Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-09-02
Miscellaneous.
MAIL POSALS.

NErUdCt from ths act dPpT0UedS mdfch,iSD.)
lSEc. 10. And be itfErther enacted, That to IN
sure as far may be practicable, an equal andJus
rate Of compensation. according to the service per.
United States for the transportation Of the mail 1t
shall Be The duty Of the Ioaes 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 the service and 1t shall
with any such railroad company, either with or with
out advertising for such contract Preceded, That
sation than is now allowed by law Ior for carving
or compensation than one hundred dollars per mile
per annum nor for carrying the mail on any railroad
dollars per mile per annum And in case the Post
master General shall not be able to conclude con-
routes at a compensation not exceeding the afore-
said maximum rates, or for what he may deem rea-
sonaOe and far compensation for the service to be
performed it shall be lawful for him to separate the
letter mail ON the residue of the mail, and CON
tract either with or without for convey
ing the letter mail such route by horse express
OF otherwise at the greatest speed that reason
ably be obtained, and also to contract for carrying
over such route the residue of the mall in wagons or
otherwise, at slower rate of spsed.l
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 declined, and being unable to make
contract for railroad transportation on such terms
as, IN his opinion, are warranted by the above cited
statute, the following advertisement is issued, in
compliance with the directions contained therein
viz:
L United states, also for carrying the residue of
the rnalls from the LIST day Of October, 1857 the
IN e static New VIII be- reesved at the
Contract Ofice Of the Post 'Ofiice Department in
tembef &57, TO be decided by the 18th day Of said
month"; in the manner herein stated, viz:
sy GhbsmhE
Ch1rnbuseo, Wrghtsyille, Chateaugay,
FoT Ms M sa4soT North SGIh t saR
renee E,nce BIas her. Falls: St9ckholm Depot,
holm, North Potsqam,, Potsdam. Madrid
Depot, M adrid, and Lisbon Centre, to Cd
densbursh, lls miles and back, six times
Contra9tSEs are to run on the stage road and to
connection with the main route.
INSTRUCTIONS.
l. The letter mail is to be carried on horseback at
the greatest practicable speed and the residue of
will IF e IN has Ists
schedule of arrivals and departures by which they
sRed The proposals may set forth dstct snms
for the letter and for the other mails or combined
?; No pay will be made for trips not performed !;
and for each OF such omissions not satisfactorily
Quoted For arrivals far behind time ip a 70 break
connexion with depending mails and not sufficiently
excused, one,io9rth of the compensation for the
s. For leaving behind or throwing off the mails, or
any portion Oh tnen IOr the ADMISSION OF passengers,
or for being concerned in setting up or running an ex
press conveying intelligence in advance of the mail,
a quarters pay may be deducted.
4. Inc Postmaster General may annul the contract
Tor repeated failures TO run agreeaby TO contract for
violating the post Office laws or dlsobeying the in
structlons of the Department.; for refusing to dis
charge carrier when required by the Department 70
do sos Tor Assigning the contract without the assent
Of the Postmaster General for running an press az
aforesaid; or Tor Transporting persons or packages
conveying mallabe matter out of the mail.
D. Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons. General guarantees cannot be admit ed.
The bid and guarantee should be Cd plainly with
the ull name of each person.
The Department resarTes tie right to reject any
bid which may be toemed extravagant, and also the
bids OF failing contractors and bidders.
Proposals, State OF -" addressed Second AS
sistant Postmaster General" Contract Office and
sent BY mail not by to agent; and postmasters
Will not enclose proposals COR letters of any kind in
thelr quarterly returns.
Z. The contracts are to be executed and returned
to the department by before the st of October,
IS5l put the service must be commenced On the LIST
october, whether the contracts be executed not.
the contracts executed and received at the de-
partment and then transfers will be allowed un-
less good and sufhclent reasons therefor given,
to be determined by the department.
8. modification of a bid in any of its essential
terms Is tantamOunt to new bad, and cannot be re-
ceved, so as to interfere with regular competition
alter the last hour set for receiving bids.
y. POstmasters to be careful not to certify the
suffciency of guarantors as sureties without know
ing that they are persons of sufficient ponsbiI
and ali bidders, guarantoTs and distinct
notified that, on failure to enter into perform
the contracts for the service proposed for IN the sc
cepted bids, their legal liabilities will be enforced
against them.
AARON BROWN,
Postmaster General.
au l4-law4w August IL, 1851