Nebraska advertiser., 1858-03-11
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persons or packages conveying railable matter out Of the
mail
s. The Postmaster General may order an increase of
serSi,e on > route By allowing therefor 2 pro rata increase
on the contract pay. He may change sscheduiesof de-
partures AID arrivals IN all cases, and particularly 10
make them perform 70 connections with railroads, with
out increase Of pay, provided the running time be not
abridged. He may also order an increase OF speed all
lowing within the restrictions Of the law, g pro rata in
crease Of pay for the additional stock Ut carriers, If any.
The contractor may, however, in the case Of increase Of
speed. relinauish the contract By giving prompt notice 10
the department that be prefer sdoing so tocarrying the r-
der into effect. TIE POstH2ster General may also curtaii
or discontinue the service in whole OF in part, at pro rata
on the amount dispensed with, whenever in his opinion
the public interests require the change, orin case he de-
sires to supercede it by a different grade Of Transports
9. Payments win be made by collections from, or
drafts on postmasters OF Otherwise, after the expiration
Of each quarter = say in February, lay, August and No
vember. A
10. The distances are given according to the best infor-
nation; but no increased pay will be allowed should they
be greater than advertised, II the points to be supplied be
eorrestly stated. Bidders must inform fheplselUes on
this point: and also in reference 10 the weight Of the
mail the condition Of the roads, hills, streams, &c, and
all toll-bridges, ferries, or distractions OF any kind By
which expenses may be incurred. N0claim for addition
alleged mistakes OF misapprehension as TO the degree Of
service; nor for bridges destroyed, or other distractions
Increasing distance, occurring during the contract term.
ohlces established after this advertisement is issued, and
also during the contract term, are to be visited without
extra pay if the distance be not increased.
II. A bid received after the last day and hour named.
or without the guarantee required by law, or that COM
bines several routes in one sum Of compensation, cannot
be considered in competition with q regular proposal rea-
sonaLle in amount
p. Bidders should first propose for service strictly ac-
cording to the advertisements, and then il they desire,
separately for different service; and il the regular bid
be the lowest offered for the advertised service. The 9TH
er propositions may be considered.
10. There should be but one route bid for in a propo-
ID. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the name
and residence Of thebidder, THAT is his usual post office
address and those Of each member Of a firm, where a
company offers, should be distinctly stated; also the mode
Of cJnveYanee il shigher mode than horseback be intend
i ed. The words with due celebrity, certainty. and secu-
/ rfty.'' inserted to indicate the mode OF conveyance. will
constitute a star Did. When a star bid is 4 intended, no
specific conveyance must be named. But in case two
modes OF conveyance, are named at the same eompensa-
ton, the highest or best for the service will be taken.
10. Bidders are requested to use as far as practicable,
the printed form Of proposal furnished by the depart
ment, to write out in full the sum Of their bids, and to
retain copies of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted nor should bids
once submitted be Withdrawn.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible per-
sons.
General guarantees cannot be admitted. The bid and
guarantee should be signed plainly with the full name Of
each person.
The department reserves the right to reject any bid
which may be deemed extravagant; and also to disre-
gard the bids Of falling contractors and bidders.
I6. The bid should pc sealed, superseded "Mail Pro-
posals, State OF -" addressed -Secjnd Assistant
Postmaster General Contract office, and sent by mail.
not by or to an agent; and pOsmasters will not enclose
proposals Tor letters Of any kind in their quarterly re-
turns.
II. The contracts are to be executed and returned to
the department by or before the LIST day of August, 1858,
but the service must be commenced on the first Julypre-
ceding, OF the mail day mex. after that date whether the
contracts be executed or not. No proposition to trans
fer will be considered until the contracts are execnted
and received at the departments; and then no transfer
will be allowed, unless good and sufficient reasons there
for are given, to be determined by the department. In
all cases the retiring contractor will be required to be-
come one Of the sureties on the new contract.
Is. ~POstmasterS at Offices on or near railroads, but more
than eighty reds from a station, will Immediately after
the 3lst Of March next, report their exact distance
from the nearest station, and how they are otherwise
supplied with the mail to enable the General
to direct a mail-nessenger supply from the nrst Of July
next.
I9. Section IS Of an act OF Congress approved March g.
1915, provides that contracts for the transportation Of the
mails shall be let in every case to the lowest bidder ten
dering ~aufhcient guarantees for the faithful performance,
without other reference to the mode of such Transports
ton than may be necessary to provide for the due celebrity,
certainty and security OF such Transportation Under this
law a new description Of bids have been received. They
do not specify a mode Of conveyance, but engage to take
the entire mail each trip with certainty, celeriiy and Sc
curity, using the terms Of the law. These bids are styl-
e. from the manner in which they are designated on the
books Of the department, star bids, and they will be con-
strued as providing for the conveyance Of the entire mail
however large, and whatever may be the mode necessary
to insure Its celebrity, certainty and security.
In all cases where the lowest grade of service is be-
lieved 70 be sufficient, the lowest bid will be accepted in
preference to a star or specific bid.
When the lowest bid is not a star bid, and specifies eth
er no mode or an inadquate mode Of conveyance, it will
not be accepted, but set aside for a specific bid proposing
the necessary service.
When the bid does not specify a mode of conveyance;
also when it proposes to carry according to the adver-
tisement," but without such specification, it will be Gen.
sidered as a proposal for horseback service
20. A modification of a bid in any Of its esseetial term:
is tantamOunt to a new bid, andcannot be received, so as
70 interfere with a regular competition, after the last
hour set for receiving bids.
q. Postmasters are to be careful not to certify thu
s%uficiency Of guarantOrs, or sureties, without knowing
that they are persons Of sufficient responsibility; and al
bidders, gurantOrs, and sureties are distinctly notified
that on a failure to enter into OF perform the contract,
for the service proposed for in the accepted bids, their le
gal Liabilities will be enforced against th9m.
%. Present contractors, and persons known at the de
partment must equally with others, procure guarantor!
and certificates Of their sufic ency substantially in thu
forms above prescribed. The certificates of suffciency
must be signed by a postmaster or by a judge Of a court o.
record. A. V. BROWN,
Postmaster General.