Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1858-12-25

Leave Fort Massachusetts every other
Thursday at Tam;
Arrive at Taos next Saturday by 3 p m.
Proposals for weekly trips are invited.
1862 From Tucson, by Tubao and Calabszas,
to Fort Buchanan, (Agua Caliente)
100 miles aud back, once a fortnight.
Leave Tucson every other Wednesday at
lam;
Arrive at Fort Buchanan next Saturday
by liam;
Leave Fort Buchanan every otherW ednes-
day at I a m;
Arrive ut Tucson next Saturday By II q IN
Bids for weekly trips will be considered.
1868 From Tucson, by Sopori to Aqua Cali.
.. ente, Fort Buchanan J 100 miles and
back, once fortnight
Leave Tucson every other Monday OF.
am; .t
Arrive at Fort Buchanan next Wednes-
1hy by pm; L ,'3.8 No agnr
Leave Fort Buchanan every other Thurs.
. day at am;
Arrive at Tucson next Saturday by 4 p m.
Bids for weekly trips will be considered;
,..., also bids to run from Tucson,by Sopo.
ri, to Tubac, Sc miles and back, once
week, Wy a schedule to be stnted, in
bt lieu Of tho route and service mention.
cd.
INSTRUCTIONS, rog
Containing conditions 10 be embraced IN The
contracts to The ertent the Department mag
deem proper g.'r3o.a-1 Lmi
l. No pay will bcmado for the trips not por-
formed; and for each Of such omissions, not
satisfactorily explained, three times the pay
of the trip may be deducted. For arrival SO
far behind time as to break connexion with
depending mails, and not sufficiently excused,
one fourth Of the compensation for the trip is
subject to forfeiture. Deduction will also be
ordered for grade Of performance inferior to
that specified in the contract. For repeated
delinquencies Of the kind herein specified, en-
larged penalties. proportional to the nature
thereof and heimportance Of the mail, may be
made. Ha Hl IaW VI .4.HIU. .'ma Ia l'rrl
2. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, or any portion Of them, for the admis.
Sion of passengers; for being concerned in
setting up or running an express conveying
intelligence IN advance Of the mail, quarter's
pay may be deducted. 5 "a. ''H
3. Fines will be imposed, Unless the delin-
quency be promptly and satisfactorily explained
BY certificates Of postmaSters, or tho aihdavlts
Of other credible persons, for failing to arrive
in contract time; for neglecting to take the
mail from or deliver into post office; and for
suffering it lowing either to the unsuitableness
Of the place or manner Of carrying it) to be wet,
injured, destroyed, robbed, or lost, : ' .' - -
4. The Postmaster General may annul the
contrast for repeated failuresto run agreeably
to contract; for violating the post Office laws,
Or disobeyng tbeinstruc.ions Of the department;
for refusing to discharge carrier when roqui
red by the department to Do so for assigning
the contract without the assent of the Postmas-
ter General for running IN express or for
transporting persons or packages containing
mailable matter out Of the mail.
5. The Post. Master General NAV order m
increasa Of service on aroute by allowing there
for PRO RATA increase on the contract pay. -
He may change schedules Of departures and
arrivals without increase of pay, provided the
running time oe not abridged. He may also
curtail or discontinue the service, in whole or in
part, at PRO RATA decrease Of pay, allowing one
months extra compensation on the amount dis.
pensed with, Whenever in his opinion the pub.
lie interests do not require the same, or in case
he desreO to .upcrsede it by different grade
Of transportation, t
6. Payments will be made for the service by
collections from or drafts on, postmasters, OF
otherwise, after the expiration Of each quarter
say in February, May, August, and November.
I. The distances a:e given according to the
best information; but no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised,
If the points to be supplied be correctly stated.
BIDDERS MUST lNFoRM THEMSELVES on THIS POINT
and also in reference to the weight of the mail,
the condition Of roads, hills. streams, &c., and
all tol-bridgeS, ferries, or distractions Of any
kind by which expense may be incurred. No
claim for additional pay based on such grounds
can be considered nor for alleged mistakes or
misapprehensons as to the degree Of services ;
nor for bridges destroyed, or other distractions
increasing distance occurring during contract
time. Offices established after this advertise.
ment is issued, and also during tho contract
term, are to be visited without extra pay, if the
| distance be not increased.
s. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence Of the bidder, (that is hi,
nsual post Office address, and those Of each
member Of o firm where>a company offers
should oe distinctly stated also the mode ol