The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31
INSTRUCTIONS,


. the department may deem proper.
minutes allowed each intermediate Office when
otherwise specified, for asserting the mails. F.
Railroad steamboat required to take tho mail
FROM deliver the post offices at the and
rods from station landing Proposals may submitted for the
performance Of all tho side servcetha Is for Offices eighty
pay trips performed
may arrivals so far behind time as 70 break
nexon with depending mails and sufficiently excused
the for the subject forfeiture Deduction
will ALSO be ordered for grade inferior to that spee
fed In the contract For repeated deInqences Of the kind herein
| the Importance of the mail, may be made
being setting
running conveying intelligence advance Of the
be imposed unless delinquency promptly
persons falling time;
noges,ng % take the mail from or deliver into post Office for SUI
carrying ~ to be wet injured destroyed robbed lost
g after demand convey the mail frequently
uss runs or concerned in running COACH or steamboat
O. The Postmaster General may ann the contract for repeated fall
areeaby contract for violating the post Office laws
carrier when required by do So for assigning The
contract without the Of the Postmaster General
aoresa or for transporting packages convey
ing malabe matter out OF the mail.
The Postmaster General order OF
allowing therefor
may change schedules Of departures cases
pay, provided running
also order increase speed allowing within the restrictions
any The may however the speed
he prefers doing carrying order into eject, Tho
General also curt discontinue tho service in whole
rata decrease Of allowing months
dispensed WITH whenever opinion
public interests not require the he desires
persede a transportation
Payments will be made for the by collections FROM
drafts potmase otherwise after the expiration OF each
ter-say In February May, August, and November.
The distances given according the best information but
will be allowed should they adver
the supplied be correctly Bidders
themselves this point; and also in reference
the mail tho condition OF roads hills streams &C. and ali toll
bridges ferries distractions Of any kind which expense may
No claim Cor additional based grounds
bc considered for alleged mistakes Misrepresentation
Tho Of service for bridges destroyed other obsruc
distance occurring during the Offices
established this advertisement issued
visited without the distance
Increased.
bid received after the hour named,
The required by that combines
OF compensation cannot be considered competition with
regular proposal reasonable
Bidders should propose strictly according
advertisement aud then they different
the regular bid be the offered the advertised
the other propositions may be considered.
~ There should be hut bid for a proposal
service yearly pay
q the bidder t his usual Office adess and those of each
member Of 6rrn where Oilers should be distinctly
ted the mode &C higher mode than horseback be
intended The words wh due celebrity certainty and security
serted indicate win BID
When "sr bid Intended specific named
Ia Bidders practicable printed
form Of proposals furnished by the department. write full the
sum Of their bids and 10 retain copies Of them.
FORM or PROPOSAL
-, o. -, county Of - state d, propose 10
convey the a of the United July 1858
advertisement The Postmaster General dated October a. 1857
by the following mode Of conveyance, viz;
for the annual e dollars
Ti' FoPosnl " made n l knoOs Of ne disa"oe q NE TOs,