The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-12-29
INSTRUCTIONS.

otherwise specified for nssorlng The mails. @ t3s " 8
Railroad and steamboat take the mail
From and deliver .r into, The pS os a tbs ,hn and
landing Proposals may for the
performance of all the side servceha is for Offices eighty
No pay will be made for trips not performed and for each Of
@ mot snr % three times the pay Of tho "trip
nexon with depending mails and not sufficiently excused fourth
the compensation for the trip
will also be ordered for grade Of performance spec
ned in the contract For repeated denuncs Of the kind herein
the Importance of the mail may be made.
For leaving behind throwing of the mails portion Of
running conveying intelligence in advance Of the
aorv explained by cert6ca,cs Of poaasters or The anavis
Of other credible persons for falling arrive time for
neeng 70 take the mail from deliver into post oce for SUI
CARRYING ~ to be wet injured DESTROYED robbed and
usng after demand to the mail frequently
tractor runs or concerned in running coach steamboat
route ~
,be o he Ear reinsng 10 scho,e
when required by the assigning
without the Of the Postmaster General for running
express as aforesaid o. for transporting persons or packages convey
The Postmaster General may order Increase Of service
lie may change schedules departures and arrivals in ali cases and
particularly make them conform connexions with railroads with
out increase Of provided the running time be not abridged He
also order increase speed allowing within the restrictions
any The contractor may however the speed
relnaas the eonae, BY giving prompt notice the that
may also curtai the service whole
part at pro decrease pay allowing months compe
saion Oh The dispensed With whenever opinion
public interests require same In
porsede II by different grade OF transportation
will be made for the by collections
otherwise after the expiration
tersay in February, May August, and November.
given the
viii be should they
supplied correctly
point and also reference
the mail the condition OF roads, bills streams &c and all toll
bridges ferries distractions Of kind by which expense
alleged mistakes Misrepresentation
the Of for bridges destroyed other
distance occurring during the contract Occs
this issued and during
be visited without extra the distance bo
| not increased.
10 bid received after the last day and hour named without
the required by that combines several routes
compensation considered competition with
regular proposal reasonable In amount sa8{f. m
IL Bidders should first strictly according the
and then they desire separately different
the bid be the lowest offered for tho advertised
the other propositions may be considered.
IL There should be but one route bid for In proposal
10 The the service the yearly pay the residence
Of the bidder % h usual Office address and those OF each
member Of nrm where oilers should be distinctly
ted also the mode 81 higher mode than horseback be
intended The words "w due CELEBRITY certainty and security in
serted indicate te q viii constitute ar bid
When tar h q ~ uSed specific must be named
form proposals furnished BY department.
sum Of their btis, and 10 retain copies Of them. f
FORM or PROPOSAL
convey the the United States from July l. 1868 80
/ on o the
the General dated October % 1857
| by the following mode o. conveyance Via ...f
/ for the annual sum of - dollars.
This proposal IS mad eih H kno'otegs y TIE distance Of the route