The Washington union., 1857-11-26
INSTRUCTIONS,

Containing conditions to be incorporated in M contracts to he erem
the department may deem proper.
allowed intermediate Office when
otherwise specified, for asserting The mails
from and deliver into the post Offices at The and
end Of their routes and to and from all offices not than eighty
rods from station landing Proposals be submitted for the
performance all the side scrsceat for Offices eighty
pay trips performed
omissions not satisfactorily explained three times the Of the trip
ncxon with depending mails and not sufficiently excused fourth
ns o N m O sne e % Sa basn sDa
fed the contract For repeated dcnqucnces Of the kind hen
the Importance mail, may made
For leaving behind throwing or the mails portion
them for the admission for being concerned setting
up running express intelligence in advance Of the mail
win imposed unless delinquency promptly and
satisfactorily explained by certificates Of postascs the adavi
noglectng post Office
carrying m nrcd destroyed robbed lost
iung after demand TO convey the mail as frequently as The con
traor or concerned in running COACH steamboat on
route.
may contract repeated
es to run agreesb contracts for violating the post Office laws or
dsobcyng tho Instructions the department. for refusing discharge
General running
express as aforesaid for transporting persons or packages convey
The Postmaster General order increase of service
He cnSe oeees @ DEPARTURES @ and arrivals IN ali caes aSd
particularly make them conform with railroads. with
may speed allowing
w pro rata increase FOR h % or cs
renqnh The contract by giving prompt notice 70 the that
General also curta discontinue the service in whole
decrease Of allowing months
the dispensed WITH whenever his opinion the
public interests do not require tho he desires
persede II by different grade Of transportation
g. Payments will be made the by collections FROM
otherwise after the expiration Of each
ter cay in February May, August, aud November.
according information but
increased will be allowed should they be than adve
points be supplied be correctly stated Bidders must
point and also rcfrcnce weight Of
the mail the condition Of roads, hills &c. and all toll
bridges ferries obsirucions kind by which
No claim m additional based such grounds
be considered for alleged mistakes msapprchcnson to
the bridges destroyed other obsruc
Increasing distance occurring during the contract Offices
established this issued and also during the
term be visited without extra tho distance bc
increased.
the and hour named without
guarantee
be considered competition with
regular proposal reasonable in amount
H. Bidders should service strictly according TO the
separately different
the advertised service
the other propositions may be considered.
~ There should be but route bid for In proposal
residence
hat post office addcss and those Of each
member where offers should be distinctly sta
ted the higher mode than horseback he
intended The wih CELEBRITY certainty and security in
conveyance, win constitute star bid
H. Bidders practicable the printed
furnished tho department. write out full the
sum Of their bids and to retain copies OF them. |
FORM OF PROPOSAL
- Of --- county e. state of ----, propose to
the mails Of the United sae from July 1885, 10 june 9o
lso2 on route No -- from --- agreeably TO the
General dated October a. 1857 and
by the following mode of conveyance, viz:
for the of dolars.
'rPOoi Is made ' u knowledge ef TIC distance 9 oe route