any such railroad company, either with or With
out advertising for such contract Provfded, That
sation than allowed by law; Eor for carrying
err compensation than one hundred dollars Der mile
per annum nor for carrying the mail any railroad
master General shalI not be able to conclude con-
routes at compensation not e1csedns SG The afore
said maximum rates. or for what he may deem rea-
performed it shall be lawful for him to separate the
letter mai from the residue of the mail, and to con-
ing the letter mail over such route by horse express
or otherwise, at the greatest speed that reason
over such route the residue of the mail, in wagons or
otherwise, at slowe. rate Of spsed.l = .a-r.
The Postmaster General having made an offer to
the trustees Of the Northern (Ogdensburgh) Rail
road Company for the service the following route,
which they have decined, and being unable to make
contract for railroad transportation such terms
as in his opinion, warranted by the abovec
statute, the following advertisement is issued, in
compliance with the directions contained therein
viz:
PROPOSALS for carrying the Letter Mails of the
u United states, also for carrying the residue of
the mails, from the LIST day of October 1857, to the
IN OF Of bs !, to sss
Contract 0tflce of the Post Office Department, in
s. I S Ss a 81 the the sS day of
month. } in the manner herein stated, viz: $50
ll2s From RoEse,s Point; by Champaip, Mooers.
Andr%svlIIe, Malone, Bangor, North Ban.
sasass fss sSSssS% PssG
Depot, Madrid. aud Lisbon Centre, to Cd
d:ensAburgh, lls miles and back, six times a
Contractors are to run on the stage road, and to
supply all offices off the same by side mails in close
connection with the main route. '-t."
INSTRUCTIONS. ..s.
the and ph the residue
the mail u wagons 9r Otherwise at slower rate Of
schedule Of arrivals and departures by which they
propose to run and the rate of speed to be accom-
9 hs ss iss iGLta
one for the entire service.
and for each of such omissions not satisfactorily ex
planned three times the pay of the trip may be de-
excused. one fourth OF the compensation for the
g. For leaving behind or throwing of the mails, or
any portion of them for the admission of
or Tor being concerned in setting or running
press conveying intelligence in advance of the mall
quarter,s pay may be deducted.
4. The Postmaster General may anrul the contract
Tor repeated failures to agTeeaby to contracts for
violating the post Office laws, or dsobeying the in
structons of the Department.; for refusing to dis
charge carrier when required by the Department to
DO so; for assigning the contract without the assent
OF the Postmaster Generals for running an express
Aforesaid or for transportin persons or packages
conveying maiable matter out of the mail.
D. Zach bid must he guaranteed by two responsible
2ersehs.-Gehera guarantees cannot be admitted.
The bid and guarantee should be signed plainly with
the uii name of each person. -.
The Department reserves the right to reject any
bld WHICH may be deemed extrayagant, and also the
bids OF falllns contractors and bidders
8. The bad should be sealed: superscrib9d "Mail
Proposals, State of - )" addressed 'sSecond As
sistant Postmaster General" Contract Office, and
sent by mail not by or to AGENT and postmasters
their quarterly returns. IT, - ~
4. The contracts are to be ex ecuted and returned
70 the department BY or before the LIST of October,
October, whether the contracts he executed or not
No proposition for transfers will be considered until
the contracts are executed and received at the de-
less good and sufficient reasons therefor are given
TO be determined by the department.
! g. "A modification of a bid il any of its essential
terms Is tantamount TO new bid, and cannot be re-
celved so as to interfere with regular competition
alter the last hour set for receiving bids.
Postniasters are To be careful not to certify the
ing that they persons of sufce Mt RESPONSIBILITIES
and AL bidders, gua!antOrs, and suretes distinct
notlhed that on failure 70 enter into or perform
csped BIDS he ss % be e ensoed
against them.
AARON v. BROWN.
Posr OFFICE DxpARTMHS 'rl''e' o'"''"'
au l4-law4w Augusta, 1857.