Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-08


persons Or packages conveying mailabls matter out d the
mail FIf ftfft SKI. f3tt 9sft rftNAt ~fl
s. The Postmaster General may order an increase OF
service on q route by allowing therefor apro rata increase
on the contract pay. He may change scheduleS Of ue-
%partures and arrivals in all cases, and paTtceLatIy , ~
make them perform to connections with railroads., VIM
out increase Of pay, provided the running TIM Pc h1t
abridged. He may also order an increase OF speSu, =
lowing within the restrictions Of the law, q pro Fa.a ~
crease OF pay for the additional stock OF carriers, II any:
The contractor may, however, in the case OF lncIeese
speed, r~elinquish the contract By giving promp. noss :
the department that he prefers doing so to carrying tneo i,
der into effect The Postmaster General may also cuIlan
or discontinue the service, in whole or IN part, az pIo Iata
decrease Of pay, allowing one months extra compenSauon
an the amount dispensed with, whenever in his opinion
the public interests require the change, OK in case ne de-
sires to supercede it by a different grace Oh transports
O. Payments viii be made by collections from or
drafts on postmasters or otherwise, after the expiration
of each auarter- say in February, May, August and No
10. The distances are given according to the best infor-
nation; but no increased pay will be allowed should they
bn greater than advertised, if thepoints to be suppliedbe
correctly stated. Bidder: must inform henSetres on
this point: and also in reference 70 me Welsntg sns
alTtoIi-brsdges, ferries, or distractions OF any KIND Dy
which expenses may be incurred. Noclaim for addition
al nay based on such grounds, can be considered; nor tor
alleged mistakes or misapprehension as to the degree OF
service; nor for bridges destroyed, or other DISTINCTIONS
increasing distance, occurring during the sontract term;
Ofices established after this advertisement isissued, and
also during the contract term, are to be visited without
extra pay if the distance be not increased. 3
IL. "A DID received dEleE INT uaJ aWu AHmCN1
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-
ID Bidders should first propose for service strictly ac-
cording to the advertisement, and then If they desire:
separatedly for different service and if the regular bid
he the lowest offered for the advertised service, the 9th
er propositions may be considered. @
I3. There should be but one route bid for In a propo-
sal.
IA. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the name
and residence of hebidder, chat is his usual post office
| address ] and those of each member Of a firm, where a
company offers, should be distinctly stated; alsothemode
Of conveyance if ahigher mode than horseback be intend
ed. The words with due celebrity, certainty, and secu-
rity," inserted to indicate the mode Of conveyance, will
| constitute a star bid. Whenaa star bid is intended, no
specific conveyance must be named. But in case two
modes Of conveyance, are named at the same compensa-
ton, the highest or best for the service will be taken.
Is. 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. ~7--~
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible per-
General guarantees cannot be admitted. The bid and
guarantee should be signed plainly with the full name Of
The department reserves the right to reject any bid
which may be deemed extravagant; and also to disre-
gard the bids Of failing contractors and bidders.
I6. The bid should be sealed. superseded "Mail Pro-
posals, State of -" addressed Second Assistant
Postmaster Observation-Disclosures Office, and sent by mail
not by or to an agent; and pOsmasters wiIl, 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 byOr before the lst day of August, 1853
but the service must be commenced on the first July pre-
cediDg, or the mail day next after that date, whether the
contracts be executed or not. No proposition to trans
fer Will be considered until the contracts are executed
and received at the department.; 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. PoBtmaSterS at Offices on or near railroads, but more
than eighty rods 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 Postmaster Genera
to direct a mail-mesSenger supply from the first Of July
next.
10. Section IS Of an act of Congress approved March 3,
1916, provides that contracts for the transportation of the
mails shall be let in every case to the lowest bidder ten
dering a%uficient guarantees for the faithful performance,
without other reference to the mode of such transporta-
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, celebrity and Sc
curity, using the terms of the law. These bids are styl-
ed 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 to be sufficient, the lowest bid will be accepted in
preference to a star or specific bid. r
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 q specific bid proposing
the necessary service.
When the bid does not specify a mOdeof conveyance;
also when it proposes to carry according to the adyer-
tisement," but without such specification, it will be con-
sidered as a proposal for horseback service
20. A modification Of a bid in any of its esseetial terms
is tantamount to a new bid, andcannot be received, so as
TO interfere with a regular competition, after the last
hour set for receiving bids.
q. POstmasters are to be careful not to certify the
suniciency Of guarantors, or sureties, without knowing
that they are persons of SUFFICIENT responsibility and all
bidders, gurantOrs, and sureties are distinctly notified
that on a failure to enter into or perform the contracts
for the service proposed for in the accented bids their 10.
gal liabilities will be enforced against tham.
%. Present contractors, and persons known at the de.
partment must equally with others, procure guarantOrs
and certificates Of their sufhc ency substantially in the
forms above prescribed. The certificates Of suficiency
must be slgued by a postmaster or by a judge of a court Of
record. A. ". BROWN,
DocfD,acfor CoDa-ot