Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-08


persons or packages conveying mallabIe matter out Otthe
mail. Et84 4tF f4t tfE tffft ri
6. The Postmaster General may order an increase OF
service on a route by allowing therefor apro rata increase
partures and arrivals in all cases, and parucuiaIly ~
make them perform to connections with raiIroaosI WIZ
out increase Of pay, provided the running ume % ~
abridged. He may also order an increase OF speeu, y
lowing within the restrictions Of the law, q pro rata ln-
crease OF pay for the additional stock OF carriers, - ~
The contractor may, however, in the case OF increase ~
sDeed. relinouish the contract by giving prompt notice to
the department that be prefers doing SO 10 caIIyins tneO,
der into effect. The Postmaster Generai nay ssoeoI. e.
decreaseof nav. allowing one months extra compensation
on the amount dispensed with, whenever in his opinion
the public interests require the change, or IN case ne oe-
sires to supereede it by a different grade Of transporta-
tiOn. -
drafts on postmasters or otherwise, after the expiration
Of each quarters say in February, May, August ana NO
venioer.
nation: but no increased pay viii be allowed should theS
be greater than advertised, If the points to be suppliedbe
Correctly stated. Bidder. must inform Themselves on
mis- point: and also in reference to the TeIght-Of the
mail. the conditioned the roads, hills, streams, Ncs and
alItoll-bridges, FERRIES, or distinctions OF any KIND by
which expenses may be incurred. No claim 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 distractions
increasing distance, occurring during the sontract term:
Onices 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
H. 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-
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
be the lowest offered for the advertised service, the 9TH
er propositions may be considered.
Is 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 %thebidder, THAT is his usual post office
address j and those Of each member of a firm, where Q
company offers, should be distinctly stated; also the mode
| Of conveyance If dhigher mode than horseback be intend
/ rity," inserted to indicate the mode of conveyance, will
constitute a star bid. When a star bid Is intended, nc
specific conveyance must be named. But in case two
modes Of conveyance, are named at the So me compensa-
ton, the highest or best for the service WAL be taken.
Is. Bidders are requested TO use as far SIS practicable,
the printed form OF proposal furnished 10y 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. r~--~tA Is
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 hls8 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 General,-Contrac Office, and sent by mail
not by or to an agent; and pOSmasters villa not enclose
proposals Tor letters Of any kind) in their quarterly re-
turns.
II. The contracts are to be executed and returned t
the department byOr before the let day of August, 1853
but the service must be commenced on the first July pre-.
ceding, or the mail day next after that date, whether the
contracts be executed or not. No proposition to trans
fer Will be considered until tho 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. Ii
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 aftel
the 3lst Of March next, report their exact distance
from the nearest station, and how they are otberyisl
supplied with the mail To enable the Postmaster Genera
to direct amail-mesSenger supply from the first CT JUL
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,
deTing ~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 thi
law a new description Of bids have been received. They
do not specify a mode of conveyance, but engage to TAX
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 thu
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 necessar,
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 il
preference to a star or specific bid.
When the lowest bid is not Il 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 modeof conveyance
also when it proposes to carry according 10 the adver
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 term
is tantamount to a new bid, and cannot be received, so a
to interfere with a regular competition, after the las
hour set for receiving bids.
q. POstmasters are to be careful not to certify thu
s~unicency Of guarantors, or sureties, without knowing
that they are persons Of sufficient responsible lily and al
bidders, gurantors, and sureties are distinctly notihe,
that on a failure to enter into or perform the contract
for the service proposed for in the accepted bids, their lie
gal liabilities will be enforced against th9m.
q. Present contractors, and persons known at the de
partment must equally with others, procure guarantor
and certificates Of their suf1c ency, substantially in thu
forms above prescribed. The certificates of ~suffcienc
must be signed by a postmaster or by a judge of a court O
record. A. v. BROWN